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November 21, 2013 Geek Syndicate - Thought Bubble and Dr Who 50th Special
In this episode Dave and Barry are once more joined be Stace Whittle of Small Press Big Mouth and Whittle Whaffle. This time the terrific trio discuss this weekend's Thought Bubble Comic Festival in Leeds and the Dr Who 50th Anniversay Episode.

Enjoy and listen to the end!
56 min
November 20, 2013 The Next Level - Episode 57 'Welcome to the Next Generation'
Welcome to another episode of The Next Level. On the eve of the release of both the Next Gen consoles, Amaechi does a u-turn on his PS4 desires and jumps on the Xbox One and Kinect 2.0 train (Dear God please let Uncharted 4 come out on the PS3). Ant takes a day off on the Xbox One release day so he doesn’t miss the postman and Barry turns vigilante in GTA V Online.

Oh yeah.... and Britain Next Top Model winner Lauren Lambert tells Amaechi her Xbox Gamertag and he stupidly forgets it.

In the news

· FTL – Faster Than Light, PC and Mac space simulator game coming to the iPad

· US retailer Target accidently ships Xbox One’s 2 weeks early

· The Golden Joystick Awards crown GTA 5 ‘Game of the Year’

· Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

· Jonathan Ross joins Microsoft Studio’s as an Executive Producer

· New iOS and Android Dr Who game – Dr Who Legacy announced

· Heavenly Sword film and Ryse Son of Rome Web series announced

But, Rent, Avoid

This month Ant and Barry review Batman Origins, the prequel to Arkham Asylum and Arkham City.

NEWS UPDATE from Amaechi

Sony and Naughty Dog announce that Uncharted will be a PS4 exclusive.

Noooooooooooooo!!!!! Damn you Sony....Damn you all to hell!!!
1 hr 11 min
November 18, 2013 Children of the Atom - Episode 14
This month we review X-Men issue 21 'From Whence Comes...Dominus? (June, 1966). Following on from the previous issue, the X-Men go in search of Professor X's old adversary Lucifer who is in the middle of his evil plan to unleash Dominus on the population of Earth. Professor X still has a fishbowl on his head, Beast addresses Jean as simply 'female' in a move that has feminists the world over grinding their teeth, and Cyclops puts Angel in his place with an optic blast. Drama! Also, for those who are interested, check out our review of Battle of the Atom here: http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/2013/11/08/friday-feature-a-look-back-at-xmen-battle-of-the-atom/#more-71295
46 min
November 18, 2013 Geek Syndicate - Episode 214
Welcome to Episode 214 of the Geek Syndicate podcast. Join Barry and Dave as they once more guide you through the murky underbelly of Geekdom.

