Hey, everyone, if you are a geek and not listening to the geekshow, you can go ahead and start now, with the Geekshow Christmas special.  The regular panelists are joined by uber comedian “Marcus” as they discuss:

-Classic arcade games and pinball

-The loss of a Star Trek computer

-Made up movie rumors as well as actual movie info (Castlevania, Watchmen, Thor

-Review and Discuss the shitstorm that is “The Spirit”

-Marcus’ (not so) secret shame buying Blueray at Best Buy

-What’s wrong with Hollywood Spider-Man these days

-Why Stargate still sucks

-What’s wrong with TV (or, why we’ll miss Pushing Daisies)

Go ahead and download the episode, or subscripe on itunes by visiting geekshowpodcast.com

In our best efforts to make Salt Lake City a geek mecca akin to Austin, we have been teaming up with the Geekshow Podcast to promote and deliver geek-filled movie nights at local cinema brew pub, Brewvies on every last Sunday of each month. And seeing as this is October, what better way to celebrate Halloween than a double feature starring the king of geek royalty himself, Bruce Campbell! Yes, that’s right, Geekshow Podcast presents a very special double feature of Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn followed by Army of Darkness!

In addition to the awesomeness already presented, the Geekshow will be judging a costume contest with prizes, plus, let’s not forget that Brewvies has delicious brews and food! Come dressed up, ready to heckle the screen, and sing praises to the mighty Bruce Campbell

Did we mention it’s FREE?!  Bring yourself a like-minded bot and re-energize your batteries with brews, foods, and Bruce(s).

Brewvies Cinema Pub . Sunday October 26th . 5 PM . 677 South 200 West . Salt Lake City . Utah

Some asswipe from our crew got to be on the Geek Show Podcast before me. Swank and the Geek Show gave away a few copies of the Alan Moore documentary that we are currently running a contest for.

Swank you bastard.

You’ve heard me rave about The Geek Show Podcast before, so I am extremely excited that they will be doing their podcast this Sunday at Brewvies! Robot God knows that us robots are going to try our damndest to be there and so should you!

Here’s the info:

The Geek Show Podcast from:

Brewvies Cinema Pub
677 South 200 West
Salt Lake City, Utah
Sunday, Aug. 24  5:00pm MST
Featuring Marcus from Last Comic Standing
& Leigh George Kade, their new video game expert!

Calling all Big Shiny Robots!

Calling all Big Shiny Robots!

It has come to my attention that Mark Millar (The Ultimates 1 &2, Civil War, War Hero’s) and Tony Harris (Ex Machina - nuff said) are embarking on a cross country SuperHero Tour of Duty in support of their fantastic new series “War Hero’s” which sold out its first (over) printing inside of 24 hours.

It has also come to my attention that there is a stop on this tour -between Texas and Arizona that is “TBD” which I’m hoping to switch to “SLC”.

To this end - with the assistance of all Utah based Big Shiny Robots - I shall list the assets and incentives associated with a Salt Lake City tour stop. As tempting as it may be to be smart ass perverts, I hope we can all keep this list meaningful and accurate - that said, I can’t influence the depraved programming that many of you bots were built with.

First and foremost: Beer

Though to an outsider, Utah’s unique liquor laws prove a maddening obstacle to those seeking liquid refreshment - many of us bots have been programmed to expertly navigate said obstacle course thereby earning a sense of accomplishment whilst simultaneously drinking ones-self into a stupor. Not an easy combo. In short - beer shall be plentiful and provided free of charge for our War Hero’s. It should also be mentioned that Utah has more micro-breweries per capita than any other state in the country. It should also be mentioned that outside of Mark and Tony’s oceans of free beer - Mark owe’s me at least one for all the flattering reviews I’ve written for his books lately. Maybe just a pint of PBR.

Scotch:

How about The Glenlivet 15 year Single Malt French Oak Reserve? Is the French part is too offensive?

Travel and Lodging:

You will be put up - I assure you that won’t be a problem. Worst case scenario, I figure if Ryan Ottley and Tony Harris have shared an inker, surely they can share a bed. Ryan is a great cuddler with at least average hygiene.  We can figure out how to fit it into your itinerary as well…  We’ve got connections, maybe we can help with the travel.

Hosting:

There is a great Cinema Pub called Brewvies that we WILL convince to host a casual signing/drink-up. Incidentally, I believe they might be screening Wanted during the second half of August. How’s that for a 1-2-3 punch?

Sales:

We’ll work with all of local area comic book shops to move your books like crazy.  We know and like them all.

