Tonight on GeekNights, we review Mina the Hollower (2026). It's fantastic, evoking the feeling of old NES games but with modern design sensibilities. In the news, the Steam Machine is actually here and still a reasonable price (considering the unreasonable pressure the AI bubble is putting on computer components), Civ VII added hotseat multiplayer, and Deltarune chapter 5 drops TOMORROW.

• Mina the Hollower (2026)

• Mina the Hollower (2026)

• Mina the Hollower (2026)

• Rym - "I Never Read The Animorphs," a poem by Neil Cicierega
• Scott - Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the challenge of company-managed devices. In the news, Britain has banned the kids from all social media, Nvidia is issuing $25 Billion in corporate bonds, and Verizon screwed a guy over with MDM.

• Company Devices

• Company Devices

• Company Devices

• Rym - Jinxxy
• Scott - Anthropeum

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider museums we've been to. In the news, XBOX is in trouble, and the GOP's incompetence killed FISA. Also the MoMA Design Store (not an ad).

• Museums

• Museums

• Museums

• Rym - Uncursing Money
• Scott - programming a gba game on an iphone

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what happens when one chases the meta. This is especially a problem when competitive and casual players mix and is the topic of several GeekNights lectures. In the news, Furality was phenomenal this year, and the Nintendo Direct was underwhelming.

• Chasing the Meta

• Chasing the Meta

• Chasing the Meta

• Rym - Furality Ultra: Tsop B2B Loprov (Full Stage Visuals)
• Scott - NTSC-RS

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the evil cameras all around us. In the news, Nvidia introduces an underwhelming chip to make underwhelming PCs, the US gestapo are trying to buy advertiser datasets in a dangerous escalation of the police state, and Furality is this weekend!

• The Evil Cameras All Around Us

• The Evil Cameras All Around Us

• The Evil Cameras All Around Us

• Rym - HD remaster of "Rejected"
• Scott - Because We Feud

Tonight on GeekNights we consider cinema. We both love movies, and have for our entire lives. In the news, the K-shaped economy means the Steam Deck is expensive and also sold out, chemical disasters are occurring in the US, Hawaii is using state power to fight back against the disastrous Citizens United ruling, and Delaware is doing the literal opposite.

• Cinema

• Cinema

• Cinema

• Rym - Incentive per diem
• Scott - hallucinate: Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider games where the numbers go up. Like Balatro or Slay the Spire or 9 Kings or Vampire Survivors. These games might intersect with deeper societal problems related to the signifier and the signified and the trap of hyperreality. In the news, the NAACP calls for a boycott of southern public school athletics due to their extreme gutting of voting rights, Ferrari launches the Luce, and nobody is booking rooms for the World Cup.

• Games where the numbers go up

• Games where the numbers go up

• Games where the numbers go up

• Rym - Otakon 08 Geeknights promo
• Scott - Sales & Dungeons

Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea. Recommended by the staff at LIC Book Culture it's a cyberpunk novel about minds and consciousness (among other things). It's worth a read.

• The Mountain in the Sea

• The Mountain in the Sea

• The Mountain in the Sea

• Rym - ヨルシカ - あぶく（OFFICIAL VIDEO）
• Scott - ANIMEVOX

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the problem of spam in the current era. We last talked about spam in 2007. (Note that spam is distinct from slop. In the news, Rym is back from Hong Kong, supply chain attacks remain a major threat, the kids are booing AI people at graduations, Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI, deepfake software is getting better, and Meta is laying off 10% of its entire workforce.

• Spam in 2026

• Spam in 2026

• Spam in 2026

• Rym - NASA Didn't Even Know!!
• Scott - UnDUNE II: The Demaking of a Dynasty

Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Running Man (2025) directed by Edgar Wright. This completes our full tour of the Runnings Man, as we previously reviewed the original Running Man novel from 1982 and the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Running Man. There are no more men to run. Also look at the difference in mood between the 1987 ending credits and the 2025 ending credits. The latter seem like they're saying something, but I can't quite put my finger on it...

In the news, The American World Cup transit situation is a disaster, and the new Steam Controller sold out once already.

• The Running Man (2025)

• The Running Man (2025)

• The Running Man (2025)

• Rym - Geddan (Get Down) - Goblin Mode
• Scott - Cursor Camp