Geek Shock

GeekShock - Remembering 80's Jeff

This week, we lost a friend, a partner, and a beautiful heart. "80's" Jeff Gunter died. We are heartbroken. We wanted to share some memories with you, Shock Monkeys. This episode is all about 80's Jeff.

GeekShock #763 - Bart Bart

(WARNING: Torgo has rescinded the "No Inebriation" rule for this episode.) We are in the worst timeline, but that does not stop, nor will it EVER stop Geekdom. This week we select an new Barry's Steamer. We also talk about Risk: Global Domination, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 6, Cafe Bonita Mi Amore, Nothin' but a Good Time, The Substance, Back to the Future: The Musical, Outer Limits, Nosferatu parfum, a new Godzilla movie from the director of Godzilla Minus One, Arcane, and Ridley Scott jumps back onto Alien. Won'tcha Come Out Tonight? It's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #762 - Aardvark Party

Instead of biting our nails off over the upcoming election, we talk about Barry's Steamer Hand Simulator Horror, Clockwork Torgo: American Psycho, the Press Your Luck scandal, KingCon, Wrath of N'Kai, The Raven, Doctor Rx, The Batman, Mass Effect, Tulsa King, YouTube woes, Superman, Kindred: The Embrace, the Oregon Trail movie, the return of Scary Movie, Rey setback, and Fincher's Squid Game. Vote your conscience, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #761 - Doki Doki Cornball McGee

This week Vlarg and Biggs create the worst Only Fans destination. We also talk about Mass Effect, Planet Crafter, Jekyll and Hyde: Consulting Detectives, The Birds, The office, Doki Doki Literature Club, Autopsy of Jane Doe, Early Voting, Nethack, Call of the Void, legacy media, a new VHS tape, God of War TV show, Flanagan's Carrie, Hasbro Unscripted TV, Ice Cream Man, a new Clue movie, and Last Train to Hiroshima, plus Barry's Steamer: Motorcycle Repair Simulator. SO, call up Willy Wanky, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #760 - Furries at the Faire

This week (most) of us went to see Terrifier 3. We also talk about Minesweeper and Dungeon RPG, RogueHex, Banshee TV series, Guardians Gambit, Thing from Another World, The Thing, The Tingler, Curse of the Demon, House of Bone and Rain, Cocaine Bear, Shadowdark, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Furries at the Renn Faire, KingCon, Annie, the View-Master movie, the FTC "Click to Cancel" rule, Raimi and Doctor Strange 3, Stephen King's Fairy Tale goers to series, Queens of the Dead, and Devilina. So, bring your garbage bag of death, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #759 - Ubistank

The GeekShock drinking game is OFFICIALLY launched (drink responsibly, unlike Vlarg). We also talk about Fondue, the new Barry's Steamer, Dog Soldiers, Werewolf movies, Salem's Lot 2024, Trick R Treat, Mr. Robot, From, Glitter Gulch Tiki, Superman and Doomsday, Joker 2, Train to Busan, HROs, Platform, Howard Andrew Jones, California's new law targeting digital content, Alien Isolation gets a sequel, Soulm8te, and A Vicious Circle. So, lease that content, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock Special - AfterShock for #758 - BridgerDashCon

Wait! What's this? Did Torgo push the wrong button ? YES, I mean, NO! Here is a special AfterShock for all listeners. If you like what you hear, check out our Ko-Fi at Ko-Fi.com/geekshock.

GeekShock #758 - Butt Mana

Deb returns as we talk about the Nevernight Chronicles, Khaos, Renegade Nell, Thundar the Barbarian, Green Acres, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Sufficiently Advanced Magic, Lord of the Rings, Oogie Boogie Bash, Starcom: Unknown Space, .Forty, Shadowdark, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Equilibrium, New Age Sword and Sorcery Double, Insidious: The Red Door, Pearl, Evil, Commercials in streaming, What's Next: Inside the West Wing, Super/Man, and Clockwork Torgo: Idiocracy. So, drink your Brawndo, it's time for a GeekShock!

Geekshock #757 - Rainbow Batman and the AI Singularity

Settle in for a long one, as the boys discuss the terrible memory of Salsaghetti, the brutal heat of Las Vegas, Blazing Saddles, the failure of the Borderlands movie, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Killers Game, Agatha All Along, Penguin, The Acolyte, Batman and the DC cinematic universes, where is The Question, It! The Terror From Beyond Space, Witchfinder General, Root, Tsuro of the Seas, Frostrain, gross humid hot and rainy Disneyworld, rollercoasters at Universal, Space Mountain, a deep dive into Vlarg's lightsaber collection, free convention swag, and a big ol discussion about the domination of AI (LLMs, really) in sales, marketing, and hemming and hawing about AI in general (to the point we even start talking about the freaking cotton gin), and beyond.  So, life sucks, have a salad, I dunno what to fuckin tell ya, it's time for GeekShock.

