It’s the end of Series 14 so we decided to talk about endings … in a sense. Join us as we meander through Doctor Who, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, comic-book endings (and the lack thereof – especially when killing off characters), video game endings and more. Tune in to The […]
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PX23 – Stress Relief for Japanese Salary Men
Press X returns to talk about more games that we’ve been playing recently, video games publishers and developers that are trading in nostalgia, and the rise and fall and rise of the point-and-click genre. This week we’ve been playing a veritable smorgasbord of games, from the mobile-to-PC port First Strike: […]
Keyframe 83 – Adamantium and Pineapple Pizza
With Netflix’s new adaptation of Death Note due out soon, we take a look at the trailer before heading to a maid cafe for foreigners and taking a walk down Tokyo’s other anime street. We also have a chat about manga and light novels that could be adapted – a […]
4-Panel 99 – Choc Ice with Gravy
It’s our first trans-continental episode this week as Mick gets magically transported to Dubai. We also have news future Spider-man movies (that isn’t actually news), and some very strange DC crossovers. Our featured comics and manga are Valerian: Ambassador of Shadows, Swordless by Nikki Kidura, Fairy Tail: Rhodonite, Starslayer, Appleseed […]
Cinema Eclectica 122 – Cinema du Eric Cartman
You know there’s a new Tom Hardy film out when we bring out our silly voices to celebrate. That would be “Dunkirk” – our Film of the Week – and may we suggest some other movies to go with it? We may. After the recommendations, there’s Off the Shelf, with […]
PX22 – Anime and Arms, Anime and Cut Scenes
We’re a video games podcast aren’t we? Maybe? It depends on the day I guess? This week we have a plateful of anime-themed gaming for your taste buds. First up we have the release of the rarest thing in gaming – a new Nintendo franchise – with a slightly surreal […]
S14E22 – Pooh, The Honey Smuggler
We return to the sacred halls of journalism to discover more strange wonders from science and technology news. This week our jumble of oddities includes a man stuck in an ATM, the scientific usage of “derpy”, a crackdown on Winnie the Pooh, Baboon-based power outages, Komodo Dragon blood, Tardigrades, US […]
Keyframe 82 – Paramilitary Teddy Bears
It’s our post-Sunnycon so we get straight down to business as we have plenty to talk about. Our featured anime are Maid Sama! (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!), which leads to a discussion about shoujo anime, The Seven Deadly Sins (Nanatsu no Taizai), and Amagi Brilliant Park. Tune in to The Geek […]
Cinema Eclectica 121 – Beverley Hills Wicker Man
How scared are you of the internet? Not as scared as you will be after Off the Shelf takes a look at Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s technophobic J-horror classic “Pulse”. Elsewhere, Ryan continues his quest for a good ghost story with “The Entity”, and Graham reviews four movies in one with Cult […]
4-Panel 98 – We Need More Crumpet!
We’re back for another go on the comic-book carousel, and this week there’s the possibility of Captain Britain appearing in the MCU (maybe), the Hitchcockian influence in The Batman, a live-action Superman: Red Son, the trailer for The Inhumans TV series, and the announcement of the 11th annual Manga Jiman […]