Wired.com presents the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello and welcome to episode 114 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be taking a look back at the original Nintendo entertainment system

with special guests Allison Hayslip and Blake J Harris.

Allison is an actress and Blake J Harris.

Allison is an actress and TV personality who is featured in the recent documentary

Video Games the movie,

and Blake is the author of the new book, Console Wars,

Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation.

But first up we've got an interview with award-winning science fiction author Charles Strauss.

His latest book The Reese's chart is the fifth volume in The Laundry Files,

a series that blends spy thrillers, love crafting horror, and workplace humor.

And now here's our interview with Charles Strauss.

All right, so we're here with Charles Strauss.

All right, so we're here with Charles Strauss. Welcome to the show.

Hi, thanks for inviting me.

Okay, and so your new book is called The Reese's Chart,

and it's the fifth book in the Laundry File series. So first of all, why don't you just

tell us a bit about the basic premise of the series?

Sure, the basic premise of a series is sort of a cross-genre mashup. It's a humorous horror subsection spy thriller about the

British Secret Service for protecting us from Kefulu the old ones and other

Lovecraft in horrors from beyond space-time. Part of its premise is that magic exists but is effectively

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