WEEK IN GEEK: With D. Bethel back in the saddle, our hosts settle back into routine. Andrew discusses playing the forgotten entry in the Assassin's Creed oeuvre, Assassin's Creed Rogue, and its strange and bold narrative through-line through more than a few other AC games. D. Bethel snuck in some mobile gaming while he was supposed to be grading and fell in love with the vocational routine of the giant robo sim, Last Colossus by Game Stew.

What was your Week in Geek like this week? (Avengers: Infinity War, probably.)

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 77 - That's Not A Euphemism: Where Andrew discusses playing Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
• Episode 93 - The Clay Man Incident: The episode named after the Clay Man debacle from Dan & Andrew's 7th grade art class. Thus began a friendship.
• Shortcast 18 - Magic Incarnate: Where D. Bethel is impressed by the pilot to the Starz show (now cancelled) Ash vs. The Evil Dead.
• Episode 139 - A Warm Heat: Where Andrew is also impressed by the first season of Ash vs. The Evil Dead.

RELATED LINKS:

• "Spotlight: The Marvel Minimum: The Four Movies to See Before 'Avengers: Infinity War'" by Taylor Katcher.

INFO:

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

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-"Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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READY TAYLOR ONE: With D. Bethel out for the week so Shakespeare can get paid, Andrew recruits friend-of-the-show, Taylor Katcher, to talk about the recent Steven Spielberg sci-fi film, Ready Player One.

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 29 - Guitar Mode: Where Andrew discussed his experience reading Ernest Cline's debut novel, Ready Player One.
• Episode 42 - Unology: Where D. and Andrew talk about the announcement of Spielberg taking on directorial duties of the cinematic adaptation of Ready Player One.
• Episode 110 - A Taylor [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes: In which Taylor first arrives on the podcast to talk about the DC event, Flashpoint.
• Guestcast 01 - How Does Dan Do It?: The first Guestcast in which Taylor was the first Guestcast host.
• Episode 135 - Pure Chaos: In which Taylor comes to the show to talk with D. and Andrew about the Alien franchise in the context of Alien: Covenant.
• Episode 141 - The Unpop Culture: Where Andrew and D. react to the first Ready Player One trailer, especially in the context of Andrew having read the novel.
• Episode 152 - My Own Finger: Where Taylor was brought on for the first time in 2018 to give us the State of the DCUnion.

RELATED LINKS:

• "Spotlight: The Marvel Minimum: The Four Movies to See Before 'Avengers: Infinity War'" by Taylor Katcher.

INFO:

• Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-"Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
*Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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READY PLAYER NOONE: Steven Spielberg said recently that movies made by internet-first companies like Netflix "deserve an Emmy, not an Oscar." Where is the line between tv and film anymore? Is the line even there? Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the malleability of the filmic medium, be it cinema or television.

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 16 - Of Underwear Models & Wayward Sons: Where D. and Andrew talk about the rise of serialized television and its relationship with the more traditional episodic format.

WORKS CITED:

• Hart, Hugh. "Christopher Nolan Fights to Keep Film Alive." DGA Quarterly. DGA, 2015.
• Nyren, Erin. "Steven Spielberg Doesn't Think Netflix Movies Deserve Oscars." Variety. Variety Media, 25 Mar. 2018.

RELATED LINKS:

• Because, for some reason, D. Bethel mentioned the three-season Ferris Bueller pastiche, Parker Lewis Can't Lose.

INFO:

• Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-"Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
*Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew dives into "the German Stranger Things" as he watches the first three episodes of the Netflix series, Dark, while D. Bethel gets lost in an RPG-tinged clicker game called Almost a Hero by Bee Square Games.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• Bethel, D. "Spotlight: 'Masterpieces' Are Better With Flaws." A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 04 Apr. 2018.

INFO:

• Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
• Join our Facebook page
• E-mail: Andrew - andrew@forallintents.net, D. Bethel - dbethel@forallintents.net
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
• Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

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

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-"Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
*Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/