 

GeekShock #756 - Vegas Devil Slayers

This week in the hotbox we talk about Oreo Coke/Coke Oreo, Carl's Doomsday scenario, Dominion of Blades, Vegas Devil Slayers, the new edition of DnD, Shadowdark, Dragonraid, Amway, Esoteric RPG systems, Blazing Saddles, The Omen, Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell, Gaslands, Twilight, Indiana Jones style movies, the Matchbox movie, the Penguin pecker, McG v KISS, Batman gets a star, Sputore on Godzilla, They Will Kill You, Resistor, Enemy Mine, and Uncharted 2. Roll for your savior, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #755 = Deus Ex NPC

This week we puzzle out some sliding topics like Apprentice to the Villain, Star Wars History, Arkham Horror TTRPG, Puzzles in RPGs, The Fall Guy, Losin' It, Metalstorm, Star Trek music, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Porn in drive-ins, Saturday Night Fever, cancelling streaming services, Star Trek: The Experience costumes, the PS5 Pro, Cola Wars, Halloween video games, and The Challenger. So, have faith of the heart, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #754 - Voldemort Shrugged

This week we cover the bleeding edge of geekdom as we talk about The Continental. the Maltese Falcon, Kite Man, Superman and DC comics, the new Time Bandits series, Horrified board game, Suitable Flesh, Smile, the nature of language, Twilight: Midnight Sun, PS5's Concord gone after 2 weeks, Joe Ledger books series coming to TV, the Golden Joystick awards, Knight's Camp, the next XBoxes, and Crossed. So, gather the JusticeBolts, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #753 - Wanksaber

Vlarg is ready to give his review of Wanking Simulator for Barry's Steamer. We also talk about Wishmaster, Terrifier, Rear Window, Rebel Moon part 2, Late Night with the Devil, the Shadowdark RPG, Universal Fan Fest, Deadpool and Wolverine becomes the highest grossing rated R picture, the Atari 7800+, and Amazon's Secret Level. So, hold down your Caps Lock, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #752 - Amityville Pak-Man

Here are the trailers that freaked us out as kids. We also talk about Candy Bars, The Immortal Dracula, My Favorite Martian, Pumpkin Spice Oreos, Alien: Romulus, Dark Shadows, Ur-Quan Masters, Rolling Stone's 150 top Sci-Fi films, The Dragon Lives Again, Chick-Fil-A's streaming service, Eternal Champions, Liquid Death's hot fudge sundae, Barry's Steamer: Bionic Commando Rearmed, and Clockwork Torgo: Casablanca. Here's lookin' at you Pac, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #751 - GeekShock Conspiracy/Boardgame

Disney announced a HUGE number of additions to their parks. WE talk about them as well as Umbrella Academy, Theater of Blood, Bordello of Blood, Lawrence of Arabia, the Call of Cthulhu RPG, the GeekShock Boardgame, Ghost Eaters, Nevernight, 100 Yokai, Johnny Quest, Barbarian movies, the Chuck E. Cheese subscription service, poisoning at a chess tournament, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: High on Life, Hostel, Wings of Fire, and Golden Axe. SO don't pass Go, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #750 - Biggs vs The Star Trek Gummy

Five years of planning led Biggs up to this moment until... the Gummy. We also talk about Barry's Steamer: Stray Gods: The Role-Playing Musical, Trek Conventions, Caped Crusader, U.F.O., Borg 4D, Longlegs, Color Out of Space, The Bear, Warcraft: The Movie, the Borderlands Movie, Nevernight, the Bioshock movie gets smaller, Disney+ price increases, WB has a bad time, Dungeon Masters, Waiting for Godot, Poppy Playtime, and Shadow Ghost. So, choose the right bear, it's time for a GeekShock!

