Red Dwarf: The Complete Guide To Almost Everything Features Posted by Ian Symes on 15th August 2015, 14:00 Do you remember a time, a few years either side of the turn of the century, when the internet was mostly comprised of auto-playing midi files and non-HD porn? Back then, if you searched Yahoo, or Alta Vista, or Lycos, you could find tonnes of Geocities-hosted web pages for each and every one of your favourite TV shows, which invariably featured the same handful of low-res jpegs, lists of quotes, episode guides and those ubiquitous auto-playing midi files. Then blogging came along, and we all realised that we could just write about our opinions on our favourite shows, rather than trying to provide a comprehensive mine of information, given that new-fangled things like Google and Wikipedia could do that much better. So things like episode guides disappeared from fansites. Not entirely, but they were no longer an essential component. It was only recently that we realised that G&T had nothing even resembling such a guide - not even a list of episodes anywhere. When we started, in 2002, we launched an ambitious project of producing detailed "capsules" for every episode, but, well, you can see how that went. We got to thinking that it might be fun to try and write an episode guide now, and see where it ended up. As it turns out, it kind of got out of hand... Read more →
AWARD! AWARD! News Posted by John Hoare on 3rd July 2007, 12:28 As mentioned by Andrew on the Webboard, Beat The Geek has won the Interactive award at the Home Entertainment Awards 2007. You can see a list of nominees here; the release was up against the DVD games Empire Interactive Quiz, Deal Or No Deal, Raven, and Strike It Lucky. Read more →
Weird Reviews Part #386283 News Posted by John Hoare on 18th June 2007, 02:08 Ever wondered why we didn't post any links to reviews of Beat The Geek back when it was released, and tear them to shreds? Well, it's because we couldn't actually find any. It's a shame that the proliferation of quiz DVDs rather buried the release - it certainly has its faults, including some major ones that I think seriously affect playability - but it deserved to be reviewed, and discussed. Read more →
John’s Newsround – 10/12/06 News Posted by John Hoare on 10th December 2006, 20:05 TOS time! Read more →
Geek Terrorism News Posted by Seb Patrick on 25th November 2006, 23:42 Virgin Megastore, Piccadilly Circus London 25.11.06 6:22pm : Read more →
Red Dwarf: Beat The Geek Reviews Posted by John Hoare on 20th November 2006, 11:50 Beat The Geek was, to say the least, hyped. Not perhaps in that smelly outside world we all loathe and detest - but within the Red Dwarf fan community, it was widely anticipated, for a variety of reasons. The fact that the last eight series set new standards for sitcom DVD releases? Check. The fact that this release was something different? Check. The fact that this was new Red Dwarf? I WANT TO HAVE SOME FUN! Ahem. So, does Beat The Geek stand up to the ridiculous weight of expectation foisted upon it? Read more →
DVD Roundup – 11/11/06 News Posted by John Hoare on 11th November 2006, 05:45 News! Actual news! Yes! Following Eureka Video's release of Massive Engines, comes the predictable form of Massive Machines - provisonally due for release on the 22nd January 2007, although blah blah dates might change blah blah blah online shops are shit blah blah blah. Read more →
Beat The Twats now closed News Posted by Seb Patrick on 5th November 2006, 23:01 Yes, that's it. Time's up, put down your pens, for Beat The Twats - Ganymede & Titan's quite frankly downright epic Red Dwarf quiz - is now over. "But how did I do?" "How did you do, Mister Patrick, sir!" Well, first of all, we'll take a look at the answers... Read more →
DwarfCast 3 – Beat The Geek Review DwarfCasts Posted by Jonathan Capps on 2nd November 2006, 00:32 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes Better late and hastily edited than never... Read more →
It makes good radio this, doesn’t it? News Posted by John Hoare on 27th October 2006, 00:01 Wednesday 25th October. BBC London. The Jono and Jo Breakfast Show. And: Norm and "Hattie" as guests. Fucking useless. Read more →