: Do you shop at TJ’s or MAXIMUM TJ’s?
: I guess Poseidon was especially mad at someone in New Jersey.
: One microgeneration in human history experienced being driven home from Blockbuster video with an …
: Your daily reminder that a bitcoin is worth approximately zero dollars.
: Live at PAX East 2024 GeekNights will be live with TWO panels at PAX East 2024! Every Game is the Same Game Sunday, 2:30 …
: The Constitutional Crisis at the Texas Border The Texas Governor and the National Guard of Texas defying the Supreme Court of the United States is …
: Yo they have a VINTAGE organ here. That’s an Amphenol 6 connector. The big box is a Hammond Leslie …
: We will be live at MAGFest 2024! frontrowcrew.com/news/2024…
: Going live reviewing Whale Street shortly! It’s got 18xx style stock market biz! …
: We’re reviewing Lethal Company tonight! 5pm ET! youtube.com/live/JoSZ…
: GeekNights is going live with The Murderbot Diaries shortly! www.youtube.com/watch
: Mastering Game Mechanics: Worker Placement. Our talk from #PAX Unplugged 2023! www.youtube.com/watch
: GeekNights is reviewing Ahoy LIVE tonight ~5:30pm ET! youtube.com/live/3LEa…
: GeekNights is going live in about five minutes talking about LAYOFFS! (no, neither of us got laid …
: We will be live reviewing Cobalt Core ~5:15pm ET today! youtube.com/live/HZgu…
: At the start village for the NYC Marathon! I’ll be sharingg my location for the day! Here’s hoping …
: I’m running the NYC Marathon tomorrow! Race number 36368 in wave 3! ph33r.
: GeekNights is LIVE! youtube.com/live/G79R…
: GeekNights Monday will be live ~5:30ET today! youtube.com/live/cH7V…
: GeekNights should be back tonight! youtube.com/live/ygpk…
: I’m running in the New York Marathon! community.frontrowcrew.com/t/rym-is-…
: Scott is launching the new GeekNights web site as we speak! You may see the site as down while this …
: “Moderate” is just a coward’s way of saying “regressive conservative.” …
: GeekNights 20231005 - The Warwick Applefest Tonight on GeekNights, we review the Warwick Applefest. If we can review a concert or a convention, …
: We are reviewing the Warwick Applefest (no joke) live on GeekNights shortly! …
: GeekNights 20231003 - Counter-Strike 2 Tonight on GeekNights, we review Counter-Strike 2. We have been playing some form of Counter-Strike …
: We are reviewing Counter-Strike 2 shortly! youtube.com/live/xG8t…
: www.youtube.com/shorts/nu… Excerpts from our Games You Can’t Play panel at PAX West!
: Democrats shouldn’t vote to help McCarthy stay in power. Their condition should be Republicans …
: GeekNights 20230928 - The Janelle Monáe Age of Pleasure Tour Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Janelle Monáe Age of Pleasure Tour which we saw at Radio City …
: GeekNights is going live imminently youtube.com/live/joWr… Tonight we’re reviewing the …
: The word “enshittification” is a very useful and important word. It gives name to the …
: We are in the orchestra pit for Janelle Monáe at Radio City ;)
: GeekNights 20230925 - Search Engines (suck now) Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the current state of search engines and why Google increasingly …
: GeekNights will be live shortly with why Search Engines are terrible now! …
: Back from Michigan to the boy!
: GeekNights 20230912 - PAX West 2023 Tonight on GeekNights, we review and discuss PAX West 2023. The new venue is fantastic and it felt a …
: Video of “Games You Can’t Play” from #PAX West is on youtube! Full video plus …
: We are presenting ‘Games You Can’t Play’ at PAX West 2023! Sun, Sep 3, 2023 3:30 …
: Biden and the Democrats are using what little power they have in the face of extreme Republican …
: GeekNights 20230828 - Blocking Tonight on GeekNights, in light of Twitter's dying husk removing the ability to block people, we …
: GeekNights will be live tonight ~5:30pm ET talking about blocking people on things. …
: GeekNights 20230822 - Quake 2 Remastered Tonight on GeekNights, having somehow never talked about Quake (except for Quake Live in 2009, we …
: Tomorrow (Tuesday) ~5:30pm ET we’ll be talking about the Quake 2 remaster live on GeekNights! …
: Climate Change is an existential crisis. www.youtube.com/watch
: GeekNights 20230810 - Halls of Fame Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the concept of Halls of Fame. In the news, the ravages of climate …
: GeekNights 20230808 - PitchCar (1995) Tonight on GeekNights, we review PitchCar (1995). It's a flicking game. It's a sport. It's pretty …
: GeekNights will be live Tuesday ~5:40pm ET talking about PitchCar! www.youtube.com/watch
: GeekNights 20230803 - GeekNights Book Club: This Is How You Lose the Time War Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar …
: We’ll be reviewing “This Is How You Lose the Time War” by Amal El-Mohtar and Max …
: GeekNights 20230731 - Upgrading Your Tech Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss when, how, and if you should upgrade your technology. From phones …
: Live tomorrow ~5:30pm ET with ‘Upgrading Your Tech’ www.youtube.com/watch
: GeekNights 20230725 - Can't Stop and All My Diamonds Tonight on GeekNights, we review two games by the legendary Sid Sackson: Can't Stop (1980) and All …
: Cryptocurrency is going to go down in history as the stupidest thing to happen in a century of …
: GeekNights is back baby! Tonight’s the night! www.youtube.com/watch
: Winter 2022-2023 photo gallery! www.flickr.com/photos/ry…
: RIP to a legend. Just a ghost in the wires. www.youtube.com/watch
: In the movie, a Prigozhin body double assassinates a Putin body double. And then nobody believes the …
: GeekNights 20230703 - Throttling and Rate Limiting Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the surprising challenges of throttling and rate limiting. In the …
: GeekNights is starting soon! Rate limiting and throttling! www.youtube.com/watch
: GeekNights 20230627 - Game Mechanics: Worker Placement Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss worker placement as a game mechanic. We intend to turn this into a …
: Tomorrow (Tuesday) ~5:30pm ET: Worker Placement as a Game Mechanic youtube.com/live/5wUE…
: Rising fascism, minoritarian rule, COVID, the average American being sicker and poorer now than they …
: GeekNights 20230615 - Airplane and Airport Food Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the food that is served on airplanes and in airports. You're …
: twitter.com/TransAlt/… At the bike march!
: GeekNights 20230607 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Tonight on GeekNights, we review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. It might be the best cinematic …
: Going live about Spiderman in a few minutes! youtube.com/live/qFkY…
: GeekNights 20230605 - The Line of Technology Adoption Tonight on GeekNights, we briefly consider when and why to adopt a new technology. In the news, …
: GeekNights 20230601 - GeekNights Book Club: The Satanic Verses Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. Steeped in …
: GeekNights 20230530 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It's one of the best …
: GeekNights is back baby! After our unplanned hiatus, we’re back with talk of The Legend of …
: GeekNights 20230510 - Suzume (2022) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Makoto Shinkai's 2022 film Suzume (すずめの戸締まり). It's a road trip …
: The #adpocalypse we’ve been talking about forever on GeekNights is actually low-key starting …
: Noted fascist propagandist Tucker Carlson is literally “moving his show to Twitter …
: GeekNights 20230508 - Computer Noise Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the noise that computers make. It used to be a lot worse, but …
: Take your fucking turn! For what it’s worth, I’m just crankin' these out with Adobe …
: Mastering Game Mechanics from #PAX East 2013! www.youtube.com/watch
: Ethics in videogames eh? I kind of want to dissect what we had to say a decade ago on this topic. …
: More new thumbnails for old talks! www.youtube.com/watch
: Oh hey I’m making new thumbnails for ancient GeekNights lectures from #PAX and #MAGFest. …
: Today (Tuesday) at 7pm ET our new panel from #PAX East 2023 will premiere on youtube! …
: Instead of a show, tonight GeekNights will premiere the video of our panel from PAX East 2023! …
: A side effect of this pipeline (particularly the “exciter”) is that lost high-frequency …
: The lav audio from our most recent talk at #PAX East was overcooked and clipping. Here’s a …
: Another mass shooting. Again and again it’s an AR-15. Ban the AR-15 and any gun like it. Treat …
: GeekNights 20230426 - Retooling GeekNights Wednesday Tonight on GeekNights we talk about GeekNights. Particularly, GeekNights Wednesdays. It's the odd …
: GeekNights is going live around 5:15pm ET tonight. And we’re talking about retooling Wednesday …
: Time for an evening of Blades.
: GeekNights 20230420 - Magic Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Magic and illusions. In the news, Rangers, and America's openly …
: Shownotes from a Blades in the Dark Game We are at war with the Dimmer Sisters. Rouis is here. Bluecoats showed up at the door. They were …
: Quick. Stack rank Castlevania games. Just do it. Don’t think too hard on it. Gut feeling. …
: GeekNights will be live soon talking about Magic and Magicians. youtube.com/live/1GYu…
: Don’t expire your users’ passwords. Don’t require a bunch of arbitrary nonsense in their passwords.
: In two days, two elderly white guys shot strangers for zero reason other than their own fear and …
: GeekNights 20230418 - Lore Tonight on GeekNights, we consider lore in games. You know, all that text you didn't read in the …
: Republicans are unhinged fascists. www.cnn.com/2023/04/1…
: Literally perfect running weather today in Queens!
: We are at the last regular season game ;)
: Republicans are threatening the Manhattan DA. This is a violent and worrying trend. …
: Louisville was the 146th mass shooting so far this year. That’s 1.46 mass shootings per DAY on …
: This will be in the history books as an early turning point. One way or the other. …
: GeekNights 20230410 - Computer Fonts Tonight on GeekNights, we consider computer fonts. In the news, the world lost a legend with the …
: GeekNights will be live talking about fonts at 6pm ET TODAY GOGOGOGOGOGO! www.youtube.com/watch
: Another masa shooting. Louisville this time. Ban guns. Fuck gun owners and the second amendment. …
: The US Supreme Court is wholly illegitimate until Clarence Thomas is removed from it. Every ruling …
: You new GeekNights panel dropped! www.youtube.com/watch
: At what point do you accept that the Republicans are absolutely going to commit genocide? There are …
: GeekNights 20230406 - Colosseums, Stadiums, and Arenas Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Colosseums, Stadiums, and Arenas. In the news, the NHL Playoffs …
: What Republicans just did in Tennessee is a relic of Slavery and Jim Crow. This is a dangerous and …
: Going live in a few minutes with “Colosseum, Stadiums, and Arenas” …
: Republicans could start a Civil War by doing this. www.npr.org/2023/04/0…
: GeekNights 20230404 - Cat in the Box (2022) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Muneyuki Yokouchi's fantastic Cat in the Box. This is an S-tier …
: Many happy returns for Indictment Day! May this be the first of many!
