Middle-Aged Geeks

Welcome to our end-of-year episode.

It's a longer episode than usual as we take the time to each name our favourite entertainment offerings from 2023.

We start off as normal with what we have been playing and watching this past week.

Then we kick off our top 5's by discussing what movies made our shortlist of favourites from 2023. Next up, we run through our top 5 TV shows, before rounding off with our favourite videogame picks.

After we've discussed the good stuff, we of course have to take some time to discuss the bad as we run through our biggest disappointments of 2023.

Let us know if you agree with our picks and if you have any of your own by mailing [email protected]

Thanks for listening and have a great Christmas break!

00:00:00 Introduction and what we've been playing/watching

00:10:03 Top 5 movies

00:37:22 Top 5 TV shows

01:06:15 Top 5 videogames

01:34:42 Biggest disappointments

Welcome to episode 9.

We kick off as usual by discussing what we've been playing and watching this past week.

Next, Phil guides us through our movie review of Uncharted (2022). But before that, Daz takes part in a little quiz to see if he can guess how Uncharted stacks up review-wise against other videogame to movie adaptations.

We then finish with our Retro Corner as Daz reminisces about his all-time favourite game - The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time.

Thanks for listening as always.

00:00 Introduction. What we've been playing/watching

14:22 Daz takes a little quiz

27:05 Movie review: Uncharted

1:02:05 Retro Corner: The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time

MORTAL KOMBAAAAT!

Welcome to episode 8 where we will be diving deep into the world of Mortal Kombat.

We kick off as always with a discussion about what we have been playing/watching this week and also touch on the news of the nominees for the Game Awards coming up in a couple of weeks.

Next, we give a brief overview of the three Mortal Kombat movies and have a discussion about what makes them good, fair or incredibly bad.

Then for our Retro Corner, Daz will be bringing us all the way back to the mid 90's for a chat about Mortal Kombat 2.

Thanks for listening as always.

00:00 Introduction, what we have been playing/watching.

15:07 Mortal Kombat movies revisited

15:38 Retro Corner - Mortal Kombat 2

*Extra-long episode*

We decided to cleanse ourselves after 3 weeks of bad movies by taking a trip to the stars for our 7th episode.

We kick things off as always with a discussion around what we've been playing/watching and our reaction to the new Madame Web trailer.

Next up, Daz guides us through a chat about Star Trek, where it began for us, the current state of Trek and what the future looks like.

Then for our extended Retro Corner, we revisit the 1999 gem Galaxy Quest. Enjoy Phil's overuse of the word "disdain".

Thanks for listening as always.

00:00 Introduction including what we have been playing/watching/reading the past week

17:30 Star Trek - Past, present and future

01:01:20 Retro Corner - Galaxy Quest (1999)

On this week's episode we have a discussion about VR including it's history and what the future may hold.

We then stay (kinda) on topic for our Retro Corner by revisiting the 1982 movie 'TRON'. We can't imagine anyone needs spoiler warnings for a 41 year old movie but if you want to skip that section, see the timestamps below.

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00:00 Introduction including what we have been playing/watching/reading the past week

08:10 Virtual Reality - Past, present and future

38:10 Retro Corner - TRON

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Welcome to our bumper, extra long, Spooktacular (not sorry) Halloween episode.

This week we kick off as usual by discussing what we've been playing this past week. Spider-Man 2 features prominently but the discussion is spoiler free.

Next up we take a trip back through the decades as we look at some of the stand-out horror videogames we've both enjoyed.

Then we welcome our special guest Dee Reddy to discuss what we all love about horror before moving on to our in-depth review of the 2023 movie 'Five Nights and Freddy's'.

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00:00 Introduction and what we've been playing/watching

13:12 Horror videogames through the decades

47:22 A discussion with our special guest Dee about why we love horror

1:05:25 Movie review - Five Nights and Freddy's (2023)

Welcome to episode 5! We have an action-packed episode for you this week.

We kick off as usual with a discussion about what we have been playing and watching. Both of us have been revisiting some not so new releases.

Then for our movie review we discuss the 2023 disasterpiece 'Knights of the Zodiac'. Why, you ask? You'll have to listen to find out. Spoiler: its Phil's fault.

Then we finish off with our Retro Corner. This week we discuss one of the all-time greats...Street Fighter 2.

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12:30 Movie review: Knights of the Zodiac

55:52 Retro Corner: Street Fighter 2

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Welcome to this week's Marvel-ous (ahem) episode.

First up we will be discussing what we've been playing/watching and also reacting to some gaming news.

Next up we will have a short spoiler-free review of the 2023 movie The Marvels before moving onto a fairly spoiler heavy discussion about the plot.

Following this, we will have a discussing about what the future looks like for the MCU based on what we have seen from Phase 4.

And we round off with our Retro Corner where we discuss the N64 game Blast Corps.

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12:15 Movie review-The Marvels (spoiler free)

19:10 Spoiler-heavy discussion of The Marvels

50:45 The future of the MCU

59:12 Retro corner - Blast Corps

Welcome to episode 2 where we are, amongst other things, discussing the 2023 movie Gran Tourismo and the video game series - Burnout. If you check down below you will find the timestamps for the episode in case you want to skip any spoilers.

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00:00 Introduction including what we have been playing/watching/reading the past week

13:35 Movie review/discussion - Gran Tourismo

41:55 Retro Corner - Burnout

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