Geeky Brummie

It’s time for the latest Geeky Brummie Podcast! This issue we discuss the rise of the board game cafe. We take a trip to Game Guru to speak to Monica about their second cafe opening in Solihull. With both returning to the cinema, Leigh and Keith do battle on which of Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat is the fighting franchise of choice, plus our regular One Geek Thing!  Full links at https://geekybr...

We discuss the BAFTA TV Awards and are surprised how little of the the nominations we're aware of between us all. We pick some of the upcoming films for 2026 and judge them purely based off the trailer in Trailer Talk. Tony from the Wine Events Company tells us what happens as one of their famous screenings and where to find them, plus our regular One Geek Thing! Full links at https://geekybrummie...

Ryan chats to Guy about what he’s been up to the last few years. Leigh and Ryan pick some Video game and Film highlights back from our launch year in 2016. We talk about some of the things that incense us in Why it’s Rubbish, plus look at some of the weirder news stories which have been about recently plus our regular One Geek Thing! Timestamps:00:00:00 – Intro00:01:45 – Welcome back Guy00:12:07 –...

It’s spring in Birmingham! Join Geeky Brummie as we look forward to a cavalcade of Geeky Brummie events happenning in Birmingham and beyond across Spring and Summer. Keith and Ryan pick some Comic and TV highlights back from our launch year in 2016. We look at ESL One and Dreamhack landing in birmingham this year plus our regular One Geek Thing! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:50 - Events in Bi...

Ryan chats to David Massey aka BrumHour who's been promoting the best of Birmingham since 2013. Leigh and Sam pick some Video game and Film highlights back from our launch year in 2016. Keith preps us in readiness for the launch of HBO MAX in the UK on the 26th of March plus our regular One Geek Thing! Full links at https://geekybrummie.com/issues/geeky-brummie-podcast-year-10-issue-01/ _____ Geek...

It’s the final Geeky Brummie of the year! In this bumper episode, join us as we go through all the Golden Globe nominations and pick our preferred winners. Look back at The Game Awards and see if anything other than Clair Obscur Expedition 33 won awards. Full links at https://geekybrummie.com/issues/geeky-brummie-podcast-year-09-issue-09/ Chapters (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:10) - Golden Globe Nomin...

Join Geeky Brummie as we step back into the studio. We catch up and review some of the films released this year. Just wonder what the hell is going on at Xbox, plus One Geek Thing! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:15 - Movie Review Catch Up 00:39:45 - What is going on with Xbox? 01:04:45 - One Geek Thing… 01:29:10 - Outro Full links at https://geekybrummie.com/issues/geeky-brummie-podcast-year-0...

Join Geeky Brummie as Keith takes the rains for a spooktacular epsode. We discuss EA’s purchase, give you our best Halloween costume tips, pick our favourite spooky things, plus our regular One Geek Thing! Timestamps:00:00:00 – Intro00:01:50 – EA goes private in $65bn deal00:15:40 – Halloween Costumes – Tips, Tricks and Treats00:42:00 – Spooky Recommendations01:03:40 – One Geek Thing…01:27:06 – Ou...

Join Geeky Brummie on Tour as we head to Birmingham Botanical Gardens for our screening of Spirited Away and speak to The Sekine Quartet. Keith gives you a tour of local comic Head to Lostalgia in the Custard Factory to give you a preview of some of the titles for BAFF 2025, plus our regular One Geek Thing!

Join Geeky Brummie on Tour as we discuss the loss of Birmingham’s own Price of Darkness, head to BN Cross Stor Birmingham to chat Pacman at 45 and Sam takes us on a tour of the Bulls in the City. Plus a BAFF update and our regular One Geek Thing Timestamps Intro – 00:00:00Pacman at 45 – Pop up at Bandai Namco Cross Store BirminghamCon – 00:01:30Wild in Art – Bulls in the City across Birmingham – 0...

It's High Vis Comic Con! Join us as we speak to the guests on a tour around the con, see the amazing graffitti are and a whole lot more! Plus our regular One Geek Thing Thanks to all our interviewees and a big thanks to Olly MacNamee for inviting us down! Full links at https://geekybrummie.com/issues/geeky-brummie-podcast-year-09-issue-04/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:45 High Vis Comic Con 00:...

Join us as we head to head to Kings Heath, tour the locations and tell you all about Hi Vis Comic Con – happening on 21st June 2025! We speak to co-founder Olly MacNamee look at the the guests, activities on offer and more. Hi Vis Comic Con: https://www.facebook.com/events/593292570255181/ https://www.instagram.com/highvisfestival/ https://www.instagram.com/highviscomiccon/ https://highviscomic-co...

Join us for our third issue of Geeky Brummie Year 9. Ryan and Leigh head to the launch osf the new Bandai Namco Cross Store in Birmingham, we look at the Nintendo Switch 2 ahead of it's launch in June. It's a mixed bag of trailers in Trailer Talk, plus our regular One Geek Thing. Chapters (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:00) - Bandai Namco Cross Store Birmingham Launch (00:17:00) - Nintendo Switch 2 (00:...

Join us for our second issue of Geeky Brummie Year 9 as look at Invincible season 3, Keith updates us on the current state of the comics industry and it's impact on his comics roundup, we investigate two new Geeky openings in Brum, plus our regular ‘One Geek Thing’. ___ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:00 - Invincible season 3 review 00:27:15 - The state of UK comics & changes to the comics...

Join us for our first issue of Geeky Brummie Year 9 as we pay our respects to the legendary auteur director David Lynch who sadly passed in January. We look at what's going on in the worlds of TV, Gaming, Film and Comics across 2025, plus our regular ‘One Geek Thing’. Full links at https://geekybrummie.com/issues/geeky-brummie-podcast-year-09-issue-01/

Join us for our final issue of Geeky Brummie Year 8 as we gaze backwards into 2024 and pick our favourite things, the team get festive with a secret santa, plus our regular ‘One Geek Thing’.

Join us for a mammoth Geeky Brummie Year 8 – Issue 10 as we approach the end of 2024! We discuss what's gone wrong with Social Media and the mass eXodus to Bluesky. As the big G hits his 70th birthday, we discuss his impact on modern cinema. Tony Elvin of The Wine Events company is our 'Geek of the Week'. We round up the latest batch of trailers in 'Trailer Talk', plus our regular ‘One Geek Thing’...

Join us for Geeky Brummie Year 8 – Issue 9 as we get into spooky season! We try and work out why studios like Blumhouse and A24 get horror 'right', as Hollywood struggles. We visit artist @richiethecaterpillar aka nekro.style at his pop up exhitiion Hanged, Drawn & Jewellery Quarter at The Hive. We pick our favourite foreign language Horror films, plus our regular ‘One Geek Thing’.

Join us for Geeky Brummie Year 8 – Issue 8 as we head to Mockingbird Cinema for Birmingham Anime Film Festival 2024, pick our faves from the festival, plus our regular ‘One Geek Thing’.

Join us for Geeky Brummie Year 8 – Issue 7 as we head to Birmingham Botanical Gardens for a Gardens Cinema Screening of 'The Boy and the Heron' in the run up to Birmingham Anime Festival 2024 , plus our regular ‘One Geek Thing’.

Join us for Geeky Brummie Year 8 – Issue 6 as we discuss TMNT Shellebration, which we co-hosted with Stacy’s Pop Culture Parlour & The Mockingbird. We do mini-reviews of The Fall Guy, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and Star Wars: The Acolyte, . We pick out some upcoming trailers with the return of ‘Trailer Talk’, we look at how Sci-Fi public transport gets it oh so wrong, plus our regular ‘One Geek...

Join Leigh, Keith and Ryan at AnimeConUK 2024, held on 15th and 16th June 2024. Links at https://geekybrummie.com/issues/geeky-brummie-podcast-year-08-issue-05/

Join us for Geeky Brummie Year 8 – Issue 4 as we discuss wtf is going on with innovative games studios being shutttered left right and centre, introduce you to Nick Layland from Worlds Apart Birmingham in ‘Geek of the Week’, lookkat some of the many anniversaries arriving this year including Star Wars: Episode 1, Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja (or Hero) Turtles. Plus the return of #GeekyGoi...

Join us for Geeky Brummie Year 8 – Issue 3 as we preview all things Animecon UK with special guest Pete Burke, introduce you to Chris Brown from Birmingham Gaymers in ‘Geek of the Week’, talk about THAT X-Men ’97 episode, look at some other geeky events coming over the next few weeks, plus our ‘One Geek Thing’.

Join us for Geeky Brummie’s Year 8 – Issue 2 as we nitpick Dune Part 2, introduce you to Adam Windsor, our ‘Geek of the Week’ from Sliced’n’ Diced in Selly Oak, look at how close we got with out Oscar Predictions , plus our ‘One Geek Thing’.   Timestamps and links at: https://geekybrummie.com/issues/geeky-brummie-podcast-year-8-issue-02