Fri, 26 February 2016
We're a little under the weather this week, but we do our best to provide with the most premium content we can offer. Week in Geek: Andrew plays the indie prison-escape simulator, The Escapists, while Dan sees Deadpool and definitely has "feelings." Silenced Hills: At the recent DICE Summit, a keynote was held that reunited Metal Gear Solid's Hideo Kojima with Pan's Labyrinth's Guillermo Del Toro to talk about how much they like each other. We talk about how much they like each other. First Person Theater: A trailer for the film, Hardcore Henry, landed in theaters and on the internet, and Andrew and Dan are wondering both "What the hell?" and "Why the hell not?" If you have any comments on this week's topics, leave them at forall.libsyn.com. Be sure to join the official Facebook and Google+ pages. You may also e-mail the show at forallpod [at] gmail.com. If you want to support the show, leave a review on iTunes! For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 19 February 2016
Week in Geek: Andrew plays to complete the Assassin's Creed Chronicles trilogy with its final Russian installment while Dan plays Campo Santo's new release, Firewatch. Same Song, Different Tune: Dan and Andrew discuss how the cultural meaning of music can change drastically when used in different contexts. How many people think about demon-slaying when they hear "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas? How many people think of stylized violence when they hear Dick Dale's "Miserlou"? (How many people think about A Podcast [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes when they hear "Stayin' In Black" by Wax Audio––or either ACDC's "Back in Black" or the BeeGee's "Stayin' Alive", for that matter?) Cheap Games, Part 2 - The Returns: Andrew and Dan return tangentially to the discussion of cheap ass games with an investigation of how many players think of a game's value in terms of length of play. Leave a comment at forall.libsyn.com. Join our official Facebook and Google+ pages. E-mail us any questions or comments at forallpod [at] gmail.com. Leave a review on iTunes to help spread the word of the show. For all intents and purposes, that's an episode recap. Interesting Reading: -"Street Fighter II led the Way for Games as a Medium of Self-Expression" by Anthony John Agnello via the A.V. Club. Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 12 February 2016
Week in Geek: Andrew buys a bunch of indie games, but plays Thomas Was Alone while Dan reads Dagon by Ben Templesmith. The Merc With a Mouth as a Gamble by a Studio: Marvel mutant Deadpool hits cinema this week and Dan and Andrew discuss the implications of this faithful arrival into the superhero movie discourse. Whose [sic] Tim Cosing? Greater Than Games promotes their Kickstarter for the final expansion for the popular card game, Sentinels of the Multiverse, with a well-planned, quickly foiled, very intricate ARG focused around a fictional game tester "Tim Cosing." Andrew and Dan unravel the sleuthing fans of the game did to figure out the mystery. Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio -"(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" by "Weird Al" Yankovic -"The Sentinels of the Multiverse (Main Theme)" by Jean-Marc Griffin -"X Gon' Give It To Ya" by DMX
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Fri, 5 February 2016
Week in Geek: Andrew plays Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India while Dan watches Ex Machina. Cheap Games: With Andrew's sideways foray into the normally "AAA" Assassin's Creed franchise being through the door of a $10 downloadable game, Dan and Andrew discuss the recent widening of prices for games––both video and tabletop––and the implications on not only the content but the culture it feeds. Flash in the Pan/The Doctor is Out: In unrelated but nearly simultaneous announcements, CBS/CW and BBC announced they are pulling their respective content from the media hubs of Netflix and Hulu, presumably because they are going to launch their own premium streaming services. Will such a tactic work? Should it? Why now? Leave a comment at forall.libsyn.com. Be sure to also join the official Facebook and Google+ pages. You can e-mail the show at forallpod [at] gmail.com. Help the show out by leaving a review on iTunes. For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio *Dramatic sting sampled from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
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