A Geek Tragedy
by A Geek Tragedy
After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop building, film making, roleplaying, coding, cosplay, convention wandering and indulging in films, comics, tv and books, three geeks have gathered in one place to talk about the world they live in.Join our hosts Stephen Canfield (Plaguemantle of Instagram Fame), Mark Cordory (Acclaimed Prop & Costume Creator) and Holly Properly (Brilliant logophile and Kate Bush expert) as we dive into the whole of geekdom!
Episodes
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Season 2: Ep 4: Desolation of The Hobbit
Lo, for a final gathering hath the fellowship convened, to share their fervent thoughts upon the cherished trilogy of moving images known as The Hobbit. Shouldst thou have lent thine ear to the maiden episode, thou wouldst discern the scarce affection for these latter-day renditions of a tale…
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S2 Ep3: The Hobbit: The Rant of 3 Poddists
Dost thou hold thoughts upon the films of the Hobbit? Indeed, we possess a multitude of opinions! Art thou inclined to share thy musings? Aye! We are most fervent in our discourse. Gather ye with us, in mirth and passion, as we speak, with fire in our hearts, of the cherished tome brought forth…
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S2 Ep2: Act 1, Scene 2: Gandalf and Mark's Hobbit Hole
In the embrace of Elven twilight, we crafted a tome of matters that beckoned to our tongues, a compilation grander than our minds had foreseen. After a brief parley, we resolved that our most fervent discourse would be on the tale of hobbits, a saga spun by the Master himself, Tolkien. We soon...
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S2 Ep1: Act 1, Scene 1; Lay on McDuff!
Its 2025 and we are back!! Join Stephen, Mark and Holly as they look back at their favourite moments from 2024 and how that might shape themselves going into 2025 https://linktr.ee/ageektragedypod Please note the "On this day" segment was for the date of recording not the date of release, we...
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Ep 30: A Big Fat Geek Christmas!
And low did the sunrise on a most festive day and cast its radiance into the places where people preparing themselves for merriment as such they could. Good, the sun thought to itself, people seem pleased and are making merry; all is well with the world. Then, upon the horizon, it saw the coming…
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Ep 29: Turnips and Toupee
Join Stephen, Mark and Holly as we step into celebrating the 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons complete with QUIZ! comment below how many questions you got right! linktr.ee/ageektragedypod https://www.patreon.com/c/AGeekTragedy/posts
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Ep 28: Now that's what I call Geekmas; Side A
Join the team for some geeky Christmas themed fun as we talk about Christmas films and play "Guess the Film!" https://linktr.ee/ageektragedypod https://www.patreon.com/c/AGeekTragedy Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/elves-workshop License code: YLRQNSATUMAS5XEG
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Ep 27: A Greek Turnip and Other Recipes
As we sit down for one last time at looking at the history and development of comics. Stephen, Mark and Holly discuss how comics adapted and changed with movements in the 60s and 70s and take a look at the British Invasion! https://linktr.ee/ageektragedypod https://www.patreon.com/c/AGeekTragedy
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Ep 26: A Giant Turnip
Join Stephen, Holly and Mark as we dive head first back into comics with gusto and strange noises! This week we are looking into the 60s and beyond! www.linktr.ee/ageektragedypod www.patreon.com/ageektragedy
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Genius! Ep 1 Getting High on Calpol [FREE PATREON EP]
Our lovely folk over on Patreon decided that we should release our first ever patreon episode for all of you wonderful folk of the internet! Join Stephen, Holly and Mark as they sit down and chat about their childhood toys, the things that they still hold dear and even a glimpse into what lead…
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Ep 24: Banging out a Batman
As we bid farewell to the Season of Margaret we shift with a Wizz, BANG! and a POW! into November which is our comic book month! Stephen, Mark and Holly open the pages on the first edition and look at where comics started, where the wonderful world of visual storytelling began!...
