Books

Tim Gooch takes a look behind the inspiration to Tolkien's worlds and its relationship with old England and Norse myth and literature.

Hannah covers some of the origins of fandom, tracing it back to the late 1800s!

The end of the world is nigh! Our team cover their favourite end of the world stories.

A Brit in an American theme park? What ever could Tim possibly have found to amuse himself with? Apparently, quite a bit as he talks about his recent trip.

From Doctor Who to Breaking Bad, check out this list of superb parody tracks and amazing videos. Seriously, it's time to get your geek on.

Tim Gooch gets to the heart of the problems faced by Boromir in The Lord of the Rings. Time to feel some sympathy for this man of Gondor?

Resuming normal programming (slightly) with this week's Hex Bookshelf: Villains.

Here's a column, from Hannah Adelsberg-McLean, dedicated to the good, the bad and the ugly of fandom in all of it's (somewhat questionable) glory.

Terry Pratchett, GTA, Audible, Mallrats 2 and Project Ukulele. The connection? All talked about on this week's Nerds Assemble.

Get ready for a fast paced discussion on a multitude of things including Agency in Videogames - making our decisions matter.

Does Rankin's first ever novel, Knots and Crosses, book one of the Inspector Rebus series, still make for a compelling read in 2015? Emily investigates.

Tim jets off to the stars as he checks out Mars Dorian's science fiction novel Attack Planet.

Remember to read these book recommendations with a stiff upper lip!

There be spoilers here. Emily questions why a certain super hero trope had to happen in Guardians of the Galaxy and the issue with its repetition.

In this week's episode: backwards game jams, House of Cards, Mass Effect, Life Is Strange, Pete's Dragon, Kickstarter conundrums and more!