COMPETITION: Win Leverage The Complete Season Three on DVD

At Geek Syndicate, we love Leverage for lots of reasons but most of all because it is a fun show!

To celebrate the release of Leverage Season Three on DVD, the fine folks at Icon Home Entertainment have offered all the readers of Geek Syndicate the chance to win a DVD Box Set. Check out the details to enter:

COMPETITION: Win Tickets to the PC and Indie Gaming Show ‘Rezzed’

Find out how you can win a pair of tickets to the newsest video games convention on the block ‘Rezzed’. The event which will be showing the very best from the world of PC and indie games will be held in the Brighton Center Brighton from Friday 6th – Saturday 7th July.

Below are just some of the delights this new gaming will have on offer for it’s attendees:

COMIC REVIEW: Chew #26

Tony Chu is a cop. A cop with a weird power. He’s cibopathic, which means that when he eats something, he sees the entire history of it. And with a power like this, and a job like his, he often has to eat strange things, like human things.

The multi-Eisner award-winning series starts its newest story arc “Space Cakes”, which has a bit of change of pace for the readers, and the story.

COMIC REVIEW: The Massive #1

Brian Wood has been around in comics for over a decade and it seems that only more recently has he hit a creative stride. Sure he cut his independent teeth on 1997′s Channel Zero (Image Comics), 2003′s Demo (AiT/Planet Lar) and other projects – both creator-owned and mainstream, but it’s with his latest string of original work through DC Comic’s Vertigo imprint that has been remarkable.

As his two main Vertigo series, DMZ and Northlanders, sadly drew closer to their respective conclusions fans were left wondering what he would come up with next and if it will be as intriguing and engaging as his prior work. After a move to Dark Horse Comics, Brian Wood brings us The Massive, and to this reviewer the answer – based on only the first issue – is potentially YES.

COMIC REVIEW: B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: The Transformation of J.H. O’Donnell

The Transformation of J.H. O’Donnell is a standalone that fills a small gap in the B.P.R.D. mythos with a tale about a supporting cast member, whilst telling a strong and satisfying horror story for those unfamiliar with the series.

The story chronicles what happened to the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defence’s resident ranting researcher, J.H. O’Donnell, that made him go crazy.

Assassins Creed: The Chain Comic Coming This Summer

Ubisoft have announced a new comic book sequel to Assassins Creed The Fall called Assassins Creed the Chain. The new comic  continues the story of Russian assassin Nikolai Orelov.

PREVIEW: Collider – A New Time Travelling Transmedia Project Gets Underway

 Collider is a new transmedia project under development which will culminate in a feature film. Leading us to that goal the team behind the project have sprinkled out an intriguing path of digital breadcrumbs consisting of a video game, web series and a  six part comic.

Star Trek™ Magazine Beams Down for iPhone and iPad

Your digital library has just become your vital one-stop source for everything Star Trek past, present and future! Powered by PixelMags, and licensed by CBS Consumer Products, Star Trek Magazine is now available digitally on the Apple Newsstand and for U.S. readers on the NOOK from Barnes and Noble.

The Last Eagle Award Winners

This year’s Eagle Awards were announced on Sunday at the MCM London Comic Con. Although congratulations are in order to the award-winners, the Eagle Awards -which first began in 1976 – will be retired and overhauled into the MCM Awards as of next year.

There is largely nothing overwhelmingly earth-shattering in this year’s award winners (the only surprise in the list being perhaps 2000AD losing its seat as Best British Colour Comicbook to Doctor Who Magazine). However, I have to admit being happy to see Jeff Lemire, Scott Snyder and 20th Century Boys getting some gongs. Anywho fellow Geeks – these should tide us over until the Eisner Awards in July. Below is the list of categories for the award winners, and their fellow nominees. Winners are in bold:

TV REVIEW: Lost Girl – Season 2 Episode 20 – “Lachlan’s Gambit”

Finally, the big Garuda showdown. Fiiiiiiiiight! or Fizzle? Last week, Kenzi broke up with Nate, Trick and Lachlan formed an alliance. Dyson was still AWOL, and Bo was forced to kill the Nadia as she was possessed by the Garuda. All quite emotional.

COMIC REVIEW: The O Men – Volume 1

Before there was Spandex, there was The O Men. By the same creative mind Martin Eden the award nominated series follows Doctor O as he gathers together a new superhero team calling them The O Men.

When one thing has been such a hit I am sure it must be difficult at times to come back to an older piece of work. But Martin Eden has nothing to worry about as The O Men is a stunning piece of comic fiction.

BOOK REVIEW: Simon Vector

Military science fiction is outside of my normal reading choices. I normally prefer comedic fantasy (Terry Pratchett et al), surreal tales of horror and paranoia (Philip K. Dick and Clive Barker) or urban fantasy (Charles De Lint). So when a chance came to review the new short novel by JAK HOLDING – the pen name of two authors John Jackson and Ken Chapman – I jumped at the chance to read outside my comfort zone.

BOOK REVIEW: Time’s Last Gift

I’ve spent the better part of my life browsing book shelves – hell, I’ve spent the better part of my life scanning specifically Fantasy and Science Fiction bookshelves – and there are still a bajillion authors I’ve never read.  Publishers and book shops all have their ways of promoting them but the fact remains there are some writers for whom we all have blind spots.

Case in point – I’ve seen Philip Jose Farmer’s name in practically every library, every second-hand book shop and every article about classic SF over the years, but I don’t recall ever actually picking up one of his books or having him recommended to me by a fellow book geek.  The same could be said for Niven and Pournelle.  Hey, don’t throw rocks at me!

Clarice Starling TV Show Announced

 Another glass of Chianti and some fava beans anyone?

DOCTOR WHO – See the 11 Doctors as Dinosaurs

 Doctor who meets Jurassic Park in this fun mash up.

New TV Spot for Dark Knight Rises

Check out this new Tv spot for Dark Knight Rises.