Fri, 28 August 2015
The boys recede into the shadows to talk about Ninjas and Superspies for all intents and purposes. Week in Geek: Andrew finally watches Mad Max: Fury Road while Dan finally watches The Imitation Game. MGSVTPP: On the precipice of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's release, they have the gall to ask, "Who is the is game for?" Ninja(s) and Superspies: Dan and Andrew look into the differences––and similarities––between these two classic archetypes of nerd fiction. Hattori Hanzo: Launching off of a listener's answer to last week's question, Andrew and Dan wonder why the heck historical figure, Hattori Hanzo, is all over ninja fiction. Question of the Geek: PAX Prime 2015 is upon us! We want to know what you're looking forward to or, alternatively, what was the most exciting stuff to come out of this year's event? Leave your answer as a comment on the page for this episode at forall.libsyn.com. Be sure to also join our official Facebook and Google+ pages. Feel free to contact us by e-mail at forallpod [at] gmail [dot] com. If you subscribe to the show on iTunes, please leave a review for us on the iTunes store to help spread the word of the show. For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio -"Here's To You" by Joan Baez & Ennio Morricone -"Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers -"Stage of Hanzo" by Yasuo Yamata (aka Tate Norio) (from Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood) -"Secret Agent" by Rory Gallagher
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Fri, 21 August 2015
Week in Geek: Andrew buys a Playstation Vita to play the 20 year-old game, Suikoden, but only so he can play Suikoden II, eventually. Dan gets mad after watching the documentary, GTFO. Wild Arms 3: Before getting to the topic of the influence of westerns, Dan and Andrew look at a very specific––and, perhaps, out of the blue––instance of this with the 2002 JRPG, Wild Arms 3. The Western Evolution: Rather than simply talking about the Western as a genre of storytelling, Andrew and Dan instead discuss how the western persists past its cultural prime and, despite seeming like a withering genre overall, is more alive than ever. Listeners on the Range: To help flesh out the conversation, Dan and Andrew turned to the listeners and asked what westerns or western-influenced media deserves a closer look, with great response! Question of the Geek: What is your favorite use of ninja(s) or superspies (in any medium)? Which do you feel have been particularly influential? Why? Leave your answer as a comment on the page for this episode at forall.libsyn.com. Be sure to also join the official Facebook and Google+ pages. You may also e-mail the show at forallpod [at] gmail [.] com. If you subscribe to the show on iTunes, help the show out by leaving a review on the iTunes store to help spread the word of the show through the magic of Apple's algorithms. For all intents and purposes, that was a podcast recap. Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio -"Finish Today, Then..." by Michiko Naruke (from Wild Arms: Advanced 3rd Original Soundtrack) -"A Fistful of Dollars" by Ennio Morricone -"When I Was a Cowboy" by Leadbelly -"Shadow" by Nobuo Uematsu (from Final Fantasy VI) -"Fanfare" by Nobuo Uematsu (from Final Fantasy VII)
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Fri, 14 August 2015
Week in Geek: Andrew plays a megagame while Dan breaks down watching Jon Stewart's last episode of The Daily Show and ponders what, exactly, Stewart was to a generation of viewers. Meta-Listeners: Our listeners chime in on meta-texts that really piqued their interests while Dan and Andrew chime in on those suggestions. Meta-Fiction: Andrew and Dan delve deep into the world of stories about stories, movies about movies, tv shows about tv shows, and games about games and ask what the heck do meta-narratives do? Hercules/Xena Meta-Episodes: Dan and Andrew spend the better part of an hour (or not) discussing a few episodes of these classic tv fantasy shows' use of meta-fiction for some fun one-off episodes...or not. Question of the Geek: Next week, we'll be discussing how despite the fact that the genre of the Western is relatively dead, it has been repurposed in nearly every other genre of fiction. So, with that in mind: What is your favorite Western-themed fiction (in any genre and in any medium)? Why? Or what is a western that you think has been particularly influential and needs more attention? Why? Leave your answer as a comment on the page for this episode at forall.libsyn.com. Be sure to join the official Facebook and Google+ pages for the latest updates. You may also e-mail us at forallpod [at] gmail [dot] com. If you subscribe to the show on iTunes, be sure to leave a review to help boost our status in the eyes of Apple's algorithms. For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio -"This Song's Just (Six Words Long)" by "Weird Al" Yankovic -"Hook" by Blues Traveler -clip of "Guantanamo By the Bay" from Boston Legal 3.22. -"Main Title" by Joseph LoDuca (from Xena: Warrior Princess) -"Animaniacs Theme" by Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, and Jess Harnell (written by Richard Stone & Tom Ruegger) -"Before the Storm" by Jeremy Soule (from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
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Fri, 7 August 2015
Week in Geek: Andrew watches John Carpenter's They Live to honor the life of Rowdy Roddy Piper while Dan listens to the podcast, Top Score with Emily Reese, discuss the ludomusicology of Final Fantasy VI. BTAS: Dan and Andrew wrangle a new television show to talk about, Batman: The Animated Series. They use the classic episode, "Perchance to Dream", as a way to kick off the discussion about dreams and dreaming in nerd ficiton. Dreams and Dreaming: Andrew and Dan weave through a variety of media as they discuss how (and why) dreams are used as a narrative tool (or crutch, in some cases). Listener Dreams (and Star Trek): Some listener responses brought up great uses of dreams in fiction while Andrew uses the opportunity to discuss a fantastic Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Phantasms", which features Data having nightmares. Question of the Geek: What are effective instances of meta-narrative––when a text is acutely aware of the fact that it is a text and brings the reader in on the joke? Leave your answer as a comment on the page for this episode at forall.libsyn.com. Be sure to join the official Facebook and Google+ pages. You may also send us any comments, questions, or concerns to forallpod [at] gmail [dot] com. If you subscribe to the show on iTunes, be sure to leave a review to help spread the word! For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio -"Batman: The Animated Series (Main Title)" by Danny Elfman (arranged by Shirley Walker) -"Dreaming in Dortmund" by Ewan Dobson -"Dreamland" by Hirokazu Ando (from Super Smash Bros.)
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