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Dave is joined by Domingos for Geektown Radio Episode 492, and this week’s show is led by reviews of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Prime Video comedy Bait, Netflix horror series Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, and thriller Pretty Lethal. Domingos kicks things off with Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, the follow-up to the cult horror hit, which brings back Samara Weaving and adds Sarah Michelle G...

What do ‘Adventure’ , the Konami Code, Pixar’s A113, hidden DVD extras, ‘The Beast’ , ‘I Love Bees’ and Marvel post-credit scenes all have in common? They are all part of the long, strange history of the Easter egg. In this special Easter episode of ‘Geekstorians’ , Dave digs into how hidden messages, secret rooms, buried jokes and coded nods evolved from acts of quiet rebellion into a full-blown...

Dave is joined by Matt for Geektown Radio Episode 491, with this week’s show led by chat about The Pitt, horror film They Will Kill You, indie survival game The Last Caretaker, and the first trailer for the new Harry Potter TV series. Matt also talks through his huge The Last of Us Part II chronological mode deep dive, plus the latest casting news for The Last of Us Season 3. There is also a revie...

Dave is joined by Darryl for Geektown Radio Episode 490, and this week’s show is led by reviews of War Machine, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, and the launch of Saturday Night Live UK, alongside a big chat about the new Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer. On the review side, Darryl covers 96 Minutes, War Machine, Furies and Cross Season 2, while Dave dives into Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,...

Dave and Gray are back for Geektown Radio Episode 489 with a packed week of TV, film and entertainment news, including the Oscars 2026 winners, Firefly returning as an animated series, two lost Doctor Who episodes recovered, Buffy’s reboot stalling at Hulu, and Michael Sheen taking over House of Games. They also review a pile of shows this week, including Young Sherlock, Star Trek: Starfleet Acade...

Young Sherlock, Outlander Season 8, Life Is Strange casting, and a very suspicious set of Firefly reunions lead the news in Geektown Radio Episode 488. Dave and this week’s co-host run through what they’ve been watching recently, including horror chatter, social media film discoveries, and a chronological deep dive into The Last of Us Part II . Dave also checks in with Young Sherlock , the ITV dra...

This week on Geektown Radio, Dave is joined by Domingos for a packed episode covering returning favourites, intense new dramas, and a huge industry shake-up. What We’ve Been Watching The Dutchman (2026) – A modern adaptation of the 1964 play starring André Holland, Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz and Aldis Hodge. Paradise – Season 2 (Hulu) – The conspiracy thriller expands beyond the bunker. Only in the La...

Dave is joined this week by Darryl from Hollywood North News for a packed episode covering the February BAFTAs, a tribute to the late Eric Dane, fresh show impressions, a report from the London Anime & Gaming Con, and a full run of UK and US TV news. Darryl brings early thoughts on Talamasca: The Secret Order, the new Netflix entry in the Anne Rice universe, and whether it works if you haven't...

Language doesn’t just describe culture. Sometimes, it creates it. In the Season One finale of Geekstorians , Dave explores the hidden history of geek language — how fans invented their own slang, references, in-jokes, and shorthand, and how that language quietly shaped modern geek culture and the internet itself. From handwritten letters in the back pages of early science-fiction magazines, to fan...

Stephen Amell leads a Baywatch reboot. David Boreanaz headlines a Rockford Files revival. Apple takes full control of Severance . Marvel drops Wonder Man . Welcome to Geektown Radio Episode 485. Gray joins Dave this week to break down the biggest TV and streaming news, including Fox’s new Baywatch series with Stephen Amell as Hobie Buchannon, NBC rebooting The Rockford Files with David Boreanaz, a...

Toys were never just toys. In this episode of Geekstorians , Dave traces the rise of the Plastic Empire — the moment when action figures, model kits, bricks, and collectibles stopped being side products and started becoming entire universes. From the Star Wars Early Bird box that accidentally rewrote the rules of merchandising, to the 1980s cartoon-toy industrial complex, moral panics, and the bir...

Geektown Radio returns after its longest break, with Dave and Matt back for Episode 484 to catch up on months of TV, film, gaming, and industry news. Matt talks about revisiting The Last of Us Part II using the new chronological mode and how it reshapes the story, alongside reviews of films including Honey, Don’t! and Hamnet . Dave runs through what he has been watching, including Fallout Season 2...

