GeekNights with Rym + Scott

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Quacks , previously released as The Quacks of Quedlinburg in 2018. It's a push your luck game that is fun, but just short of greatness. (That's rare praise from GeekNights). In the news, Greater Than Games is forced to reduce staff in light America's ridiculous tariff war, and tabletop companies are suing our president over America's ridiculous tariff war.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about surgery. Warning: we talk about surgery. In the news, capitalism has destroyed Polygon and a federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from deporting people to concentration camps using the archaic Alien Enemies Act of 1798 , setting up an existential supreme court showdown.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the acquisition of new gaming consoles . In the news, Overwatch competitive mode adds hero bans , the fourth of the old scrolls are remastered , and Scott has Hemorrhoids. The GeekNights content you crave.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Apothecary Diaries anime. It's worth a look, and is on both Crunchyroll and Netflix. In the news, Science Saru is bringing us a very good looking Ghost in the Shell , the Star Wars manga is getting a fancy artbook , and the Rose of Versailles movie is coming to Netflix April 30th. Also get on your Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫). This 1997 film is a masterpiece. In the news, Donald Trump destroyed global trade , Murderbot is coming , the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga gets a deluxe edition , and Spider-Verse 3 is coming on June 4 2027. Also Rym continues to love Common Side Effects .
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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.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we muse a bit on the problem of discoverability. Nearly all experience is mediated , and this includes deciding what web site to look at. In the news, Rym is back from Zenkaikon , Moon Zooz is continuing to rock it, the cosmological constant might not be , niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor , and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a dangerous idiot .
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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.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review the Sakamoto Days anime. It starts with a strong premise, but in the end it's just a shounen fighting show. In the news, Flow wins Latvia's first Oscar , The Day The Earth Blew Up actually looks pretty good, you can see Princess Mononoke restored in theaters, and Common Side Effects is real good.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about MIDI . The Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which is still in use today. In the news, Donkey Kong ‘94 is re-released on Switch, Youtube adds translated dubbing , and Ontario (rightly) taxes Americans using their energy.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Windows 11 and the fools who refuse to upgrade. In the news, the iPhone 16e arrives , Gmail is (correctly) dropping SMS two-factor , Twitch is capping uploads for 0.5% of streamers , and Germany represents a profound realignment of global politics .
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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. .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss electronic payments. We grew up in a world where credit cards were imprinted on carbon paper and cheques were on physical paper. In the news, the Baltics have disconnected from the Russian power grid , Football Manager 25 will be skipped , and there's one weird trick to stop Google's terrible AI summaries.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider all the ways to sell software. From shareware to software-as-a-service to "just buying it" it's evolved quite a bit over the years. In the news, CES happened , Republicans killed net neutrality , and Pornhub is blocked in the entire US south . Also we will be live at MAGFest , which is imminently about to sell out.
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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.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about Terminals . From the VT100 to any modern Terminal Emulator , they are still a part of the computing world and are worth knowing about. In the news, Jimmy Carter has died at 100 , Chinese state-sponsored hackers attacked the US Treasury, and a hero has defeated a fake Nintendo lawyer .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about fear. Rym was on a panel about fear at PAX South back in 2016, plus a video essay . In the news, it turns out Santa Claus is a myroblyte , ChatGPT went down , Russia shot down another commercial airliner, and Finland seized a Russian sabotage tanker.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about knives . Learn to use the right knife for the right task with the right technique in the kitchen, and your life will be better. Also learn how to care for them . In the news, the assassination of a health insurance CEO brought a deep simmering anger to the surface of American society, surprising many , and the Interstella 5555 "remaster" isn't .
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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 .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider blogging . In the news, Roblox is making a closed ecosystem Discord competitor , the US gave Intel a pile of money , and Intel's CEO hit the bricks . Rym has also consolidated all of his social media into rym.social and talks about how he set up cross-posting across microblog , Mastodon, and Bluesky.
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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!
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review the remake of Ranma 1/2 . It's a solid remake of the classic anime based on the classic manga by Rumiko Takahashi. In the news, stay strong as the fascists take control of the US government, and Sony is trying to buy Kadokawa .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble tradition of carving pumpkins. You may recall in 2006 when we reviewed Pumpkin Scissors or our review of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown , but we have never dedicated an entire episode to the carving of pumpkins.

