Tonight on GeekNights, we share our thoughts on Donkey Kong Bananza. In the news, Gamescom happened, PAX West badges aren't sold out, and you should see The Relationship Between Game Design and Art Direction with Naoki Yoshida and Hiroshi Minagawa.

• Donkey Kong Bananza

• Donkey Kong Bananza

• Donkey Kong Bananza

• Rym - Babalu Music
• Scott - Lone Wolf

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss audio interfaces. Rym uses a PreSonus Studio 1810c to record GeekNights, and as his general purpose "sound card" in the studio.

In the news, the CEO of GitHub steps down, you can consider Forgejo if that worries you, Reddit will block the Internet Archive, and Trump illegally forces the National Guard to deploy to the streets of Washington DC.

• Computer Audio Interfaces

• Computer Audio Interfaces

• Computer Audio Interfaces

• Rym - Map of Queens NY, Explained
• Scott - The Pianolizer

Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss Alex Michaelide' The Silent Patient. It's a fine mystery novel, and we both enjoyed our time with it.

In the news, Texas Democrats have fled the state in a bit to fight fascism, and Disney's ESPN acquires the NFL Network in the continued consolidation of all sports media into one big casino.

If you enjoy GeekNights panels and lectures, here's a list of all 315 we've done to date!

• GeekNights Book Club: The Silent Patient

• GeekNights Book Club: The Silent Patient

• GeekNights Book Club: The Silent Patient

• Rym - Nail gun trick in sync - Penn & Teller are professionals
• Scott - Yorkshire’s Largest Old Penny Arcade

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the popularity of anime over time. In the news, CITY The Animation continues to crush it, it's GUNDAM season, The Boy and The Beast is pin theaters August 18th[(https://www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/mamoru-hosoda-the-boy-and-the-beast-theaterical-release-crunchyroll-248944.html?cbtr=LATPOS), and expect this The Bad Guys 2 anti-AI statement to appear in more movie credits.

• The Popularity of Anime Over Time

• The Popularity of Anime Over Time

• The Popularity of Anime Over Time

• Rym - Raw Otakon 2002 Footage
• Scott - Archived Geocities Tiles

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider fancy restaurants. In the news, noted racist Terry Bollea has died at 71, Donald Trump is getting even more dangerously unhinged than usual, and the Canada World Junior assault case has ended.

Here is a list of every significant lecture or panel that Rym and Scott have ever done, going back to the year 2002.

• Fancy Restaurants

• Fancy Restaurants

• Fancy Restaurants

• Rym - Secret Train Station Apartments
• Scott - IAMMP Piano Roll Archive

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Tower Defense games like the famous Desktop Tower Defense (2007). In the news, Ozzy Osbourne made it to 76, the PS5 Store is full of AI slop, Steam is caught up in the war on "pornography", and Deltarune is fantastic.

Rym's solo version of Every Game is the Same Game from Zenkaikon is live!

• Tower Defense Games

• Tower Defense Games

• Tower Defense Games

• Rym - 1984 TSR D&D Role Playing Games Commercial
• Scott - Card Game Rules

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Keiichi Arawi's City the Animation. It's delightful; we reviewed the manga in 2018. In the news, Umamusume: Pretty Derby is a surprisingly popular game, though we had a meh opinion of the anime it's based on.

• City the Animation (2025)

• City the Animation (2025)

• City the Animation (2025)

• Rym - Most Iconic Plugin of all Time
• Scott - Pigeon Won't Let Man Take A Shower

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider why there, broadly, aren't major consumer technology developments lately. In the news, Debian reduces support for i386 and Chrome OS is combining with Android. Also we'll be live at PAX West!

• Why there's no big tech news

• Why there's no big tech news

• Why there's no big tech news

• Rym - The ‘Goal’ That Changed The NHL Forever
• Scott - Hot Spring Shark Attack

Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072 Despite several compelling aspects, its ultimately was a frustrating read which we discuss at length. That said, it's important to have post-apocalyptic works that imagine a better world rather than a worse one, however naive some of the interrogation of the subject ends up being.

• Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune

• Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune

• Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune

• Rym - dogs with a loving family when the frontdoor is slightly open
• Scott - ET Book is a Bembo-like font

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider auction and bidding mechanics in games. In the news, DriveThruRPG chose cowardice, and Microsoft lays of 9,000 people. GeekNights will be live at PAX West with an all new lecture on the same topic as this show! Our talk The Everlasting Game from PAX East is on youtube!

• Auction and Bidding Mechanics

• Auction and Bidding Mechanics

• Auction and Bidding Mechanics

• Rym - I turned down a [REDACTED] show
• Scott - PAC-MAN Superfast!