Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the games we played at PAX East 2026, including Spokes, Magical Athlete, The Third Man, Take Time, Tezuma Trick, Big Wave, QE, Catch the Moon, Robokraft, False Kingdom, Juggernaut, Peanuts Talent Show, and John Company 2.0. In the news, there's a Halloween game (not that one, and there's another Mario movie.

• Games we played at PAX East 2026

• Games we played at PAX East 2026

• Games we played at PAX East 2026

• Rym - YUNBYUL BALLET COMPANY Ballet GAT
• Scott - How to fold the UNICORN

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider how you must tax the rich if you wish to have a society. In the news, Mayor Mamdani ends those ridiculous criminal summonses for cyclists, BTS returns, and America's war against Iran endangers the world.

• Tax the Rich

• Tax the Rich

• Tax the Rich

• Rym - What's my What's My ΔEOK JND?
• Scott - JE8086 Emulation

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the assessment of risk. Apropos of nothing Rym talks about his broken arm. In the news, Washington state moves forward on taxing rich people, and New York City moves forward on banning foie gras.

• Assessing Risk

• Assessing Risk

• Assessing Risk

• Rym - Max don't have sex with your ex (NSFW)
• Scott - Glass Armonica (spinning glass bowls... that break)

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider puzzles in games. In the news, New York is suing Valve over illegal gambling, Valve's new hardware release timeline is heavily impacted by the RAM crisis but might still come in 2026, Blades 68 is launching (Rym was in the playtest), and Nintendo is suing the United States over our president's illegal tariffs.

• Puzzles in Games

• Puzzles in Games

• Puzzles in Games

• Rym - Introducing Reg!
• Scott - Modern Illustration

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the dangers of trying to mandate age verification on the Internet. In the news, Discord embarks on a disastrous age verification scheme, Anthropic is mad that other "AI" companies are using their product, and Goldman Sachs launches an AI-free index.

• Age Verification on the Internet

• Age Verification on the Internet

• Age Verification on the Internet

• Rym - Unicode Explorer
• Scott - The Sharp PC-2000 Computer Boombox from 1979

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about The Muppets. They were formative in the youth of our generation, and they are timeless. In the news, Ryan Dancey found out how little gamers like generative AI, the US president is about to attack Iran to distract from the Epstein files, and the Democrats have rightly denied the DHS funding until it reigns in ICE. Write your senators every day with a simple message: "abolish ICE."

• The Muppets

• The Muppets

• The Muppets

• Rym - Every Time the Halo Saved a Driver's Life
• Scott - Flashpoint Archive

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Paris Connection, also known as SNCF: France & Germany. It's no 1817, but it's a distilled real train game that's worth playing. In the news, Overwatch 1 is back and Diablo 2 is back.

• Paris Connection

• Paris Connection

• Paris Connection

• Rym - Canada Curling Controversey
• Scott - Battlegroup Clash: Baltics

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss our respective morning routines. How do you spend your mornings? In the news, skyrocketing RAM prices delay the Valve Steam Machine (along with the controller, and Steam Frame), NVIDIA isn't releasing new videocards for the same reason, bitcoin is (finally) collapsing, and someone left Horatio at the Goodwill.

• Our Morning Routines

• Our Morning Routines

• Our Morning Routines

• Rym - The Bird Someone Has To Take When Your Aunt Dies
• Scott - ReKindle

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the early access version of 9 Kings. It's got some good things going on. In the news, the Switch is now the highest selling Nintendo console and the Switch 2 is the fastest selling Nintendo console. Swords Without Master is launching more broadly, and Scott is considering running a game. Also Congress has a chance to dismantle ICE: Call your senators.

• 9 Kings (early access)

• 9 Kings (early access)

• 9 Kings (early access)

• Rym - How to operate a Carbon Arc
• Scott - Emudevc

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss webcams. In the news, ICE murdered another person in broad daylight with video and witnesses, and Senate Democrats are willing to shut the government down over continued funding of ICE. Call your senators today. No funds for ICE: abolish, dismantle, and prosecute.

In other news, Europe may ban Elon Musk's nonconsensual porn machine and France is planning to build a video conferencing tool to reduce dependence on American technology.

• Webcams

• Webcams

• Webcams

• Rym - RESOURCE: Just how advanced WERE the Maya?
• Scott - Ignoring Lithium Battery Safety Warnings.. For Science!