The Geek Show

On this episode we decide to take things down a notch as we find explore the world of relaxing media. Chill out with us as we discuss what to watch at the end of a stressful day, whether games can be relaxing, and what exactly is slice-of-life. www.thegeekshow.co.uk

Everything has a story – even if you don’t see or understand it, and this week we decide to take a look at what they mean for popular media. Join us as we find out if a blockbuster movie needs a plot, what a set-up is, and why TV storylines waver between tedious and crazy. www.thegeekshow.co.uk

Born from an egg on a mountain top … Sorry. Wrong show. Welcome to the 100th episode of The Geek Show – the UK’s best, live FM radio broadcast dedicated to all things geek, and what a ride it’s been so far. From our humble beginnings we strode the path of adventure like characters from an RPG (without the need to burglarize people’s houses looking for potions or run in circles looking for a fight), and after many encounters with the great and good of geekdom, we decide to reflect on how much has changed (except for the stalking of Tab Kimpton and Geof Banyard – Harry claims exclusivity on that). www.thegeekshow.co.uk

The all-star convention-running cast of this episode featured not only our own Phil: DJ LastKnight & Kitacon party-master, but our friends and fellow Geeks, Tucky of Sunnycon, and Phil of Amecon. We're looking forward to both of these and if you're in the area (or, like, if trains still exist. Which they should, so excuses begone) attend, enjoy and be merry with us! www.thegeekshow.co.uk

This week marks the start of our fifth series, and we've got some big things lined up over the coming months – the first one being our 100th episode! To kick things off we've decided to take a look at one of mankind’s greatest pastimes, so join us as we ponder Edwin Starr’s burning question – War! What is it good for? www.thegeekshow.co.uk

So Nemacon rolls around again, but this year marks the start of some new developments for Middlesbrough’s very own anime and manga convention. James, Gia, Sam and Dave join us in the studio to talk about all of the things to see and do this year, and they also give us a few hints of some of the changes that are in the pipeline for next year. www.thegeekshow.co.uk

It’s not easy establishing a brand, but many companies make the attempt because named goods are often associated with quality, style, etc. They also tend to be obscenely expensive. But how does the whole ethos of brands work when you're dealing with entertainment? Join us as we find out. www.thegeekshow.co.uk

When did games become so violent and scary? Inspired by Wreck-It-Ralph’s simple question, we decided to investigate (in our own roundabout and highly argumentative way), the rise of gratuitous violence in modern media. Normal service will resume after our injuries heal. www.thegeekshow.co.uk

This week we decided to take a look at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo – better known as E3. There were a lot of new game announcements, so we decided to take a look at some of the titles that caught our eye from each of the main conferences. www.thegeekshow.co.uk

This week Harry and Becka recount their adventures at May’s MCM Expo in London, where there was lots to see and do while Harry continued to stalk Geof Banyard (someday he’ll get that wascally wabbit), who graces us with another sea shanty.

This week we convene the fourth meeting of the Villain Appreciation Society, but sadly we’re missing a few members so we're joined by Rob 1’s co-host from Literary Loitering – the(very) ancient football sage known as Bob Moss. www.thegeekshow.co.uk

On this edition of the show we decided to don our fedoras, grab our maps and compasses, and head out into the great unknown on our very own adventure. www.thegeekshow.co.uk

On this week’s episode we take a look at martial arts and fighting (since we all like a good virtual punch-up). Join us to find out why Rob 2 got really excited by The Raid, what counts as a martial arts movie, and what makes a good videogame beat-em-up. www.thegeekshow.co.uk

This episode was inspired by the fact that we all loved The Avengers movie, and aside from squeeing over it a little, we thought the best thing to do was to take a look at the sequels and spin-offs that are rife in popular media. With that in mind, we ask why modern movies tend to be trilogies, try to work out why game sequels always seem to have a multi-player feature, wonder if all good things should come to an end, and more besides. www.thegeekshow.co.uk

On this episode we decided to follow in the footsteps of so many great visionaries by going off at a tangent into the realms of absurdity. Join us as we discuss ridiculous TV shows, weird and/or eccentric movies, wacky animations, and the lack of continuous, coherent, and consistent storylines in Western comics. www.thegeekshow.co.uk