: Tomorrow could be a wild day in Manhattan. The nutjobs protesting in favor of the former guy are not …
: All advertising should be opt-in.
: A constitution or charter that permanently protects the interests of bad faith actors is worthless. …
: Ban the AR-15 and seize every single one owned by anyone in America. To do less is despicable. Fuck …
: GeekNights 20230327 - Archiving the Internet Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the immense challenge of archiving the Internet. This is a …
: It’s amazing that people think LA drivers are the worst drivers knowing that Boston exists.
: General Strikes work! www.nbcnews.com/news/worl…
: GeekNights will be live this evening at 5:15pm ET to talk about Archiving the Internet! …
: Another day in America, another horrific mass shooting. www.youtube.com/watch
: The UN must take whatever action is necessary to suspend Russia from the Security Council. This is …
: “Don’t Shit Your Pants” - A Survival Horror Game.
: Republicans voted overwhelmingly yesterday to ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. I can not …
: Rym wins ‘Cat in the Box’ in a close game! #paxscore
: PAX put us in a pretty big panel room!
: GeekNights 20230321 - Stacklands (2022) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Stacklands (2022). In the news, Counter-Strike 2 is likely coming, …
: Scott hates Philly: news at 11 youtube.com/shorts/W2…
: Whenever anyone complains that the “algorithm” on some social media site reduced their …
: Steven Universe vs Anodic Dance Music
: Anodic Dance Music is Human Music.
: Wyoming has become another state I will never visit again. www.usatoday.com/story/new…
: Electing Democrats makes things better. Not perfect. But better. www.npr.org/2023/03/1…
: Griefing and Trolling are not the same thing.
: Russia’s invasion and annexation of Ukraine is literally the specific thing the UN was founded …
: It is way past time for NATO to initiate a No Fly Zone over the Black Sea and Ukraine. The UN should …
: GeekNights 20230315 - Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) Tonight on GeekNights we review the 2023 animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. The animation …
: We will be live momentarily with our review of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur!
: The rapidity with which every single tech company on Earth is cramming early generative AI into …
: Direct Action gets the goods. Support Unions. Support Labor. www.usatoday.com/story/new…
: Rolling Stock is a game about stock and company trading. Players are investors buying private …
: GeekNights 20230313 - E-Waste and Worthless Tech Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what to do about E-Waste and worthless old technology. Old …
: We’re back baby! GeekNights will be live with E-Waste and Obsolete Tech at 5:30pm ET today!
: Permanent Daylight Saving Time or bust! We have entered The Good Time. Make our sacrifice of that …
: No GeekNights this week. I’m going to London!
: This is how it started in Weimar Germany. If you keep Nazis in your circles you are a Nazi. See …
: Opening DJ before Parov Stelar comes out
: GeekNights 20230227 - GPT-3 and Autoregressive Language Models Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the technology and ramifications of Generative Pre-trained …
: GeekNights will be live at 5:30pm ET tonight with GPT-3 and Autoregressive Language Models!
: Gentle reminder that it is directly against the terms of service of all GeekNights sites to use them …
: Biden and the Democrats did everything they could to forgive America’s crushing student loan debt. …
: That most sublime moment. The goalie goal. -chef kiss- twitter.com/DimFilipo…
: Photos from our ski trip to Colorado! Photo Album
: Here’s a two hour podcast Emily and I recorded about our 481 mile cycling trip across New York …
: The overlap between Christian fundamentalist “revivals” and anti-vaccination sentiment …
: GeekNights 20230221 - Gaming Furniture Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss gamer furniture of the non-chair variety. In the news, Nintendo …
: Talking live about gaming furniture on GeekNights in about 10 minutes!
: Republicans are going to ban abortion, contraception, even childless marriage if they ever get …
: We’ll be talking about the new Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Wednesday (tomorrow!) ~5:30pm ET …
: GeekNights the podcast has been running so long this is an actual photo of making an episode.
: Ban guns. Overturn the second amendment and ban guns in America. There really is no other option. …
: We have a redemtion arc right here. #MarvelSnap
: If you didn’t know that JK Rowling is virulently bigoted and the new Harry Potter game is …
: Leftover pizza and biryani. Brunch of champions!
: Republicans are attacking abortion rights in the courts because blue states moved very fast to …
: Republicans are going to ban most abortions nationally with a corrupt Trump-appointed judge. This …
: GeekNights 20230209 - GeekNights Book Club: Alif the Unseen Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss G. Willow Wilson's Alif the Unseen. A magical …
: The GeekNights Book Club will be talking about Alif the Unseen imminently! Live!
: This is a fascinating and crystal clear explanation of today’s “over the air” …
: GeekNights 20230207 - Mostly Dead Games Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss games that are not fully dead, but are mostly dead. Dance Dance …
: GeekNights is going live in the next 10 minutes! Mostly Dead Games!
: Another Republican extremist tried to attack the US Power Grid. www.cnn.com/2023/02/0… …
: “Timeline of balloon’s journey” is a headline where, in each of these years, …
: Seeing even one ad is enough for me to be willing to defererate with an entire instance.
: We got GA tickets to The Last Rockstars’ debut tour last minute and went!
: The Rabbit is being particularly charming tonight.
: Geeknights will be Live at PAX East 2023! Can Competitive and Casual Coexist? Thursday Mar 23 @ …
: Can games be balanced? Sort of. Balancing games is deceptively difficult. Even worse, there are …
: We also did a “Final Thoughts” on Trigun in 2007. Full spoilers and assuming …
: If you’re watching the new Trigun, know that the original Trigun was one of the first anime we …
: GeekNights 20230201 - Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (1993) Tonight on GeekNights, we review the 1993 anime movie Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama. It's …
: GeekNights will be live this evening ~5:30pm ET we will be reviewing the Ramayana anime from 1993! …
: Disco Elysium isn’t just living rent-free in my head. I built it an apartment and I’m …
: GeekNights 20230130 - Online Advertising and Adtech Tonight on GeekNights, Rym is back from his ski trip, so we resume our regularly scheduled shows …
: David DePape is the true face of the modern Republican Party. With the mask off, they are nothing …
: GeekNights will be back from hiatus and talking about adtech tomorrow (Monday) ~5:30pm ET!
: There have been 6 mass shootings in California alone in the last 13 days. Fuck the Second Amendment. …
: Vail is a hell of a place to ski. Over five days I got 88 runs across 141 miles descending 124k …
: Another day another mass shooting with what looks to be yet again an AR-15. Ban guns. Seize them. …
: The French know how to Organize apnews.com/article/f…
: Talk about an artifact from an ancient time! #Ubercon was where I discovered #BurningWheel! …
: The attacks on Democratic officals' homes were by a Republican who lost his election. He hired four …
: Pour one out for a legend. 13 years of hard dancing.
: I always enjoy my time in Frankfurt, rain and cold nonwithstanding. But it will be good to be home!
: I now return from Frankfurt!
: George Santos must resign from Congress. Even the GOP is demanding his resignation. When even the …
: No GeekNights this week, as I am in Frankfurt for work ;)
: There is no such thing as a “moderate” Republican. They all want the same thing: …
: The Republicans have caused a constitutional crisis. Our congress is paralyzed by their dysfunction. …
: Never in my life have the Republicans UNDER-performed my expectations. This Speaker vote is a bona …
: This absolute shitshow is what every Republican Voter voted for.
: GeekNights 20230104 - BRZRKR Tonight on GeekNights, we review BRZRKR from Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney, and Bill …
: GeekNights is going live with a review of Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney, and Bill Crabtree …
: www.washingtonpost.com Kevin McCarthy faces open GOP revolt as House fails to elect speaker
: A Speaker election has not gone to a second ballot in nearly a century and has taken multiple …
: Today the GOP just learned that you can’t play chicken with fascist dipshits. They’ll …
: Republicans are now on both sides of this meme.
: Republicans are fascists. Don’t mince words. Every single member of that party is an open …
: www.washingtonpost.com McCarthy fails to secure necessary votes to become speaker
: The Republicans are having trouble electing a Speaker of the House because their Dipshit Caucus of …
: GeekNights 20230102 - Microsoft Windows Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about everybody's favorite operating system: Microsoft Windows. In …
: For reference, the entire GeekNights episode archive, since 2005, is 681GB.
: The complete 2022 GeekNights episode archive is 44.2GB.
: GeekNights is going live at 6:15pm ET with our first episode of 2023! On Microsoft Windows!
: First run of 2023! strava.app.link/lqUZ2L2Gg…
: People stopped using RSS because web sites increasingly didn’t put their content in their RSS …
: RSS readers never died. Google “killing” them when Google Reader shut down is a weird …
: To everyone who reads these words, I’m glad you’re still here through the last few years …
: Time to mull some glühwein for the New Year!
: It’s misty in New York today
: Mugi had some banana this morning #DailyBunny
: We made it around Sol one more time. We haven’t defeated fascism in America, but we’ve …
: Mark my words. Bitcoin will go to zero. It’s a matter of when, not if.
: The 41 Tabletop Games You Must Play! One of last talks we gave at the last PAX South! …
: The Long Goodbye Sigh… I do miss Twitter. It was a new and fresh kind of social media, and it had a long …
: We are good at Smash Brothers. www.youtube.com/watch
: Nationalize Southwest Airlines.
: I’m playing Advance Wars online lately. Real matches, but also absolutely bullshit like this. …
: This is ridiculous. There can be no peace with Russia until all seized Ukrainian territory …
: The young man hanging out while I bake cookies. #DailyBunny
: So how about that Eldin Ring.
