Formerly known as The Night Vale Recap, we now present The Binary System Podcast. Twins Kathryn Adams and Elizabeth Wallace bring you recaps of Welcome To Night Vale, and geek out about any shiny thing that distracts them.
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It’s finally here, the last two episodes of the very last season of Beastars and……okay, we’re not gonna lie, it’s not great. Spoiler warnings for everything, including the rest of this description, but what the absolute hell. Why reveal the (super shocking and out of nowhere) truth about the artificial meat if you’re not going... The post Binary System Podcast #520 – The final two episodes of Beastars first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
It’s another flashback episode as Leonard Burton tries to distract us from the fact that Cecil is still missing. This week’s trip to the archives takes us to 1999, where a young Cecil is dipping his toes into the information superhighway and spending way too much on Beanie Babies from the brand-new online auction site:... The post Binary System Podcast #519 – WTNV #292 “Collectibles (1999)” and Beastars first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
On this week’s recap of Beastars season 3 episode 21 (…yes 21, we doublechecked this time it really is 21…) we ask the important questions: will Louis end up with Juno, or pine away for Legoshi? What’s up with the MMA rabbit woman? Why do the A-Team animators always handle the bits with the rats?... The post Binary System Podcast #518 – Beastars and Better Call Saul first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
Welcome To Night Vale is back from hiatus! To celebrate (and to cover for the fact that Cecil is missing) guest radio host Leonard Burton is sharing an episode from the archives! So send your Betamax back to the store, grab yourself an Orange Julius, and make sure you have your credit card handy for... The post Binary System Podcast #517 – WTNV #291 “Mall Madness (1987)” and Beastars first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
Last weekend Binary System went to ALL THE CONVENTIONS. Well, two of them. But they were big ones! This week we’re recapping GalaxyCon in Raleigh and Comic-Con in San Diego, going over the good (Cosplay! Cute merch! Famous artists! Amazing Digital Circus meetup!!) the bad (ugh it was hot in San Diego) (oh like 79... The post Binary System Podcast #516 – GalaxyCon, San Diego Comic-Con, and Beastars first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
This week’s recap of Beastars features multiple instances of the word “weird”. Look, we know this is a fantasy show, and it doesn’t pay to look too closely into how a society of carnivores living side-by-side with potential food would actually work. But Bill the Tiger found a baby chick in his ramen, and him... The post Binary System Podcast #515 – Beastars, and Preview to The Odyssey and Comic-Con! first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
Our plan tonight was to recap episode 17 of the final season of Beastars (you call THAT a “disguise”, Louis? Really?? Also, we’re really hoping Juno gets a happily ever after, but man alive it doesn’t look good), and we do, but first we had to talk about the passing of Sam Neill. He was... The post Binary System Podcast #514 – Beastars, and RIP Sam Neill first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
Yes, we know we said on the previous episode that we would have a Welcome to Night Vale recap this week. But there wasn’t a new episode posted, because Welcome to Night Vale is on hiatus in July. Welcome to Night Vale is always on hiatus in July. Twelve years on and you’d think we’d... The post Binary System Podcast #513 – Beastars, Godzilla Minus One, and The Amazing Digital Circus first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
It’s been a wild ride for the Binary System Podcast team as we binged The Amazing Digital Circus over the last two and a half months. Kudos to everyone who’s been following this absolutely stunning animated series for, what, two and a half years? I think everyone can agree that the final episode was worth... The post Binary System Podcast #512 – The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (with ALL the spoilers) first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
We’re so glad we actually went to see Backrooms while it was still in the theater, partly because it’s exactly the kind of horror movie we like: scary, light on the gore, smart, just enough jump scares, and most of all intensely WEIRD. It’s deliciously unsettling and we could just marinate in that uncanny anti-nostalgia... The post Binary System Podcast #511 – Backrooms, and WTNV #290 “A Solution” first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
What do you know, we actually managed to finish watching a season of TV less than six months late! And wow, what a season. Pluribus has had some amazing episodes, with a story that’s been both delightful and heartbreaking and which never went where we were expecting. So it really means something to say that... The post Binary System Podcast #510 Pluribus Episode 9, Season Finale first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
On this week’s Night Vale recap, Jalen is being awfully understanding about being in jail for a murder his dead doppelganger (probably) committed. But a secret ally is sending clues that could help Cecil solve the case, if Cecil can stop obsessing about his stapler long enough to figure it out. And if they don’t... The post Binary System Podcast #509 – WTNV #289 “The Collection Plate” and Pluribus Episode 8 first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