In the news, tonight is the 19th anniversary of GeekNights . (The brave can listen to the remastered pre-launch beta episodes (with commentary)). Also jaywalking is no longer illegal in New York .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review the Terminator Zero anime. It's a worthy Terminator entry, though we'd suggest watching Terminator and Terminator 2 (and nothing else ) before watching it. Eight episodes on Netflix and produced by Production IG , Skydance, and Netflix. In the news, John Wick is getting a prequel anime , and Animation Speak Easy is this Friday in Brooklyn.

Be sure to make a plan to vote for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. Don't be a sucker .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about widgets. Mostly status and telemetry widgets that people like to put on their desktops or their phones. They have their uses, but are usually useless. In the news, Cloudplane is shutting down in December , Adobe's Project Turntable is stunning , and Tesla's robots were (obviously) fake .

If you are able to vote in the United States, make a plan to vote . You can't sit this one out. You can't vote for a "third party." It's frankly unethical to do anything but vote straight ticket for Democrats.

There are two power-seeking coalitions in America. Choose the one that you want setting the rules for the next election. The Democrats are the literal best option we have. Do the right thing.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the concept of debt. In the news, the FTC makes a move against dark patterns in subscriptions and North Korea blows up its connection to South Korea and decrees that unification is no longer possible .
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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 .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review Look Back . Directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama and based on Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga of the same title. You may know Tatsuki Fujimoto from Goodbye Eri and Chainsaw Man . In the news, Rym's flight home from Singapore has its own wikipedia page , Anno is producing a new Space Battleship Yamato film , and the Uzumaki anime has some drama .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about cores and concurrency and threads and such. Also Rym and Emily fought a bear. In the news, Intel's chip instability saga has concluded , and Python 3.13.0 is pretty good.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the evils of web trackers and analytics. They are used almost exclusively to feed the ad industry and you should block them wherever possible. Rym has installed the microcode patch for some Intel chips and you should too if you have one of them.

In the news, Microsoft is moving to a security-first posture , nostalgia accounts on social media are making up nonsense , and chatbots are intruding into and slowly ruining online social spaces.
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Tonight on GeekNights we review the absolutely fantastic LUPIN III Kabuki Production . Even if you have never experienced kabuki and know nothing about it, this is 100% worth watching. It's a top tier experience. In the news, everything on Temu and Shein is full of poison and the updated Chicago Manual of Style just dropped!
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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.
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Tonight on GeekNights, Rym begins a series of short episodes where he talks about something that's stuck in his craw. Join us in the forum thread to prove him wrong or ask questions. Whatever threads get the most engagement will lead to "part two" episodes of those topics going deeper.

This is why you can't let Scott go out of town. Mods asleep, post about structural concerns of government!
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Tonight on GeekNights, Rym begins a series of short episodes where he talks about something that's stuck in his craw. Join us in the forum thread to prove him wrong or ask questions. Whatever threads get the most engagement will lead to "part two" episodes of those topics going deeper.

This is why you can't let Scott go out of town. Mods asleep, post quantum physics.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review Scavengers Reign , a science fiction drama television series created by Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner for Max, based on their 2016 short film Scavengers. It's not bad. In the news, Deadpool & Wolverine is worth seeing if you like Deadpool, Arcane and Terminator Zero are already leaked , and the Rick and Morty anime is coming August 16th.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss fragrances. You may recall in 2013 we covered the opposite side of the smell spectrum . In the news, GeekNights officially endorses Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for President and Vice President of the United States, the world's first medieval electronic instrument has launched, and this is the kind of thing you only expect to see in movies .
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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.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review the 2023 French animated neo-noir science fiction film Mars Express . Just watch it. It's Robocop Bladerunner 2001 Terminator 2 Total Recall Ghost in the Shell Murderbot (and more). In the news, The Time Masters is getting a theatrical 4k remastered release , the creator of Centaurworld is making a musical feature , and Ranma 1/2 is getting a redo .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the insidious and underestimated problem of noise pollution . We've previously talked about computer noise specifically. In the news, GeekNights endorses whoever the Democratic candidate for President is in the 2024 election, the Russian government plotted assassinations in Europe , red light cameras remain controversial , and the Jersey Shore played itself .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the games one can play at the beach. We've previously talked about the beach , and also Yard Games , so now we bring an intersection of the two. Also Beach Soccer and Terraforming Mars. In the news, the Nintendo Direct had some good stuff (especially the long awaited Metroid Prime 4 ) and you don't need an Xbox to play Xbox games .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review the anime version of Ōoku: The Inner Chambers from 2023. In the news, the Lupin III Kabuki Stage Play streams live with English subtitles on August 11 and Dandadan is opening in theaters on September 13th.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the sad state of the technology creeping into car dashboards. In the news, the US Supreme Court has disastrously ruled that the president is above the law in extreme and shocking complicity with authoritarian takeover. In other news, some good Python development practices and Apple cramming AI into their largely failed Vision Pro.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the concept of bosses in videogames. In the news, the Panthers win the Stanley Cup in the longest season in NHL history, Connor McDavid is awarded the Conn Smythe trophy but doesn't come out to claim it , and Founders of Reyvick might someday come.
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Tonight on GeekNights, it's a Tech News Roundup ! Mouse movers are getting people fired but are also a sign of late stage capitalism , social media is messing up the kids , don't operate your i9 at turbo voltages when it's overheating , Adobe is mostly wrong here but also read what you buy, this is a good car that will never reach the US , data breaches are getting worse as people care less and less that they happen, Wine patches bug 7955 after 17 years, the Pentax 17 is bad , Apple cancels Apple Pay Later , New York gets digital IDs (sort of), Microsoft slow rolls Recall after backlash, and Voyager 1 still lives !
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Tonight on GeekNights, we make some technology predictions for one, five, and ten years into the future. We did this once back in 2010 . In the news, Ticketmaster and Santander have massive data breaches , Google accidentally published its secret search sauce , Twitter adds pornography , and Rubin is the next generation AI chip .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss markup languages like Markdown . In the news, Rym posted an analysis of strange noises in Sportsnet NHL streams , the ship that broke Baltimore Harbor has been removed , you can read a paper exploring The consequences of generative AI for online knowledge communities , and there are new iPads .
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Tonight on GeekNights, in light of one of many Helldivers 2 kerfuffles , we consider yet another way that late capitalism is ruining the games industry: the stores make more money than the games. In the news, a Roblox game's attempt to fix its in-game economy causes a bunch of gamers to lose their minds , Sportsnet streams have freaky noises , and Animal Well is good.
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Tonight on GeekNights we talk about when technology fails. Dead PSUs, dead hard drives , and the like. In the news, there is a vulnerability in practically all VPNs and Tesla is firing everybody after they fired a bunch of people .
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Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss The Night is Short, Walk on Girl by Tomihiko Morimi. You may recall its anime adaptation we previously reviewed on GeekNights.