Geekshock #749 - Pegging and Comic-Con

Pon Farr Andy is still with us, we get into Comic-Con news, and discuss Horrified, Black Orchestra, Tiki bars in Vegas, Thunderball and Bond theme songs, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Neverending Story, Brats, Idea Man, Presumed Innocent, The Fall Guy, 6 Nimmit/Take 5, DC Deck Builder, Knight & Day Games, Cthulu Wars, Deadpool & Wolverine, what Pegging is, The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray, Comic-Con News, Frank & Sons, Hall H, Thunderbolts*, 42, Creature Commandos, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Transformers One, Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Secret Wars, RDJ, Penguin, The Boys: Vaught Rising, Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, new Star Trek series, Star Trek: Prodigy, Starfleet Academy, and a lot more.  Shits O'God, it's a Geekshock!

GeekShock #748 - Miami Pocket Rum

This week we discuss mobile game blues, Stray Gods, Dyson Sphere, Nintendo Powerglove, Slay the Spire, Marvel Legendary deck building game, Star Wars Trivial Pursuit, the Gong Show, Damoren, The Acolyte, Chuck Tingle's Bury Your Gays, The Seal of Karga Kul, The Invaders, Bumbu Rum, Skibidi Toilet, the expensive book on Elden Ring lore, Perlmutter sells his stake in Disney, a new The Batman series, the official NOVA, and The Breed. So, sing your way into Vlarg's heart, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #747 - Lather Rarge

Andy returns as we talk about Torgo's horrible failure as a film viewer, Wishmaster, Picklefest, Tulsa King, Raft, Town that Dreaded Sundown, Bridgerton: The Tabletop Game, Reign of Cthulhu, the 80's All Over podcast, Stephen King books, She is Conann, The Day the Clown Cried, Arkham Asylum cancelled, the disappearance of the Micronauts, the end of Redbox, Inside Out 2 breaking records, the All-Movie Hotel, 11817, the Deadpool X-Box controller, and Clockwork Torgo: The Hudsucker Proxy. So toss your pickle, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #746 - Bric-a-brackish

This week we discover the offical-ish Geek Shock future Christmas drank. We also talk about Raft, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motionless Picture, Pinball: The Graphic History of the Silver Ball, Boulder City Ghost Walk, Nevada Smith, Brotato, Minecraft, Critical Match, PS5 Trophies, Skydance buys Paramount, Game Pass increases, A Fistful of Dollars, DC's Lanterns, Jim Henson Company to sell their studio lot, Raimi's next horror movie, the end of two Star Wars comics, and the Tipsy Challenge. So, build that Devil's Tower, it's time for a GeekShock!

Geekshock #745 - Low Grade Disappointments

Welcome to the cool kids table.  We talk about how Monopoly sucks, Steve's ongoing low-grade disappointments, Cinnabon, even more Planet of the Apes, acting through masks, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Furiosa, watching movies at home, Adventures of Robin Hood, commercials, The Acolyte, Star Trekkin' in Vegas with Goldie and Biggs, alien makeup, Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu, the Crown & Anchor closed, Steve vs. spicy food, Cyberpunk 2077, Raft, Superman set pics, Batman: Caped Crusader, Agatha All Along, protagonists vs. villains, Hit Monkey season 2, Renaissance TX podcast, and more.  Get ready to be disappointed, it's time for your dose of Geekshock!

GeekShock #744 - Catsligula

It happened! Vlarg wanted to punish Torgo by making him watch Caligula. Torgo agreed, but only if Vlarg would watch the movie version of Cats. An agreement was made. Everyone else was invited. Catsligula was born. Two horrible tastes that go even worse together. Here, we discuss the aftermath. We also talk about Dead Boy Detectives, Bridgerton, The Nevernight Chronicles, Boy Kills World, Blade Runner, Chronicles of St. Mary's, and The Fury. Cats are not dogs, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #743 - Gadballs

This week we talk about Blackbird, Emily, Max Steiner, Silent Movies, Kards, Star Wars: Acolyte, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, You're So Cool Brewster, Legends of Waterdeep, Board Game Expansions, Dead by Daylight, McDonald's halts AI, Gadballs, Megalopolis, Blumhouse Games, The Big War, Batman: Resurrection, and Evil Dead. Get creped, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #742 - Electric Deleteloo

It turns out that bubblegum cigars aren't as good as their candy cig counterparts as we talk about Murder Your Employer, Accomplice, Assassination Bureau, The Acolyte Ren Faire, Earth of the New Sun, Man, F**ck This House, The September House, Blade changes hands again, American Gladiators, Multiversus, Sunrise on the Reaping, The Neverending Story Reboot, Dungeons and Dragons Stamps, Sony buys Alamo Drafthouse, and Avengelyne. So blow that bubble, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock $741 - Vlarg Fact

