GeekNights Thursday

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the topic of convention drama. It takes many forms. Attendee vs Attendee. Attendee vs Convention. Convention vs Convention. Convention vs Nature. Convention vs Itself. In the news, Malaria is at Frankfurt Airport, never ever pull the emergency brake on a train, the new Resident Evil movie might be good, and the Transformers movie is in theaters again.

• Con Drama

• Con Drama

• Con Drama

• Rym - Camera Shutters are Extremely Fast
• Scott - 'King of the Hill' Trailer Race

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider ice cream. In the news, DUNC 3 has a trailer, ICE appears to have covered up another brazen murder this time in Houston Texas, and the situation in Russia is destabilizing in a way that evokes 1917.

• Ice Cream

• Ice Cream

• Ice Cream

• Rym - A short comic about Lenny
• Scott - pizel skylines

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider museums we've been to. In the news, XBOX is in trouble, and the GOP's incompetence killed FISA. Also the MoMA Design Store (not an ad).

• Museums

• Museums

• Museums

• Rym - Uncursing Money
• Scott - programming a gba game on an iphone

Tonight on GeekNights we consider cinema. We both love movies, and have for our entire lives. In the news, the K-shaped economy means the Steam Deck is expensive and also sold out, chemical disasters are occurring in the US, Hawaii is using state power to fight back against the disastrous Citizens United ruling, and Delaware is doing the literal opposite.

• Cinema

• Cinema

• Cinema

• Rym - Incentive per diem
• Scott - hallucinate: Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Running Man (2025) directed by Edgar Wright. This completes our full tour of the Runnings Man, as we previously reviewed the original Running Man novel from 1982 and the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Running Man. There are no more men to run. Also look at the difference in mood between the 1987 ending credits and the 2025 ending credits. The latter seem like they're saying something, but I can't quite put my finger on it...

In the news, The American World Cup transit situation is a disaster, and the new Steam Controller sold out once already.

• The Running Man (2025)

• The Running Man (2025)

• The Running Man (2025)

• Rym - Geddan (Get Down) - Goblin Mode
• Scott - Cursor Camp

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider how you must tax the rich if you wish to have a society. In the news, Mayor Mamdani ends those ridiculous criminal summonses for cyclists, BTS returns, and America's war against Iran endangers the world.

• Tax the Rich

• Tax the Rich

• Tax the Rich

• Rym - What's my What's My ΔEOK JND?
• Scott - JE8086 Emulation

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the assessment of risk. Apropos of nothing Rym talks about his broken arm. In the news, Washington state moves forward on taxing rich people, and New York City moves forward on banning foie gras.

• Assessing Risk

• Assessing Risk

• Assessing Risk

• Rym - Max don't have sex with your ex (NSFW)
• Scott - Glass Armonica (spinning glass bowls... that break)

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about The Muppets. They were formative in the youth of our generation, and they are timeless. In the news, Ryan Dancey found out how little gamers like generative AI, the US president is about to attack Iran to distract from the Epstein files, and the Democrats have rightly denied the DHS funding until it reigns in ICE. Write your senators every day with a simple message: "abolish ICE."

• The Muppets

• The Muppets

• The Muppets

• Rym - Every Time the Halo Saved a Driver's Life
• Scott - Flashpoint Archive

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss our respective morning routines. How do you spend your mornings? In the news, skyrocketing RAM prices delay the Valve Steam Machine (along with the controller, and Steam Frame), NVIDIA isn't releasing new videocards for the same reason, bitcoin is (finally) collapsing, and someone left Horatio at the Goodwill.

• Our Morning Routines

• Our Morning Routines

• Our Morning Routines

• Rym - The Bird Someone Has To Take When Your Aunt Dies
• Scott - ReKindle

Tonight on GeekNights we review The Running Man (1987 film) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Richard Dawson. In the news, the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with regional bodies throughout the state have called for statewide labor action in Minnesota over the brutality of ICE. The crazy house we rented once in Wildwood NJ is for sale, and the New York Sirens are on the verge of selling out MSG despite drawing tiny crowds in New Jersey (proving once again that few want to go to New Jersey on purpose).

• The Running Man (1987 Arnold Version)

• The Running Man (1987 Arnold Version)

• The Running Man (1987 Arnold Version)

• Rym - Puppet tests from Fantastic Mr Fox
• Scott - “Food JPEGs” in Super Smash Bros & Kirby Air Riders