Tonight on GeekNights, we review Heat: Pedal to the Metal (2022). It's a car racing game with well-tuned push-your-luck mechanics that is definitely worth a play. It's even better over multiple races. In the news, Cory Booker heroically and historically holds the Senate floor for over 24 hours in a powerful rebuke of Donald Trump's fascism (beating Strom Thurmond's vile "record"). Also torpedo bats are a deeply baseball thing to happen, Nintendo Direct number 1 brings virtual game cards and a bunch of games, and Nintendo Direct 2 will announce the Switch 2.

• Heat: Pedal to the Metal (2022)

• Heat: Pedal to the Metal (2022)

• Heat: Pedal to the Metal (2022)

• Rym - Behind-The-Back Save
• Scott - Famicom 3D System

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Friedemann Friese's sequel to Power Grid titled Power Grid: Outpost. We highly recommend reading the second page of the rulebook closely. In the news, Pokémon Go (and all your location data) were sold to Scopely, there's something to this nemesis system, and this is the most important thing you can pay attention to in America's ongoing crisis.

• Power Grid: Outpost

• Power Grid: Outpost

• Power Grid: Outpost

• Rym - How To Cliff Jump - Tutorial for Beginners
• Scott - Solving the World's Oldest Board Game

Tonight on GeekNights we review Shogun, released as part of the Milton Bradley Gamemaster series that we reviewed back in 2006. Renamed to Samurai Swords and then to Ikusa, we revisited it with pro tabletop players this past weekend. We're a lot wiser about game mechanics and game design here in 2025, and this game holds up surprisingly well except for a few notable flaws.

We're also trying an experiment. Rym is writing new rules in an attempt to refurbish this old game. Comments appreciated!

In the news, the Four Nations Face-Off has been lit, the Nintendo Switch 2 is coming, Nintendo is dropping their coupon pricing, we're playing the newly released Civilization VII to prepare a grand review, Magic: The Gathering announces Final Fantasy commander decks, and NetEase fired the people who made the hit game Marvel Rivals..

• Shogun (1986)

• Shogun (1986)

• Shogun (1986)

• Rym - Someone Beat the Donkey Kong Kill Screen
• Scott - HACKED DOUBLE TRUMPET

Tonight on GeekNights we review Moorland (2023). We played it twice at PAX Unplugged and it's a solid game with two novel mechanics. In the news, New York's congestion relief pricing is already fantastic, Valve makes insane money per employee, and two Gundam tabletop games are coming.

• Moorland (2023)

• Moorland (2023)

• Moorland (2023)

• Rym - Temperate Lake Dashboard Simulator
• Scott - Obsolete Sony

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider PAX Unplugged 2024. It was a top tier PAX. In the news, the Rangers aren't doing well, Marvel Overwatch is exactly what it looks like, and Fortnite has to pay back the kids it ripped off.

• PAX Unplugged 2024

• PAX Unplugged 2024

• PAX Unplugged 2024

• Rym - when the solo is so good the band forgets to finish
• Scott - IMG_0001

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Obelus. A re-implementation of Dark Spires designed by Chris A. Williams, it's a quick abstract two-player game that's worth having in your bag. In the news, The Magic Commander Format, recently embroiled in capitalist drama, is getting a digital version, and the itch.io Creator Day sale is this Friday!

• Obelus (2024)

• Obelus (2024)

• Obelus (2024)

• Rym - DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO 10, 11, 12, & 13
• Scott - Tony Hawk wanted to track down a mysterious skateboarder from 1979

Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. It's a Zelda game and you probably should play it. In the news, the big Nintendo leak isn't that exciting and Reiner Knizia’s SHOCKING Confession.

• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

• Rym - BART Speedrun Records
• Scott - BigBoxDB

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Friends vs Friends. It's a fantastic quick arena-duel FPS with cards. It evokes the feeling of playing weird mods against your friends online in 1998. In the news, PAX Unplugged is December 6-8, the keynote speaker is Elizabeth Hargrave (of Wingspan fame), "hard mode" is a great way to frame handicapping in games, Microsoft lays off even more people, and Sony's Concord failed in legendary catastrophic fashion.

• Friends vs Friends

• Friends vs Friends

• Rym - Corndog Delight
• Scott - Visiting Area 5150: Investigating a PC Demo

Tonight on GeekNights, Rym and Emily review Slay the Princess. It's a graphic novel philosophical horror game in a sense. It'll give you a lot to chew on and it's definitely worth playing! From Black Tabby Games, you may recognize Abby Howard from Penny Arcade's Strip Search!

• Slay the Princess

• Slay the Princess

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Four Swords, which was released in 2002 on the GBA as The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords. It's basically a tech demo/proof of concept for the real game released on the Gamecube which we reviewed back in 2009. You can play it online with friends on the Switch, and you probably should. In the news, Game Informer is no more, Go AIs can be attacked via exploits, and the new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has engaged the hype machine.

• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

• Rym - Turkish sharpshooter Yusuf Dikeç
• Scott - Chicken Pod #1