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This episode originally broadcast on June 26, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-463-station-eleven-the-phoenician-scheme-and-28-weeks-later/We've clearly been kidnapped by aliens and replaced with clones who are much better at watching movies, because this week we caught up on a show that's only four years old, and watched a movie that's still in the theater. (Then of course we watched a movie 18 years after it came out, so maybe this is the real Binary System Crew after all. OR IS IT? No, it totally is.)First up we go over an absolutely grim episode of Station Eleven, going back in time to see how Miranda's relationship went up in flames (literally), then jumping forward to see how the whole world went up in flames. (Figuratively. Mostly.)After that we do a quick look at Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme, which we absolutely love but it's hard to describe other than saying "It's very Wes Andersony." (The man loves him some horizontal tracking shots oh yes he does.)Finally we rolled our eyes a little at 2007's 28 Weeks Later: it's got some cool explosions, some intense action, and young Jeremy Renner is very cute, but it lost the charm of the original, unfortunately. (They needed to STICK TO THE RULES. - Kathryn) (Don't LOGIC THE PLOT, KATHRYN. - Elizabeth)This week's outro is a clip from Back In Line by Roy Colwin.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, and Instagram! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

We’ve clearly been kidnapped by aliens and replaced with clones who are much better at watching movies, because this week we caught up on a show that’s only four years old, and watched a movie that’s still in the theater. (Then of course we watched a movie 18 years after it came out, so maybe... The post Binary System Podcast #463 – Station Eleven, The Phoenician Scheme, and 28 Weeks Later first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on May 22, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-458-wtnv-268-home-office-and-love-death-and-robots/In this week's recap, Steve Carlsberg is fitting into his job at Labyrinth as well as can be expected. By which we mean he's working himself to death, losing connection with his family, and his attempts at corporate team-building are not appreciated. It's a grim state of affairs, and don't even get us started on the food situation in Night Vale. (Short summary: there isn't any.)And speaking of grim, we watched four episodes of the latest season of Love, Death, and Robots. We don't mean grim as in bad; all four episodes are shining examples of their craft and downright dazzling (even "Close Encounters of the Mini Kind", which is hilarious and really mean-spirited.) But the ending to one of them was...something. And it led to a brief discussion about one of the hazards of pet ownership. Probably nothing to worry about, but go ahead and make sure you have enough pet food, and someone to do regular welfare checks, and everything should be fine. Probably.This week's outro is a clip from TeknoAXE's Robot Chomp, and I swear I didn't realize how appropriate that title is for one of the Love, Death, and Robot episodes until after I'd already downloaded it. The "Spider Rose" episode is based on a short story by Bruce Sterling, who created the Mechanist/Shaper universe that this and "Swarm" is set in.Turns out that yes, the poet in the episode "For He Can Creep" is based on a real Victorian poet who died in debtor's prison. Damn, we can't get away from grim topics this week, can we?Found it! The story Kathryn was thinking of with the windows was Higglety Pigglety Pop or There Must Be More To Life. It is indeed by Maurice Sendak, and it's still just as beautiful and creepy as we remembered.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

This episode originally broadcast on May 29, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-459-love-death-and-robots-and-star-trek-lower-decks/This week we watched three whole episodes of the new season of Love, Death + Robots (yes we want pats on the head for that thank you) and while there's a lot to discuss regarding Robert Valley's amazing animation, a possible origin story for "Three Robots", and voice actors we've gotten to interview, what we really want to talk about is how messed up the imdb episode ratings are this season. (A 5.7 for "400 Boys"? A 4.1 for "Can't Stop"? Oh come on that's way too low. We know everybody's taste is different but that's gotta be trolls hate-reviewing the episodes, right?)After that Kathryn recaps episodes 2 and 3 of Star Trek: Lower Decks, so we can talk about how adorable Tendi and Rutherford are, how Mariner is determined to earn a demotion, and how great the creators are at coming up with some surprisingly terrifying monsters. ("Moopsy!")There's also the usual tangents into Bigger Than Worlds engineering, comic books based on animated characters, and the final volume of Adam Warren's Empowered series.This week's outro is a clip from Afterlife by Beat Mekanik.Correction: the cat's name in "The Other Large Thing" is "Dingleberry Jones." Come on, we were close.Correction: Kathryn is correct, Golgotha is pronounced GOWL guh thuh. Elizabeth's pronunciation (gol GOTH uh) is because she read it in a book and made assumptions.Correction: Elizabeth was both right and wrong: Bubblegum Crisis and Bubblegum Crash were the names of the anime series, Adam Warren's graphic novel was Bubblegum Crisis: Grand Mal.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

This episode originally broadcast on June 5, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-460-station-eleven-series-premiere-with-special-guest-hannah/The Binary System Podcast team has been getting a little better at TV lately, but we're still three years late in watching Station Eleven (based on the best-selling book that Kathryn reviewed way back in 2014). Fortunately, younger sister Hannah was visiting last weekend and we needed a topic to discuss so she could do a guest appearance on the podcast, which provided us the perfect excuse to start watching it already.We're only one episode in so far (well, two of us are. Hannah's already watched the whole series because she's way better at TV), and this is shaping up to be a perfect adaptation. Multiple characters (played by fantastic actors) across multiple timelines, the stories of how a civilization-ending pandemic started are intercut with hauntingly beautiful images of an apocalypse that's had a couple of decades to settle in. The episode has moments of quiet humor, and growing panic, and a tension that doesn't let up the entire time.We took a few moments to talk about another Hannah-recommendation: Jentry Chau Versus The Underworld. And we had to to digress to talk about other apocalypse-pandemic properties (The Stand, 28 Days Later), and to finalize our own apocalypse plan. If you're curious about what we're doing when it all kicks off, the party's at our grandmother's library.This week's outro is a clip from Space Jump by Noisy Oyster.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

This episode originally broadcast on June 12, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-460-wtnv-269-a-story-about-me-love-death-robots-station-eleven-and-star-trek-lower-decks/"My GOD the way this show delivers information…"We've got a lot to cover this week, starting with what's quickly becoming our favorite kind of Night Vale episode: a Steve Carlsberg story! (Seriously, ten years ago we loved to hate him as much as Cecil did, now we think he's practically the heart of Night Vale, how did that happen?)After that we do a quick recap of the Love Death + Robots episode "Smart Appliances, Stupid Owners." (Short version: it's fine. It's very short, and very silly. Also "Creature Comforts" did it better. But we loved the voices.)Then we jump into episode 2 of Station Eleven, which doesn't end up being a very long recap because there's mostly just ONE SCENE we want to talk about. If you watched it, you know which one we mean. The bit with the text messages. Yiiikes.Finally we wrap up with two episodes of Star Trek Lower Decks: the one where the Betazoids are making everybody go crazy OR ARE THEY, and the one where Tendi goes to her sister's pirate wedding. (Tendi being a reluctant badass will never stop being the absolute best.)This week's outro is a clip from Sunset Beach by Pro Tunes.Here's Kathryn's fan art of Laura (the waitress with branches growing out of her).You can find out more about the Dark Planet Of Awesome Size on the Night Vale Wiki.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

This episode originally broadcast on June 19, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-462-wtnv-270-deeper-than-purpose-older-than-thought-love-death-robots-and-star-trek-lower-decks/The Welcome To Night Vale writers decided to prepare for the July hiatus by wrapping up two storylines this episode. And we can thank good-natured, heart-of-the-podcast Steve Carlsburg for both of them. The mysterious Labyrinth corporation will no longer be sending Night Vale citizens to perform illicit deeds in the desert, and the supply chain problem won't be causing any more problems, ie: Cecil having to use a laptop that's more than eight days old. Like a savage.In other news, Kathryn watched another episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks (it was silly, but it's a Ferengi episode, it was always going to be silly). And we both watched the last two remaining episodes of the latest season of Love, Death, and Robots. Short summary: "How Zeke Got Religion" has a solid story with fantastic images and a terrifying antagonist. And we kiiinda think we liked "The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur" better.The Welcome To Night Vale writers decided to prepare for the July hiatus by wrapping up two storylines this episode. And we can thank good-natured, heart-of-the-podcast Steve Carlsburg for both of them. The mysterious Labyrinth corporation will no longer be sending Night Vale citizens to perform illicit deeds in the desert, and the supply chain problem won't be causing any more problems, ie: Cecil having to use a laptop that's more than eight days old. Like a savage.In other news, Kathryn watched another episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks (it was silly, but it's a Ferengi episode, it was always going to be silly). And we both watched the last two remaining episodes of the latest season of Love, Death, and Robots. Short summary: "How Zeke Got Religion" has a solid story with fantastic images and a terrifying antagonist. And we kiiinda think we liked "The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur" better.

The Welcome To Night Vale writers decided to prepare for the July hiatus by wrapping up two storylines this episode. And we can thank good-natured, heart-of-the-podcast Steve Carlsburg for both of them. The mysterious Labyrinth corporation will no longer be sending Night Vale citizens to perform illicit deeds in the desert, and the supply chain... The post Binary System Podcast #462 – WTNV #270 “Deeper Than Purpose, Older Than Thought”, Love Death + Robots, and Star Trek: Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

“My GOD the way this show delivers information…” We’ve got a lot to cover this week, starting with what’s quickly becoming our favorite kind of Night Vale episode: a Steve Carlsberg story! (Seriously, ten years ago we loved to hate him as much as Cecil did, now we think he’s practically the heart of Night... The post Binary System Podcast #461 – WTNV #269 “A Story About Me”, Love Death + Robots, Station Eleven, and Star Trek Lower Decks. first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

The Binary System Podcast team has been getting a little better at TV lately, but we’re still three years late in watching Station Eleven (based on the best-selling book that Kathryn reviewed way back in 2014). Fortunately, younger sister Hannah was visiting last weekend and we needed a topic to discuss so she could do... The post Binary System Podcast #460 – Station Eleven series premiere, with special guest Hannah first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This week we watched three whole episodes of the new season of Love, Death + Robots (yes we want pats on the head for that thank you) and while there’s a lot to discuss regarding Robert Valley’s amazing animation, a possible origin story for “Three Robots”, and voice actors we’ve gotten to interview, what we... The post Binary System Podcast #459 – Love, Death, and Robots, and Star Trek Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

In this week’s recap, Steve Carlsberg is fitting into his job at Labyrinth as well as can be expected. By which we mean he’s working himself to death, losing connection with his family, and his attempts at corporate team-building are not appreciated. It’s a grim state of affairs, and don’t even get us started on... The post Binary System Podcast #458 – WTNV #268 “Home Office” and Love, Death, and Robots first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on May 15, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-457-star-trek-lower-decks-and-dark-knights-of-steel/“ALL the Cali-class ships ALL OF THEM.”Kathryn watched three episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks this week, and Elizabeth rewatched two of them, so she can contribute something helpful. (For once – Kathryn.) (Yes ALL RIGHT. – Elizabeth)Anyway, the final two episodes of season three solve the mystery of Rutherford, bring T'Lyn to the ship, and has one of the most badass gatherings of ships named after California cities; up to this point we'd completely missed why a “California-class” ship would be named “The Cerritos.” Yes, it takes us a while sometimes.After that we briefly touch on DC's Dark Knights of Steel, which wrapped up at least two years ago but we're just finding out about it now, which is not surprising if you know us but is such a shame because it's SO PRETTY YOU GUYS SERIOUSLY HOW DID WE NOT KNOW THIS EXISTED?This week's outro is a clip from Breathless by Noisy Oyster.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

“ALL the Cali-class ships ALL OF THEM.” Kathryn watched three episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks this week, and Elizabeth rewatched two of them, so she can contribute something helpful. (For once – Kathryn.) (Yes ALL RIGHT. – Elizabeth) Anyway, the final two episodes of season three solve the mystery of Rutherford, bring T’Lyn to... The post Binary System Podcast #457 – Star Trek: Lower Decks and Dark Knights of Steel first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on May 8, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-456-wtnv-267-missed-connections-and-more-star-trek-lower-decks/s week in Night Vale, Cecil's starting a new segment: Missed Connections. I'm sure you're all familiar with the concept, where you throw all of your longing and regret into the public forum in the hopes that one person (or in the case here, one car, one planet, one train, or one very untrustworthy partner in crime who can't keep running forever, Sebastian) will tune in at just the right time and instinctively know that you're talking about them. There's also a little about gently-expired soup and how Arby's is the most romantic place on Earth, if you happen to be Cecil.Kathryn also has a full recap of Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Episode 8 (Hee, George Takei said "horsey".) We then devoted some time to talk about (yet another) WorldCon scandal, this one involving the committee using AI to vet their panelists. We have some thoughts about this, but if you take one thing away from the discussion it should be this: ChatGPT Is. Not. A. Search. Engine. That is all.This week's outro is a clip from Fountains by Noisy Oyster. The song "I'm So Bored" by Mal Blum has a music video!Update: WorldCon has released an apology (and explanation?) for the use of ChatGPT.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

This week in Night Vale, Cecil’s starting a new segment: Missed Connections. I’m sure you’re all familiar with the concept, where you throw all of your longing and regret into the public forum in the hopes that one person (or in the case here, one car, one planet, one train, or one very untrustworthy partner... The post Binary System Podcast #456 – WTNV #267 “Missed Connections” and more Star Trek: Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on May 1, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-455-wtnv-266-the-return-of-poetry-week-and-random-trailers/It's poetry week in Night Vale! Let's all pull together and submit at least a couple hundred poems each, and this time could we please not have any incidents with the menacing obelisk in the Dog Park and oh come on WHAT DID I JUST SAY?After the recap we've gotta talk about some amazing new trailers. Well, newish. Okay some of them came out weeks ago but seriously you guys the 28 Years Later one with just the Kipling poem is so cool.Also Kathryn has an update on the Windblade model we're putting together. It's only taken us, uh, two years so far? We're gonna get it finished eventually, honest. This week's outro is a clip from Terminator vs. Robocop by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.This is the Superman trailer we talked about shut up we're not crying YOU'RE CRYING.This is the Nathan Fillion Guy Gardner Super Bowl spot. It's made of awesome.Here's the Tron: Ares trailer. Obviously, we're in.Finally here's the trailer for Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme. We were in even before they used the finale from The Firebird Suite for the trailer.In other news, we haven't tracked down who did that awesome Hawkeye/Black Widow photo edit using an image from 28 Weeks Later, but you can see a copy of it here.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

It’s poetry week in Night Vale! Let’s all pull together and submit at least a couple hundred poems each, and this time could we please not have any incidents with the menacing obelisk in the Dog Park and oh come on WHAT DID I JUST SAY? After the recap we’ve gotta talk about some amazing... The post Binary System Podcast #455 – WTNV #266 “The Return of Poetry Week” and random trailers first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on April 24, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-454-black-mirror-uss-callister-into-infinity/We actually DO have a Welcome to Night Vale episode to recap...but we also watched an episode of the latest season of Black Mirror. Believe it or not this is actually what we said we were gonna do, so of course we have to post a recap right away.After a quick discussion of some not so great news (the Pope just passed away, some of his potential replacements are problematic, and Neil Gaiman needs to fire his PR manager and then GO AWAY), we get into all the details about USS Callister: Into Infinity. We were both a little worried that the sequel wouldn't live up to the first installment that came out (wow, really?) more than seven years ago. However, everyone involved did an amazing job, and the result is an episode that surprised and delighted us.Added bonus at the end, we keep forgetting how long a free Zoom meeting is, so please enjoy almost a full minute of the two of us talking to nobody as we wait for Kathryn to start the new meeting already, God. This week's outro is a clip from Images by AFTERTUNE.Correction: our friend David gave Sinners a better than fine review, he really liked it, here's his review!Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

We actually DO have a Welcome to Night Vale episode to recap…but we also watched an episode of the latest season of Black Mirror. Believe it or not this is actually what we said we were gonna do, so of course we have to post a recap right away. After a quick discussion of some... The post Binary System Podcast #454 – Black Mirror: USS Callister – Into Infinity first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on April 17, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-453-star-trek-lower-decks-black-mirror-love-death-robots-and-godzilla-minus-one/"It's beautiful. It's really intensely weird, but it's beautiful."So like the title says, this week we're talking about Star Trek: Lower Decks, Godzilla Minus One, and the newest seasons of Black Mirror and Love Death + Robots. SOME of which we've actually watched. (Okay it's Star Trek and Godzilla. LD+R isn't out yet and we haven't psyched ourselves up to watch Black Mirror yet because DEAR LORD SO BLEAK.)Anyway, spoiler warnings for the Peanut Hamper episode of Lower Decks, because we've gotta discuss how there's not a trope left unturned in this show, and they will subvert every expectation you have. Think you know which way they'll go? Nope because BIRD PEOPLE ROBOT SEX that's why.Then we'll get into why we're looking forward to Love Death + Robots (Robert Valley mostly) and why we haven't watched Black Mirror yet (when you look at *emphatic gestures at THE WORLD* sometimes it's hard to jump in.)From there we talk about how Godzilla Minus One is possibly Nathan's second favorite Godzilla movie (and when you know how much he loves Godzilla that is SAYING SOMETHING) before discussing Wonder Woman 1984, consent in Vampire Diaries, the recent San Diego earthquake and Japanese beds that eat people.This week's outro is a clip from Sanctum by White Bat Audio.No lie, the 1998 Godzilla movie was hit or miss, but the museum trailer is SO COOL.Correction, the Black Mirror we said was kinda bleak and pointless was "Hated in the Nation," not Hated in America.Correction, the Black Mirror Elizabeth said was fine was "Demon 79."Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

