S06E20 – Copy Pasta Tastes Weird

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What’s the difference between a remake, jumping on the bandwagon, and a blatant rip-off? Does repackaging or re-skinning a game make it better in any way?Join us to find out the answers to these questions and more. This week’s news has been recycled – several times. The Geek Show Series […]

S06E19 – Service with a Smile

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How do you make fans happy? It’s a question that plagued the entertainment industry for decades until some bright spark had the brilliant idea that catering to the fan’s libido was the quickest and most cost-effective method. After all, sex sells – right? Join us as we explore the weird, and […]

Runaway Train (1985): tough prison escape thriller undone by broad strokes (Review)

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Not to be confused with the late Tony Scott’s Unstoppable, Runaway Train is based on a potential début colour film by Akira Kurosawa, later redrafted by Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel and Edward Bunker. In this 1985 film, Jon Voight stars as Oscar “Manny” Manheim, a controversial inmate even at the Stonehaven maximum security prison. A deal of that controversy and idolization from his fellow prisoners comes from […]

S06E18 – Animate the World

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On this episode we explore the wonderful – and sometimes weird – world of animation in our quest to find out why the medium has become so popular, whether games really need cutscenes, and why Eastern and Western animation are so different. This week’s news got on the wrong bus […]

S06E17 – Everything’s Super

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Super-powers have long been amongst the top five things on the average geek’s Christmas list, but what actually constitutes a “super-power” and where does magic fit in? Join us as we explore the rise of mainstream super-powered media. This week’s news thinks spandex is the height of fashion.  The Geek Show […]

S06E17 – Everything's Super

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Super-powers have long been amongst the top five things on the average geek’s Christmas list, but what actually constitutes a “super-power” and where does magic fit in? Join us as we explore the rise of mainstream super-powered media. This week’s news thinks spandex is the height of fashion.  The Geek Show […]

S06E16 – Eerie Everywhere

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On this week’s episode we decide to explore those strange little realities that are just a little bit off-normal. Join us as we take a journey into a pocket universe (that’s not a euphemism!), where people are strange even when you’re not a stranger. This week’s news wishes it was […]