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  • Geek Out Weakly 21 – Mortal Kombat (2021)

    Aadil and Ben have a chat about the newly released Mortal Kombat. An amazing first sequence followed by a baffling choice to sideline everyone in favour of a brand-new MMA washup, Cole Young. They chat about the cool fights, fan services and the missing tournament. Our theme song is...
  • Geek Out Weakly 20 – Falcon and the Winter Soldier (pt. 2)

    Aadil and Ben chat about the entire series of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The things they liked, and what let them down, or didn’t quite live up to the hopes and detail evoked in the earlier episodes. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike...
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    Deiland: Pocket Planet Review (Switch)

    DEILAND: POCKET PLANET REVIEW (SWITCH)   A crystal crash-lands on the minor planet Deiland, and out of that crystal comes Arco – a 10 year old boy who must defend the island’s fauna and flora from monsters. To survive on this tiny planet Arco must harvest crops, grow trees,...
  • The Balls Are Gathered & Then Scattered Once Again

    We’re finally at the end of a long journey. I’ve watched 291 episodes of anime and written 12 articles about them – including this one. That’s a lot. Easily the biggest undertaking I’ve had as a writer thus far. I actually dread to think about the word count of...
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    DARQ Review (PlayStation 4)

    DARQ REVIEW (PLAYSTATION 4)   In this horror environmental puzzler you play as a young boy called Lloyd who astral projects into a nightmare realm every time he goes to sleep. These nightmares play by a different set of rules: in this place he can walk on walls, channel...
  • The Mess & Kid Buu

    Season Nine is, in a word, a mess. A meandering mixture of interesting, inexplicable, cool and downright ridiculous twists and turns. It feels aimless at times because it simply doesn’t have the overarching structure that most of the other seasons had to keep it focused. We get to a...
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    Narita Boy Review (PlayStation 4)

    NARITA BOY REVIEW (PLAYSTATION 4) Narita Boy takes place in 1980s Old York (an alternate history to New York, most likely). One night while coding, a programmer is incapacitated by a rogue AI that attacks him through his computer monitor. At the same time, a benevolent AI reaches out...
  • Geek Out Weakly 18 – Nick Box: Indie Filmmaker, game developer, and more

    Aadil sits down with indie horror filmmaker turned game developer Nick Box. We chat about making independent films in the 2010s, the rise of indiscriminate platforms like amazon and turning to games development to put his art out in new ways and to new audiences. We also touch on...
  • The Directionless Villain

    My previous article in this series ended where I feel Season Eight should have, with Vegeta’s sacrifice, his final atonement. In this article I’m going to wrap up Season Eight and really dissect the reasons why this saga runs into so many problems compared to the others that preceded...