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GeekNights Rym and Scott
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4.4 • 58 Ratings
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Geeknights with Rym and Scott is a late night show for geeks, featuring anime, comics, gaming, sci/tech, gadgetry, and general geekery. New episodes every weeknight Monday through Thursday.
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Animal Well (2024)
Tonight on GeekNights, we review Animal Well. It's a beautiful and well made metroidvania. In the news, Civilization 7 is coming and Blades in the Dark is fantastic from session zero to terminal endgame.Related LinksForum ThreadAnimal Well (2024)Discord ChatAnimal Well (2024)Things of the DayRym - Don't touch AM transmitter towersScott - Project Random
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Tech Predictions for 2025, 2029, and 2034
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.Related LinksForum ThreadTech Predictions for 2025, 2029, and 2034Discord ChatTech Predictions for 2025, 2029, and 2034Things of the DayRym - Balance (1989)Scott - The Panzerbike
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Markup Languages
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.Related LinksForum ThreadMarkup LanguagesDiscord ChatMarkup LanguagesThings of the DayRym - Come stay in a $40 2/10 hotel with me for an evening.Scott - Non-Euclidean Doom:
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Don't Make a Game, Make a Store
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.Related LinksForum ThreadDon't Make a Game, Make a StoreDiscord ChatDon't Make a Game, Make a StoreThings of the DayRym - 3 Brilliant Moments of BlockingScott - Very Good
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Technology Failures
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.Related LinksForum ThreadTechnology FailuresDiscord ChatTechnology FailuresThings of the DayRym - Why Stomping Wigglers Glitches Super Mario WorldScott - The Unique Urination of Cicadas
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Book Club: The Night is Short, Walk on Girl
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.Related LinksThings of the DayForum ThreadBook Club: The Night is Short, Walk on GirlDiscord ChatBook Club: The Night is Short, Walk on Girl
Customer Reviews
"long timer listener, first time subscriber..."
I've been tangentially following GeekNights since I was, like, 12? Not actually listening to the podcast, but attending their panels at conventions when I had the opportunity. They're good dudes, smart and entertaining. When I started getting into listening to podcasts, I subscribed to theirs, and it's good! Not everything they talk about is relative to my own interests, but that's part of the point, that they cover a lot of different topics.
You already know these guys
Do you have a friend who is not really good at anything, but always claims to be an expert or always HAS to be the contrarian. Or that friend who is never actually listening to you, but is only waiting for their turn to speak. Yep, that’s who these two are. They seem to confuse being loud with being smart. I do respect the effort they are putting in though, and can appreciate their steady stream of content.
I think these two would have something if they slowed down to hear what the other is saying, instead of just waiting to shout their next statement.
I wanted to like them, I am really sorry that I don’t.
Too much shouting
Why is the one guy SHOUTING THE WHOLE TIME?