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Ep 23: What a Knightmare! Hugo Myatt Interview
Welcome Stranger and be on guard for your life-force is in danger! Stephen, Holly and Mark sit down with the wonderful Hugo Myatt known for his role as Treguard, The Dungeon Master the hit UK TV show "Knightmare" during the late 80s and early 90s this show inspired a generation of geeks! And...
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Ep 22: A Very International Halloween! Part 2
Settle back down on the sofa for we're not finished with our International tour yet! in this episode we find out what the spooky seasons holds for those in Miami and here in blighty along with some very interesting historical information. The clones have been contained and the kettle is hot so…
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Ep 21: A Very International Halloween Part 1
Join Stephen, Mark and Holly as they speak to people from around the globe about how they celebrate Halloween and the origins of the celebrations. So rub yourself in garlic and bring the mead to the fire as we jump into A Very International Halloween! https://www.instagram.com/steerygame/...
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Ep: 20 A Terribly Interesting Thing About Cotton
Continuing with our theme of all things Spoopy during this Spooptober, Samhain, Margert Season we gather the blankets and warm drinks as Mark takes Stephen and Holly through the history of the Horror film. From 1894 to today! Blankets and popcorn are a must for this episode! To donate:...
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Ep 19: Spoopy Margret!
As the nights grow longer and the days grow colder, pull on a jumper and grab a pumpkin spice latte as Stephen, Mark and Holly Properly as they dip their spooky toes in the month of October all things Halloween from Samhain to Sam-Dean to Margret! Don't forget to drop a comment with your own...
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Ep 18: Hula hoops and Cheese
Join Stephen, Mark and Holly as they continue their conversation into learning about their first geek moments, the nostalgia that influenced their choices in geek later on in life and much more! So pull up a chair and push your Hula hoops into some cheese as we dive into the history of our...
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Ep: 17 The Peanut Butter Slide of Happiness
Join Stephen, Mark and Holly as they sit down together for a different chat. This time we dive into the world of our hosts geekdom history! Learning about their first geek moments, the nostalgia that influenced their choices in geek later on in life and much more! Join us on the Peanut Butter…
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Ep 16: What to do in Rose Tylers bedroom? A Matt Savage Special
Our Trio of Tragedist are joined by the wonderful Matt Savage! A Concept Artist for films and TV such as Star Wars, Alien Romulus and Doctor Who (9th Doctor onwards). Matt sits down with us and talks about his geek triggers and what it was like creating the defining new look for the Daleks and...
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Ep 15: The Great British Nuke Off!
Join the trio of Tragedist as they embark on their final journey into the world of the post apocalyptic genre diving into video games before swiftly like a greased leopard sliding into film. After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop building, film making, roleplaying, coding, cosplay,...
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Ep 14: Beans and the Wet Apocalypse
Continuing down the dusty rabbit hole our trio of tragedist dive deeper into the post apocalyptic genre this time looking at the gaming industry and sparking some interesting questions about post apoc vs dystopian. After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop building, film making,...
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Ep: 13 Ghost writers, Hairy Fruit and How to say Apocalypse
This week our Trio of Tragedist dive head first into the apocalypse and what makes post apocalyptic so … apocalyptic. We start with where it all began and talk about what truly makes something post apoc vs dystopian! https://www.linktr.ee/ageektragedypod https://www.patreon.com/ageektragedy
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Ep 12: Jen and the Hobapocolyspe
We are joined with the wonderful Jens from Meles Outpost! An incredibly geeky artist with a love for Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Indian Ink! We have a wonderful whimsy chat about what is Jen's geeky happy trigger and about their work and where their passions come from! Find all her socials...
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Ep 11: LIVE! from the Wastes!
We have the hotly anticipated LIVE! from the Wastes! our episode recorded live at Fantasy Forest! Our 3 Heroes brave the weather, rogue purple shirts and the general public to bring you a discussion on Post Apocalyptic vs Dystopian with some wonderful people and geeking mixed in. Listen to the…
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Ep 10: Wandering the Wastes: Fantasy Forest Recap! PART 2
Last week we released a POD recounting our time at Cheltenham where we attended the Fantasy Forest, specifically as part of the brand new Post Apoc section, “The Wastes”. We accidentally managed to record enough froth for several posts and have managed to get the excellent Kit to splice us up a...
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Ep 9: Wandering the Wastes: Fantasy Forest Recap
Not long ago we made the journey to Cheltenham to attend the Fantasy Forest, specifically as part of the brand new Post Apoc section, “The Wastes”. Needless to say: We had a LOT of fun; so much so in fact that when we got back we spent several hours, accidentally, shooting the breeze about how...
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Ep 8: Into Sealife in a Normal Way: Molinarius Games Interview!
Join Stephen, Mark and Holly as they welcome our first ever guests on to the pod! Lee and Mark from Molinarius Games, we speak to them about their geekdoms, Shoal, Ocean Pods and Time Troopers among their other games! We had a great time and a laugh with these two wonderful and wholesome folk!...
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Ep7: Timothy Zahn and a Game of Clones! Star Wars Part 3
The Podcasters have returned to the rooms in their homes where they record in an attempt to rescue the final episode of Star Wars content from the clutches of the excellent music of Jon Williams. Which they could talk about forever but have moved onto books and Disney. Little did Mark know that…
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Ep 6: What Noise does Jizz make! Star Wars Part 2
In this very warm episode, the trio return to discuss more things Star Wars! Today we dive head first into the world of music and the affect it has on the scene and the audience and how this effected our rather moist trio! After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop building, film…
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E5: Stay on Target! Star Wars Part 1
Grab your helmets and Light Sabres! Our Trio of Geek Tragedist are launching themselves with full force into the world of Star Wars! This week we look into what inspired George Lucas and how the franchise grew from the original three films. After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop...
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E4: Degreasing the Leopard: HP Lovecraft Part 2
This week our trio of Geek Tragedist are back diving into the eldritch, mind bending and insane inducing work of HP Lovecraft. After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop building, film making, roleplaying, coding, cosplay, convention wandering and indulging in films, comics, tv and...
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Ep 3: Necro-nomi-nomi-con! Part 1
This week our trio of Geek Tragedist dive into the eldritch, mind bending and insane inducing work of HP Lovecraft. So much was talked about this became a two part episode! look out next week for Necro-nomi-nomi-con! Part Deux After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop building, film...
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Games Expo Special: Knocking One Out!
Join us for this very special episode as Stephen and Holly Properly discuss with Mark their recent trip to the Games Expo at Birmingham! With special interviews from Questiny & Molinarius Games After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop building, film making, roleplaying, coding,...
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Ep 2: From Book to Screen and Back Again.
After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop building, film making, roleplaying, coding, cosplay, convention wandering and indulging in films, comics, tv and books, three geeks have gathered in one place to talk about the world they live in. Join Mark Cordory, Holly Properly, and Stephen...
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Ep 1: There's a lot of fibre in spam!
After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop building, film making, roleplaying, coding, cosplay, convention wandering and indulging in films, comics, tv and books, three geeks have gathered in one place to talk about the world they live in. Join Mark Cordory, Holly Properly, and Stephen...
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RoC: LARPing up that Hill; S2 E13: Board of it all
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield, Mark Cordory and Holly Goodall!! In this episode our hosts jump into the world of boardgames! taking a look down memory lane at their first and favourite boardgames! This episode was...
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RoC: LARPing up that Hill; S2 E12: Thursdays of the Unexpected
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield, Mark Cordory and Holly Goodall!! In this episode our hosts our hosts discuss all things unexpected that have occured in larps and games! This episode was recorded live on Twitch on 3rd…
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RoC: LARPing up that Hill: S2 E11: Pop Up LARPs
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield, Mark Cordory and Holly Goodall and Special Guest Ed!! In this episode our hosts with a brief hello from our special guest Ed! They are talking about what a pop up LARP is and what it…
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RoC: LARPing up that Hill: S2 E10: Making Up More Things!
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield, Mark Cordory and Holly Goodall and Special Guest Ed!! In this episode our hosts jump back into the world of Character Creation with Ed and take Ed through the interesting method of...
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RoC: LARPing up that Hill: S2 E9: Making Things Up!
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield, Mark Cordory and Holly Goodall! In this episode our hosts dive head first into the world of Character Creation and World Creation for different roleplay games and how different systems…
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RoC: LARPing up that Hill: S2 E8: Origins
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield, Mark Cordory and Holly Goodall! In this episode our hosts continue the conversation around tabletop and LARP and look and the origins This episode was recorded live on Twitch on 6th Oct...
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RoC: LARPing Up That Hill: S2: E7: From Table to Field and back again Part 2
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield, Mark Cordory and Holly Goodall! In this episode our hosts continue the conversation around tabletop by turning back the clock on their early years of tabletop roleplay and how that...
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RoC: LARPing Up That Hill: S2: E6: From Table to Field and back again
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield, Mark Cordory and Holly Goodall! In this episode our hosts turn back the clock on their early years of tabletop roleplay and how that influenced their LARPing career or in the case of one…
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RoC: LARPing Up That Hill: S2 E5: Death becomes Mark
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield, Mark Cordory and Holly Goodall! In this episode our hosts reflect on the first of three special Tharinos events of the Chronicles of Daer Akmir (Rising of Chaos) which we manage to drive...
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RoC: LARPing Up That Hill: S2 E4: Mental Health Matters
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield and Mark Cordory with regular guest star Holly! In this episode we cover a very important topic of looking after your mental health before, during and after a LARP event. Please note that...
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RoC: LARPing up that Hill: S2 E3: Post Apocalyptic Unencrypted
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! Join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield and Mark Cordory with regular guest star Holly! In this episode we continue with the theme of the week in our new season with general catch ups, Holly's Kate Bush fact of the week and the...
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RoC: LARPing up that Hill: S2 E2; Dave Oliver Special
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! We are back in style! with a fancy addition to our name [#notbandwagon] join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield and Mark Cordory, Regular "Alan Davis" Holly Goodall and a very special guest! Co-Founder of Dumnonni DAVE OLIVER!…
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RoC LARPing up that Hill: S2 E1; Fantastical Fantasy Costumes!
Welcome to The Rising of Conversation Season 2: LARPing up that Hill! We are back in style! with a fancy addition to our name [#notbandwagon] join our usual hosts: Stephen Canfield and Mark Cordory with regular guest star Holly! In this episode we kick off the new season with some chatter about…
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The Rising of Conversation Podcast: E15: Season Finale: Species and Archetypes!
Welcome to Welcome to The Rising of Conversation where we talk all things LARP! SEASON 1 FINALE! In this episode we have our hosts: Stephen Canfield and Mark Cordory with regular guest star Holly! In this episode we discuss Species and Archetypes that we play in larp, how they develop for the...
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The Rising of Conversation Podcast: E14: Genres of LARP and Other Stories
Welcome to Welcome to The Rising of Conversation where we talk all things LARP! In this episode we have our hosts: Stephen Canfield and Mark Cordory with regular guest star Holly! In this episode we discuss the many genres of larp! how larp started with just one theme and has branched off into…
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About this show
After a lifetime spent gaming, larping, writing, prop building, film making, roleplaying, coding, cosplay, convention wandering and indulging in films, comics, tv and books, three geeks have gathered in one place to talk about the world they live in.Join our hosts Stephen Canfield (Plaguemantle of Instagram Fame), Mark Cordory (Acclaimed Prop & Costume Creator) and Holly Properly (Brilliant logophile and Kate Bush expert) as we dive into the whole of geekdom!
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