Week in Geek: Andrew (and Dan, as well) watch the documentary, Atari: Game Over, about the search to find the buried copies of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Atari game, while Dan plays a game he's played handfuls of times before on a tiny handeld system.

Final Fantasy IV: With Final Fantasy Record Keeper still digging its way into both Dan and Andrew's respective brains, they dive back into the Final Fantasy pool and talk about, this time, Final Fantasy IV (a.k.a., Final Fantasy II, which Dan argues may be a better title for not obvious reasons).

The Great Trailer Fiasco of 2015: Andrew and Dan probe a bit into the strange week/week-and-a-half that saw the release of high-profile trailers and how they all interacted with each other, for better or for worse.

The "Fantastic" Four: One of the high-profile trailers that dropped this last week or so was a full trailer for Fox's upcoming Fantastic Four, their reboot of their middling, two-movie series from the last decade. With Marvel on the rise and no apparent crossover with Fox's other superhero Marvel series, X-Men, Dan and Andrew wonder why Fox is betting so much on this singular property.

Question of the Geek:

What is a recent trailer (for a movie, tv series, video game, etc.) that has really gotten you excited? Why?

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

Featured Music:

-"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio

-"Dancing Calcobrena" by Nobuo Uematsu (from Final Fantasy IV)

-"Chewbacca" by Supernova

-"The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers

-"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" by Tina Turner (from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)

As promised, here is the extended interview D. Bethel had with Jason Tudor, about his new webcomic, Vorpal, that was featured in a truncated version in Episode 45. 

Here you'll find many more topics and extended discussions on topics than were featured on the episode.

We hope you enjoy the extended interview!

For all intents and purposes, that was an extended interview!

Week in Geek: Andrew (and Dan) get caught up in the latest nostalgia-driven mobile free-to-play game, Final Fantasy Record Keeper while Dan watches yet another Hayao Miyazaki movie (this time, it's Porco Rosso).

Vorpal, Shoot Between Heartbeats: Dan sits down with previous guest, Jason Tudor, to talk about Jason's new sci-fi, espionage webcomic, Vorpal, creative goals, inspirations, and philosophies. This is a very truncated version of a much longer interview, which will be uploaded on its own at a later date. 

Free to Play Games: With the previously mentioned Final Fantasy Record Keeper, Dan and Andrew talk Free-to-Play games––also known as "Freemium" games––and what their trend in gaming means to gaming and nerd culture at large.

Marvel Takes a Dare...devil: Not to ignore some major nerd news, Andrew and Dan discuss the recent Netflix Marvel TV show, Daredevil, and what it means to Marvel and TV watching in general.

Question of the Geek: 

What's been a Free-to-Play game that has gotten its hooks into you?

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

Featured Music:

-"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio

-"There's Something in Here (theme from The Science Fiction Show)" by Aaron Kusterer

-"Freedom Isn't Free" by Trey Parker (from Team America: World Police)

-"I'd Rather Be Blind" by Freddie King

-"Right or Wrong" by Titiyo

Welcome to a mega-sized, special episode all in celebration of International Tabletop Day!

In the interest of full disclosure, Andrew (as a representative of For All Intents and Purposes) will be hosting, along with Luke Turpeinen and Nicole Jekich (from AcrossTheBoardGames.net), an event at the Raygun Lounge in Seattle, Washington at 12pm on Saturday, 11 April for International Tabletop Day. A whole host of games will be there and prizes (including a signed & sketched copy of the Long John preview book!). Be there (or see if there are any events in your area)!

Week in Geek: Andrew plays Cities: Skylines a spiritual (and functional) successor to Sim City, while Dan watches another old movie that was a pleasant surprise, Mad Max.

AcrossTheBoardGames.Net #1: Andrew discusses with previous guests, Luke and Nicole, about how to start your own game day event.

Jonathan Adler & Ethics in Gaming: Andrew sits down with Jonathan Adler (aka The King of the Nerds) and discusses how people play games, and how its not always necessarily done in the interest of winning, and what this type of gameplay says about the players.

AcrossTheBoardGames.Net #2: Andrew, Nicole, and Luke talk about what their "hot" game is at the moment: Argent: Consortium and Skulldug!

Question of the Geek:

Have you ever played a game "wrong"?

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. Happy Tabletop Day!

Featured Music:

-"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio

-"The Mancer's Dilemma" by Darren Korb (from Bastion)

-"Main Title" by Bear McCreary (from Battlestar Galactica)

-"Kings and Centipedes" by Stepdad

-"Spikes in a Rail" by Darren Korb (from Bastion)

Week in Geek: Andrew heads to the Emerald City Comic Con at his base of operations in Seattle while Dan watches, for the first time, First Blood, and was pleasantly surprised.

Sympathetic Villainy: Noticing the trend over the last few decades of villains in popular culture becoming rather humanized, flawed, and tragic characters, Dan and Andrew investigate this movement and what it says about popular culture.

Metal Gear Solid: Andrew and Dan take a look at this series again, but specifically at how a surprising majority of its antagonists are, in fact, quite sympathetic, especially when reflected in the moral ambiguity of the various protagonists of the games (but especially the protagonist in Metal Gear Solid 3, 4, Peace Walker, V: Ground Zeroes, and the upcoming V: The Phantom Pain.

Antiheroes: Dan and Andrew take a look at the flipside (or side step?) of the sympathetic villain, the antihero.

Here's the Psychology Today article Dan read from in this segment.

Question of the Geek:

Who is your favorite sympathetic villain and/or antihero?

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

Featured Music:

-"Stayin' In Black" by Wax Audio

-"A One-Winged Angel" by Nobuo Uematsu (from Final Fantasy VII)

-"'Metal Gear Solid' Main Theme (Metal Gear Solid 3 Version)" by Harry Gregson-Williams (from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)

-"Theme from Dangeresque II: This Time It's Not Dangeresque I" by The Brothers Chaps (from Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits)

-"Titles" by Masaru Satoh (from Yojimbo)