Tonight on GeekNights, we review the 2023 French animated neo-noir science fiction film Mars Express. Just watch it. It's Robocop Bladerunner 2001 Terminator 2 Total Recall Ghost in the Shell Murderbot (and more). In the news, The Time Masters is getting a theatrical 4k remastered release, the creator of Centaurworld is making a musical feature, and Ranma 1/2 is getting a redo.

• Mars Express

• Mars Express

• Rym - DITCHING SCHOOL
• Scott - The VOTOMS Hub

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the insidious and underestimated problem of noise pollution. We've previously talked about computer noise specifically. In the news, GeekNights endorses whoever the Democratic candidate for President is in the 2024 election, the Russian government plotted assassinations in Europe, red light cameras remain controversial, and the Jersey Shore played itself.

• Noise Pollution

• Noise Pollution

• Rym - What's that pipe for?
• Scott - TASER Chess

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the games one can play at the beach. We've previously talked about the beach, and also Yard Games, so now we bring an intersection of the two. Also Beach Soccer and Terraforming Mars. In the news, the Nintendo Direct had some good stuff (especially the long awaited Metroid Prime 4) and you don't need an Xbox to play Xbox games.

• Beach Games

• Beach Games

• Rym - High Power Rocketry FAIL COMPILATION
• Scott - Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB by Peanut Butter the Dog

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the anime version of Ōoku: The Inner Chambers from 2023. In the news, the Lupin III Kabuki Stage Play streams live with English subtitles on August 11 and Dandadan is opening in theaters on September 13th.

• Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023 Anime)

• Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023 Anime)

• Rym - When you steal an Arab's car
• Scott - Super Mario Maker 2 - If You Jump 4 Times You Die

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the sad state of the technology creeping into car dashboards. In the news, the US Supreme Court has disastrously ruled that the president is above the law in extreme and shocking complicity with authoritarian takeover. In other news, some good Python development practices and Apple cramming AI into their largely failed Vision Pro.

• Car Dashboard Tech

• Car Dashboard Tech

• Rym - Small BIRDS 8K ULTRA HD with Names and Sounds
• Scott - Can You Make It Bigger?

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the concept of bosses in videogames. In the news, the Panthers win the Stanley Cup in the longest season in NHL history, Connor McDavid is awarded the Conn Smythe trophy but doesn't come out to claim it, and Founders of Reyvick might someday come.

• Bosses (in videogames)

• Bosses (in videogames)

• Rym - Perception check but the Dark Urge is a ✨BARD✨
• Scott - FOOTSIES TRILEMMA

Tonight on GeekNights, it's a Tech News Roundup! Mouse movers are getting people fired but are also a sign of late stage capitalism, social media is messing up the kids, don't operate your i9 at turbo voltages when it's overheating, Adobe is mostly wrong here but also read what you buy, this is a good car that will never reach the US, data breaches are getting worse as people care less and less that they happen, Wine patches bug 7955 after 17 years, the Pentax 17 is bad, Apple cancels Apple Pay Later, New York gets digital IDs (sort of), Microsoft slow rolls Recall after backlash, and Voyager 1 still lives!

• Tech News Roundup Summer 2024

• Tech News Roundup Summer 2024

• Rym - ZEUS, POSEIDON & HADES
• Scott - TerminalTextEffects

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Animal Well. It's a beautiful and well made metroidvania. In the news, Civilization 7 is coming and Blades in the Dark is fantastic from session zero to terminal endgame.

• Animal Well (2024)

• Animal Well (2024)

• Rym - Don't touch AM transmitter towers
• Scott - Project Random

Tonight on GeekNights, we make some technology predictions for one, five, and ten years into the future. We did this once back in 2010. In the news, Ticketmaster and Santander have massive data breaches, Google accidentally published its secret search sauce, Twitter adds pornography, and Rubin is the next generation AI chip.

• Tech Predictions for 2025, 2029, and 2034

• Tech Predictions for 2025, 2029, and 2034

• Rym - Balance (1989)
• Scott - The Panzerbike

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss markup languages like Markdown. In the news, Rym posted an analysis of strange noises in Sportsnet NHL streams, the ship that broke Baltimore Harbor has been removed, you can read a paper exploring The consequences of generative AI for online knowledge communities, and there are new iPads.

• Markup Languages

• Markup Languages

• Rym - Come stay in a $40 2/10 hotel with me for an evening.
• Scott - Non-Euclidean Doom: