Tonight on GeekNights, we review Klask. It's a well-designed extremely fun tabletop sport adjacent to but significantly distinct from Air Hockey. In the news, the Rangers are number one in the NHL, the Coyotes are moving to Salt Lake City, and Visions of Mana has quite the trailer.

Also if you ever need to help out an injured pigeon in New York City, you have a lot of good options.

• Klask

• Klask

• Rym - The Snailfish
• Scott - Descent3

Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Orbital Children. It's an excellent short hard science fiction show written and directed by Mitsuo Iso. In the news, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM is in theaters May 7-8 and somebody bought Superman again.

• The Orbital Children (2022)

• The Orbital Children (2022)

• Rym - What is the range of Sting's Orc-radar?
• Scott - Truncate

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the nature of the Easter Egg. They're good for society. In the news, the mayor of New York lost a duel, and it's not just you.

• Easter Eggs

• Easter Eggs

• Rym - So THAT'S where Bugs Bunny got it from!
• Scott - Sweet Home (1989) [Full Film, Domesday Capture, Subbed]

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Balatro (2024). From LocalThunk and published by Playstack, it's a roguelike deckbuilder in the vein of Slay the Spire, but in Video Poker. It's good. In the news, PAX East was all right but it's still a ghost town when the expo hall closes, the Rangers are top of the NHL coming into the playoffs, and you may not have played Crime No Crime before (but you should).

• Balatro (2024)

• Balatro (2024)

• Rym - The End of Evangelion: When I Watch Something Unforgettable
• Scott - Original Pirate Material

Tonight on GeekNights, with Rym back from the plague and Scott back from PAX, we review the hot new anime Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi / ダンジョン飯). From Studio Trigger, it's part light fantasy part cooking show. It's worth your watch. In the news, The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story dropped in partnership with the Kevin Love Fund and two lost Astro Boy episodes were recovered!

• Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi)

• Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi)

• Rym - 2 days into college
• Scott - Joby Carter

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the fantastic Robot Dreams, a Spanish-French animated tragicomedy was saw at the New York International Children's Film Festival. It has no dialog and you will remember the 21st night of September. In the news, Akira Toriyama has died, and the creator of X-Men 97 has been fired.

• Robot Dreams (2023)

• Robot Dreams (2023)

• Rym - Attack the Gas Station
• Scott - How to Fold the Miura Ori

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the ramifications of a ridiculous Texas law being argued before the Supreme Court, and its ramifications for the imperfect but valuable Section 230. In the news, A lot of Redditors hate the Reddit IPO, Reddit is selling your data to Google for AI training, and Reddit admitted that your moderator protests are working. Also Rym has some notes on his new workstation.

• Moderation, Section 230, and Free Speech

• Moderation, Section 230, and Free Speech

• Rym - The Oldest Room in the House
• Scott - GifCities

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss noodles. In the news, Alabama Republicans decide that embryos are literally children with extreme and harmful legal consequences, and Fubo has raised an antitrust suit against the coming massive sports streaming consolidation.

• Noodles

• Noodles

• Rym - Which is Worse?
• Scott - GoPro Ride Through an Electron Beam Irradiator at Full Beam Power

Tonight on GeekNights, having previously talked about Cheating we now consider Anti-Cheat. How do you prevent cheating? In the news, the Nintendo Direct is Feb 21 but the Switch 2 is likely 2025, and Helldivers 2's ugly anti-cheat in a PvE game leaves a bad taste in our mouths.

• Anti-Cheat

• Anti-Cheat

• Rym - Wario Addresses His Nation Amidst Its Destruction
• Scott - Game Font Forensics

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the first season of Castlevania: Nocturne. If you enjoyed the first show then your vampire cup overfloweth. In the news, PAX has an official Discord and Bong Joon Ho is working on a new animated film about deep sea creatures.

• Castlevania: Nocturne

• Castlevania: Nocturne

• Rym - Putin’s Story | The Puppet Show Banned In Russia
• Scott - Clarke Jaxton Motorbike