Geek Syndicate

Amaechi, Barry and Ant delve into the latest happenings in the gaming world and also take a look at the forthcoming gamut of Autumn games. Ant and Barry also compare notes on Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

This time, Amaechi and Antony look at some of the news coming out of Gamescom and PAX before reviewing Call of Juarez: The Cartel and offering some first impressions of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Finally, we see the return of the "forthcoming releases segment".

Caught up in an orcstasy of hobbit-love, the Scrolls team talked so long into the night that an entire section of  Chapter 8  had to be cut for fear of Melting Your Brains.  Well... it's too late now, obviously, so a s Scrolls is taking a short break this month we thought we would share the last of our late night ramblings with you.   This then, is the Previously Unreleased third part of our Middl...

This month the DW duo of Kehaar and Matt try to get to grips with leadership in the slippery form of King Arthur.    In a wide ranging discussion they look at such versions of Arthur as:   TV’s Merlin (BBC series) and Camelot (Starz series.) Film’s Excalibur and First Knight The History of the Kings of  Britain  by Geoffrey of Monmouth Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Mists of Avalon TH White’s entire Once...

Welcome to Episode 189 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News JLA #1 Gets it's final cover, White collar looks out fo it's audience,Zeith rant and Agent Coulson gets his won short film. Week that was: Fallin Skies, Captain America and Vixen: Return of the Lion. Main we tackle the thorny subject of the spiderman and perry whi...

Kehaar recently attended a Twisted Tales panel event on the works of Clive Barker and - going above and beyond the call of duty - managed to snag a few minutes with all of the authors involved for Scrolls and all you listeners out there. Authors/editors interviewed are  Marie O'Reagan ,  Paul Kane  (who's own interview with  Clive Barker  can be found by clicking  here ),  Mark Morris  and the leg...

Amaechi returns after Sky and EPOCH colluded to take him out but, but he’ll be having the last laugh with his new super-fast BT Infinity fibre broadband.......OnLive anyone? In the news Brink and Red Dead Redemption are getting new DLC The Penguin and Solomon Grundy join the cast of Batman Arkham City Nintendo’s 3DS gets a price slash while the Nintendo’s President slashes his own salary Microsoft...

Welcome to The  Trailer   Trash  Two: Episode 4. This time the boys talk about Swords and sorcery, James Bond and Indiana Jones, talking dogs and Jessica Alba in leather, monsters and kids, load of apes and the  trailer  voice over man missing from our lives. You can catch all the trailers mentioned on the episode with the links below so you can watch with us. Cowboys and Aliens    http://www.yout...

Welcome to Epsidoe 4 of  Timelore in which the team explore the following episodes from Season 2 The Crusade The Space Museum The Chase The Time Meddler This month's outro music is Dr Who in dub courtesy of  Smerins Anti social Club . Also if anyone can work out why a good reason why  Alexis should mention root vegetables we would be most appreciative. Apologies for the sound quality of this episo...

In which we step tentatively into the ethereal realm to mull over the function of religion in fictional worlds and how it can mirror our own.  Along the way we poke a few holes in the fabric of reality, prod a few demons and deities with sticks to see what thet're made of, make wild and ill-conceived generalisations about how religions begin and, well, generally invite the wrath of the most powerf...

Welcome to Episode 188 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News Geek Syndicate- the weekly podcast to end in Septemner, Marvel annouce Season one, Ukomics working on UK alternative to the Previews Magazine , Empire Presents the Big Screen and the Zombie Shotgun. Week that was Human Target, Torchwood: Miracle Day, Alphas, Falli...

BETA FLIGHT Episode 3 "An Ill-Timed Affair"   by Alan White Welcome to Beta Flight Mach 5! Little did you know it would be your LAST DAY as a superhero! Starring in this production were the voice talents of Mark Kalita as BLACKTHORN Mike Sims as ROUTER Adam Legend as ARC Mike Winters as MACH 5 M.J. Cogburn as WOLF-GIRL Rebecca Womack as BLUE LOTUS Raphael Suhu as AIRWOLF David A. Krause as JITTER...

Welcome to Episode 187 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom. News Dr Who comes to Facebook and we introduce you to Lady Sabre Week that was Fear Itself,Flashpoint, The Interactives ,Primeval and Hawaii Five 0 Main We take a look at apocalyptic scenarios in Film, TV books and comics GS App  15 page preview of The Interactives

Once again flying without guests, our heroic duo attempt to wrap up the Gender and Sexuality series with our usual free-roaming, if slightly skewed, gaze. This episode:  - We discuss whether Batman would make a good Princess - Matt clarifies his Twilight Thoughtcrimes - Kehaar finally gets to express some love for "Legend of the Seeker" - What do Game of Thrones and Harry Potter have in common on...