It's sort of a surreal and mystical romantic comedy. A college student heads out into the night and encounters various people and wild surreal happenings. Another student who has a crush on her has decided to confess that night, and ends up along for a wild ride. If you had a certain kind of university experience it is very true to that experience.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider how to ruin your competitive card game. Scott shares the original Sins of CCG design. This is all in the context of Marvel SNAP . In the news, the Rangers sweep the Capitals , Square Enix reported extraordinary losses , Dave & Buster's introduces real money gambling , and Fallout games don't work on modern PCs.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review the delightful Pokémon Concierge on Netflix. In the news, Dungeon Meshi grows a plot if you watch past the first bit, Chinese Indie Feature Art College 1994 is in theaters this Friday, and Tonari no Yokai-san looks super cute .
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Tonight on GeekNights we consider what A New TV in 2024 looks like. In the news, the Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway, GameCube and Wii emulators won't work on iOS due to Apple's ban on just-in-time compilation , and Meta really makes money from all the data they collect about you .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review Klask . It's a well-designed extremely fun tabletop sport adjacent to but significantly distinct from Air Hockey . In the news, the Rangers are number one in the NHL , the Coyotes are moving to Salt Lake City , and Visions of Mana has quite the trailer .

Also if you ever need to help out an injured pigeon in New York City , you have a lot of good options .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Orbital Children . It's an excellent short hard science fiction show written and directed by Mitsuo Iso . In the news, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM is in theaters May 7-8 and somebody bought Superman again .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review Balatro (2024) . From LocalThunk and published by Playstack, it's a roguelike deckbuilder in the vein of Slay the Spire , but in Video Poker. It's good. In the news, PAX East was all right but it's still a ghost town when the expo hall closes, the Rangers are top of the NHL coming into the playoffs, and you may not have played Crime No Crime before (but you should).
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Tonight on GeekNights, with Rym back from the plague and Scott back from PAX, we review the hot new anime Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi / ダンジョン飯). From Studio Trigger, it's part light fantasy part cooking show. It's worth your watch. In the news, The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story dropped in partnership with the Kevin Love Fund and two lost Astro Boy episodes were recovered !
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review the fantastic Robot Dreams , a Spanish-French animated tragicomedy was saw at the New York International Children's Film Festival . It has no dialog and you will remember the 21st night of September . In the news, Akira Toriyama has died , and the creator of X-Men 97 has been fired .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the ramifications of a ridiculous Texas law being argued before the Supreme Court , and its ramifications for the imperfect but valuable Section 230 . In the news, A lot of Redditors hate the Reddit IPO , Reddit is selling your data to Google for AI training , and Reddit admitted that your moderator protests are working . Also Rym has some notes on his new workstation .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss noodles . In the news, Alabama Republicans decide that embryos are literally children with extreme and harmful legal consequences, and Fubo has raised an antitrust suit against the coming massive sports streaming consolidation.
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Tonight on GeekNights, having previously talked about Cheating we now consider Anti-Cheat. How do you prevent cheating? In the news, the Nintendo Direct is Feb 21 but the Switch 2 is likely 2025 , and Helldivers 2's ugly anti-cheat in a PvE game leaves a bad taste in our mouths.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review the first season of Castlevania: Nocturne . If you enjoyed the first show then your vampire cup overfloweth. In the news, PAX has an official Discord and Bong Joon Ho is working on a new animated film about deep sea creatures .
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Tonight on GeekNights, 18 years after Rym tried to switch to Mac , Scott switches to Mac. (Except for gaming). In the news, Rym is building a new primary workstation, , Tim Sweeney calls out Apple's "malicious compliance" in light of The Digital Markets Act , and the Superb Owl went to overtime.