It's beautiful. It’s really intensely weird, but it's beautiful. So like the title says, this week we’re talking about Star Trek: Lower Decks, Godzilla Minus One, and the newest seasons of Black Mirror and Love Death + Robots. SOME of which we’ve actually watched. (Okay it’s Star Trek and Godzilla. LD+R isn’t out yet and... The post Binary System Podcast #453 – Star Trek: Lower Decks, Black Mirror, Love Death + Robots, and Godzilla Minus One first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast April 10, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-452-wtnv-265-labyrinth-and-beastars-season-3-finale/Okay, we need to address that (?) in the episode title. Raise your hands, how many of you out there knew that Beastars Season 3 was going to be in TWO PARTS?Wow, that many of you? Okay, well we'd ask everybody to check back for updates on when the second part will be released, but we were stunned to find out that episode 12 was not in fact the end of the whole entire series, and apparently we were the last to know.Over in Night Vale, this week Cecil is appalled to learn that someone is broadcasting on Night Vale Radio's frequency (rude). Oh, and also that Leonard Burton, his former mentor who died a gruesome death years ago, was brought back to life and has been forced by the mysterious Labyrinth company to send coded messages over the radio for an upsetting amount of time. Fortunately everything should be back to normal now......hang on, where did all the doors go?This week's outro is a clip from by Stretch by Noisy Oyster. You can find Hannah's story of her weeks-long ICU experience here: What It's Like To Have a Near Death Experience and SurviveLooking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

Okay, we need to address that (?) in the episode title. Raise your hands, how many of you out there knew that Beastars Season 3 was going to be in TWO PARTS? Wow, that many of you? Okay, well we’d ask everybody to check back for updates on when the second part will be released,... The post Binary System Podcast #452 – WTNV #265 “Labyrinth”, and Beastars Season 3 Finale (?) first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on April 3, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-450-beastars-star-trek-lower-decks-and-wondercon-2025/FIrst up this week we do a quick breakdown of WonderCon 2025, discussing everything from the amazing cosplay to low-frills motels, with some quick tangents into Cowboy Bebop (gotta love the anime rooms at Con) and Skibidi Toilet (finally saw some Skibidi merch in the wild!)After that we jump into the second-to-last episode of Beastars, and while there was a lot of forward momentum in the plot (and a ton of not very subtle homoerotic subtext) (also that was someone's tail that got cut off last episode not a penis THANK GOD) we're still not sure how they're going to pick up all the dangling threads in one episode.Finally we jump into the Deep Space Nine episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, where Boimler beats the house at gambling, Mariner and Jennifer are adorable, and badass Tendi is badass.This week's outro is a clip from Light Fantastic by Noisy Oyster.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

FIrst up this week we do a quick breakdown of WonderCon 2025, discussing everything from the amazing cosplay to low-frills motels, with some quick tangents into Cowboy Bebop (gotta love the anime rooms at Con) and Skibidi Toilet (finally saw some Skibidi merch in the wild!) After that we jump into the second-to-last episode of... The post Binary System Podcast #450 – Beastars, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and WonderCon 2025 first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on March 20, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-449-wtnv-263-duet-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/On this week's Night Vale we got to hear from Cecil's former boss Leonard Burton, who's much more than just a radio host. He's also dead!After the recap we jump into episode 9 of the final season of Beastars, where they'd like us to believe that someone got un-alived but they've pulled that stunt before, we're not buying it.Then we jump into two more episodes of Lower Decks: season 3, where even if our four main characters can't seem to stop and parse out a situation for five seconds before making a decision (you all could've had a room! Together!) we can at least agree that Dr. T'ana is just hilariously wrong and awesome.Plus some tangents into Jack Quaid's movie career, Twin Peaks music, books that color your whole travel experience, and a political rant (but that last one was totally Elizabeth's fault and she's very very sorry.)This week's outro is a clip from by Waggish by Grumplefunk.The Twin Peaks singer we were trying to think of is Julee Cruise.Correction: it's not the twenty's anniversary of House of Leaves IT'S THE TWENTY FIFTH AAAAAA.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

This episode originally broadcast on March 27, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-450-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/Episode 450! That's...kind of a milestone, right? To celebrate, let's do the same thing we've been doing for a few weeks now!First up, Beastars Season 3, episode 10. This episode merits a trigger warning, since we finally get to see what led to Legoshi's mother's death, and it's pretty heartbreaking. There's also a brief tangent where Kathryn explains why a mournful wolf howl will always hit her in the feels.After that it's the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Reflections". Ensign Rutherford's adventure where he has to somehow make peace with his younger, angrier self is all kinds of interesting, and triumphant, and man did they manage to make that Romulan Warbird look even more intimidating than normal. And over in the B plot, Ensign Boimler loses his temper, and God help us but it just never stops being funny.This week's outro is a clip from Dreamgirl 88 by Dirk Dehler. Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

Episode 450! That’s…kind of a milestone, right? To celebrate, let’s do the same thing we’ve been doing for a few weeks now! First up, Beastars Season 3, episode 10. This episode merits a trigger warning, since we finally get to see what led to Legoshi’s mother’s death, and it’s pretty heartbreaking. There’s also a brief... The post Binary System Podcast #450 – Beastars and Star Trek: Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

On this week’s Night Vale we got to hear from Cecil’s former boss Leonard Burton, who’s much more than just a radio host. He’s also dead! After the recap we jump into episode 9 of the final season of Beastars, where they’d like us to believe that someone got un-alived but they’ve pulled that stunt... The post Binary System Podcast #449 – WTNV #263 “Duet”, Beastars, and Star Trek Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on Marcy 14, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-448-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/The episode of Beastars that we recapped this week isn't quite as unsettling as last week's episode. That civet cat is still off-putting and weird, but my goodness do the animators do an excellent job with Yaya's animation. The team that animated that zebra in the noodle shop, however, can go sit in a corner and think about what they've done.We really hope everyone has already watched Season 3 of Star Trek: Lower Decks, because we have an in-depth recap of episodes 1 and 2 with all the spoilers.For a little extra flavor, we included a discussion of "Rule of Three" and "Comfort Blanket", two podcasts which talk about the things we love and also give us fascinating information about why they work so well. Elizabeth's also reading an excellent Naomi Novik short-story collection, and Kathryn's reading another book in Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series, a collection of lovely little children's adventures that have so much heartbreak embedded in the very fabric of the stories that she's not sure if she can keep reading them. (She's totally going to keep reading them.)This week's outro is a clip from Aqua by Ekilorea Sound.Correction: Elizabeth and Kathryn (mostly Kathryn) repeatedly mispronounce the Beastar "Yaya" as "Vaya". Sorry about that. We're also still not 100% we're getting Legoshi and Rouis's pronunciations right either.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram! 

The episode of Beastars that we recapped this week isn’t quite as unsettling as last week’s episode. That civet cat is still off-putting and weird, but my goodness do the animators do an excellent job with Yaya’s animation. The team that animated that zebra in the noodle shop, however, can go sit in a corner... The post Binary System Podcast #448 – Beastars and Star Trek: Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

On tonight’s recap of Welcome to Night Vale we learn that Night Vale’s newest attraction, Hysteria Land, is not an amusement park, it’s a theme park. And the theme is “amusement.” We’d argue that the theme is also “existential dread” and “impossibly frightening.” Arms inside the ride, kids, watch out for the dead animals. After... The post Binary System Podcast #447 – WTNV #263 “Hysteria Land”, Beastars, and the Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on March 6, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-447-wtnv-263-hysteria-land-beastars-and-the-oscar-nominated-animated-shorts/On tonight's recap of Welcome to Night Vale we learn that Night Vale's newest attraction, Hysteria Land, is not an amusement park, it's a theme park. And the theme is "amusement." We'd argue that the theme is also "existential dread" and "impossibly frightening." Arms inside the ride, kids, watch out for the dead animals.After that we go over this year's Oscar Nominated Animated shorts, which while not quite at the level of last year's nominations, were still very good, ranging from the bittersweet kick in the feels of In the Shadow of the Cypress, to the silly but very fun Magical Candies, to the DOWNRIGHT DISTURBING Wander to Wonder. (Which was still extremely well made but whoo boy that one's dark.)And after THAT, we've got to go over episode seven of the final season of Beastars. Well, we have to go over one scene anyway, which was hands down the most disturbing thing this show's done YES THAT SCENE THE ONE WITH THE RABBITS WHAT THE ABSOLUTE HELL.This week's outro is a clip from bROKEn dREAM by hARITON zOELooking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.

This episode originally broadcast on February 27, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/02/binary-system-podcast-446-wtnv-262-the-man-who-is-not-tall/"That's a good question."  "Thank you!" "It's best to not ask questions. Especially good ones."If the title to the Welcome to Night Vale episode sounds familiar, we're seeing the return of a harrowing duo from Night Vale's past: The Man Who Is Not Tall, and The Man Who Is Not Short. And unfortunately The Man Who Is Not Tall is now...Steve Carlsburg. Yes, Cecil's beloved brother-in-law has taken on a dangerous new job, and Cecil has questions.After a recap were we discuss the rules of childhood games that scared the crap out of us, and also Cecil bemoaning the loss of decorum (I mean, Cloud Perverts? Really?), the Binary Podcast System team also talk about Season 3 Episode 7 of Beastars (which Kathryn hasn't seen), and the 2025 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts (which Elizabeth hasn't seen), and then take a brief digression to talk about The Menu, which we've both seen and talked about it at length already but come on, it just dropped on Netflix and how can we resist?This week's outro is a clip from CARAVAGGIO by hARITON zOE You can listen to our episodes about The Menu and the 2024 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts, we promise we didn't rehash too much about what we loved from those in today's episode.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram! 

“That’s a good question.” “Thank you!” “It’s best to not ask questions. Especially good ones.” If the title to the Welcome to Night Vale episode sounds familiar, we’re seeing the return of a harrowing duo from Night Vale’s past: The Man Who Is Not Tall, and The Man Who Is Not Short. And unfortunately The... The post Binary System Podcast #446 – WTNV #262 “The Man Who Is Not Tall” first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on February 13, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/02/binary-system-podcast-445-arcane-series-finale/It took two, maybe two-and-a-half months longer than everyone else, but the Binary System Podcast team finally watched the final episode (ever?) of Arcane: League of Legends.Ten out of ten. No notes.Of course it takes us an entire episode to go into detail about why we think this episode was the perfect way to wrap up a series that's beautiful, powerful, exciting, beautiful, heartbreaking, and have we mentioned beautiful? You'll probably want to watch the finale before listening to this episode, partly because you really need to experience this series, but also because we spoil the hell out of all of it.This week's outro is a clip from Shadows by Beat Mekanik. You have to see this Instagram Reel Elizabeth found, showing all the subtle differences in Arcane's intro for each episode of season 2.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

It took two, maybe two-and-a-half months longer than everyone else, but the Binary System Podcast team finally watched the final episode (ever?) of Arcane: League of Legends. Ten out of ten. No notes. Of course it takes us an entire episode to go into detail about why we think this episode was the perfect way... The post Binary System Podcast #445 – Arcane Series Finale first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on February 6, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/02/binary-system-podcast-444-wtnv-261-brought-to-you-by-flakey-os-beastars-and-lower-decks/Welcome to Night Vale is back from hiatus this week so we've gotta talk about the Flakey-O's employees as they celebrate their return from a Season of Unstoppable Churning Death. (Otherwise known as corporate takeover.) Totally understandable that they'd want to cut loose for a bit, and what's a little grave robbing among friends?After that we go over two more episodes of Beastars that were equal parts harrowing and freaking bizarre (oh my god the bit with poop, c'mon you guys why you gotta be THAT weird?) and everything we loved about the season 2 finale of Star Trek Lower Decks: dramatic rescue missions! Badass piloting! Horny Beluga whales!This week's outro is a clip from Ohms by Beat Mekanik.Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

Welcome to Night Vale is back from hiatus this week so we've gotta talk about the Flakey-O’s employees as they celebrate their return from a Season of Unstoppable Churning Death. (Otherwise known as corporate takeover.) Totally understandable that they’d want to cut loose for a bit, and what’s a little grave robbing among friends? After... The post Binary System Podcast #444 – WTNV #261 “Brought To You By Flakey O's,” Beastars, and Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on January 23, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-442-star-trek-lower-decks-beastars-and-bojack-horseman/ Second verse, same as the first: we're back this week to talk about Star Trek: Lower Decks (the Star Trek future is the best future: good hearted and occasionally sexy!) and Beastars (okay but WHY did Louis say he was a virgin, does having sex with Haru not count? Did they actually HAVE sex?), and fangirling about the 1980s cartoon Mighty Orbots (yes it's often silly but we love it and despite the shortcuts the animation is surprisingly good) We finish up with Elizabeth's rewatch of Bojack Horseman, and the downright scary similarity between his public “apology” and Neil Gaiman's response to the allegations against him. I mean, the episode is five years old and it's like Neil was taking notes… Keep an eye out here for Kathryn's upcoming crossover with the Mid-Life Crisis Task Force! This week's outro is an oldie but a goodie, a clip from Calm the Fuck Down by Broke For Free. Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk. For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

This episode originally broadcast on January 30, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-443-arcane-star-trek-lower-decks-and-bojack-horseman/ Wow, we've got a real rhythm going with these posts! We're back again this week to discuss the second-to-last episode (ever!) of Arcane. What can we say about this show that we haven't said before? It's beautiful, it's terrifying, it's powerful, it's violent. We finally get the backstory on what's been happening with Mel, but we still don't have a handle on exactly what she is now, or how her mother's been lying this entire time. (SPOILERS!) Oh, and Vi and Caitlyn have sex. Finally! We're also still talking about Bojack Horseman, this time about the nature of apologies and how they don't, by themselves, actually fix anything. But first we have to get to Star Trek: Lower Decks, specifically Season 2 episode 9, which has instantly become Kathryn's favorite episode. We get to see the lower decks crew of not one, not even three, but five different spaceships, in an episode that isn't afraid to ask "What does the awkward, eager-beaver, go-getter ensign look like when they're in a crew of Vulcans? Or Klingons?" This week's outro is a clip from Battle Glitch Bot by TeknoAXE.  We didn't get the pronunciation right, but the Japanese artform that involves fixing pottery with gold is called Kintsugi. Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk. For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

Wow, we’ve got a real rhythm going with these posts! We’re back again this week to discuss the second-to-last episode (ever!) of Arcane. What can we say about this show that we haven’t said before? It’s beautiful, it’s terrifying, it’s powerful, it’s violent. We finally get the backstory on what’s been happening with Mel, but... The post Binary System Podcast #443 – Arcane, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Bojack Horseman first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

Second verse, same as the first: we’re back this week to talk about Star Trek: Lower Decks (the Star Trek future is the best future: good hearted and occasionally sexy!) and Beastars (okay but WHY did Louis say he was a virgin, does having sex with Haru not count? Did they actually HAVE sex?), and... The post Binary System Podcast #442 – Star Trek: Lower Decks, Beastars, and Bojack Horseman first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

This episode originally broadcast on January 16, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-441-star-trek-lower-decks-beastars-and-arcane/ This week it's thirty minutes and three topics as the Binary System Podcast team does an in-depth recap of…okay, so the first two topics are gonna be kinda fast. Kathryn watched Season 2 Episode 6 of Star Trek: Lower Decks (foley artists, take a bow), and Elizabeth and Kathryn both watched Season 3 Episode 3 of Beastars (“Shit gets weird.”) But what we really want to talk about is Season 2 Episode 7 of Arcane. We're on the third-to-the-last episode ever, and this one is a tale of both time-travel and alternate reality. It's beautiful, terrifying, and bittersweet in the best way. The writers keep showing us the hidden depths of the characters and the meaning of Hextech itself, the animation keeps knocking our socks off, and the heartbreak that the showrunners promised to deliver is still arriving, but in ways we never quite expect. This week's outro is a clip from Patience by Grumplefunk Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk. For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

This week it’s thirty minutes and three topics as the Binary System Podcast team does an in-depth recap of…okay, so the first two topics are gonna be kinda fast. Kathryn watched Season 2 Episode 6 of Star Trek: Lower Decks (foley artists, take a bow), and Elizabeth and Kathryn both watched Season 3 Episode 3... The post Binary System Podcast #441 – Star Trek: Lower Decks, Beastars, and Arcane first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

Wonder of all wonders we actually managed to watch another episode of Beastars season 3. Never mind the fact that Elizabeth only finished watching it five minutes before the recording, it got done and that’s what counts. (Keep telling yourself that, slacker. ~ Kathryn) (Oy! ~ Elizabeth) After recapping the various Beastars heartbreaks (poor Juno... The post Binary System Podcast #440 – Beastars and Star Trek Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone’s 2025 is already shaping up to be calm and stress-free and completely absent of any kind of drama. This week’s recap is actually way late, but we’ve got to get through a whole month of Welcome To Night Vale being on hiatus, so why not wait until January to... The post Binary System Podcast #439 – WTNV #260 “The December Monologues” first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

Hope everybody is having safe and happy holidays! This week’s episode is super short because one: at time of recording we were on the road, and two: we haven’t caught up with much In the way of TV, movie, and books this week. Elizabeth’s only finished the second to last episode of Star Trek Lower... The post Binary System Podcast #438 – Holiday Travel Edition first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

Happy Holidays from the Binary System Podcast team! Our present to everyone this year is an extra-long episode, because there is just so much content. The final season of Beastars dropped while we were looking the other way, so we have to talk about the first episode and how this season seems to be tackling... The post Binary System Podcast #437 Arcane Season Two, Beastars Season 3 episode 1 first appeared on Pixelated Geek.