News

IDW Entertainment Launches

Batman Weekly Comic

Week that Was

Mighty Avengers 1

Infinity 1

Legend of the Blue Marvel

Butterfly Gate

Orphan Black

Main

We are joined by Stacey Whittle of the Small Press Big Mouth Podcast to talk about our shared love of Babylon 5 on its 20th anniversary
1 hr 22 min
November 04, 2013 Small Press Big Mouth Special - How Not To Make Comics
'Things We Wish We'd Known Earlier (or: How Not To Make Comics)'. As every aspiring comic creator eventually realises, the road to sequential art success is full of pitfalls for the unwary. However, this panel discussion (recorded live at Canny Comic Con, December 8th 2012) is here to help guide you past such difficulties - by getting established comic creators to talk through their own mistakes! Stacey chairs the discussion, talking with Nigel Auchterlounie, Al Ewing, Daniel Clifford, Nigel Dobbyn, Jack Fallows and Gordon Rennie about lessons learned the hard way. Their enlightening - and sometimes hilarious - anecdotes and advice provide essential guidance for anyone with any interest in how to make comics.
56 min
October 29, 2013 GSN PODCAST: Dissecting Worlds Halloween Special - Zombies!
They roam the streets, this Halloween, Alive or Dead or in Between, Escaped from Hell, with Eldritch Plan, Or Risen by the Hand of Man, Their rotten flesh in search of prey To Fight them, or to Run Away? For whom to turn, with light to shed, Which podcast speaks of the Undead? With information, broad of scope, Dissecting Worlds! Your Only Hope! Yes, this month Dissecting Worlds turns it's baleful gaze on the phenomenon of the Zombie. Joined by Phil Ambler of the Scrolls Podcast, we look at the scourge of the Walking Dead across Books, Film, TV and Video Games. The Center for Disease Controls' Response to the threat of the undead can be found here; http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm Feedback is always welcome by emails to [email protected] , tweets to @dissectingwrlds & on Facebook page www.facebook.com/dissectingworlds
1 hr 56 min
October 28, 2013 GSN PODCAST: Battle Gods Of Pod Series 1 - Episode 2
Welcome back to Battle Gods Of Pod, the panel game show on the Geek Syndicate Network that pits a panoply of podcasters against each other in various tests of verbosity, inspiration, knowledge and wit. Joining us this time are Matt Farr, from Dissecting Worlds, Tim Swann from Tim And Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture, and Stace Whittle from Small Press, Big Mouth. We start things off with News Testaments - a variation on the Just A Minute format - before our divergent deities start Speaking In Tongues in a round table debate on the Dr Who the Anniversary We then move on to Revelations, our hidden gems round, before Gotterdammerung begins. The 'quick'-fire quiz will see all the Gods fall in Sudden Death, but who will be the last god standing? They will join us once again in the New Year final, up against the other two winners... If you want to track down the hidden gems, here are some good starting places: - Acts of Caine Gamma World OpenTyrian The Dark Third Psycomedia Tim and the Hidden People Berlin Prospero's Children Card Hunters Lego CUUSOO Atomic Robo Sir You Are Being Hunted Battle Gods of Pod is seeking a host for Series 2. If you think you'd be up for the challenge, drop us a line at [email protected] and we'll talk details. Finally, we want to tip the hat to the seemingly anonymous contributors on http://www.soundboard.com/ for the sound effects used this episode. In case you're interested, the effects were Llama Sound Clip 7, Cookie Monster Soundboard Om nom nom nom, and The Classic Wilhelm Scream 1. We also re-used a couple of great sound effects from http://www.freesound.org/ which were Stuck By Lightning.wav by Cheeseheadburger and Remix 2 of 124721_Andy_Gardener_thunder1.flac by Timbre The part of Castiel and his dinging halo was played by the Real Castiel and not by Dion at all. Oh no.
1 hr 1 min
October 21, 2013 GSN PODCAST: The Next Level - Episode 56
* PS4 Bundle announcement,* PS4 construction woes,* Nintendo Bundles and Rising Wii U sales,* Batman Beat-em-up on iOS and Android,* Pre-Purchase Beta Access - Good or Bad?* Grand Theft Auto's breaking of records.

Additionally, Ant and James give their initial impressions of GTA V. Amaechi and James look back at this year's Eurogamer and we have a quick look at some of the nominations for this year's Golden Joystick Awards.

NOTE: Birth of the Federation (mentioned by James this episode) can be downloaded here: The site also has mods for the game, James says: "ultimate dominion wars is an amazing improvement over vanilla so if recommending to only get one mod then this would be it - they took the original and improved it quite a bit:.
1 hr 4 min
October 15, 2013 GSN PODCAST: Children of the Atom - Episode 13
This month on Children of the Atom we're reviewing X-Men issue 20 (May 1966) in which we learn how Professor X lost the use of his legs and we also get a little bit more information about the mysterious and sinister Lucifer. Meanwhile, Cyclops packs a sad and leaves the X-Men, and The Blob and Unus the Untouchable make a guest appearance. In real world news, we visit Krypton Komics for the first time and have our minds blown and our bank account dented.
1 hr 1 min
October 15, 2013 Geek Syndicate - Episode 213
News

Lost Doctor Who episodes found

Porcelain graphic novel becomes a trilogy

Marvel punishes Fan Film

Week that was

Agents of Shield

Tomorrow People

Mr Yang Fights Aliens Part 1

Thug Notes

Main

A look at Black Heroes in Geekdom - this week we look at comics. One comic I wanted to mention but shamefully forgot in this section was the brilliant Magic of Myths by Corey Brotherson.

1 hr 15 min