Tonight on GeekNights, we review Common Side Effects. It's got a lot going on and is worth watching: it's only 10 episodes and evokes aspects of Fargo TV. In the news, Ghost in the Shell continues to be fantastic as it follows the original manga, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia is phenomenal, and Goodbye, Lara is absolutely worth watch as a re-take on The Little Mermaid. Also, the discourse around Anime NYC's photography policy.

• Common Side Effects

• Common Side Effects

• Common Side Effects

• Rym - no children (deltarune animatic)
• Scott - Tumble Forth

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider e-bikes, e-scooters, monowheels, and all the assorted electric conveyances that aren't cares and that are becoming more and more popular everywhere there are people. E.g., what are the "classes" of ebikes? In the news, streamers are suing Twitch and Amazon for their opt-out AI model training, 404 tracked down the "rare book" AI training story, and the Steam Frame might finally be coming.

• E-Bikes, E-Scooters, et al.

• E-Bikes, E-Scooters, et al.

• E-Bikes, E-Scooters, et al.

• Rym - That's a sapient answer
• Scott - Strawberry Vampire (INDIE PILOT ANIMATIC) 🍓🦇

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble Board Game Night. Many of you host (or try to host) them. Some of them are public. Many are haunted by that guy. In the news, Big Walk is out, you can play The Old Prince at 18xx.games right now, and Rockstar Games is an evil union-busting company and it's going to court soon.

• Board Game Night

• Board Game Night

• Board Game Night

• Rym - Yahtzee Proficiency Test with Detailed Feedback
• Scott - The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss data centers. Once as positive thing, they have become a blight on the Earth in the ever-growing wake of the AI bubble. Rym and Emily are back from Cedar Point and will have a couple of special episodes about it in the near future, and also have a secret VR project that's slightly less secret than it was before. In the news, the AI slop factory wants help flagging AI slop, and ZGM is an open source gaming mouse firmware.

• Data Centers

• Data Centers

• Data Centers

• Rym - Cedar Point x Made to Thrill
• Scott - Milwaukee Transit Passes

Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Ghost in the Shell (2026) animated by Science Saru. It's the original manga faithfully animated with a lot of style. In the news, The Last Blossom (HOUSENKA) will be in North American theaters for two nights, and Crunchyroll is destroying their own store (RIP Right Stuf).

• The Ghost in the Shell (2026)

• The Ghost in the Shell (2026)

• The Ghost in the Shell (2026)

• Rym - Spokanki - Tjovane (the Thieves)
• Scott - Pro Beach Hockey | Heavy Metal vs. Xpress 1998 (FULL BROADCAST!)

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the growing trend of seeking retro technology. From the Charmera to flip phones to audio cassettes, it's part aesthetic and part anti-consumerist anti-capitalist pushback to the ravages of modernity. In the news, Mamdani announces new Click-to-Cancel rule for New York City, workers in Acklam discover Medlar fruit trees (also known as dog's arse), and no technology is going to make exercising effectively take less time. Also, we did it.

• Intentionally Retro Technology

• Intentionally Retro Technology

• Intentionally Retro Technology

• Rym - How the K-line got its name
• Scott - MiniPCs.zip

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider ice cream. In the news, DUNC 3 has a trailer, ICE appears to have covered up another brazen murder this time in Houston Texas, and the situation in Russia is destabilizing in a way that evokes 1917.

• Ice Cream

• Ice Cream

• Ice Cream

• Rym - A short comic about Lenny
• Scott - pizel skylines

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the game of Association Football. More commonly known as soccer, it's a game of high drama, clever play, and FIFA corruption that is cemented in societal and cultural history.

In the news, a Manhattan skyscraper is collapsing, XBOX is collapsing, YOASOBI x Overwatch slaps, and the new Ghost in the Shell slaps.

• Association Football

• Association Football

• Association Football

• Rym - EVANGELION BRAND NEW SERIES PRODUCTION CONFIRMATION
• Scott - Free Printable Graph Paper

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. It's a fantastic continuation of Adventure Time, which we reviewed in 2013, reviewed again in 2014, shared our final thoughts in 2019, reviewed Distant Lands - BMO in 2020, and Distant Lands - Obsidian also in 2020. It's also deeply metacontextual.

In the news, Science Saru is bringing us Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, the Lefebrvistes are schisming over Vatican II (again), and two people climbed to the top of the Empire State Building today.

• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

• Rym - you know the frog but not his story
• Scott - Why The Price Is Right has hidden mics everywhere

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the current state and evolution of bicycle technology. Not all advancement in modernity is "good" advancement. In the news, delivery robots are a menace, the illegitimate and fully compromised Supreme Court's broken clock was correct on geofence warrants, climate change is killing us, and AI slop music should be demonetized.

• Bicycle Technology

• Bicycle Technology

• Bicycle Technology

• Rym - I am a person, you are not
• Scott - Dirty Little Zine