Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss Stephen King's Richard Bachman's The Running Man (1982). In 2025, the world's economy is in shambles, and America has become a totalitarian dystopia. The better-known Arnold movie is loosely based on it, though thematically it was spot-on. The 2025 Edgar Wright film will be much closer to the original.

In the news, No Kings Day is October 18th: find the march nearest you! The next GeekNights book club book will be I Who Have Never Known Men.

• Book Club: The Running Man (1982)

• Book Club: The Running Man (1982)

• Book Club: The Running Man (1982)

• Rym - DC Juries Refuse to Indict Protestors
• Scott - The Most Important Device in the Universe

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss fitness tech like heart rate monitors and Strava and Dance Dance Revolution. In the news, Tik Tok has a dubious deal to keep operating in the US and the regime has plans for the algorithm. Also go see Perfect Blue remastered while you can. And read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.

• Fitness Tech

• Fitness Tech

• Fitness Tech

• Rym - KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT
• Scott - 86box

Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Gang, a fantastic cooperative tabletop game about pulling bank heists by ranking poker hands. In the news, there's lots to say about the Nintendo Direct, Borderlands 4 has angered gamers with its poor performance and Gearbox isn't handling it super well. 'Pitchford told people to “code your own engine and show us how it’s done, please,” and declared Borderlands 4 “a premium game made for premium gamers” whatever that means.

• The Gang

• The Gang

• The Gang

• Rym - Hammer of Justice - Deltarune Gerson Fight Animation
• Scott - Vintage Computer Festival East XX walk around w/ commentary

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about specific mice. Mice we've used over the years, since the days of balls. In the news, Google dodges consequences in the US but not in the EU, Google is sued yet again for their advertising monopoly, and Google is looking to flood the phone lines of tiny businesses.

• Specific Mice

• Specific Mice

• Specific Mice

• Rym - Ti-85 Megademo (Calculator demonstration)
• Scott - The Old Robots Web Site

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the modern marvel that is video chat. In the news, Perplexity is using undeclared crawlers to scrape content, Samsung has a crazy Micro LED TV, real life ad block is possible, and Trump is forming the American SS.

The next GeekNights Book Club book will be The Running Man, by Richard Backman, who you may know better as Stephen King.

• Video Chat and Teleconferencing

• Video Chat and Teleconferencing

• Video Chat and Teleconferencing

• Rym - Survival food - dandelion seeds
• Scott - blahaj goes to waffle house at 3am

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