Geek news with mileage and opinions.
Altered Geek runs on quick reactions, long memories, and two familiar voices batting around whatever fandom threw at the internet that week. The show moves from studio updates and hacked accounts to Star Trek, Transformers, AI, CES gadgets, Funko deals, and Hollywood merger chaos.
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Altered Geek is a sprawling geek-culture conversation with the energy of two longtime fans catching up after the internet has been especially loud. Steve Megatron hosts the show, with TFG1 Mike joining in, sounding equally ready to agree, correct, complain, or chase a tangent into the weeds. It is quick. It is messy in a human way. The show does not separate fandom, technology, Hollywood business, collectibles, and personal online life into neat folders, because the episodes suggest those worlds are already tangled together. A hacked X account can become a warning to listeners, then a detour through Blue Sky and other podcast work. A Funko entertainment deal can open into larger suspicion about AI-enabled media, brand storytelling, and whether anyone really needs another screen franchise. CES coverage turns into practical talk about wallpaper TVs, micro RGB jargon, vertical video, robot vacuums, and the way manufacturers sell ordinary living-room problems back as miracles. Movie and game news gets the same treatment. Lego Batman, Star Trek, Transformers, Batman Beyond, TMNT, Marvel, DC, Netflix, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, and sequel fatigue all pass through the same opinionated filter. The show likes details, especially continuity details. It also likes jokes that only land for people who remember the older thing. That gives Altered Geek a specific flavor: not just fandom enthusiasm, but fandom with accumulated mileage. The voices can be excited about a trailer and still irritated by the industry around it. They can discuss celebrity losses, complain about platform decisions, and then pivot into animation countdown planning. The rhythm is conversational rather than segment-perfect, with repeated phrasing, quick agreement loops, and occasional sharp turns. Listeners looking for compressed headlines may find it too wandering. Listeners who enjoy hearing geek news worked through in real time will understand the appeal. Altered Geek feels less like a recap and more like a standing appointment with people who have been arguing about this stuff for years.
Made for: For listeners who follow TV, film, animation, gaming, tech, collectibles, and streaming-industry drama, especially when the conversation comes with nostalgia and side commentary. It fits fans who prefer loose, personality-driven discussion over polished news summaries.
What sets it apart: Altered Geek stands out through its lived-in two-voice rhythm: practical fandom knowledge, industry irritation, and old-reference humor all moving at once. It treats Batman Beyond continuity, AI entertainment deals, CES TV jargon, and merger drama as parts of the same geek ecosystem.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Altered Geek connects studio news and franchise decisions to the continuity, designs, and fan culture surrounding familiar screen properties.
Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike turn screen-industry news into an informed, argumentative conversation between two longtime fans. Altered Geek moves from studio deals and theatrical-release disputes to franchise sequels, animation, and adaptations, usually asking what a corporate…
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A loose geek-culture conversation settles into its best groove with Batman Beyond collectibles and scene-specific fan detail.
Altered Geek opens on a practical note, with Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike addressing Mike's hacked, stolen X/Twitter account and urging listeners to block the compromised profile.
A relaxed geek-news chat moves through podcasting's celebrity shift, LEGO Batman 2, AI, and repeated TF2 coverage.
Altered Geek shapes a busy run of geek news into an easy, roaming conversation about podcasting, celebrity pull, and the franchises crowding the moment.
A loose, skeptical look at Funko's push from collectibles into screen projects and AI-enabled entertainment.
Altered Geek frames Funko's content deal as a practical look at how collectible brands try to move beyond shelves and into film, television, animation, hybrid live action, scripted and unscripted formats, and AI-enabled production.
CES jargon, Paramount memes, and a stair-climbing vacuum give Altered Geek an easy, lived-in rhythm.
CES gives Altered Geek a handy frame for letting tech news bump into pop-culture annoyance. Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike turn Paramount frustration into quick, meme-ready commentary, then drift through wallpaper TVs, full-frame family photos, and "micro RGB" television jargon…
A loose, candid geek debate on live-action film news, sequel culture, Super Sentai, and modern TMNT designs.
Altered Geek moves through live-action film talk with a loose, opinionated rhythm, starting on the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal before turning to sequel overload and Super Sentai ending after 50 years.
A relaxed pop-culture chat finds its best groove in Power Rangers reflection and toy talk.
Altered Geek shapes a casual run through pop-culture news into a discussion about why familiar franchises keep finding fresh pairings. Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike move from Hasbro and Mattel's co-branded licensing deal to the pleasure of recognizing Peter Cullen's voice in a…
A candid Landau conversation about production labor, changed working conditions, and Drusilla's possible redemption.
Juliette Landau's background as an actress, director, and producer gives the conversation a practical center: A Place Among the Dead required far more than showing up to perform.
Mental-board chess drills for focused practice.
German fragrance talk with real collector judgment.
Actress and director Juliet Landau discusses her feature film directorial debut, 'A Place Among the Dead,' which explores narcissism and psychological abuse through a vampire metaphor.
Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike discuss recent pop culture revivals and reboots.
Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike open Altered Geek with Mike's stolen X account, which still shows his banner and profile after 18 years on the platform.
Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike use Altered Geek to work through podcast-industry consolidation, citing Edison Research's Infinite Dial, Magellan AI's ad-revenue concentration, and Kevin Clancy's KFC Radio as concrete examples.
Altered Geek opens with Steve Megatron and GFG1 Mike joking about McDonald's Big Arch memes, including Steve's $20.28 DoorDash meal and his onion-and-pickle edits.
The hosts discuss recent celebrity deaths and the state of ad blockers and Meta's AI.
A geek culture podcast discussing AI developments and remembering actress Catherine O'Hara.
Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike open Altered Geek's first episode of 2026 by mocking Paramount's lawsuit against the Netflix–Warner Bros.
Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike cover the Hollywood consolidation wave, leading with Netflix's $83 billion formal bid to acquire Warner Bros.
Hosts Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike discuss recent geek news including potential sequels, Ironheart, and Marvel vs DC.
Hosts Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike discuss recent geek news, including Netflix vs YouTube, Sesame Street on Netflix, and other pop culture topics.
Host Steve Megatron Phillips and guest TFG1 Mike discuss 3D printing and geek culture in a casual conversation.
Hosts Steve Megatron Phillips and TFG1Mike discuss all things San Diego Comic-Con, including plans and topics for the episode.
Steve Megatron and TFG1 Mike discuss Steve's chaotic vacation over the 2022-2023 holiday break.