: Republicans are monsters doing monstrous things. They are toying with the lives of people who are …
: This is continued right wing terror. They’re attacking power infrastructure with increasing …
: Happy Toyotathon and a Merry Chrylser to you all!
: He’s a happy rabbit #DailyBunny
: I’m diving into Advance Wars again. If anyone wants to join up by mail this is my first game …
: Always remember the Reason for the Season
: Republicans killed their own to “own the libs” twitter.com/TheAtlant…
: This storm is serious. If you’re in the impacted areas you really should stay home.
: GeekNights 20221221 - Animated Christmas Specials Tonight on GeekNights, we consider animated Christmas specials and special Christmas episodes of …
: Going live at 6pm ET! Christmas cartoons and animated specials!
: “A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore, a computer must never make a management …
: GeekNights 20221219 - Zero Trust Security Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the concept of Zero Trust Security. It's a pain, and it's not …
: GeekNights is LIVE RIGHT THE FUCK NOW
: This is an historic and heavy day. The United States House of Representatives, for the first time in …
: The House has referred Donald Trump for prosecution for multiple crimes. It’s happening.
: The January 6th Committee - investigating the Republican coup attempt that almost overthrew our …
: This holiday season, remember that violence and difficult subject matter aren’t the real harms …
: Disco Elysium is really getting stuck in my craw. What a fantastic fucking game.
: My candy tier list. This is objective truth.
: Six separate channels across the three main Discords I follow are entirely consumed with the fall of …
: Twitter is dead. Musk just banned talking about other social media. Find your friends and GTFO …
: Rule 34 fanart of me and Scott from ~2007. What a wild time that was.
: To be clear, I only see replies on the microblog itself or on Mastodon. Twitter and every other …
: Elon Musk blocking links to Mastodon and banning liberal journalists is the end of that site. …
: GeekNights might not be up on the site immediately tonight due to a server issue. One of the few in …
: GeekNights 20221215 - Hanukkah Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Hanukkah. We've previously talked about Christmas. You're lucky …
: GeekNights is going live basically right now.
: GeekNights 20221213 - Playing on Teams Tonight on GeekNights, we consider teams. Playing on teams, forming teams, team sports, team games. …
: Tonight on GeekNights, we’ll be talking about teams and playing on teams. Starting at 5:15pm …
: If cryptocurrency and blockchain don’t make sense to you, that is because you are rational and …
: Popehat is leaving Twitter for all the right reasons. I left for the same reasons and I have mostly …
: I made this because Disco Elysium is great and I enjoy shitposting.
: I called it. Sinema has been planning this for a long time. She’s a traitor to democracy. …
: GeekNights 20221207 - Spy×Family (2022) Tonight on GeekNights, we review the 2022 anime TV series Spy×Family. It's a solid regular anime …
: The latest episode of GeekNights is live! SpyxFamily!
: More of this. If “religious rights” unduly protect bigotry, then we have an equal …
: The German nazi coup plot that was just broken up is not materially different from what the …
: Fascists just tried to stage a coup in Germany. Fascists tried to stage a coup in America on January …
: We interviewed Tarn Adams, developer of Dwarf Fortress, back in 2008! Full interview here: …
: GeekNights will be live this evening at 5:30pm ET with our review of SPY x FAMILY!
: Nazis are a pernicious threat everywhere in the world. A far-right group in Germany was allegedly …
: I’m still extremely confident that there is a space for the intersection of E-Sports, The …
: If you missed our panel at PAX Unplugged, there is video of a very similar panel we did back in 2019 …
: No GeekNights tonight. We’re wrecked from PAX Unplugged. At least this hiatus is typical of …
: Thank you PAX Unplugged! If you saw us for Why is this game taking four hours to play?! at PAX Unplugged, we have some …
: We will be live at PAX Unplugged on Sunday! 11:30am ET in the CRAB GOD THEATRE! Why is this game …
: Nationalize the railways. Mandate sick leave and end PSR.
: There’s white smoke! They have crowned a new Nope!
: So start looking into how to mobilize community support. Who’s doing the work and needs more …
: For a rail strike, or really any major strike, the credibility of the threat it presents to Capital …
: A rail strike WOULD be a crisis point. It COULD turn into something bigger. It is one of those kinds …
: Suppose there is a rail strike. The Union will need support. But so will all the people who will be …
: The bill Democrats passed to prevent the rail strike INCLUDES the sick leave. Republicans are …
: Labor is powerful in this moment. The rail unions have direct, credible, and tangible power. The …
: The majority of Republican Senators voted against marriage equality. It passed because of Democrats. …
: No GeekNights tonight. Everybody’s got colds in New York. ;)
: We will be LIVE at PAX Unplugged 2022! Sunday Dec 4 at 11:30am ET! Why is this game taking four …
: Imagine admitting to something as embarassing as owning an NFT.
: Staring Twitter in the eye like a Klingon waiting for it to draw its last breath.
: EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time will be in theaters for a limited run in early December! And …
: As I abandon Twitter, I want to pour one out for one S-Tier account: pic.twitter.com/iwciVsqkUf …
: I have a new permanent home on the Internet. rym.social This will always link to whatever I’m …
: Testing out a cross-post from here to my new Mastodon account (@rym@mastodon.rym.social).
: Mastodon hosting isn’t widely available from credible players yet. I’m gonna have to …
: Musk is bringing all the banned Twitter accounts back. It’s gonna be dangerous to keep using Twitter …
: Haha that old car (a gift) that we were using to make it through COVID may have had it’s final …
: Another day, another mass shooting in America. It is hard to express how deeply I loath the second …
: GeekNights 20221121 - Federated Architecture Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss Federated Architecture in light of the collapse of Twitter. …
: If news organizations were smart, they would each make their own separate Mastodon instance. CBS …
: This is a death blow to Twitter. CBS News Abandons Twitter
: “X is the name of my Mastodon Instance” is the name of my Cover Band.
: GeekNights 20221117 - Chinese Food Tonight on GeekNights, similar to our episode on Indian food, we consider Chinese food including …
: Things are looking real bad at Twitter right now. Don’t assume it’s gonna keep working …
: GeekNights is going live about Chinese Food ~5:30pm ET!
: GeekNights 20221115 - Comms in Games Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss comms in games. Text chat, voice chat, open versus restricted, and …
: I have triumphed in one of the stranger “pros only” games of 1846 I’ve played in a …
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: GeekNights Live: The POSSE Model and The End of Twitter
: GeekNights 20221107 - The POSSE Model and The End of Twitter Tonight on GeekNights, in the shadow of Twitter's collapse at the hands of a narcissistic failure of …
: GeekNights Live: Beetlejuice
: GeekNights 20221103 - Beetlejuice Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Beetlejuice. The timeless classic movie from 1988, the bizarre …
: GeekNights Live: Marvel Snap (2022)
: GeekNights 20221101 - Marvel Snap (2022) Tonight on GeekNights, we review the surprisingly elegant Marvel Snap. Released this year on phones …
: GeekNights Live: How to Not Suck at Smartphone Security
: GeekNights 20221024 - How to Not Suck at Smartphone Security Tonight on GeekNights, we reveal the secrets of How to Not Suck at Smartphone Security. There is a …
: GeekNights Live: Book Club - Nnedi Okorafor's Binti
: GeekNights 20221020 - GeekNights Book Club: Binti Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we review and discuss Binti. Because it was short and also …
: GeekNights Live: Moonbreaker (2022)
: GeekNights 20221018 - Moonbreaker (2022) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Unknown Worlds' Moonbreaker (2022). It's a turn-based digital …
: GeekNights Live: Star Trek Prodigy and the newish Gundam Movie
: GeekNights 20221012 - Cucuruz Doan's Island and Star Trek Prodigy Tonight on GeekNights we review Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island and Star Trek Prodigy. …
: GeekNights Live: Web Scraping
: GeekNights 20221010 - Web Scraping Tonight on GeekNights, after a surprisingly long hiatus between Rym going to Europe for work and Rym …
: GeekNights Live: Multiplayer Game Servers
: GeekNights 20220913 - Online Game Servers Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the history and current state of online game servers. Rising …
: GeekNights Live: Single Player Tabletop Games
: GeekNights 20220830 - Single Player Tabletop Games Tonight on GeekNights, we consider single player tabletop games. Distinct from Solitaire and Simple …
: GeekNights Live: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki
: GeekNights 20220824 - The Films of Hayao Miyazaki Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the feature films of Hayao Miyazaki. They are instantly …
: GeekNights Live: How to Not Suck at Getting a New Smartphone
: GeekNights 20220822 - How to Not Suck at Getting a New Smartphone Tonight on GeekNights, we consider how to not suck at buying a new smartphone. Android or Apple, you …
: GeekNights Live: Casino Games
: GeekNights 20220816 - Casino Games Tonight on GeekNights, we consider casino games like Roulette, Poker, Craps, Blackjack, and Slot …
: GeekNights Live: Inu-Oh (2021)
: GeekNights 20220810 - Inu-Oh (2021) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Masaaki Yuasa's Inu-Oh (2021). (trailer). Per William Bibbiani in …
: GeekNights 20220808 - Vacuum Cleaners Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble vacuum cleaner.You definitely don't want to be in a …
: GeekNights 20220804 - Vending Machines Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Vending Machines. In the news, HBO Max is being destroyed, two of …
: GeekNights 20220727 - Sonic X (2003) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Sonic X (2003). An anime TV series based on Sega's Sonic the …
: GeekNights 20220725 - Software as a Service Tonight on GeekNights we discuss Software as a Service (SaaS). This is one of the most lucrative, …
: GeekNights 20220721 - Zoos Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Zoos. In the news, Rym finally ran out of razor blades, climate …
: GeekNights 20220707 - GeekNights Book Club: Ninefox Gambit Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we review and discuss Yoon Ha Lee's Ninefox Gambit. Far future …
: GeekNights 20220705 - Streaming Games (to devices, not Twitch) Tonight on GeekNights, we consider streaming games. Not to Twitch, but to devices. From Google …
: GeekNights 20220627 - Refrigeration Tonight on GeekNights, we consider refrigeration. In the news, the illegitimate Supreme Court of the …