Exposure:

I’ve been assured that the good folks at the Geek Show would soil themselves to have Mark & Tony on their program, which is on iTunes podcast hotlist since their second week - receiving thousands (and rising) of downloads a week. One of the Grand Poobah’s of the Geek Show is also a host on one of the highest rated and longest running FM morning shows in the country. Can’t speak for him - but I don’t think a geek of his caliber would do everything he could to publicize this event… Paging Mr. Jackson? Mr. Jackson?

If the War Hero’s really wanted to whore themselves to as much media as possible - we have other friends on print and radio that would surely hop on board with interviews - spotlights etc.

The Eternal Perspective:

As many of you already know, Salt Lake City is the land of Zion and a visit to this sanctuary could very well insure your salvation. We’re also about a 12 hour drive from any meaningful comic conventions. We’re starving here…

In closing, I’d like to invite any and all of you loyal readers who give a crap about your country to bring our globe-trotting War Hero’s home to Salt Lake City. Any support/assistance or pestering of said War Hero’s would be appreciated.

Also - I’ll probably need some people to pitch in for that bottle of Scotch I promised.

Clang! Boom! Steam! - OUT

There were a few articles posted a month or so ago mentioning this podcast, but they are now 9 episodes in and I feel it’s time to do an official, full blown post about this. Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to (if you’re not already a faithful listener):

The Geek Show is a must listen for all of us who love all things nerd and geek and is made up of a great and entertaining panel including:

• Kerry Jackson of X96 Radio From Hell fame
• Scott Pierce, TV Critic for the Deseret News
• Derek Hunter, Awesome Comic Book and Children’s Book Artist/Author (Pirate Club)
• Shannon Barnson, Bartender at Burt’s Tiki Lounge and Color Commentary
• Jeff Vice, Film Critic for the Deseret News
• And I’ll also give a shout out to Zack Shutt who is apparently the technical guru behind the scenes of the Geek Show who occasionally gives his opinion.

Marcus from Last Comic Standing was even a guest panelist for a few episodes in July who provided some great comedy and commentary to the show.

The show runs smoothly with Kerry Jackson at the helm and all the panelists always have something relevant to add to the topic at hand. A show like this is usually hit and miss, but with a panel who is not only in the business of TV, Comics, & Movies, but are just huge geeks about their own particular subjects, the show flows nicely and always stays interesting, entertaining, and informative; I have not once in 9 episodes listened to one of the podcasts and been bored and they have covered everything from The Hulk, Iron Man, and the Dark Knight to Comic Books, Star Wars, and Star Trek. The great thing about this show is that none of the panelists hold themselves at a higher regard than their listeners, it really just seems like a bunch of friends hanging out in the basement, throwing back a few cocktails and beers and talking geek, so much so that at times you almost want to interject on a topic before you realize you are only listening to the podcast and aren’t actually sitting at a table with the whole crew.

The bottom line is that Kerry, Scott, Derek, Shannon, and Jeff are all funny guys, great to listen to, and they know their nerd/geek stuff, if you consider yourself a geek or a nerd, you should really be listening to this podcast, and let’s face it, any geek podcast that starts off by providing you with a new cocktail recipe each show is bound to be damn good.

A new Geek Show is generally released every Monday and you can find it on iTunes or at their official website.

For those of you unfortunate enough to be meatbags, getting a girlfriend is no easy task. And in this day in age, who really needs one?

Sega was originally made famous for its gaming consoles and blue haired hedgehogs. Today they’re all over the news for this:

A 15-inch robotic girlfriend named EMA (Eternal Maiden Actualization). Obviously not large enough to do the kinds of things men who can’t get a girlfriend want, its mostly for “companionship.” Another thing we robots know little about.

“Strong, tough and battle-ready are some of the words often associated with robots, but we wanted to break that stereotype and provide a robot that’s sweet and interactive,” said Minako Sakanoue, a spokeswoman for the maker, Sega Toys to Reuters news agency.

“She’s very lovable and though she’s not a human, she can act like a real girlfriend.”

EMA can sense when a human head is near, and will pucker up for a kiss. She can also hand out business cards, sing, dance and do other various annoying things girlfriends do.

This “busty” bot is a measly $175 and unlike a street whore, she won’t give you syphilis. Congratulations Japan on surpassing our expectations once again.

Some local robots put together a geek show where they can geek out and be nerds with other well-oiled robots. The disclaimer given by these robots is to give the show 5 episodes before you decide it is good or not. Anyways, it was a fun show…LISTEN!

LISTEN HERE!!