Fri, 26 February 2021
I Am The State

LOST IN ZEBES: With a lot of internet chatter focusing on the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda's 1986 release, it made D. Bethel upset because another major Nintendo franchise was also released that year that nobody––much less Nintendo itself––seems that interested in celebrating, the weird, wonderful Metroid. D. Bethel talks with Andrew to see why this game and the series it spawned never gained the legs and legacy of Nintendo's bigger franchises.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • The very strange commercial for The Legend of Zelda that Andrew mentioned.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 138 - An Accident of Role-Play" (16 June 2017): One of many episodes where our hosts discuss the horrors of GamerGate.
  • "Episode 158 - Bluster and Impotence" (05 October 2018): One of many episodes where our hosts discuss the horrors of ComicsGate.
  • "Auteur Manager" (12 February 2021): Where our hosts talk about the benefits and dangers of auteur culture.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
  • Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Direct download: Episode20210226.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 12:00am PDT
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Fri, 19 February 2021
For Great Justice

A BAD IDEA AGAIN: More than a decade after Konami cancelled its controversial tactical military first-person shooter, Six Days in Fallujah, the game seems to have been revived by Highwire Games who have taken to the media asserting that they want to tell––with their tactical military FPS––a nuanced, thoughtful, and impactful story of the incident. This news caused D. Bethel and Andrew to wonder if certain stories are simply better suited for certain genres of games?

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Hall, Charlie. "Six Days in Fallujah 'Not Trying to Make a Political Commentary,' Creator Says." Polygon. Vox Media, 15 February 2021.
  • Machkovech, Sam. "An Anniversary for Great Justice: Remembering 'All Your Base' 20 Years Later." Ars Technica. Wired Media Group, 16 February 2021.
  • Clancy Brown's interview with Michael Rosenbaum on his YouTube channel, "Inside Of You," talking about the creation of Highlander.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 75 - A Sad Game About Nuclear Disarmament" (11 December 2015): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the politics and the implementation thereof in video games.
  • "Shortcast 28 - Linguistic Bravado" (11 August 2017): Where Andrew discusses playing the management sim spin on fighting games in Lazy Bear Games' Punch Club.
  • "A Veritable Odyssey" (12 July 2019): Where D. Bethel and Andrew discuss the comments made by video game writer, Chris Avellone, about politics in games.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
  • Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Direct download: Episode20210219.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 12:00am PDT
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Fri, 12 February 2021
Auteur Manager

DON'T BE A DICK: In an astounding act of bravery and solidarity, actress Charisma Carpenter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) spoke out against abusive practices of tv auteur, Joss Whedon, in support of Justice League actor, Ray Fisher. Andrew and D. Bethel have a thoughtful discussion of autership, specifically as it relates to the realm of nerds and geeks.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Charisma Carpenter's social media post made in solidarity with Ray Fisher.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Shortcast 55 - Occam's Complexifier" (18 May 2018): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss "shy boys" and the victimization narrative of nerds online.

INFO:

  • Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
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  • Social: Andrew - Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel - Twitter & Instagram
  • Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
  • Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store or on Spotify.

FEATURED MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
  • Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Direct download: Episode20210212.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 12:00am PDT
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Fri, 5 February 2021
Too Many Johnnies

BETTER THAN IT SHOULD BE: After a lot of build up and expectation, Andrew and D. Bethel finally get together to record an episode about former YouTube/current Netflix show, Cobra Kai.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • The tweet from cartoonist, Adam Ellis, about the short film, Keratin, and its pretty clear use of the Ellis' cartoon as its visual and narrative basis.
  • Totilo, Stephen. "Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Development Studios, Changing Business Focus." Kotaku. G/O Media, 01 February 2021

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Shortcast 54 - Cameo Train" (11 May 2018): Included for no reason except for the fact that the phrase "cameo train" was used in this episode.
  • "Dad Talk" (18 September 2020): Where Andrew first talked about watching Cobra Kai and watching the first The Karate Kid film.
  • "Chekhov's Honk" (22 January 2021): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the original The Karate Kid trilogy of films and how they influence Cobra Kai, briefly.

INFO:

  • Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
  • Join our Facebook page
  • Social: Andrew - Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel - Twitter & Instagram
  • Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
  • Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store or on Spotify.

FEATURED MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae

  • "Nerd Law" by D. Bethel

  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
  • McLeod's tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Direct download: Episode20210205.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 12:00am PDT
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