The investigation into the murder of Marcus Vanston is moving ahead at breakneck speed. And for this week only, Cecil’s covering the latest developments in a hard-boiled, film noir style that only gets weirder (and more fun) when you add Night Vale’s tendency to mess with metaphors (we WILL be trying to work “the hornet’s... The post Binary System Podcast #508 – WTNV #288 “Doubles Anonymous” and Pluribus Episode 7 first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
If we had to recap the last three episodes of The Amazing Digital Circus VERY quickly, we’d say episode 6 is delightfully violent, episode 7 is a kick in the heart, and episode 8 is terrifying. We mention at the beginning of the episode that there’s no need to recap all three point by point.... The post Binary System Podcast #507 – The Amazing Digital Circus episodes 6, 7 and 8 first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
“Does anyone hear that sound behind the sky?” (Get used to hearing that question if you listen to this week’s Welcome To Night Vale, because Cecil asks it a lot.) There are some updates on the Marcus Vanston murder investigation, cooking tips involving mud, and the Philosophical Society is gonna get you to break your... The post Binary System Podcast #506 – WTNV #286 “Hey, Does Anyone Hear That Sound Behind The Sky?” and The Amazing Digital Circus first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
It took ten years, but both the East Coast and West Coast branches of the podcast got to meet up in Manhattan once again for a weekend of museums, comic book shops, subway ficus, fancy islands, sidewalk cocktails, surprise concerts, private hot pot rooms, and treehouses. We also watched three episodes of The Amazing Digital... The post Binary System Podcast #505 – New York 2026, and the Amazing Digital Circus first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
We’ve really got to hand it to the creators of Pluribus. This episode took a dark turn; the Hive Mind may be the vanguard of an alien invasion that’s either very efficient, or very much not efficient at all. Either way, steps have been taken to try to keep all seven point something billion hosts... The post Binary System Podcast #504 – Pluribus episode 6 first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
On this week’s Night Vale recap, when the creepy ice cream truck appeared we thought it was one of those awful stories about creepy ice cream guys preying on people. It’s not. IT’S SO MUCH WORSE. After that we have a spoiler-filled recap of Pluribus episode 5: how did the Hive Mind react to Carol’s... The post Binary System Podcast #503 – WTNV #285 “Our Ice Cream Truck of Infinite Sorrows”, and Pluribus first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
This week Pluribus continues to break our hearts while also expanding on the impossible situation Carol finds herself in. There are some hard choices made and quite a lot of betrayal (although does it count as betrayal if you’re trying to fix the entire human race? And who exactly gets to make the choice about... The post Binary System Podcast #502 – Pluribus episode 4 first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
On this week’s Night Vale recap we spend a lot of time wondering why April Fools has to be so freaking MEAN. Scaring people, embarrassing people, setting up entire fake Arborist Day Parades with floats and hundreds of attendees…okay that last one is just Cecil BUT STILL. After that we recap another episode of Beastars,... The post Binary System Podcast #501 – WTNV #285 “April Fools”, Beastars, and The Amazing Digital Circus first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
We never actually pictured getting here, but Binary System Podcast has recorded five hundred episodes! (More or less. Minus some text-only episodes. And of course we had quite a few Welcome To Night Vale recap episodes before we started calling ourselves Binary System…look, it’s too complicated to get into, and we’d really rather celebrate and... The post Binary System Podcast #500 – Still No Plan! first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
On this week’s Pluribus recap, episode three starts with Carol stuck in the memory of one more time when she didn’t try harder to make Helen happy. (For the record, Carol, we get it, we don’t like being cold either, but OH MY GOD that ice hotel looks SO COOL.) (Pun not intended.) From there,... The post Binary System Podcast #499 – Pluribus episode 3 first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
Cecil and Night Vale Radio both get a break this week (aside from a couple of Station ID’s and a long list of “supporters”). Instead, we hear the soothing tones of Harrison Kip as he gives the listeners a little taste of his weird religion with a not-really-well-defined god, and some oddly specific commandments. (Look,... The post Binary System Podcast #498 – WTNV #284 “Harrison Kip’s Twilight Gospel Hour” first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
Friend of the Podcast Hannah has been after us for a bit to give Pluribus a shot and after watching the first two episodes WE DEFINITELY GET THE APPEAL. This show is not at all what we expected, and keeps surprising us at every turn. And Rhea Seehorn is one of very few people who... The post Binary System Podcast #497 – Pluribus episodes 1 and 2 first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
A sandstorm in Night Vale means low visibility, accidental mudslides, and murderous doppelgängers roaming the streets. But it also means Cecil and Carlos can work from home today and spend time teaching their adorable spell-casting son how to not tamper with the laws of nature. (No, Esteban, stop it, the avocado tree is already too... The post Binary System Podcast #496 – WTNV #283 “Work From Home” first appeared on Pixelated Geek.
