The Geek Show

Apologies about the break, we have been in the process of moving offices. For this return we continue our defend your choice series by looking at escapes, whether from prisons, islands, zombie apocalypse or your own sense of being. Okay, maybe not the last one - we aren't that type of podcast. Which is the ultimate escape in pop culture? Vote on our social media channels.

This week we launch a brand new structure, you'll hear more of that on the show. Elsewhere, we get into another episode of Defend your Choices - this time it's fictional vehicles turn. Things get surreal, childhood favourites are destroyed and confusion is had over one of the more unexpected choices. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will never be the same again.

We return with our 13th series, hurrah! Before we get into some pretty amazing changes, we have a convention special for you lovely lot. We head up to Newcastle to see long time friends Sunnycon, listen in as we discuss the event, its successes and its future with event organiser Tucky, as well as many interviews with convention favourites too. Apologies about the slight sound problems on the interviews.

This week we talk about sports and its many, many faces. Along the way we talk about the issue with 'sportsball', motorsports, the esports identity crisis, extreme sports and a whole load more. Sports, sports everywhere and not a drop to drink. Reviews: Star Wars The Force Awakens - incredible cross sections & Warcraft Ultimate Visual Guide - Updated and Expanded

After one of the weirdest news sections in a good long while, we dive into the latest episode of defend your choices. This time out we look at our favourite villains. Along the way we look titles as diverse as Silent Hill, Cowboy Bebop and No Country for Old Men, while deliberating what is better - Machiavellian villains set on watching the world burn or those that are scarier for being more real, well... that or a purple tentacle. Review: Doomwatch (1972)

This week we decided to take a break by the watercooler and chat about the 9-5 working day. While thoroughly slacking off we discuss - well Rob does - whether fishing is a job, RPGs and the sort of simulations that made the 1990s one of gamings finest ages. Reviews: Megatagmension blanc + neptunia vs zombies (PS Vita), Danganronpa the Animation the Manga & Enemy Mine

Opening with the most innuendo sodden news section in all podcast-dom, thanks China. We decided to look at the past, present and future of technology - with tongue firmly in cheek, of course, this is no serious podcast. We also look at the technology we've seen in pop culture that we just can't wait to get our hands on, even if some of it is technically impossible. Poppycock we say. Reviews: KOI (ps4) & Nitroplus Blasterz Heroines Infinite Duel (ps4).

Does cute really make you smarter, does cute make right - join us as dive into the confusion that is kawaii or moe. We just don't know. How do you tell, is there a guide book? Reviews: Night of Azure (PS4), A Clockwork Brain (iOS) & DiRT Rally (PS4).

For many fans and collectors Mother, now known as Earthbound Zero, is an odd but much beloved video game. Part RPG, part urban legend – the story of the journey from its original Japanese release to its official Western release almost a quarter of a century later is something that has been the sources of much speculation over the years. Now, a group of fans are running a Kickstarter campaign to produce a new documentary called “Mother to Earth” which charts the very involved and convoluted journey of the original Mother video game.

This week we acknowledge all our dirty secrets and pit them against each other in the latest defend episode. Not everything we like is a solid gold masterpiece, sometimes the heart wants to sink its teeth into a massive load of rubbish. This sees us look at Star Wars, Superheroes, Horror movies and enough 1980s glee to power a synthesizer factor. Reviews: Megadimension Neptunia VII (PS4) & Star Wars Character Encyclopedia Updated and Expanded.

It's been a long time since we last looked at Internet Creators and given how quick things develop, there's no time like the present. During this latest visit, the Rob's, Ryan and Lewis discuss the endemic things polluting YouTube, the VHS era and the digital age of Music. Reviews: Naruto Shippuden Box Set 24, Trillion God of Destruction (PS Vita) and Alekhine's Gun (PS4).

This week on the geek show. The Rob's, Owen and Andrew dive into nostalgic waters looking at toys from the 1980s to present day. Along the way we discover Action Man's Shifty Eyes, small man rights and just how cynical merchandising can be. Review: Stranger of Sword City (PS Vita)

Defend your choice is back, this time we look at our favourite fight scenes featuring big hitters from anime, video games and movies. That and an inability to say the word Samurai - it happens to us all. Reviews: Samurai Warriors (PS4) & UFC 2 (PS4)

This week we have the most sedate game of musical chairs there ever was. We discuss how movies and videogames are playing follow the leader with their soundtracks and score, Guardians of the Galaxy and Anime Music. Reviews: Arslan: The Warriors of Legend (PS4), Stella Glow (3DS) and Tom Clancy's The Division (PS4). Follow us on twitter @TGS_thegeekshow Email us - Studio@thegeekshow.co.uk

This week we venture into uncharted territory and pit our favourites against each other in a brand new format we're calling "The Versus", and for our inaugural face-off what better place to start than RPG's. Reviews – Evangelion 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo, Lego: Marvel’s Avengers (PS4), Hitman GO (PS Vita)