Things get saucy as we talk about Barry's Steamer: Minami Lane, Clockwork-Torgo: Ronin, Nobody Does it Better, Star Trek Discovery, Claw of the Conciliator, board games, Botany, Ren Faire, Pink Flamingos, Star Citizen, the AI takeover of movies, IKEA in Roblox, Grendel, the Watch Dogs movie, and Eight Billion Genies. Vlarg Fact! It's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #740 - Hot Boxin the Ho Ho

The election almost wipes out half the cast as we talk about new Doctor Who, the Halo series, Boy Kills World, Haunting of Hill House, Jaws 2, Cruel Jaws, Matt Helm movies, Home Before Dark by Riley Sager, Silk: Spider Society, Friday the 13th Activations, Wonder Man, Just Cause: The Movie, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Batman The Long Halloween: The Last Halloween, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and a special What's Goin in my Mouth. It's time to activate another GeekShock!

GeekShock #739 - Kung Fu Lip

Torgo cuts his eye(!), Vlarg juts his lip fur, and everyone goes on a reading tear as we talk about Balatro, 3 Body Problem, Warrior, Fallout games, Winter Tide, Man, F*ck this House, The Devil Rides out, The Book of Accidents, Shadow of the Torturer, Black River Orchard, 101 Horror Books to Read before You Get Murdered, Gamma World, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Vision get its own series, the Star Tre prequel movie, Club 33: the Movie, and Apple+ suggests a new talent payment structure. So, watch those paper cuts, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #738 - Operation: Baby Shower

For good or ill (probably ill), Torgo strikes again in his years running prank war with Basil and Debbo. We also talk about Barry receiving the BEST SHIT IN THE WORLD, Barry's Steamer: I am Bread, Shower with your Dad Simulator, Jeff vs Live TV, Clybourne Park, Karaoke, Marvel hunts for scoopers, the last gasp of the Xbox 360, The Hunt for Gollum, Spider-Man Noir, Tomb Raider: the TV show, new Harry Potter audiobooks, and Barbarella. Gotta find em all, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #737 - JR Konkol and the Many Deaths of Professor Biggs

Author extraordinaire JR Konkol joins us in the GeekShock studio as we talk about his books. We also talk about Guardians Gambit and the Rebirth of the Fallen, Our first epic fantasy series, Star Wars Deck Building Game, Van Helsing, Diam M for Murder, Documentary Now!, Shogun, Glappy+, Heat Vision and Jack, more Exorcist, the fate of Paramount, Mickey vs Winnie, X-Box closes 1st party studios, MCU output, Blade Runner 2099, WOTC and the OGL, Mocap of the Apes, Bret Easton Ellis' Relapse, Save the Green Planet, Luc Besson's Dracula, Jurassic League, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: HelloWorld, The Game, Rear Window, and Alex Van Helsing. It's all Meat Monsters. It's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #736 - Basil and Debbo (Bazza)

Andy returns and so does the chaos that only HE can provide as we talk about Late Night with the Devil, Strip for Murder, Blast from the Past, Lost Sprits Distillery final day, Under the Dome, 50 Shades of Grease escape room, are Klingons blackface, Witcher-less, 9 to 5 plus 1, the BLACKEST of Lotus', Dave and Busters and gambling, Teen Titans in the DCU, Evil Dead continues, Bowling with Corpses, The Last Ronin, Afterburn, Osiris, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: Heroes: Eclipsed, The Book of Eli, Deathlands, and Brimstone. So, lock up your dolls, it's time for a GeekShock!

Geekshock #735 - Gimps and Gummies

You can tell from the title that it's one of THOSE episodes.  Vlarg, K, and Biggs discuss gimps, gummies, Phasers and Feelings, even more James Bond, Crisis on Infinte Earths, the hiccups, Andy Weir's Artemis, Doc Savage & The Shadow, D&D and the Mercer effect, Knight & Day Games, Batman the Dark Knight Returns board game, Call of Cthulu, War Room Games auction, more board games, Diablo 4, Balatro, Jammyland, Giving Some Shit Away, Wizards of the Coast's CEO steps down, D&D character sheets, bad web design, 28 Years Later, clickbait, Army of the Dead 2, Vault-Tec's phone number, William Shatner, and more!

