Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hello and welcome to the Keeper Room podcast. Joining me, your host, Ms. Ryan Parrish is Mr. Keith Blueville.
[00:00:04] Speaker B: Hi, everybody.
[00:00:05] Speaker A: Mr. Sam Edwards.
[00:00:06] Speaker C: Hello.
[00:00:07] Speaker A: And Mr. Lee Price.
[00:00:08] Speaker D: Hello.
[00:00:09] Speaker A: How are we all this sunny Birmingham day?
[00:00:11] Speaker B: Well, sunny Birmingham day, it's much more comfortable now.
[00:00:15] Speaker D: Yes.
[00:00:15] Speaker B: It's not as scorchingly hot as it has been.
[00:00:19] Speaker A: We've moved a few thousand kilometers back from like the sunny burning stage that we were in a couple of weeks ago.
[00:00:25] Speaker D: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:00:26] Speaker A: It's got, it's gone back to reasonable.
[00:00:28] Speaker B: It's proper, proper English summer now.
[00:00:29] Speaker A: We'll see how long it lasts. It's getting a bit. Yeah. Might start creeping back up again.
[00:00:34] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:00:34] Speaker A: Coming up, today's show we talked about the unfortunate passing away of Black Sabbath legend, the prince of darkness, the King of Birmingham, Mr. Ozzy Osborne. We'll be looking forward to Bath 2025 with spiritual awakening up at the Garden Cinema at Botanical Gardens.
Bando Namco Crossed all. We had a quick pop in Liam myself where we looked at Pac man on his 45th anniversary. Little pop up shop.
Wild art is on. Wild in art. Is it wild in art? It's wild in art. Wild in Art is on in Birmingham at the moment with the bulls which Sam will talk to us about in a little bit. And of course I regular one geek thing. But we'll be back after.
[00:01:33] Speaker D: Welcome.
Hey, you know Pac man, this guy? Yes. It's his 45th anniversary.
Yes.
And we are here today at the Bandai Namco Cross store and where they have a Pac man pop up to celebrate the 45th anniversary.
[00:01:58] Speaker A: So he is 45 years old, she's.
[00:02:01] Speaker E: Slightly older than you me.
[00:02:04] Speaker A: But he is the cornerstone of modern arcade gaming and he's still very popular to this day.
[00:02:10] Speaker D: Yes. Like Pac Man's still like a very sort of iconic character. Like everyone kind of recognizes the sort of iconic Pac man shape. Except my aunt who earlier today had no idea what Pac man was. It's like the only time I've ever seen someone not know what Pac man is.
[00:02:24] Speaker A: But he's had many descriptions over the past. The usual one I always get is the cheese wheel with the slice. Mrs.
[00:02:29] Speaker D: Yes.
[00:02:30] Speaker A: But power pill just general.
[00:02:33] Speaker D: Yep.
[00:02:34] Speaker A: But did you know, did you know that his original name was Puckman? Yes, but that got stopped in America and Japan renamed it because there was a very strong opportunity that somebody might have re changed the P for.
[00:02:50] Speaker D: Although that does lead me nicely into other ways that the 45th anniversary is being celebrated by Bandai Namco because in the new game Shadow Labyrinth you are joined by a character named Puck.
So in that game, which is probably which I have described in our gaming roundup as Pac Man's goth phase.
[00:03:10] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:03:13] Speaker D: We are. So it's basically a Metroidvania where you play as a mysterious swordsman who is joined by a character named Puck who is like a yellow ball who's basically just Pac Man.
And you gain powers from.
From Puck eating enemies after you sort of have like these big Metroidvania style fights. It is very strange. It is based off the secret level Amazon thing, which also had like an edgy Pac man in it. But that was like supposed to be a precursor to this.
And yeah, so there's that. That recently came out. We've also got a stage in Tekken 8 which is very, very interesting because it's basically like a very sort of voxel y sort of arena.
[00:03:57] Speaker A: So it's Tekken by 9 Namco. Yes, yes, that does make sense.
[00:04:02] Speaker D: They've thrown a whole load of Pac man stuff in, including a new stage called Pac Pixels. Basically it's made. It's like an arena square arena thing made of just voxels with like the ghosts and Pac man flying around the place. There's breakable floors so that you go to power pills, I think, floating in the distance, but nothing that affects the actual fight.
It's only like the flaws that affect the actual fight.
It's a very, very strange stage when everything else looks so realistic, every other stage looks so realistic. And then you load up this one and it's just like this brightly colored pixel art thing that hits you in the face. It's also especially weird because the first time I played that stage I was fighting against Clive from Final Fantasy 16.
So just that like weird crossover where the one thing that was originally Tekken was my character.
[00:04:48] Speaker A: So everything else Pac man related is.
[00:04:51] Speaker D: Pac man or Final Fantasy.
[00:04:52] Speaker A: Yeah, I suppose I made Pac Man a playable character because we have had Pac man with arms and legs in.
[00:04:56] Speaker D: The cartoon and he was in Smash Brothers. Yes, he's a playable character. So yeah, you never know.
[00:05:02] Speaker A: It might be a secret drop. Knowing Bandai Namco, they do like to do weird stuff.
[00:05:06] Speaker D: I mean, Tekken 7 did have what's his face from the Walking Dead which came out of nowhere.
[00:05:12] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:05:14] Speaker D: At least the SNK Capcom things made sense. But you know.
But yes. What else do we have? We have. There was an exhibition in Seattle, the Museum of Pop Culture that was basically just dedicated to.
To Pac Man. And they also showed ghostly adventures, cartoon and the old Hanna Barbera Pac man cartoon. They sort of screened those along with like just exhibits showing off like the history of Pac Man. There's been a collaboration with Atari as well, first time console.
So there's a compilation that came out I think a couple of years ago called Atari 50, which as the name suggests is 50 sort of classic Atari games together.
They have just, they recently announced a dlc. I'm not sure if it's out yet, but if it. But it's basically all of like the old Namco games that came out for the Atari 2600 which obviously includes Pac Man. So that's obviously part of that. And they're also doing a special Atari mini console which is dedicated to just Pac Man.
[00:06:11] Speaker A: Why don't consoles have wood paneling on anymore?
[00:06:13] Speaker F: I don't know.
[00:06:14] Speaker A: Such a great thing. Atari 26.
[00:06:16] Speaker D: No, now they just look, they just look like WI fi routers or mini fridges.
So yeah, there's a lot of stuff going on for the 45th anniversary. Yep.
[00:06:25] Speaker A: So if you do like Pac man or Inky Pinky. Pinky or Clyde.
[00:06:28] Speaker D: Yes.
[00:06:28] Speaker A: You can pop down to Bandai Namco. Stop here in Birmingham New Street. I think there's a pop in the London store as well. I would assume that one's in Camden Market. If you come down to Bandai Namco New street, there's definitely a beautiful range of Pacman merchandise for you. And there's some other really fun stuff like One Piece card game, Tamagotchi, the gacha machines and the claw machines. But yeah, come down, enjoy. But we'll see you soon.
[00:06:54] Speaker D: Yes.
[00:06:58] Speaker F: We'Ve had owls, we've had snow dogs. But if you come into Birmingham at the moment you might see a fair few of these guys. Bulls in the City is a brand new walking trail from Wild in the City featuring a load of California interpretations of Birmingham's iconic bullring bull.
[00:07:15] Speaker C: There are 128 bulls in total, 40 larger ones in public spaces and 88 smaller ones which are mostly in public buildings like the library or in the lobbies of hotels and office blocks. Most are in the city centre. But to see the whole collection out in the wild, you'll also want to head to Boldmere and Harborne. Each bull has been beautifully and uniquely painted by talented artists.
[00:07:38] Speaker F: If you'd like a bull of your.
[00:07:39] Speaker C: Own, there are a few ways you can get one.
The official shop in the Great Western Arcade has a host of bull merch including cuddly cattle. Or you can come along to Birmingham Hospice on the 10th of August or 12th of September. Where for £30 you can sit and paint your own pottery bull with a nice glass of champagne.
But if you're really dedicated and fancy one of the big bulls, they will all be auctioned off at the end of the event at Millennium Point. All the money from the auction shop and other events will go to support Birmingham Hospice.
Bulls in the city runs until 14th of September, so why not have a wander around town and see how many you can spot. For more information, including a map of all the Bulls locations, head to the website bullsinthecity.co.uk.
[00:08:29] Speaker E: Hi everyone. Ryan here from Geeky Brewery just for a quick update at moment Anime Film Festival Just to let you know, the Spirited Away screening for Botanical Garden's gone cinema. It's sold out now, so those looking up to get tickets, congratulations.
If you're still looking for anime, of course the main festival running from the 27th of September through to the Thursday of the following week for the 2nd of October, some fantastic titles coming back. We're bringing back the Makoto Shinkai a thon that we did back in 2023. So if you a big fan of the Shinkai films that they're coming back. Really good news. We've got a Satoshi Con double build over at the Mac.
We're bringing back some of the favorites from the last few years, such as Penguin Highway.
Some fantastic films coming up. Keep an eye on the BAF website be aff.uk for updates on what's coming up. There'll be some massive updates coming over the next few weeks onto the website.
Really looking forward to it. We've got some special kind of things to go alongside of it, so again, keep your eye out on the website.
Really hope you can look forward to joining us. Don't forget, as always, we've got our wonderful partners at the Mockingbird and the Mac as well who do films outside that. The Mockingbird just finished their successful room in the Forward Film Festival. There's some amazing other film festivals coming up as well, especially at the Mac. We've got the Square Eyes TV Festival runs pretty much straight after the Birmingham Anime Film Festival.
But we'll be back again and we shall see you shortly. And don't forget to check the website at the QR code over there.
But for now, back to the main show.
[00:10:19] Speaker B: You can't kill rock and roll, it's here to stay. So said the enigmatic frontman of Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away just a few short days after a barnstorming performance at Aston Villa, where he reassembled the legendary Black Sabbath for one final time.
From the smoky stages of Birmingham to the global throne of heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne has carved his his legacy in thunder and distortion. Born John Michael Osborne, he rose from working class roots to become the wild, electrifying frontman of Black Sabbath. Pioneering a sound that would define generations.
With Black Sabbath, Ozzy gave birth to heavy metal. Dark, raw and unapologetically loud.
Tracks like Paranoid, Iron man and War Pigs became anthems of rebellion.
His voice a haunting wail that echoed through the ages. After Sabbath, Ozzy didn't fade. He exploded. Crazy train, Mr. Crowley, no more Tears. Each song a masterclass in metal. With Randy Rhoads and other guitar gods by his side, Ozzy defined what it meant to be a solo artist.
But there was more than just the madness. Yes, he bit the head off a bat. Yes, he starred in the Osbournes. But behind the chaos is a survivor. Battling addiction, defying expectations and always returning to the stage.
Ozzy is proof that rock isn't just music. It's resilience, rebellion and raw emotion.
Ozzy is a true legend, a Grammy winner, a Rock and Roll hall of Famer, a voice that shook the world and still does. Ozzy Osbourne wasn't just a musician, he was a movement.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery will be running the Ozzy Osbourne Working Class Hero exhibition until September. So if you get a chance, do take a look. To Ozzy.
Thanks for the madness, the music and the magic.
All hail the Prince of Darkness.
[00:12:19] Speaker A: It is time for our regular roundup for what's the geeky thing we've been up to whilst we've been away?
One geek thing. Let's start off with Lee. Lee, what's been your one geek thing while we've been away?
[00:12:30] Speaker D: So it's actually been like a little while ago, but I went to the PlayStation concert that happened at the arena, which whatever its name is these days.
[00:12:43] Speaker A: BP Pulse, I think that the one by the nia, not the nia.
[00:12:48] Speaker D: It is the nia, it's the nec.
[00:12:50] Speaker B: But it's called the bp. BP Pulse Live now.
[00:12:52] Speaker D: The nia.
[00:12:53] Speaker A: The nia, the Utilitari.
[00:12:55] Speaker B: That's the utilitarian to anybody that comes to Brum. If you ask us where the NEC or the NIA are, we know it. You ask us Genting Arena, Utility arena.
[00:13:05] Speaker A: We don't know BP Pulse Live, whatever it is.
[00:13:08] Speaker D: Exactly. That's why I was just like the arena.
So, yeah, I went to see that a few months ago when I saw that. But basically it was like, they started it in Europe, they're going to do a world tour. And it was very ridiculous when they announced it because they announced the European dates as a world tour and all the Americans were like, oh, it's not a world tour. I'm like, they're announcing the North American dates at a later date.
