In this weeks “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Pat rambles about age ratings, age recommendations, and age restrictions. He focuses on games but his thoughts are just as relevant for movies and TV series.

Links & Sources

• Common Sense Media
• Entertainment Software Rating Board
• Pan European Game Information
• Computer Entertainment Rating Organization
• Motion Pictures Association Rating System
• Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (Entertainment Software Self-Control)
• Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft

In episode 69 of “Passion of the Geeks”, Pat and Greg talk about the new Sherlock Holmes Game, Around the World in 80 Days, something very stupid a whole bunch of new shows on TV, Peter Jackson new Beatles documentary and  have a discussion about different kinds of twists on TV. In short: They have a lot of fun.

Spilers for Doctor Who, Alias, Scrubs, Babylon 5, Buffy, Battlestar Galactica, Duck Tales and The Good Place.

Today I found out.

• Around the World in 80 Days (Pat)
• Something very stupid (Greg)

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• Sherlock Holmes Chapter 1 (Pat)
• The Beatles – Get Back (Greg)

Story of the Week

• Twists on Television

Links & Sources

• Fewer Male Leads Inspiring UK Youth Crime?
• Short trailer for Around the World in 80 Days on YouTube
• Frogware’s Sherlock Holmes Chapter 1 Website
• Get Back Trailer

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In this weeks “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Greg tells you to watch “Tick, Tick..Boom!”. That’s it. 

Links & Sources

• Tick, Tick…Boom! Trailer

In episode 67 of “Passion of the Geeks”, Pat is clueless about ASMR and shares his love for Star Trek Prodigy, while Greg explains how much he enjoyed the Guardians of the Galaxy game and why he’s excited about X-Men 97. Then they decide to play some Forza Horizon 5 together. For their main topic they discuss the future of D&D and their hopes and ideas for the next iteration coming in 2024.

Today I found out.

• ASMR (Autonomous sensory meridian response) (Pat)
• Bautista and Momoa sold a buddy comedy to MGM, Disney+ announced X-Men 97 (Greg)

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• Star Trek Prodigy & Forza Horizon 5 (Pat)
• Red Notice, No Time to Die, Shang-Chi (Greg)

Story of the Week

• The new edition of Dungeons & Dragons

Links & Sources

• Official Announcement of next D&D Edition
• Bautista and Momoa sell Buddy Comedy
• X-Men 97 announced for Disney+
• Wikipedia-entry on ASMR
• Red Notice Trailer
• Star Trek Prodigy on Paramount Plus
• Forza Horizon 5 Store Page

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In this week’s “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Pat proves that the C64-scene is very alive by showing you five great recently released new games for the old bread-box … or maybe six.

Links & Sources

• Briley Witch Chronicles on itch.io
• Heroes & Cowards on itch.io
• Organism on itch.io
• Pains ‘n’ Aches on itch.io
• The Shadow over Hawksmill on itch.io
• Sam’s Journey on itch.io
• Denise C64 Emulator

In this very scary and Halloween appropriate episode of “Passion of the Geeks”, Pat & Greg rejoice that Dune and Masters of the Universe Revelation get a part 2 before they talk about their favorite scary monsters and discuss what good horror is to them.

Today I found out.

• Masters of the Universe – Revelation – Part 2 (Pat)
• Dune Part 2 (Greg)

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• Elvira – Mistress of the Dark (Pat)
• Motherland Fort Salem –  Season 2; Guardians of the Galaxy Game (Greg)

Story of the Week

• Favorite Horror-Monsters

Links & Sources

• Masters of the Universe – Revelation on Netflix
• Dune Part 2 is coming
• Elvira – Mistress of the Dark on GOG
• Motherland Fort Salem Season 2 Trailer
• Guardians of The Galaxy Game Trailer

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This week Greg goes full Criterion. He talks about why he loves the Criterion Collection and shares some of his favourites form their catalogue. 

Links & Sources

• Criterion Homepage

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In this weeks “Passion of the Geeks”, Pat & Greg are excited about the Babylon 5 Reboot, a new Kirby game and suggest you check out Metroid Dread, Squid game and Alice in Borderland. For their main topic they discuss annoying video game mechanics. 

Today I found out!

• Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Pat)
• Babylon 5 Reboot and DC Fandome (Greg)

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• Metroid Dread and Astria Acending (Pat)
• Squid Game and Alive in Borderland on Netflix (Greg)

Story of the Week

• Game Mechanics

Links & Sources

• Babylon 5 Reboot
• DC Fandome
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land Trailer on YouTube
• Squid Game on Netflix
• Alice in Borderland on Netflix
• Astria Ascending Homepage (with links to stores)
• Metroid Dread Homepage (with link to Nintendo eShop)
• Game Makers Toolkit

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In this week’s “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Pat picks up the momentum from episode 60 and talks again about Dune. But this time, he covers games based on Frank Herbert’s masterpiece.

Links & Sources

• OpenRA Website

This week on “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Greg recommends some more shows for you to check out and enjoy.