Is this the least cyberpunk thing we've ever covered? Probably! Does it feature a loveable robot who inarguably embodies the true spirit of badass punk?? Possibly!! Is there one incredibly problematic aspect to these movies that the lads had completely forgotten about when they decided to talk about them??? Very much so!!!

The baddies are always the best characters... but which of cyberpunk's rogues' gallery deserve the title of all-time greatest? Tune in to hear the lads joined by brilliant writer Tim Standish, author of The Sterling Directive, as they attempt to answer this very question...

Where to find more about Tim:

Website: https://timstandish.co.uk/who-is-tim-standish/

Twitter: @TimStandishUK

In today's episode, Matt and Jon are chatting about Harlan Ellison's massively influential 1967 short story, as well as its 1995 video game adaptation! In a typically rambling chat, they're also debating the most evil AI of all time, as well as the art of the perfect movie trailer...

Today's topic is another gem of a cyberpunk movie, Neill Blomkamp's Elysium, and today's guest is a gem of a cyberpunk writer, the prolific Phil Stitelmann! Tune in for a fascinating chat with a top creator, as well as Jon attempting a South African accent so bad that it may constitute a war crime.

Phil's debut novella and other upcoming books and articles can be hunted down at the following co-ordinates...

Website: https://digital-gods-and-fallen-angels.com/

Patreon: patreon.com/c/PhilStitelmann/home

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilStitelmann

Instagram: @phil_stitelmann

Blog: https://medium.com/@Phil-Stitelmann

If the lads had been able to think of a suitable pun, this podcast probably would have been named after Alien instead of Ghost In The Shell; that's how much they love this enduring, legendary, and admittedly patchy franchise. So it was with some trepidation that they ventured into Noah Hawley's TV show... tune in to find out what they made of it, and which character/eyeball stole the show!!

(Podmetheus? You Have My Sympodthies? Weyland You-hear-me?)

Our first guest of the new season is the brilliant, talented, likeable, articulate and all-round ace SD Miller; alongside his excellent Nekonikon Punk novels, we'll be discussing a cyberpunk gem of a video game: Watch Dogs: Legion!

We're trying to be a bit better about including our guests' contact deets, so here's where to find out more about SD Miller's great books:

Website: https://www.sdmiller.ca/

Substack/Newsletter: https://www.thistoo.ca/

Instagram: @nekonikonpunk

WE'RE BACK BAYBEHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Season 3 of Hosts In The Shell kicks off in style with our customary discussion of something related to Ghost In The Shell, this time the spin-off anime series Standalone Complex. Tune in for an amusing and ever-so-slightly informative chat about the subject matter, a load of random tangents, and some EXCITING updates about forthcoming guests... including the creator of our brand new theme tune and inventor of the word 'cyberpunk' in his seminal 1983 short story, the staggeringly talented Bruce Bethke!!

The boys are BACK BAYBEHHHHH!!!!! Season 3 is incoming and promises more frequent episodes, the usual scintillating chat, some guests we're frankly staggered we managed to trick into appearing, and this rubbish trailer!!! Looking forward to wagging our cyber-chins with you in the coming weeks :-) :-) :-)