[00:13:35] Speaker A: But yeah, but again, that's still not a war tour because that's just Europe and North America. Nobody cares about themselves.
[00:13:41] Speaker D: But yeah, it was.
So the way they did it was it's built around four games soundtracks with like a few sort of smaller bits sort of dotted around. So it was built around Horizon, Zero Dawn, Ghost of Tsushima.
It was God of War and the Last of Us, the four that they did. And they sort of dotted in trying to remember. It was Bloodborne Journey, Heldovers, and at the end they had Astrobot as well.
[00:14:12] Speaker A: Did any Hans Zimmer sneak in?
[00:14:14] Speaker D: No, because Hans Zimmer has not been centric to any of these, which I'm sure Keith is pleased by.
But yeah, so the. I mean, in terms of like, who the original composers are, I know God of war was Bear McCreary and Ghost of Tsushima. I can't remember who did that because it's like two names that are like complicated names that I can never remember. Then there's Yorisaman who did Horizon, and Gustavo Santa Alala who did Velasquez. And very good Concert. So it was like, obviously, as well as playing the score, they had like loads of screens and stuff like that. So they had like four. I think it was four or five projector screens that came down in like different patterns and they sort of projected stuff on that as well as like a back screen.
And just the sort of stuff they were doing with that was like incredible. Like the way that they sort of.
So that you'd have like almost holograms in front of the orchestra or they'd turn it into full screens, which would hide the orchestra temporarily.
I'm just like, yeah, just playing lots of bits and pieces from each game.
Really enjoyed like, the Last of Us section because the soundtrack to that is really, really good.
Just the main theme of that game is one of my favorite pieces of video game.
I think the only bit that I sort of had a problem with was they randomly like threw in some country song into the Last of Us section, which I'm like. I think that played like vaguely in the background of like the bar scene in the second game, because I certainly.
[00:15:40] Speaker A: Didn'T recognize it's on the soundtrack.
[00:15:41] Speaker D: It's on the soundtrack.
But yeah, like, it was just a really, like. Just sort of hearing that kind of music in that sort of setting and then just the fact that it ended with, like, a couple of Astrobot tracks at the end, where I think they sort of then went into a medley using, like, the bots from Astrobot with the different characters and stuff on screen. So that was kind of fun.
[00:16:02] Speaker A: That's really cool. Now, you did the one in London a few years back, didn't you? So how did this compare?
[00:16:07] Speaker D: I didn't. So the one I did in London was the Sonic one.
[00:16:10] Speaker A: That was it.
[00:16:12] Speaker D: Yeah. This would be my third video game concert because I've done the Sonic one in London. I did the Final Fantasy One. That was at the Symphony hall last year. Yeah.
And then this one.
So, yeah, just. I'm really enjoying doing these sorts of concerts because just like, I really love all these soundtracks. You know, there's so much great music coming out and. Yeah, I just think, you know, getting to see it in that setting just elevates it in a really interesting way.
[00:16:41] Speaker A: So definitely awesome.
[00:16:43] Speaker B: Thank you.
[00:16:44] Speaker A: Keith, how about yourself? What's your one good thing?
[00:16:47] Speaker B: I'm picking something that took a while to get to the uk.
It's mostly because of James Gunn's Superman hitting cinemas over here.
So just recently arriving on sky and now TV was Creature Commandos, which was officially the first thing done in the new DCU that James Gunn's invented. So they're all the episodes.
[00:17:06] Speaker A: Peacemakers.
[00:17:07] Speaker B: A bit peacemakers.
We've got to wait for season two to see how that all works out in terms of its positioning within the new DCU canon. Yeah, but this is eight episodes, all written by James Gunn, Features a ragtag group of Suicide Squad esque commandos, but the thing about them is they're all monsters.
[00:17:30] Speaker A: So, like, do you get Weasel?
[00:17:32] Speaker B: So you get Weasel back, voiced by Sean Gunn. We also get the Bride, who is voiced by Indira Barma. We get Dr. Phosphorus, who is Alan Tudyk. Of course.
We get Rick Flag Senior.
[00:17:47] Speaker F: Right.
[00:17:47] Speaker B: So Joel Kellerman's dad, who appears in the Superman film, voiced by Frank.
[00:17:53] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm gonna say.
[00:17:55] Speaker B: And then we get Zoe Chow plays a relatively new character. I'm not 100 fully on board her history. She's like a good guild person type character. Nina something. I can't remember her name. And then David Harmer turns up as the Frankenstein.
He's called Frankenstein, but he's Frankenstein's monster.
[00:18:18] Speaker D: Excuse me. I think you'll find that the monster is called Frankenstein. And the scientist is called Frankenstein's dad, Dr. Frankenstein.
But it.
[00:18:27] Speaker A: He could go to three years of monster college for no reason.
[00:18:30] Speaker B: But it brings in characters from Themyscira, so there's a connection to Wonder Woman and stuff there.
And they basically are tasked to kind of save a princess in a foreign castle. Castle, yeah.
[00:18:45] Speaker A: Is there a fire breathing lizard involved? No.
[00:18:48] Speaker B: It's bloody, it's gory, it's funny, it's heartfelt, it's touching.
The episode that gives us some backstory into the weasel is heartbreaking beyond belief.
And considering this is practically a non verbal character to make you think, oh, my God, I am so like, on board with the weasel now.
[00:19:10] Speaker A: We eat children in the Suicide Squad.
[00:19:13] Speaker B: This is propaganda, I should say.
[00:19:17] Speaker F: It feels like it's James Gunn learning from Guardians 3.
[00:19:20] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:19:20] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:19:23] Speaker B: It's really good kind of Warner Bros. Style animation. The kind of good stuff.
[00:19:26] Speaker A: So.
[00:19:26] Speaker B: So like the kind of really good Scooby Doo's.
[00:19:28] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:19:29] Speaker B: That they've done in recent years and the good. The good Warner Brothers animation they've done for DC stuff in the past. And it's. I was quite surprised. I thought it was going to be fairly trashy and a bit throwaway, but it was actually really, really in depth and I kind of almost binged it. I watched it in a week because I was like, I need to see what happens next and what happens to these characters.
And it's really good. So if you are kind of invested in the new DCU from Superman, I do highly recommend that you have a look at Creature Commandos. Just to fill out a bit of that kind of backstory and maybe get an idea of kind of where this version of the DC universe is going to go. It very much sets its cards on the tables as to where James Gunn wants this and it's very comic.
So if you're a fan of the comics and something a little bit less real but equally fun, watch. Creature Commandos should be available now on sky and now tv.
[00:20:22] Speaker A: So very much an adult cartoon.
[00:20:24] Speaker B: It's a very. It's a very adult cartoon. It's not one for the kids.
[00:20:27] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:20:28] Speaker B: But it's great.
[00:20:28] Speaker F: Really, really enjoyable.
[00:20:29] Speaker A: Awesome. Yeah.
Sam, how about yourself?
[00:20:33] Speaker F: So I'm gonna pick the first of two of Netflix's big tentpole dramas that are ending this year.
So the first of those was Squid Game, which had its final season released last month.
And I thoroughly enjoyed it. I did think so. The first season I loved. The second season, I thought was a little bit of a dip, perhaps, but I really Thought the third season kind of brought back a lot of the elements from the first season that I particularly enjoyed.
I thought the way it ended was perfect, kind of thematically.
I've seen a lot of people online. I'm going to try and say this without too many spoilers, but complaining that it was a bit kind of anticlimactic. But I think if you are kind of following the themes and Gi Hun, the main character's kind of progression through the series, and particularly the last couple of series, and the debates he's having with the front man who's running the games about sort of human nature and bringing out the worst in people.
I think the way it ended was the perfect kind of cap on that story.
It did bring back the VIPs who were awful in the first season and wondered whether they might try and correct that. And they didn't at all. They doubled down on the awful accents and awful acting, but kind of happy about that in a way.
And, yeah, the final scenes were kind of intriguing in that they set up what I think has been confirmed now to be an American kind of spin off.
[00:22:19] Speaker A: Yeah. They're having a us spin off.
Yeah.
[00:22:23] Speaker F: I'm open to. I'm intrigued by it.
I do think the Korean version has a lot of charm because of its Koreanness. Yeah.
But as long as the same people are kind of working the background on it, hopefully that can be carried through.
[00:22:40] Speaker A: I know the. The crate was shopping the script around for about 12 years.
[00:22:44] Speaker F: Okay.
[00:22:44] Speaker A: And they were just like, nobody in Korea would pick it up. So it's quite good. When Netflix did pick it up, they were kind of getting some Korean culture out there into the. Into the world a little bit. Probably a lot of people's interest into Korean tv.
[00:22:58] Speaker F: Yeah. And I think Netflix has been quite good for that. There's a few other things. Alice in Borderlands, that Korean.
[00:23:06] Speaker A: I think.
[00:23:07] Speaker F: Yeah. A few other shows that have popped up out of Korea that Netflix have championed that have done well, that possibly wouldn't have done as well without Squid Game coming first.
[00:23:16] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:23:18] Speaker A: What was it? Physical 100.
[00:23:21] Speaker F: I love physical 100. I'm not normally into reality TV or anything like that, but, yeah, physical 100 is great. If you've not seen that, it's basically.
[00:23:30] Speaker D: Squid Game, but without the actual, like.
[00:23:32] Speaker A: Gory side of it or anybody dying kind of.
[00:23:35] Speaker F: Yeah. And much more focused on ridiculous athleticism. It's all about finding the perfect human body, basically. But, yeah, some of the things they make the people do there are insane.
Yeah. I will happily talk about that. Off topic for a while. But yeah, I recommend that as well. But yes, squid game is my one geek thing.
[00:24:01] Speaker A: Awesome. I'm going to pick something that we all enjoyed ourselves with a week or so ago, which was a trip to Warwick Castle as our geek thing.
So of course we decided to do a day trip on the hottest day of the year with no cloud cover, just. Just the sun, like the sun From Super Mario 3, just following us around the castle all day.
But yeah, it was a really good, fun trip. I've never been to Warwick Castle before, which I sound really weird considering it's less than what, an hour and a half away from Birmingham?
[00:24:31] Speaker F: A lot less than that. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:24:33] Speaker A: It's pretty much like an hour on the train and then depending on which route you take to the castle. About 10 minutes walk from the train station.
[00:24:40] Speaker F: Yes.
[00:24:41] Speaker D: Or about 40 minutes from our perspective.
[00:24:44] Speaker F: Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was my fault. I knew where the castle was, but I didn't know where the entrance to the castle was.
[00:24:51] Speaker B: So we did end up. It was doing what a castle should do and keeping us out.
[00:24:54] Speaker F: Yes.
[00:24:56] Speaker A: But yeah, so we did the main castle. We got to see the falcon show, which was I think Everybody's highlight.
About 20 different birds of prey, I think, just coming in, going out, owls.
[00:25:08] Speaker F: Kites, eagles, condor, which was pretty impressive.
[00:25:12] Speaker A: Really impressive. Got to see the trebuchet get fired. That was fun.
[00:25:16] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:25:17] Speaker A: Got chased by lots of wasps.
[00:25:20] Speaker F: Which.
[00:25:21] Speaker D: Is my favorite part.
[00:25:23] Speaker A: And then we got to see the dungeons as well because I like the way they've done the dungeons because it's not your traditional, like London horror dungeon. It's more about the history of the. Of castle. And you get actors explaining a little bit of the history each time. I wouldn't say it's like very in depth, but it's a kind of audience participation kind of deal.
[00:25:42] Speaker B: Yeah, it's very family friendly in a sense. It's kind of creepy enough to give you the willies if you. If you're a little bit kind of like predisposed to that.
I thought it was really good. I've been several times in the past.
Once when it was just the castle.
[00:25:56] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:25:57] Speaker B: And then kind of later again when they started to do some of the more kind of like showy stuff. So this is the first time I've been since it was more the kind of like.
I don't want to say theme park. Theme park's probably a little derogatory for what it is.
[00:26:10] Speaker A: It's man two side scripts.
[00:26:11] Speaker B: So yeah, it's got it's got players, it's got live action bits and pieces. So I thought it was kind of like. It was really cool. If you were a small kid into castles, you'd be like, this is just awesome.
[00:26:22] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:26:22] Speaker A: Unfortunately, miss the jousting, which was the other big show that they have quite a few shows throughout the day and there's always some activity going on, so there's always something you can go and do with the kids or if you're there as a group, just wander off and find something to do. Plenty of food venues about Birmingham city centre, pricing for food and drink, to be fair. So it wasn't too bad for us. I imagine it's quite expensive if you go as a family.
[00:26:47] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:26:47] Speaker A: But they do have some family discount.
[00:26:48] Speaker E: Offs and stuff like that.
[00:26:49] Speaker B: I think if you were family, you might be best served like not on the day when the sun is crashing into the earth, but if you take a picnic and the grass is green. Yeah, you'd be fine.
[00:26:59] Speaker A: The grass is green and the wasps are.
[00:27:01] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. It was a bit more like the surface of Mars when we were there.
[00:27:05] Speaker A: It was. It was quite interesting watching all the people like hur huddle in the groups of shade that was around.
[00:27:11] Speaker B: Up against the wall of the castle there.
[00:27:12] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:27:14] Speaker A: But, yeah, I mean, it was fun experience. I. I'm surprised. Surprised it was as good of it as it was.
[00:27:19] Speaker B: It was fun.
[00:27:20] Speaker A: So I was. When you hear it's like run by like Madame Tassard's group and it's like same group as Alton Towers and they get Discovery center, it's like.
[00:27:26] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:27:26] Speaker A: Have they kiddified it a bit too much?
[00:27:29] Speaker B: It's Merlin Entertainment.
[00:27:31] Speaker A: Sorry. Yeah, Merlin Entertainment Group.
[00:27:32] Speaker F: But yeah.
[00:27:33] Speaker A: So it was kind of.
Is it gonna be a bit too kidified? But I think there was enough castley stuff to get you going and there's enough interesting bits. And I blended the history in with the kind of entertainment side of it as well. Quite nicely.
[00:27:47] Speaker F: Yes.
[00:27:47] Speaker A: Yeah, I would recommend.
[00:27:49] Speaker D: I mean, it's definitely like. So I think the last time I went was like maybe 10 years ago and I took like a friend who was visiting from America and she loved it just because, you know, she's a real castle.
[00:28:02] Speaker A: It's not like the ones where you get Medieval Times.
[00:28:06] Speaker D: Yeah.
Although I have done Medieval Times over there, so.
[00:28:11] Speaker A: But yeah, it's a recommended nice little day trip not too far from Birmingham and you get the train there pretty straightforward and easily from either. I think it's from Moore street or Snow Hill.
[00:28:23] Speaker F: And to get to the entrance Aim for Castle Street.
[00:28:26] Speaker A: The clue is in the name. Clue's in the name.
Thank you for joining us on the Geeky Borough show this issue.
Sam, if we find you online, you.
[00:28:38] Speaker F: Can find me at sdedwards89 on bluesky, Instagram and threads, and also on the Geeky Bremery website every Thursday with the film Roundup.
[00:28:50] Speaker A: Awesome. Lee, how about yourself?
[00:28:52] Speaker D: You can find me on YouTube and bluesky. Bobthapepetferret. And you can find me on the geekybroery website every Friday doing the Games Roundup.
[00:29:02] Speaker A: Keith, how are you?
[00:29:03] Speaker D: Phil.
[00:29:04] Speaker B: On Blue sky and Instagram under the moniker of Hardleck Hotel. And then Wednesday on the Geeky Brummy media channels covering the latest and greatest in comics that are out on that day.
[00:29:16] Speaker A: And you can find me at Parish. Ryan, on Instagram.
I think possibly I'll be on Threads and Blue sky as well. Ryan Parish. There's not that many of us out there. You'll probably find me, but you can find us all at Geeky Brummy on.
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[00:29:51] Speaker B: I'm not going to recommend it.
Well, not for me, but the rest.
[00:29:54] Speaker F: Of you, you know.
[00:29:56] Speaker A: But yeah, if you want to see us, we're on there as well. But thanks for listening and. And we shall see you back soon. And don't forget to check out baff.uk for updates about Birmingham Anime Film Festival.
But we'll see you soon. Bye, everybody.
[00:30:11] Speaker D: Bye.
[00:30:17] Speaker B: This issue of the Geeky Brummy podcast was hosted by Ryan Parish with Sam Edwards, Lee Price and Keith Bloomfield. The show is produced by Viv Parish and this was a Geeky Brummy production.