: GeekNights 20220621 - Save Games Tonight on GeekNights, we consider save games. Saving games, game states, save scumming, permadeath, …
: GeekNights 20220615 - Cartoon Cartoons (1995-2003) Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the cartoons of Cartoon Cartoons (1995-2003). Dexter's Lab, …
: GeekNights 20220613 - The Chatbot isn't Sentient Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the Google engineer who thinks the AI has come to life. It's a …
: GeekNights 20220601 - Animation, Anime, Manga, Comics News Roundup Tonight on GeekNights, it's a News Roundup! Specifically an Animation, Anime, Manga, and Comics News …
: GeekNights 20220526 - Trains Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about trains. (Not the X train). Critically important in the era of …
: GeekNights 20220524 - Monetizing Games Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss how games monetize. How can you make money making games? We've …
: GeekNights 20220518 - Voice Acting Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss voice acting. In the news, anime voice actors' unionization …
: GeekNights 20220516 - Scanners Tonight on GeekNights, we consider scanners. Ancient devices used to convert paper documents and …
: GeekNights 20220512 - Swimming Tonight on GeekNights, we consider swimming, especially in swimming pools. Pool toys, diving boards, …
: GeekNights 20220510 - Playdate Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the fascinating art project x portable game console: Playdate. …
: GeekNights 20220502 - Tech Debt Tonight on GeekNights, we consider tech debt. Where it comes from, what it means, and what you can …
: GeekNights 20220428 - Handwriting Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the concept of handwriting. In the news, idiots are in trouble …
: GeekNights 20220420 - Goodbye, Eri Tonight on GeekNights, we review Tatsuki Fujimoto's one-shot manga Goodbye, Eri. It's 200 pages …
: GeekNights 20220418 - Video Cables Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about display cables. The standards can be confusing, S-Video was not …
: GeekNights 20220414 - GeekNights Book Club: The City We Became Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we review and discuss N.K. Jemisin's fantastic The City We …
: GeekNights 20220404 - Hosting in 2022 Tonight on GeekNights, we revisit the topic of hosting we last covered in 2006. From simple web …
: GeekNights 20220331 - James Bond Tonight on GeekNights, we consider James Bond (in cinema). In the news, Rym is back from London, and …
: GeekNights 20220317 - Saint Patrick's Day Tonight on GeekNights, we review Saint Patrick's Day (the holiday). We have a fraught history with …
: GeekNights 20220301 - Offworld Trading Company (2016) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Offworld Trading Company. An RTS with a M.U.L.E. lineage, we're …
: GeekNights 20220223 - Belle (2021) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Mamoru Hosoda's Belle. A beautiful film that deals with the …
: GeekNights 20220217 - GeekNights Book Club: The Tale of Genji part 2 Tonight on GeekNights, we bring you the GeekNights Book Club: The Tale of Genji part 1. We have a …
: GeekNights 20220207 - Technological Lock-In Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the concept of lock-in in technology. From platforms to software, …
: GeekNights 20220203 - GeekNights Book Club: The Tale of Genji part 1 Tonight on GeekNights, we bring you the GeekNights Book Club: The Tale of Genji part 1. We have a …
: GeekNights 20220201 - Lifestyle Games Tonight on GeekNights, we consider lifestyle games. You know the person who plays Magic and only …
: GeekNights 20220126 - Great Anime Music Tonight on GeekNights, we consider anime music, particularly tv shows and OAVs. A good OST has more …
: GeekNights 20220120 - Greeting Cards Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Greeting Cards and other cards of this ilk. In the news, the …
: GeekNights 20220118 - Inscryption Tonight on GeekNights, we review Inscryption. It's worth the price of admission even if you don't …
: GeekNights 20220112 - Centaurworld Tonight on GeekNights, we review Centaurworld. It's on Netflix, Rym loves it, and it's a musical. In …
: GeekNights 20220110 - Package Managers Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about package managers. We've covered Linux package management …
: GeekNights 20220106 - Sports Commentating Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the science and the art of Sports Commentating. In the news, …
: GeekNights 20220104 - Lost Ruins of Arnak (2020) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Lost Ruins of Arnak (2020). It's an elegant worker placement …
: GeekNights 20211229 - The Summit of the Gods (2021) Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Summit of the Gods (Le sommet des dieux). Directed by Patrick …
: GeekNights 20211227 - Software Libraries Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss software libraries. Most of you are probably too old to remember …
: GeekNights 20211215 - Holiday Animation and Comics Gift Giving Guide 2021 Tonight on GeekNights, we bring you our Holiday Animation and Comics Gift Giving Guide 2021! What …
: GeekNights 20211207 - Metroid Dread (2021) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Metroid Dread on the Nintendo Switch. It's a solid 2D Metroid, with …
: GeekNights 20211129 - Tech Gift Guide 2021 Tonight on GeekNights, we present our 2021 GeekNights holiday technology gift guide! You can refer …
: GeekNights 20211123 - Holiday Gaming Gift Guide 2021 Tonight on GeekNights, we bring you our 2021 Holiday Gaming Gift Guide. What should you buy for that …
: GeekNights 20211117 - Rebuild of Evangelion: Final Thoughts Tonight on GeekNights, we consider our final thoughts on the Rebuild of Evangelion. Spoilers. Just …
: GeekNights 20211115 - Home HVAC: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Home HVAC: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. We've …
: GeekNights 20211111 - The Alien Franchise Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the Alien franchise. While clearly the first two movies are the …
: GeekNights 20211109 - WarioWare: Get It Together! (2021) Tonight on GeekNights, we review WarioWare: Get It Together! on the Nintendo Switch. The last time …
: GeekNights 20211103 - Jujutsu Kaisen (manga) Tonight on GeekNights, we review the Jujutsu Kaisen manga. It's a shounen manga. In the news, Image …
: GeekNights 20211101 - Documentation Tonight on GeekNights, we consider documentation. Client documentation, user guides, service …
: GeekNights 20211028 - Dune (2021) Tonight on GeekNights, we review Denis Villeneuve's Dune (part 1). It's Dune. It's hard to imagine …
: GeekNights 20211026 - Splitgate Tonight on GeekNights, we review the portal-inspired multiplayer FPS Splitgate. It's free to play, …
: GeekNights 20211018 - Operating System Upgrades and Migrations Tonight on GeekNights, we consider upgrades of and migrations between Operating Systems. We may need …
: GeekNights 20211014 - Aliens and UFOs Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss aliens and UFOs and such. The 90s were a wild time with alien …
: GeekNights 20211012 - The Number of Players Tonight on GeekNights, we consider a game design topic in the number of players a game supports. For …
: GeekNights 20211006 - Review: Rebuild of Evangelion Tonight on GeekNights, we review Rebuild of Evangelion. The complement to Neon Genesis Evangelion …
: GeekNights 20211004 - Social Media Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the Leopard that is social media. It is difficult to summarize …
: GeekNights 20210928 - Gaming Magazines Tonight on GeekNights, we consider gaming magazines. Notable mentions include Electronic Games, …
: GeekNights 20210922 - Anime and Comic Magazines Tonight on GeekNights, we consider anime and comic magazines, including relics from an ancient past …
: GeekNights 20210920 - Computer Magazines Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the archaic "computer magazine" that you may have heard old …
: GeekNights 20210916 - Beverages Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble beverage. From soda to pop, orange juice to bourbon, …
: GeekNights 20210914 - Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile Tonight on GeekNights, we review Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile. It's a solid legacy game …
: GeekNights 20210908 - Superman Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Superman. The Superman. Supes. This character casts a long shadow …
: GeekNights 20210902 - Outerwear Tonight on GeekNights, we consider outerwear. Jackets and coats and such. In the news, Scott went to …
: GeekNights 20210831 - Deathmatch Games Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Deathmatch games, particularly FPS deathmatches. Ostensibly …
: GeekNights 20210823 - Apple, CSAM, and Privacy Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Apple, CSAM, and Privacy. Apple is under fire for its solution …
: GeekNights 20210812 - Natural Disasters Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about natural disasters. In the news, there's a reason we don't make …
: GeekNights 20210727 - Pokémon UNITE Tonight on GeekNights, we review Pokémon UNITE: the Pokémon MOBA. It's actually pretty fun, and it's …
: GeekNights 20210721 - Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the cartoons of Hanna-Barbera Productions, which were a staple of …
: GeekNights 20210715 - Bootlegs and Counterfeits Tonight on GeekNights, we consider bootlegs and counterfeits. Illegitimate goods. In the news, Texas …
: GeekNights 20210713 - Collecting in Games Tonight on GeekNights, we consider collecting in games. Specifically, we consider "new in box" …
: GeekNights 20210707 - Odd Taxi Tonight on GeekNights, we review the phenomenal Odd Taxi anime. It's a psychological thriller and …
: GeekNights 20210701 - Bailing Tonight on GeekNights, we consider when to bail, hit da bricks, or be "out" of something. In the …
: GeekNights 20210623 - Batman Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about DC's Batman. In the news, it was a big NYC election, PAX West …
: GeekNights 20210617 - Hotels and Motels Tonight on GeekNights, we consider hotels and motels. We kind of miss them. In the news, Pokémon …
: GeekNights 20210609 - Cartoon and Comic Merchandise Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the merchandise around cartoons, anime, comics, and manga. In the …
: GeekNights 20210607 - Tech News Roundup - June 2021 Tonight on GeekNights, we accidentally do a June tech news roundup. So, in that news, US carries …
: GeekNights 20210603 - Skin Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about skin. Yes, that kind of skin. In the news, Scott GeekBites …
: GeekNights 20210601 - New Pokemon Snap Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the New Pokemon Snap. It's Pokemon Snap. It's exactly what it …
: GeekNights 20210526 - Spider-Man 2099 Tonight on GeekNights, we review Spider-Man 2099. It's cyberpunk, and it's actually pretty good. Rym …
: GeekNights 20210524 - Video Cameras Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the video camera. In the news, there is drama at Freenode, …
: GeekNights 20210520 - Things that Grind or Grease our Gears Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about a lot of things, from the content-seeking that comes from being …
: GeekNights 20210510 - Remote Controls Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble remote control. We are some of the youngest people who …