Tonight on GeekNights we review Ugo Bienvenu's Arco (2025). Set in the future and the far future, it's a very French Science Fiction animated feature that's definitely worth seeing. In the news, we'll be at PAX Unplugged this weekend, as will the Night Market, and the Internet relies too much on one service.

• Arco (2025)

• Arco (2025)

• Arco (2025)

• Rym - Why Can’t We Fix NYC’s Penn Station?
• Scott - Coding Trance Music

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider anti-intellectualism. In the news, Valve has new hardware including a new VR headset Rym is going to get, and you should learn about the 1981 Air Traffic Controller strike. We will be live at PAX Unplugged 2025!

• Anti-Intellectualism

• Anti-Intellectualism

• Anti-Intellectualism

• Rym - Jesus Didn't Have Long Hair....So Why does Jesus Have Long Hair?
• Scott - Using OSINT to track US military murders at sea

Tonight on GeekNights, we review (without spoilers) the third installment in the Knives Out Mysteries: Wake Up Dead Man. Benoit Blanc is a character for the ages, and it's worth seeing. In the news, Zohran Mamdani is the next mayor of New York and his victory speech is worth a watch. Democrats overwhelmingly vote to fight for democracy. Kodak quietly begins selling film again.

• Wake Up Dead Man (2025)

• Wake Up Dead Man (2025)

• Wake Up Dead Man (2025)

• Rym - Porcupine Screenwriting Tool
• Scott - HyperRogue

Tonight is a very special GeekNights. This is our 20th anniversary stream. GeekNights began on October 31 2005 and has continued for 20 years with no real breaks. We did a series of "beta" episodes even earlier to work out the show format and learn how to podcast. We've done 317 talks at conventions. We had a massive forum which we replaced with a smaller forum. And somehow we're still going!

• GeekNights 20th Anniversary Special!

• GeekNights 20th Anniversary Special!

• GeekNights 20th Anniversary Special!

• Rym - Otakon 2006 - THE MUSIC VIDEO
• Scott - WNUF Halloween Special

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about when one messes up the rules in games. In the news, EA is being aquired by Trump-linked private equity, and VRChat has recaptured some of the magic of the Old Internet.

• Messing Up the Rules

• Messing Up the Rules

• Messing Up the Rules

• Rym - Project Gemini: The Most Dangerous Space Program
• Scott - MESSENGER

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss tech bubbles like the Dot-com bubble. Unrelatedly here's a video by Hank Green titled The State of the AI Industry is Freaking Me Out, and a video by Adam Conover titled Sora Proves the AI Bubble Is Going to Burst So Hard. In the news, nearly 7 million Americans marched in defense of democracy, Amazon AWS went down Sunday night reminding us how fragile the Internet has become, and the end of Windows 10 shouldn't be ignored.

• Tech Bubbles

• Tech Bubbles

• Tech Bubbles

• Rym - The Hammond A-100 Organ
• Scott - Mac Source Ports

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