Join the Ant and Barry (Amaechi is missing thanks to a global consipracy of Sky and EPOCH)  as they discuss the forthcoming Eurogamer Expo, the forthcoming OnLive and other news before moving onto questions from Twitter where they discuss what makes a game replayable. This episode, the guys storm through four games in Buy, Rent, Avoid - Thor, Rainbow 6: Vanguard on Apple Devices, Ocarina of Time o...

Welcome back to Timelore addendum the podcast that seeks to expore the Bg Finish adventures centered around the tv episodes being reviewed in the main timelore episodes. In this episode David and Ant review Quinnis (the adventure set immeadiately before the 1st ever Dr Who eisode on TV). We also review Here there be Monsters both of these stories read by Carole Ann Ford. The 2nd half of the episod...

Welcome to Episode 186 of Geek Syndicate. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom News The Hobbit images get release. Sony announces no more updates to the PSN Comics store Batman Year one news Week That Was The  Abnormals Gladstone's School for World Conquerors Shield 1- 6 The Fantastic Four - Countdown to Casualty The Adjustment Bureau Green Lanter...

In this special episode Geek Syndicate attends a special Torchwood Miracle Day Roundtable with John Barrowman, Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Russell T Davies, Eve Myles and Bill Pullman.  Some of the subjects covered during the talk are... How does the tone of Micracle Day compares to Children of Earth? Where do we find Captain Jack at the start of Miracle Day? Bill give some hints on his chara...

Scrolls Book Group: Jennifer Government Dion  and Phil are joined by Carey 'Two-Monkeys' from  Geektress  and Matt 'The Grampus' from  Dissecting Worlds  to discuss near-future anti-capitalist satirical romp  Jennifer Government , by Max Barry. Spoilers abound, so as ever for these Book Group Specials you will get the most enjoyment if you read the book first.  Don't feel you have to strain the ba...

"The quarrelsome northerners are joined live from sarf London (well, Croydon) by comics Whizz David Wynne ( http://particlefiction. posterous.com/ ) to discuss drugs in science fiction, fantasy and horror.   Along the way they look at Comics on acid - from super-soldiers to Doc Strange to Speedy Is Venom an estate agent ? William Randolph Hurst and the paper conspiracy 'Hookie' Cigerettes Alice in...

Beta Flight is defeated, helpless under Gridlock and his mercenaries while Shadow Sword and their newest discovery, Arc, run for their lives from the murderous Xanatos! Have the adventures of Tech Support’s fledgling superheroes ended before they’ve begun? Cast Of Characters for the conclusion of “SOW THE WIND”; Tech Support Kim Gianopolous as K2 Mark Kalita as BLACKTHORN Tanner Karns as ROUTER St...

Welcome to The Trailer Trash Two: Episode 3. This time the boys talk about robots in disguise, the boy who lived, spy cars, alternate earths and the first avenger. They also manage to figure out the secret of Lord Voldemort’s nose and falling in love with Mystique…. You can catch all the trailers mentioned on the episode with the links below so you can watch with us. Transformers: Dark of the Moon...

This time, the guys debate whether the FPS genre has become too focussed on the violence and the pros and cons of retailer exclusive DLC before looking at this year's E3 event. We discuss the three main press conferences from E3 - Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo before having a look at some of the other game announcements.

This Week the dissecting duo are joined "across the pond" by Laura from the Geektress podcast to gaze into the abyss of the Horror genre.  - Gasp! as we discuss the meaning of scantily clad women running down corridors! - Shiver! at the admission that Laura has never seen "The Wicker Man" and Kehaars admission of re-enactment on the Wirral! - Tremble! as  Matt  discuss the fears of early parenthoo...

A huge welcome to all of our lovely listeners old and new from the now TWO year old Small Press Big Mouth Podcast. Episode 32 is our birthday Bonanza and we have fabulous audio contributions from the sexy, gorgeous: Geek Syndicate, Comic Book Outsiders and Sidekick Cast, David Wynne, Matthew Craig, Luke Foster, Kehaar, Daniel Clifford, Rich "ear sex" McAuliffe, and more. We have the outro of gods...