Geek Shock

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!

GeekShock #726 - K-Dough

This week we talk about Argyle, Poor Things, The Paleontologist, The Gate, New Edge Sword n Sorcery, Coyote vs Acme, Bunny-Man, Cara Dune sues the Empire, Iger's NEW new Disney plan, Badlands, and The Unearthly. Don't be late for Foods class, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #725 - All Blobs

This week we get all blobby and talk about Barry Steamer: This War of Mine, Captain Flip, Brotato, Argyle, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 6 Million Dollar Man, The Werewolf of Priory Grange, Five Nights at Freddy's, Studio 666, The Rock, The Bad Lieutenant, Nic Cage, Rick and Morty, Shin Ultraman, SNL 1975, Lunchboxes, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Children of Blood and Bone, Veil, Weapons, Book of Elsewhere, 28 Years Later, The Blob, and Until Dawn. So, poke it with a stick, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #724 - A Maverick and a Gentleman

This week we talk about Competitive eating, Role Play, Monarch, What We Do in the Shadows, Spider-Man 2 on PS5, Godzilla Minus One minus color, Bass Reeves, Agents of Shield, Marvel Netflix now canon, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Top Gun 3, someone won Tetris, the Stanley Film Center, and Red Light/Green Light featuring Monster in my Pocket, Murderbot, Super Tacos: Serving Up Justice, and Zoo P.D. So, lift us up where we belong, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #723 - Black Olive Blues

This week, Torgo unleashes another horrible "What's Going in My Mouth". We also talk about Hugo Weirdness, The Gert Jonnys, Why Kommader K gets no cookies, stuck on the Pirates ride, Reacher, Postcards from Earth at The Sphere, Big Bang Theory (now with more Barry), The Bigger They Come, Feud, Monarch, a Jurassic reboot, the last Rock Band DLC, Star Citizen, and Nightshade. So, no cookies for K, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #722 - Try a Little Tenderness

This week Clockwork Torgo tackles The Commitments. We also talk about The Milking of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece: A Novel, Young Sheldon, Beekeeper, Ted: The Show, Servant, Shadowdark RPG, Star Trekkin in Vegas, the "George Carlin" special, Purple Rain: The Musical, The Mandalorian and Grogu, another Star Trek movie, plus more. So, squeeze her, it's time for a GeekShock

GeekShock #721 - That’s Irritanment

This week is fueled by grass soda as we talk about Airplane!, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Reacher, Hades, Big Bang Theory, the art of the Sitcom, streaming services, Dopamine games, Evony, the moon isn't for everyone, Scream 7 in trouble, Futureverse (uhg), and Death Stranding: the Movie. So, lay your lunar claim, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #720 - Of Mustard Soda and Cheese

Now that the horror of 2023 has ended, it's time to look forward as we talk about Wonka, Lesser-Known Muppets, Attack of the Doc, Far Cry 6, Grasshoping, Keto Gummies of Doom, Assistant to the Villain, Universal Library book series, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Mysterious Island, Poseidon Adventure, King Solomon's Mines, James Bond, Dark Harvest, Nobody Does it Better, Deb and D, Black Christmas, WB and Paramount get frisky, E3 no more, Mickey's Mouse Trap, and Wan's Call of Cthulhu. So, grab your block of cheese, it's time for a GeekShock!

Geekshock #719 - 2023 Year in Review

It's our year-end episode!  We review everything we did and didn't like about 2023, including books, tv, movies, comics, video games, D&D, board games, sandwiches, and more.  We also take a look at what's to come in 2024, including the final novel of a Song of Ice and Fire, the Labyrinth reboot, Star Trek: Barkley, Dune: The Musical, The Golden Girls RPG, the return of K-Mart, Idiocracy 2, Egg Salad with Celery, Half Life 3, and more. So grab your earplugs and take your heart medicine, it's time for Geekshock!

