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As longtime Welcome To Night Vale fans and two people who love horror movies and are always accepting recommendations (with some terms and conditions*), the latest episode could not be more perfect. Not only does Cecil share some of his favorite horror movies, he also passes along suggestions from other familiar Night Vale citizens. Come... The post Binary System Podcast #473 – WTNV #273 “Horror Recs” first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
“We’re not talking Uncanny Valley, we’re talking Uncanny Grand Canyon.” In this week’s Star Trek: Lower Decks recap we discuss Dr. Migleemo’s attempt to cook for two food critics from Klowahka (…geddit? Cloaca? Bird butts? Cause they’re birds? It is a very silly episode) while Mariner tries to get her Klingon buddy Ma’ah’s captaincy back... The post Binary System Podcast #472 – Star Trek: Lower Decks and Wednesday season 2 premiere first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
This episode originally broadcast on August 14, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/08/binary-system-podcast-469-wtnv-271-the-festival-and-station-eleven/Welcome To Night Vale is back from hiatus, and they've brought us the perfect summer episode! The description of a mysterious festival in the desert made us nostalgic for Dead & Company shows, and the description of just how horribly, HORRIBLY the festival goes wrong made us nostalgic for when Fyre Festival was an entertaining dumpster fire, instead of…whatever that Fyre Festival 2 attempt was. (Come on, McFarland, if you're gonna fail then at least make it an interesting failure.)After that we've got the penultimate episode of Station Eleven, where we finally find out what happened to Jeevan after he disappeared from Kirsten's life. This show absolutely never goes where we expect it to, but what you're guaranteed to have is amazing music, heartbreakingly real characters, and the two of us having an amazing amount of trouble remembering people's names. (Hat tip to “The Doctor”, and “The Lady Who Shot Jeevan”.)This week's outro is a clip from Electro is not Dead by TeknoAXE.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!
Well if you know us you know we love some Night Vale horoscopes, except for the fact that Capricorn is ALWAYS getting the shaft. Luckily this week Capricorn made it out fairly unscathed, other than that whole accidental bear mauling thing. That’s just LIFE, man. After the recap we jump into the third episode of... The post Binary System Podcast #471 – WTNV #272 “Horoscopes”, and Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
We Got This With Mark and Hal determines the best fail sound, once and for all. This decision is binding.
This week's episode is all about the silver lining. Yes, there are tragedies in this episode - but look for the good that came out of these devastating events. Hannah covers Henry Bergh, who founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), and how he helped Mary Ellen Wilson, a child abuse survivor whose case changed laws across the country. Sheena covers the devastating Natchez Rhythm Club fire and the resulting change in safety standards. Lori cheers us up by sharing the story of Rose O'Neill, who created Kewpie dolls.
We watched the series finale of Station Eleven this week, only three and a half years late, that’s a record for us! (Except for when we watched Mayor of Kingstown season three the same month it was released. Or Love Death and Robots the same week it came out. We’re bad at TV except when... The post Binary System Podcast #470 – Station Eleven Series Finale first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
Welcome To Night Vale is back from hiatus, and they’ve brought us the perfect summer episode! The description of a mysterious festival in the desert made us nostalgic for Dead & Company shows, and the description of just how horribly, HORRIBLY the festival goes wrong made us nostalgic for when Fyre Festival was an entertaining... The post Binary System Podcast #469 – WTNV #271 “The Festival”, and Station Eleven first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
This episode is full of plot twists! Find out why the beautiful Natchez mansion Longwood was never completed in Sheena's story. Lori shares the story of artist, cartoonist and author Johnny Gruelle, and the adorable toy he created that is now synonymous with the paranormal. Hannah covers two Katherines - Katherine Slaughterback, who would go on to become Rattlesnake Kate, and Catherine O'Leary, whose cow may have started the Great Chicago Fire (and she might have an interesting connection to Hannah!).
Multiple Essence20 Core Rulebooks boldly call Story Points “The Great Equalizer”. Ryan and Charles look at how this isn’t an exaggeration, and point out how this meta narrative control consumable can elevate the stories of your G.I. JOE, My Little Pony, Power Rangers, Transformers, and Welcome To Night Vale campaigns. Listen Now! (mp3) Featuring Letter […]
This week we’ve got recaps of ALL the Conventions. And by all we mean two. But they’re big ones! The West Coast branch of the podcast was at San Diego Comic-Con, while the East Coast branch was at GalaxyCon Raleigh. We spent the weekend taking cosplay photos, checking out the latest merch on the sales... The post Binary System Podcast #468 – San Diego Comic-Con, GalaxyCon, and Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
Take a trip back to the 1800s in this episode of Cemetery Row! Hannah covers Montgomery C. Meigs, an engineer who was one of the main architects of Arlington Cemetery. Lori shares the story of Stephen Bishop, one of the first people to explore and map Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. And Sheena shares stories of the Natchez City Cemetery, including the grave of a little girl afraid of storms and those killed in the Natchez Drug Company explosion.
The Station Eleven episode we recap this week is number 7, “Goodbye My Damaged Home”, and oh boy. If you’re watching this show then you know why this one just knocked our socks off. (And if you’re not, well, you really should, what are you waiting for?) We finally get the backstory for why Kirsten... The post Binary System Podcast #467 – Station Eleven and Star Trek: Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
We're back again with a bit of news, but a lot of fun! We have food crimes and start out jammin', plus, video games AND card games happened. Horses, too? An anime has returned after a whole decade, Nightvale is bringing us out, goofy capitalism? Cool!Check it out!Explicit language on this one."Love Everlasting" (DDRKirby(ISQ) - https://http://ocremix.org/)Find the show on iTunes, Google Play Podcasts, Spotify, and Simplecast.fmFind the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6QoHk8iEsVGTpd2qdTlH-gFollow us @CharacterReveal on Bluesky, Instagram, and on Facebook!Dom is @brothadom on Bluesky, tweets, tumbles and generally on the netSteph is @captainsteph on Bluesky and Twitter, @hella_steph on Instagram, and @thesnowqueer on TumblrEric is @TindiLosi on some places on the internet as a whole, like BlueskyFind everything at: https://linktr.ee/characterreveal
It’s a bonus-sized (and spoileriffic!) episode this week because we’ve got a lot to go over. Another episode of Station Eleven of course, with gorgeous cinematography, excellent music, and a lot of questions: are the child-bombing psychos from the Museum, the Prophet, or the Red Bandanas? (Or all three, we have no idea who’s side... The post Binary System Podcast #466 – Station Eleven, Lower Decks, Superman, and “The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel” first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
Are Mark and Hal from We Got This With Mark and Hal in sync? Find out in this episode.
We're celebrating awesome First Ladies in this episode of Cemetery Row! Lori covers Rose Cleveland, who served as the acting first lady during the presidency of her brother, Grover Cleveland. Sheena shares the story of activist and social worker Wilma Mankiller, the first lady to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Hannah shares the story of feminist and founder of the Betty Ford Center, Betty Ford, the First Lady of the US as the wife of President Gerald Ford.
Carlos (you know, the game dev?) Cabrera, the project manager of Renegade Game Studios’ Welcome To Night Vale RPG joins Ryan to talk about the development of the project, why Essence20 was the right system to bring the cult and occult radio drama to the tabletop, and how the new cross-compatible options can influence other […]
First up this week we start with a spoileriffic recap of the Station Eleven bottle episode “The Severn City Airport,” where we find out how the Prophet became so intensely creepy, tho we’re still not sure how he ended up with The Book. Then we jump to an equally spoileriffic recap of the second-to-last episode... The post Binary System Podcast #465 – Station Eleven, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Picard first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
Our journey through a post-pandemic world continues this week as we discuss the fourth episode of Station Eleven. The lines are being drawn between the people still mourning the world that existed before the pandemic, and the people born after the pandemic who will never understand how bad it was and wish people would just... The post Binary System Podcast #464 – Station Eleven and Star Trek: Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
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 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.
Happy Pride Month, again! Our Pride celebrations continue with more stories of LGBTQ+ folks. Lori covers socialist, poet, philosopher and early gay rights activist Edward Carpenter. Sheena covers William Dorsey Swann, America's first drag queen. Hannah shares the stories of two criminals - fraudster Geraldine Elizabeth Carmichael and bank robber John Wojtowicz, whose story inspired the film "Dog Day Afternoon."
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.
What's the best appetizer? WE GOT THIS.
“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.
Happy Pride Month! This week's episode celebrates pioneering LGBTQ+ folks from around the world. Hannah shares the story of Revolutionary War hero Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, whose contributions to the war improved the performance of U.S. troops. Lori covers the "Ladies of Llangollen," Eleanor Charlotte Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, who lived together as a couple during the Georgian era. Sheena shares the story of Eddie Sandifer, a pioneering Mississippi gay rights advocate and the Robin Hood of the Civil Rights movement.
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.
What's the Best Clock? WE GOT THIS.
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.
What's the fanciest food? WE GOT THIS.
Calling all naughty boys! This week's episode is dedicated to men who never learned how to behave. Lori covers two men, Phillip Henry Vetter and Franklin Devereaux, who thought it was a good idea to fight bears. Sheena shares the story of murderous Mississippi man Ashley Cocke, and Hannah covers shock punk rocker GG Allin.
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.
“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.
Happy Mother's Day! This episode is for anyone who has a mom, is a mom, has lost a mom, wants to be a mom, or anything in between - so, yes, we talk about how hard this day can be for people in addition to celebrating it. Sheena covers mother Ann Jarvis and daughter Anna Jarvis, who inspired others to celebrate their mothers. Hannah covers the original goth queens, Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter, Mary Shelley. Lori shares the story of Mary Ann Bevan, a mother who endured humiliation as the "ugliest woman in the world" to provide for her family.
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.
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.
Happy (almost) birthday, Sheena! This episode celebrates Sheena with stories that cover her favorite topics. Hannah covers the 1909 Savannah axe murders and Bascom Lamar Lunsford, a folklorist and musician who helped popularize clogging in America. Sheena covers the 1932 Memphis tamale murders, and Lori shares the story of comic book hero "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle."
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.
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 grab bag episode of random stories is all over the place! Travel back to Early Medieval England to meet Sheena's ancestors who were killed in the bloody St. Brice's Day Massacre. Hannah shares the story of legendary Alabama woman Aunt Jenny. Lori introduces us to Judy, a ship's dog who was officially registered as a prisoner of war during World War II.
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.
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.
It's our 100th episode! Our theme is Diamonds and our stories cover a variety of topics, from criminals to movie stars. Lori covers the murder of legendary sex worker Diamond Bessie. Hannah shares the story of the seemingly unkillable gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond. Sheena covers movie star, humanitarian and jewelry collector Elizabeth Taylor.
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.
It's Hannah's birthday! This week we celebrate her with the most gremlin-like stories we could find. Hannah shares five stories: French executioner Charles-Henri Sanson; surgeon, psychiatric hospital patient and lexicographical researcher William Chester Minor; Beulah May Annan, the inspiration for "Chicago" character Roxie Hart; Washington, D.C. madam Mary Ann Hall; and prima donna and murderer Adele Ritchie. Lori covers two German cryptids, the Monster of Morbach and the vampire-ish creature Nachzehrer. Sheena covers Mississippi's Legs Murder Scandal.
We go all over the place in this week's grab bag episode! Sheena covers Motown singer Tammi Terrell, and Lori shares the story of British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves. Hannah covers controversial talk show host and politician Jerry Springer.
It's Black History Month! Black history is everyone's history! In this episode, Sheena covers Queen Louella Montgomery, who helped build a kingdom in Appalachia, and Motown bassist James Jamerson. Hannah covers Ida Mae Gladney, George Starling and Robert Foster, the subjects of Isabel Wilkerson's book "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration." Lori takes us on a journey to the North Pole with explorer Matthew Henson, the first Black man to reach the area.
Happy Valentine's Day! This week the girls share stories of love, sex and murder. Lori covers the love story of Jennie Wade (the only direct civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg) and Jack Skelly. Sheena shares two stories: the eternal love monument in Brussels and the deadly love story of Memphians Ike Kahn and Maude Klein. Hannah covers actress, Playboy Playmate and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield.