Being A Geek For Dummies

Episode 21 - GTA 6 Seven-ty Pounds!GTA 6 has a price tag that gets everyone talking, which leads to a chat about the sequels we’re most excited to see. We also vent about the overused TV and movie tropes that never fail to annoy, reveal the beloved franchise entries we’ve somehow never experienced, and discuss the one thing we always try to do in every game we play. To wrap things up, we put our casting hats on and recast the original Avengers into the DC Film Universe—with some surprising picks along the way.

This week, we’re taking a trip 30 years ahead to find out what we’d rush to see first. We also pick our favourite long-running TV gags, dream up the ultimate simulator game, rank our all-time favourite YouTube creators, and somehow end up building a 4-4-2 football team using Marvel characters. It’s a strange mix of future-gazing, nostalgia and superhero tactics… exactly as intended.

This week Kai Daniels joins JK on the pod to discuss their favourite wrestling factions, what piece of media they would recommend to the other and rank the Spider-Man movies into a personal top 3!

This week, Zach and JK tackle some truly important questions. If Disney came calling, which character would each of them be trusted to bring to life? With Wolverine finally on the horizon, they discuss the villains they’re desperate to throw down with and the heroes they’d love to team up alongside.Elsewhere, they take a trip through Pokémon history to pick their favourite card sets, reflect on the advice they wish they could give their younger selves, and debate whether that knowledge would have changed the path they took. To round things off, they attempt the impossible: deciding which movie sequel didn’t just live up to the original, but completely surpassed it.

This week on Being A Geek For Dummies, Zach and JK pull up a chair and dive into friendship, fandom, and a few surprisingly difficult questions. From the gaming features that have quietly reshaped the way we play, to deciding who truly holds the universe together as the MCU’s anchor being, no stone is left unturned.The pair also head to Andy’s toy box to rank their favourite Toy Story characters beyond the usual Woody and Buzz picks, before turning the spotlight on each other. What makes Zach unmistakably Zach? What trait defines JK? And if either of them were dropped into an RPG, what stat would instantly stand out on their character sheet?A mix of geek culture, nostalgia, and friendly roasting awaits in Episode 17: You’ve Got A Friend In Me.

This week on Being A Geek For Dummies, the conversation jumps from dream MCU additions to the games that deserve a proper remaster. Zach & JK debate which forgotten classics should return and how modern gaming has changed the way players discover secrets. There’s also a trip into a world where every person has an animal companion, plus a discussion on which movies and TV shows deserve the Lego game treatment, complete with ideas for gameplay mechanics inspired by the best TT Games titles.

In this special SPOILERCAST, Zach, JK & special guest Kai Daniels talk about the dizzying highs, terrifying lows and creamy middles of the final season of The Boys.

Episode 15 steps into the arena as Zach and JK tackle the ultimate Mortal Kombat question: what would their signature fatality be? Along the way, they unpack game mechanics they refuse to touch, debate whether New Game+ actually adds replay value, celebrate their favourite media spoofs, and pitch custom-made games designed specifically for each other. Expect questionable ideas, strong opinions, and a few cursed concepts that probably should’ve stayed in development hell.

Episode 14 of Being A Geek For Dummies sees Zach Ligmus and JK Roberts dive into the franchises they’ve somehow dodged for years, build the ultimate sidekick draft from film and gaming, and rank their essential Xbox 360 classics. There’s also a trip through the Upside Down with the one song that could pull them back from Vecna, before wrapping things up with a wildly specific dream Muppets casting session — complete with one very unlucky human surrounded by felt and nonsense.

On this Post-WrestleMania edition of the Being A Geek For Dummies podcast, Zach Ligmus, JK Roberts, and Kai Daniels break down all the biggest moments from WrestleMania and share their thoughts on the matches, surprises, and fallout from the weekend. The crew also gives their predictions for this year’s Money in the Bank winners, debates the possible Night 1 and Night 2 main events for SummerSlam, and looks ahead to the future by picking their early favorites to win next year’s Royal Rumbles.

This week on Being A Geek For Dummies, Zach & JK tackle another packed lineup of geeky debates and off-topic tangents. Inspired by this week’s listener question, the pair talk favourite video game Easter Eggs and gaming myths.Elsewhere in the episode, they discuss movies that deserve spin-off series treatment, crown their worst consoles of all time, and recast classic films using professional wrestlers. They also reveal their perfect “bad day recovery” plans — with no responsibilities, unlimited money, and nothing but comfort on the agenda.Gaming, films, wrestling, nostalgia, and plenty of laughs — Episode 13 has a bit of everything.

Zach and JK are back with Episode 12 of Being A Geek For Dummies, “Delayed Bus Simulator,” where the journey is as unpredictable as their picks. This week, they dive into giving side characters the spotlight, dream up the ultimate “toys-to-life” comeback, and debate which fictional foods are worth crossing realities for. Things get even more interesting as they share their favourite non-canon theories they fully stand behind and crown their all-time top movie villains. In the main event, the stakes couldn’t be higher—Thanos is attacking London, and they must assemble a team from across gaming, film, TV, and wrestling… knowing one won’t survive. Tough choices, bold arguments, and plenty of geeky tangents along the way.

Episode 11, The Book of Morons, leans into playful debate and unapologetic geekery as Zach and JK put each other on the spot. They kick things off by casting one another as characters from the stage, with questionable (and highly debatable) reasoning. From there, they dive into nostalgia, each choosing one video game, one movie, and one TV show they wish they could experience again for the very first time.Things also get competitive when they assign each other superpowers—along with carefully chosen weaknesses—before arguing who would come out on top in a showdown. The episode wraps with the main event: designing their dream video games based on existing franchises, complete with big ideas and standout gameplay moments.It’s a mix of nostalgia, imagination, and spirited back-and-forth that defines what Being A Geek For Dummies does best.

Episode 10 of Being A Geek For Dummies — “It is the Liglighter!” — sees Zach Ligmus and JK Roberts dive headfirst into some brilliantly nerdy what-ifs and hot takes. From combining the ultimate mix of superpowers to debating how many games is too many to juggle at once, the duo keep things fun and unpredictable. Things take a wild turn as they imagine surviving the apocalypse as the last two people on Earth, before getting brutally honest about their all-time favourite TV shows… and which one they’d erase forever. They also get nostalgic over modern toys compared to what they had growing up, and cap it all off with a WrestleMania-inspired Mount Rushmore of wrestling legends.

Welcome back to the Being A Geek For Dummies Podcast! This time, JK Roberts and Zach Ligmus are joined by special guest “The Suplex Express” Kai Daniels for a high-energy WrestleMania 42: Mania Monday special.The crew kicks things off with a quick-fire breakdown of WrestleMania as a whole before diving straight into bold predictions for both nights of the Showcase of the Immortals. From there, they shake things up by reimagining matches—whether it’s tweaking stipulations or completely rewriting the card.To close things out, expect absolute chaos as each host fantasy-books one of the announced matches with full-on overbooking: surprise run-ins, wild swerves, and all the shenanigans you could ask for.If you love wrestling debates, hot takes, and a bit of creative madness, this is one episode you don’t want to miss.

Episode 9 of Being A Geek For Dummies sees Zach & JK fully embrace chaos in “The God Damn Fricking Spice Girls.” This week, they reimagine their favorite games with bizarre genre swaps that somehow still feel legit, draft the ultimate three Pokémon team for surviving a zombie apocalypse, and debate which TV series they’d drop themselves into (and why they’d probably regret it). They also dig up the weirdest, most obscure piece of merch they’ve ever owned before diving into a fun crossover discussion—what would the crew from The Boys pick as their favorite real-life superhero movies? It’s unhinged, nostalgic, and peak geek energy from start to finish.

On this week’s episode, Zach and JK sit down to discuss trailers that spoiled their experience of the film for them and what a movie based on their lives would be like.

JK finally starts his path to redemption after his bombshell announcement last week. We also discuss Lego video games, our Lego set wishlist and which animated tv shows should be turned into live action adaptations.

On this week’s episode, JK and Zach discuss things topics such as gaming exploits, sitcom genre switches and what film franchises would translate well into musicals.

In this episode, Zach and JK join forces once again to discuss topics such as music in tv shows and studying film and media in college.

JK and Zach return for a chaotic hour of discussions that include live action and animated crossover shows and who our favourite videogame villains are.

On this episode of Being A Geek For Dummies, Zach and JK talk about topics such as disappointing video games and what characters from pop culture would make the best road trip buddies

Zach and JK return with another episode of Being A Geek For Dummies. This week they discuss topics such as nostalgia fuelled gaming consoles, their favourite games from the GameCube and Xbox 360 and much more!

On the debut episode of Being A Geek For Dummies, JK & Zach discuss their first topics that include sitcoms, the MCU and Retro vs Modern gaming.