GeekShock #718 - Beb

This week "What's Going in My Mouth" goes back to bad. We also talk about Roller Coasters, Anxiety, Minecraft, Stardust Thief, A Small Light, Superman: The Movie, Horror Express, Dr. Jeckyl and Sister Hyde, Lords of Waterdeep, Star Wars Holiday Special, Lost Boys: The Musical, Ads on Game Pass, Majors out at Marvel, Alien Legion, Wolf Man, Boy Falls from the Sky, and a NEW Karate Kid. So, wax off, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #717 - Trains, Feigns, and Endless Space

Barry's Steamer kicks off with Endless Space. Plus, we talk about Ghosts, Civilization: Beyond Earth, Doctor Who, Hammer Sci-Fi, Ingagi, Monsterland, Clank, Green Lama, Exorcist: Believer, Payday 3, Spider-Man Noir, Light No Fire, Rocketeer reboot, Conception, John Wick 5, and Spartacus: House of Ashur. It's time for a Geek Shock! 

GeekShock #716 - Big China Flavor

This week, Vlarg is on the receiving end of Torgo's Temu shopping spree. We also talk about GeekDecay, Hawthorne and Horowitz, You Are All Terrible, Doctor Who, Clockwork Torgo: Planes Trains and Automobiles, Godzilla Minus 1, Stir Crazy, The Running Man, Iger wants more executive interference, Sony removes purchased content again, Sebastian Stan IS Donald Trump, the remake of the remake of The Longest Yard, Guardians of the Galaxy is the on $200 min movie to turn a profit, The Long Walk, the return of Spinal Tap, and What's Going In My Mouth. So, get ready for the ultimate haul, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #715 - Andy, You Idiot

The candy cigarette wars raise in stakes this week as we talk about Cookie Wars, Omega Mart, Marvels, Flamecraft, Doctor Who, Everdell, Deathrace 2000, Little Shop of Magic, Dave the Diver, Lord of the Rings Deckbuilder, Witchfinder General, Conquest, Colecovision, Bored Apes are bad for the eyes, other uses for your tv show budget, Filoni takes over Star Wars, more Tron, The Shourds, The Legend of Zelda movie, Evermind, Shogun, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: Cape Fear, The Empyrean, Poltergeist, and I'm Having Satan's Baby. So crush those candy coffin nails, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #714 - Barry’s Steamer

Andy returns just in time to be left out as we talk about Liquor Chocolates, Icons of Darkness, How to Sell a Haunted House, DnD, Barbie, Rick and Morty, Taika Waititi, Disneyland Advice, Cross and the Switchblade, Pat Boone, Hoult and Lex, Cretton leaves Kang, He-Man movie finds a new home, The People Under the Stairs, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Tubi's To Be Commissioned, and an intro to a brand new segment: BARRY'S STEAMER. So, get ready for some bad advice. Get ready for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #713 - Oreo Face, Taco Tongue

The gang is all back just in time to be disgusted by Biggs as we talk about Oreo Madness, Texas Ren Fest, Playpass, Asoka, Loki season 2, The Starless Sea, Modesty Blaze, Wicker Man, This Island Earth, Flee Mortals, No One Will Save You, Blue Eyed Samurai, Marvels, The Sphere, Jolt cola, Coyote Vs. Acme, Halo Dew, The Golden Joystick Awards, the Iger shuffle, and more! So, squeeze the cream, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #712 - Winter Spice K

This week has all been abandoned except for the theater guys (don't worry. No theater talk. Well, until AfterShock.) We talk about social media, The Bride, K brings in the season, Hostage Negotiator tabletop game, Civilization 5, Tomb of Annihilation, Descent board game, The Blackening, Roddenberry's Spectre, The Marvels, "true" hauntings, Blade goes R, Nautilus, Minecraft sells 300 million, Death of a Unicorn, House of Stairs, The Haunted, Stephen King's The Life of Chuck, and Suicide Squad ISEKAI. So, grab your cranberry, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #711 - Hot Topic Private Reserve

This week Barry forces the "Claw" on us as we talk about The Pinball Hall of Fame, Lamplighter League, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Doc Savage, Beetlejuice, Skittleball, The Charismatic Voice, Van Halen, Mummy Movies, Haunting of Hill House, Rhinestones, Clockwork Torgo: Terrifier (plus bonus Terrifier 2), Elden Ring couture, The Highlander reboot, Life of Chuck, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: Gargoyles, Building a Better Us, Gattica, and The Talamasca. So find your inner basic, it's time for a Geek Shock!

