Geek Syndicate

So at last David aka 'Monts' aka 'Volcanic Ash Cloud Survior' returns to the podcast.

News: Dave finds some interesting geek parties to vote for, Dark Horse slips up, We chat about the future of TV fantasy shows and Thor casting talk.

Week that Was: Turf, Shield, Iron Man 2, Human Target,V,9, Carriers and Surrogates.

Main: Having spent all this time bursting to talk Dr Who we revist the new series once again to get his thoughts on them and on the new Dr and companion. Be warned their are spoilers for the first four Dr Who episodes.

Enjoy!!!

Wrapping up their premier series on Empires the disagreeing duo of Kehaar and Grampus sit back relax and muse over Empires in genre fiction in general. Why do evil Empires get reeled out so often? What alternatives are there? What about ravenous space locusts? Skipping as they do into Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, The Wire, 2300 and much much more. Don't forget details here of the Comic Forum Project here:http://www.thecomicforums.com/forum2//inde...howtopic=166930 Feedback at w.gsforums.co.uk or [email protected]

Join Barry and Stacey (still keep the co-host chair warm for another outing) as they take another headlong dive into the world of geekdom.

News: bad news for Spaced 'Colin the dog' fans, Star Wars coming to 3d and Blu-ray and the return of the DFC

Week that was: Study in Scarlet, Star Trek: Nero, Doctor Who (spoliers fo the last two episode so be warned)

Enjoy!

Rich takes a break as Flint and Stace go through progs 1677, 1678 and 1679. Nuff Said!'

This episode the team takes a look at the various ways women have been represented in fantasy, sci-fi and horror.Touching on themes of independence, the power of sexuality, roles in fictional societies and how we identify with the characters, we skate a meandering path across the surface of this vast topic.Books mentioned include... She, Monstrous Regement, Lord Of The Rings, The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Audition, Dead Until Dark, Carmilla, Revelation Space, Heaven's Net Is Wide.Amongst the chin-stroking and cod intellectual comments we learn a valuable lesson concerning the consumption of beer and ice-cream, fail utterly to mention Ursula LeGuin (doh!) or Angela Carter (double-doh!), and continue our tradition of mis-remembering key plot points.Dion is calling from the moon, so please excuse his sound quality.By the way, does anyone know where Mattie is?He's got big soft eyes, fluffy ears and a bald fat head. There's £5 reward if returned unmolested.

Welcome to Small Press Big Mouth Episode 18. This episode Stace waxes lyrical about all things Hi Ex and reviews a couple of books she picked up there. Lee just about manages to squeeze a couple of words in edgeways to tell you about Bulletproof and Turf.

Happy listening!

News: The guys discuss Gears of War 3, Sony's Summer of 3D, the X-COM relaunch amongst other items. Feature: We look at the trend of having codes to access certain extra features in games to encourage retail sales and the new DRM methods employed in the likes of Assassin's Creed 2 on PC Reviews: See what we thought about Red Steel 2, Bioshock 2 and the Multiplayer aspect of Battlefield Bad Company 2.

'This time the Trans-Penine Duo of Kehaar and Grampus look at Corporate Empires in geek fiction - mainly focusing on Weyland-Yutani from the Aliens Franchaise but also looking at such things as RDA (Avatar), Lunar Industries (Moon) as well as Pirates of the Carribbean, Jennifer Government, Lexcorp and others.

We also look at such real world examples of self governing corporate colonies as the East India Company, Cecil Rhodes and International Africa Association.

We then look at the narrative role these Empires perform and what treatment the Corprorate Empire could undergo in the future. There may be some spoilers. Enjoy

Another round of news and review from the world of gaming.

Reviews in this episode

Heavy Rain

Dante's Inferno

God of War 3

Just Cause 2

Battlefield Bad Company 2