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Tonight on GeekNights, after talking about people who use their phones in public at full speaker volume, we review the fantastic convention that was Super MAGFest 2024 . We previously covered the games of this MAGFest in MIVs. In the news, the Superb Owl is the least interesting it's ever been, and late capitalism claims another digital victim .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we riff on some of the ideas we're exploring for our new talk for PAX East 2024: All Games are the Same Game . Turns out you can factorize games into other games. Also we're back after Rym was gone skiing for a week . In the news, the Logitech G PRO X wireless headset is all right, it turns out US presidents aren't immune to all laws , and Roblox has a universal translator .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the extremely good games we played at MAGFest 2024, which itself was possibly the best MAGFest that has ever happened to date. Particularly, the MAGFest Indie Videogame Showcase (MIVS) and a shout-out to Nothing Good Can Come of This . In the news, Palworld surged onto the scene with massive sales and weird controversies , tabletop game bootlegs are becoming a major problem, and anime is mainstream .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review the year 2023 . Sort of a personal retrospective. In the news, Donald Trump argues in court that a president has the right to assassinate their enemies , and 2023 was the hottest year in human history ,
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review Whale Street . It is a solid concept, combining the stock/operating round structure of an 18xx game with poker hand mechanics, but it doesn't quite stick the landing on execution. In the news, Wizards of the Coast has an AI art problem , and Free to Play games like Overwatch and Marvel Snap have a new card/character power creep problem . PixelMeat is back. If you care about unions and good working conditions, consider calling Arsenal Scaffold to tell them workers need living wages.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review several anime, cartoons, and comics that only one of us has experienced. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off , Chainsaw Man , Hilda , The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus , and Twins in Paradise . In the news, Mickey Mouse has actually for-real entered the public domain and Disney is facing a huge internal power struggle . Also Rym and Emily saw the Field of Light .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review Lethal Company from Zeekerss. Rym tried out that Zelda 2 remix . In the news, Nintendo killed the Wii U and 3DS servers early , and Valve banned people who deserved it in a fantastic way .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the vicious smartphone upgrade cycle. Try to use your phone for more than a year or two at least. In the news, Apple has to halt new Apple Watch sales , Adobe gives up on buying Figma , and Scott had fun on the Star Wars ride at Disneyland.
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Tonight on GeekNights, against the backdrop of ongoing tech layoffs we talk about layoffs. (No, neither of us has been laid off). In the news, New York's Clean Slate Act is good news for millions of people trying to get their lives back together, Apple shocks the world by adopting RCS, and
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review Cobalt Core . It's a cross between Slay the Spire and FTL , taking the best aspects of both. It's also super cute. In the news, the Pickleball people are facing increasing drama , and it's good to "cheat" at Pokémon . We also make fun of AMD for a while.
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Tonight on the 18th anniversary of the first episode of GeekNights , we review The Jackbox Party Pack 10 . It's got the streamlined TKO 2 and a trivia game that's like the ones we like . In the news, Rym keeps playing Overwatch , Super Mario Wonder is good fun, and Deltarune 3 and 4 will come out sooner than anticipated .
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider scams . In the news, the first malaria vaccine slashes early childhood mortality , Hookworms used to ravage the southern United States , the statue of the traitor was melted into slag , and Travis Dermott singlehandedly forced the NHL to change a terrible policy .
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Tonight on GeekNights we are back with a new web site ! In the news, there is tragic war in Israel and Palestine , the House is paralyzed by Republican incompetence , Twitter has destroyed itself in a way that requires us to invoke the "Jack Thompson Rule," and Apple makes a minor change to podcast downloads.
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review the Warwick Applefest . If we can review a concert or a convention, we can review a small town apple festival. In the news, America has yet another political crisis as Republicans oust their own Speaker of the House while engaging in extreme pettiness , and there is a "crisis" in ticket reselling arbitrage after people aren't that interested in seeing Travis Scott live for some reason .Related Links Forum Thread The Warwick Applefest Things of the Day Rym - Speed Racers VEHICLE of VIOLENCE Scott - Classic Video Poker

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Counter-Strike 2 . We have been playing some form of Counter-Strike since 2000... We reviewed Counter-Strike in 2006 and Counter-Strike GO in 2012. In news that is as little as it is late, Unity backs down on much of their new monetization model, Epic lays off 16% of its staff , and Scott GeekBites Heretic's Fork .Related Links Forum Thread Counter-Strike 2 Things of the Day Rym - oo ee oo Scott - One Revolution Per Minute

Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Janelle Monáe Age of Pleasure Tour which we saw at Radio City Music Hall. It's a hell of a show and you must go to it if you can. In the news, "Detroit Pizza Kitchen" is a lie, the Nikon Z f cometh , the WGA lifts its strike with a huge victory, and the evil companies lose their bid to block a minimum wage for delivery workers in New York.Related Links Things of the Day Rym - What That Famous Gorilla Suit Study Didn’t See Scott - Paulie B

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the current state of search engines and why Google increasingly doesn't work anymore. In the news, iOS has multiple zero-day zero-interaction vulnerabilities (update your devices immediately ) and Reddit is trying to embrace the worst parts of phpBB . 12 years ago we gave two short talks about how game mechanics (and UX design) literally make the communities that use them.Related Links Forum Thread Search Engines (suck now) Things of the Day Rym - Imaginary Numbers Are Real Scott - The best hockey goal in the history of Australia

Tonight on GeekNights, we review and discuss PAX West 2023. The new venue is fantastic and it felt a lot like PAXes from the golden age of PAX. In the news, Scott suffered Airport Adventures yet made it to Chicaco , Steam (and our Steam accounts) are 20 years old , and the Unity game engine destroys itself with an actively hostile monetization model that is somehow worse than we expected from their 2022 merger with evil .Related Links Forum Thread PAX West 2023 Things of the Day Rym - Bentley vs Steyr Scott - Yellow Brick Ramble

Tonight on GeekNights, in light of Twitter's dying husk removing the ability to block people , we consider the concept of "blocking" in social platforms. The root problem is, as always, the twin evils of advertising and capitalism . In the news, the inability to warn the residents of Maui to the rapidly escalating wildfires requires significant government technology investment , and Dolby Atmos FlexConnect might prove interesting for home theatre setups.Related Links Things of the Day Rym - Quantum Fields: The Most Beautiful Theory in Physics! Scott - The process of making fake food.

Tonight on GeekNights, having somehow never talked about Quake (except for Quake Live in 2009, we discuss Quake 2 and the Quake 2 Remaster . In the news, the Atari 7800 is back legit , Charles Martinet is moving on , and Marvel Snap is paying people to watch Twitch streams with .pngs in their app.Related Links Forum Thread Quake 2 Remastered Things of the Day Rym - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Chess Gambit Scott - Tour de France - Drinking Raids

Tonight on GeekNights, we review PitchCar (1995) . It's a flicking game. It's a sport. It's pretty fun. In the news, a livestreamer guy caused a riot in New York for which he is facing charges , Gen Con continues to live up to its reputation with a disaster over unmanaged Lorcana lines (remember Lorcana is the subject of a lawsuit from Upper Deck ) and some extremely identifiable nerds who stole $300k worth of collectible cards from the floor.Related Links Forum Thread PitchCar (1995) Things of the Day Rym - What's with those big helmets? Scott - CLAW MASTER

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss when, how, and if you should upgrade your technology. From phones to cameras to TVs to skis, it comes mostly down to what problem you're trying to solve. In the news, Web Environment Integrity is a potentially worrying but not yet apocalyptic threat to the World Wide Web, the BBC has launched its own journalism Mastodon , and the US has a new nuclear reactor .Related Links Forum Thread Upgrading Your Tech Things of the Day Rym - Feed the Machine - Metropolis Music Video Scott - Bruce Lee and Me

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the surprising challenges of throttling and rate limiting. In the news, Twitter rate-limiting reading twitter and broke Tweetdeck while also blocking non-logged-in views , Norway has 100 years of phosphate rock deposits , and the US Supreme Court is wholly illegitimate .Related Links Things of the Day Rym - Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker Montage - 24 Clips Scott - A Candid Conversation with Miles Davis

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss worker placement as a game mechanic. We intend to turn this into a series of shows and panels following on from Mastering Game Mechanics as presented at PAX East 2013. In the news, Marvel Snap's Conquest mode is fantastic, and Valve is dropping Battle Passes for Dota 2 because "nobody buys them."Related Links Forum Thread Game Mechanics: Worker Placement Things of the Day Rym - its not always about the money spiderman Scott - Zone of Death