GeekShock #734 - Tentacles and Feelings

This week we talk about nudity in live theatre. WE also talk about the Fallout TV series, Monopoly GO, For All Mankind, You Can Call Me Bill, Babylon 5: The Road Home, James Bond, Surely You Can't Be Serious, Civil War, Butter on Popcorn, Transformers/G.I. Joe movie, another Scary Movie, Spielberg goes back to UFO's, Head of Wizards of the Coast steps down and the return of Jeff's Bad Impressions. So let the sun shine in, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #733 - Doc Doctor

We dream of new heroes as we talk about Barry's Steamer: Radio Commander, For All Mankind, Steve Martin, Blacklist, Doc Doctor, Smallville, Diablo 4, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Robocop: Rogue City, Star Trek: Discovery, Blair Witch, All Out Of Love: The Air Supply Story, big changes at Autopia, Stephen King's The Monkey, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and See You at San Diego. So, meet MC Bloka Chez, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #732 - Death Ray of Dorian Gray

This week we get lean as we talk about Clockwork Torgo: Logan's Run, Call of Cthulhu, Carmack the Ghost Finder, Graveyards of Arkham, Horror RPG Liveplays, DnD Novels, Masked Witches, Lessons in Chemistry, Whalefall, Spaceballs, Ghoulies, Gearbox escapes Embracer, Pirates of the Caribbean reboot, The Sims movie, Silver Surfer, a new Matrix, and the return of Rogue One. So, squish and lick the wheel, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #731 - Professor Creepy

This week Torgo and Deb are both away and the boys have what we politely refer to as "unstructured time". We talk about the cult of Trader Joes, the 3rd book of the Orconomics trilogy, Richard Lee Byers' Forgotten Realms books, New Age Sword & Sorcery, Dungeons and Dragons, the Fullerton College theater building, Steve's COVID adventure, Anthony Horowitz books, Professor Creepy, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, collectible popcorn tubs, Death and Other Details, Sworn pre-alpha, K's Youtube treachery, the Parks board game expansions, Knight & Day games expansion, Best Comic Stores in Las Vegas (a severely corrupted list by an AI), Legend of Zelda, X-Men 97, The Penguin, compelling comic book villains, The Acolyte trailer, our lightsaber colors, and more. Kids, check under your beds for Professor Creepy, it's time for Geekshock! 

GeekShock Special - AfterShock

This week we have two sick cast members and we have decided to not record a show. But fear not because we have gems for your earholes. Long time listeners of the show know that we have a Ko-Fi set up for supporters of the show. As a thank you for their generosity, we do a (nearly) weekly extra show called AfterShock. It has few rules, and anything goes. We have decided to release two of these episodes so all listeners can hear what these shows are like. Hopefully our collective health improves so we can bring you a new episode next week. Thank you for listening!

GeekShock #730 - I.R.K.

This week we get on Vlarg's B.A.D. side as we talk about Barry's Steamer: Massive Chalice, New Age Shops, Robocop: Rogue City, Product Placement, James Bond, The Why Files, Orconomics trilogy, comic book controversies, the Halloween cinematic universe, Twilight: the Animated Series, Hopkins in Eyes in the Trees, Epitaphs from the Abyss, Uncle $crooge and the Infinity Dime, the NEXT Jurassic World, the new Kick-Ass trilogy, the four film Beatles series, and Rogue Trooper. So, get ready to misread, it's time for a G.e.e.k.S.h.o.c.k.!

GeekShock #729 - Sex, Death, and Dragons

The gang is all here as we talk about Salsa, Fourth Wing, Wonka, Dune 2, James Bond, It's History, The Why Files, Orconomics, Kardashians, Harry Potter Traveling Tour, Willy's Chocolate Experience, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: Dark Side of Comics, Bewitched, Halcyon, and The Avengers. So, get your jellybean, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #728 - These Plates!

Collect the entire set as we talk about Beef jerky, True Detective, Terminator 2, Collector Plates, James Bond, dotAGE, Our Flag Means Death, Damnation Alley, Neither Beg Nor Yield, Gary Gygax, Sam and Victor's Day Off, Masters of the Universe, American Psycho remake, Neuromancer, Borderlands Cinematic Universe, and Naruto. SO don't eat off those, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #727 - Senior Moment

This week we confront Barry's Steamer: Monstrous Love as well as Clockwork Torgo: Goodfellas. We also talk about Arkham Horror, Elder Sign, Lisa Frankenstein, Vengeance of the Invisible Man, Casablanca, Embracer Group lets it all go, Fantastic 4 cast announced, Comic-Con Cruise, and Mercy. So F**k that monster...or don't, it's time for a GeekShock!