GeekShock #710 - Minty Fish

This week Vlarg returns from the north only to find that Torgo was in his house while he and Deb were gone (being completely innocent). We also talk about Forever War, lost candy, Artemis, Artifact Space, Android's Dream, the Tomy Enterprise, Kickstarter woes, Ghosts, DeliveryShock, Burnt Offerings, Gen V, and everything else except what we were supposed to talk about. It's like if AfterShock WAS the show. Get ready for random, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #709 - Chekhov’s Powersuit

This week we talk about Torgo's VERY generous gift to Vlarg, Totally Killer, No Obi-Wan Kenobi, Prince of Darkness, Meg 2, Lovecraft Investigations, the Saw films, Luchador Board Game, Superman vs Doomsday, House of Usher, Zombie Plane, Halloween the TV show, Paris: The Memoir: The TV Show, Microsoft now owns Activision, Marvel TV changes course, Helios, Thundercats comic, Star Trek: Prodigy returns... elsewhere, Evil Dead plans, and Ennis goes 007. So underuse the powersuit, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #708 - Popcorn

The popcorn wars continue as we talk about *AHEM* Fireball, Starfield, Dredge, Loki, In the Mouth of Madness, Insidious: Torgo Order, Exorcist: Believer, Clockwork-Torgo: In Bruges, Popcorn Philosophy, Food in Theaters, Frasier, Listener Mail, NFTs worth even less, a reboot of the reboot of The Office, Halloween Continues, who survived the Gunn cut, Board Game Arena adds Twilight Imperium, Evil Genius vs Rebel Moon, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: Robo Force, Dreamwalker, Shrouded College, and The Turn of the Screw. So, butter it up, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #707 – Savescumming and Senior Moments

The geeks get stupid this week and discuss the Evil TV series, cursing on TV, A Senior Moment: It Came From Outer Space, watching atomic testing, giant bugs in live theater, Haunting in Venice, Murder on the Orient Express, Without a Hitch murder mystery script, sweeps week specials, The Rock on Voyager, The Witch, The Pope's Exorcist, The Blind Templar horror movies, Geekshock Dungeons and Dragons, Death in RPGs, Call of Cthulu, Baldur's Gate 3 savescumming, Very Short Treks, Ahsoka (no spoilers), Hayden Christensen, Fly on the Wall podcast, Vail Colorado needs geek stores, rich women with little dogs, Starter Villain by John Scalzi, Dungeon Master storytelling techniques, RPG mapping and cartography, Band of Brothers, Amazon Amp app, How Not To Make A Podcast, Netflix cost increasing, bad clickbait journalism,  Aftershock cinnamon liqueur, Steve tells an Almost Andy story, DC Legends and other games ending, game shops and board game flea markets in Vegas, and more.  So get yourself a 10 pack of Fireball cinnamon whiskey, it’s time for GeekShock!

GeekShock#706 - Mystery Raspberries

The gang is all back together again as we talk about the Zany antics of Fan-X, Cheese, Wyvern Warfare, Death of Superman, Flying Marlenas, Hillywood, Amazon ads, Virtual truck billboards for real jobs, Let's Game It Out, Disney Scene-It, y3000 Coke, the joys of a PS5 Controller, Microsoft marches closer to Shadowrun, the next Xbox, a Planet of the Apes prequel comic series, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: Who Will Survive The Cabin In The Woods, House of Ninjas, St. Donatus, and Fear. So, identify that fruit! It's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #705 - Sufficient Love (or Hi, Fan-X!)