Anime is everywhere now. Streaming platforms, cinema screens, fashion, music, TikTok, gaming. But it didn’t arrive in the West through studios, marketing campaigns, or corporate strategy. It arrived through fans. In this bumper-length episode of Geekstorians , Dave uncovers the real, messy, rebellious story of how anime travelled from post-war Japan to British living rooms and American college bas...

In the 1980s, Dungeons & Dragons became the focus of one of the most unusual moral panics in modern history. A tabletop role-playing game built around imagination, storytelling, and collaboration was suddenly accused of promoting occultism, psychological harm, and even violence. Dice were framed as sinister objects. Rulebooks were treated like dangerous texts. And ordinary teenagers playing fa...

Gaming didn’t just grow up... it took over. In this episode of Geekstorians , Dave dives into the chaotic, brilliant rise of gaming fandom: from the arcades of the late ’70s and the night Space Invaders caused Tokyo to mint extra coins, to the Atari 2600 bringing pixelated magic into the living room, to the bedroom coders who unknowingly kick-started a creative revolution across the UK and US. We...

n this episode of Geekstorians , Dave dives into one of the most heated and strangely human conflicts in modern fandom: the battle for canon. From the moment Star Wars quietly shifted a blaster bolt in 1997, the ground beneath our favourite universes began to move. Suddenly, creators weren’t the only ones shaping continuity. Fans were scrutinising every frame, showrunners were building puzzles ins...

Television didn’t always remember. For decades, episodes reset like clockwork, characters lived in cheerful time loops, and anything resembling continuity was considered a liability. Then came a wave of rebellious creators, strange experiments, and a generation of fans armed with VCRs — and everything changed. In this episode of Geekstorians, Dave rewinds to the era when TV grew up. From Hill Stre...

It’s time for the Geektown Awards results podcast. Dave is joined by Matt for a spoiler-free rundown of how the Geektown audience voted in the 2025 awards, covering TV, film, games, sci-fi, comedy, animation, procedurals, British TV, and the most anticipated releases of the year ahead. With thousands of votes cast, the results sparked plenty of discussion, from nail-biting category races to unexpe...

On 17th November 1978, CBS aired the first ever Star Wars spin-off — a chaotic, disco-tinged Christmas variety show featuring Wookiee domestic life, baffling guest stars, and the on-screen debut of Boba Fett. It aired once… and then disappeared. But Star Wars has fans. And fans do not let things disappear. In this Geekstorians Christmas Special, we unwrap the unbelievable true story of the Star Wa...

This week, Geektown Radio does something a little different. Instead of our usual round-table discussion, Dave goes solo for a special end-of-year episode, looking back at what kind of year 2025 actually was for television, streaming, and the industry as a whole. This isn’t a “best of” list or a countdown. It’s a reflection on a year where shows moved platforms, franchises returned in strange new...

For this episode of Geektown Talks To… , Dave Elliott sits down with cinematographer Jules O’Loughlin , whose work you’ll recognise from some of the most ambitious genre TV of the last decade. Jules recently completed work on Season 2 of the Emmy-winning Percy Jackson and the Olympians , returning to the show as it expands its scale, environments and action. He’s the only cinematographer to work a...

In the 1980s, a strange new box arrived in our living rooms — the VHS player. It was noisy, chunky, and occasionally tried to eat your favourite film… but it changed everything. In this episode, Dave rewinds through the story of how home video broke the monopoly of the movie studios, terrified censors, and accidentally created the first generation of fan-filmmakers. From Mary Whitehouse’s “Video N...

Dave is joined by Matt for another packed episode of Geektown Radio , covering new games, returning TV favourites, and one of the biggest nights in the gaming calendar. Matt shares hands-on impressions of Ghost of Yōtei , Sucker Punch’s follow-up to Ghost of Tsushima , and talks about Rematch , the arcade-style football game from the creators of Sifu . Both hosts are still enjoying Vince Gilligan’...

In this episode of Geektown Talks To… , Dave sits down with composer Greg Nicolett , whose work spans Disney animation, award-nominated game scores, sci-fi pilots and experimental live action projects. Greg talks about blending orchestral writing with unexpected sounds, from kazoos and chipmunk-style vocals in Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches , to amplified cellos and duduk in Talon , and even a bowed on...

In Episode 2 of Geekstorians, Dave from Geektown explores how comic books made the leap from pulp entertainment to serious storytelling. The episode traces the long road from the restrictions of the Comics Code and the rise of underground comix to the British invasion of the 1980s and the landmark releases that changed everything. Along the way, it looks at the forces that shaped the medium, from...