First, a welcome to all who met us at Fan-X! It's wonderful to have you! This week we talk about Baldur's Gate 3, Doomed Forgotten Realms, The Terminator, Equalizer 3, Futurama, Decked Out on Minecraft, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Starfield, One Step Beyond, Brightburn 2, Coca-cola Y3000, Fables for everyone, Aronofsky vs The Sphere, Stray, and a potential video game performer's strike. So, get an extra 10 minutes in the ball pit, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #704 - Steve’s Peeves

Somebody gets persnickety as we talk about Starfield, War Room Games Auction, Minecraft, I Claudius, our least favorite film techniques, House of Long Shadows, How to watch terrible movies, To the Devil a Daughter, Hawk the Slayer, the Insidious cycle, Disney's massive blue box, PlayStation Plus more money, Roblox: The Dating Site, Barbenheimer: The Movie, Steve-O Voodoo Dolls, and the return of The Crow. So, get mad at that fast travel, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #703 – The Munchkin Initiative

We get one more gloriously geeky episode with Fact Check Andy, as we discuss Scream'd Las Vegas, D&D, Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection, Pack O Game, Harley Quinn on MAX, DC Deck Building (again), Lords of Waterdeep, The GeekShock Drinking Game, Student Theatres, Dopl, Jurassic Park 3D, FanX Salt Lake photo opportunities, Elric: Citadel of Forgotten Myths, Zombicide Black Plague, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, JR Konkol's Rebirth of the Fallen, Exorcist, My Adventures With Superman, Baldur's Gate 3, Godzilla Minus One, Girl Scout Cookies, Movie Trailers, Hammer Horror, The Mummy, and more.  So grab your candy cigarettes and shake your fist in anger at younger generations, it's time for GeekShock!

GeekShock #702 - Nerdy Rumspringa

Yes, Andy is still here as we talk about the Bridgerton tabletop game, Barry's D&D game, Injustice, Flight of the Pheonix, Dungeon of the Mad Mage game, Everspace 2, Spiderwick cancelled, World of Warcraft, Star Citizen, Barbie bigger, the silence of Mario, Atari 2600+ (again), Xbox fights toxicity, Find Familiar Spirits, plus Red Light/Green Light featuring: The Bondsman, Have a Merry Day: Foley's Festive Slam, Gene Simmons' House of Horrors, and Madame! So, objectify Andy's bosom, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #701 - Did They Tell You About The Milk?

While Torgo is away, Fact Check Andy comes to town, the crew gets into the whisky and makes a podcast.  We discuss Alien Nation, Marvel Snap, D&D, The Iowa State Fair, butter sculptures, Rogers: the Musical, Disneyland, Fyre Festival, Almost Famous, Blue Beetle, Hercules Unchained, Kronos, Lost Spirits Distillery, Wonderground Las Vegas, Amazing Colossal Man, the Ball Pit, Zack Snyder, Ed Gein, Atari 2600 Plus, Doctor Who, people who consume media at 2x speed, the movie-going experience, I Claudius, and more.  Get ready to play the official GeekShock Drinking Game, it's time for a GeekShock!

GeekShock #700 - Beef Slaps

Well... here we are. Another milestone. And what do we have to show for it? Well, Deb, of course. And Biggs. Sometimes Andy. K? Yeah, Kommander K. And Jeff. Vlarg and Torgo, not so much. But we wouldn't be here without you, dear listener. In this week's longer episode, we talk about The Michael Myers game, Minecraft, Jack Ryan, Baldur's Gate 3, Millenium Fandom Bar Karaoke, Chicago Joe, My Adventures with Superman, Dark Corners, Insufferable, Horrified board game, Cocaine Bear, DC Deckbuilding game, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Renfield, The Prof, lab grown meat, Barbie owns the box office, Mattel Adventure Park, The Franchise, Stern's Venom Pinball, more Universal Monster mayhem, and Escape IT: Chapter 2. So, gear up for the journey to 800, it's time for a GeekShock! 

GeekShock #699 - Andorian Racism

When Deb is away, the dorks will... as we talk about Creation CrapCon, Haunted Mansion, Strange New Worlds Musical, Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game, Clockwork Torgo: Ed Wood edition, Glen or Glenda, Authority, Everspace 2, The Warriors: The Musical, the Monopoly Movie, more Watchmen, Baldur's Gate 3, Kevin Smith's The 4:30 Movie, The Mole People, an Army of Darkness sequel comic, and Red Light/Green Light featuring: Ghosts of Ruin, Those About to Die, Inheritance Cycle, and The Adventuress. So paint those plates silver, it;s time for a GeekShock!