WEEK IN GEEK: Our hosts jump right into it as Andrew gets sucked back into the world of Stardew Valley with their most recent update and D. Bethel taps into the zeitgeist and plays the roguelike, deckbuilding, poker-themed (?!) game, Balatro.

THE SEASON OF REGENERATION: With the release of the trailer for the new series of Doctor Who, it contains all that fans could hope for––action, humor, adventure, drama...and it's "season 1"?

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - Andrew got too distracted to podcast...
(01:37) ...because he got sucked into Stardew Valley's 1.6 release.
(15:33) D. Bethel can't stop playing the not poker video game, Balatro.
(28:49) Outro - In May we start Doctor Who's...first season?
(31:35) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "Love the Stank" (30 December 2016): Where Andrew first dives into the addictive world of Stardew Valley.
• "States of Play" (30 August 2019): Where Andrew shares his first experiences with Klei Entertainment's Oxygen Not Included.
• "Reliable Virtual Helmets" (27 September 2019): Where D. Bethel shares his first experiences diving into the world of roguelike deckbuilding games with Meteorfall: Journey.
• "Smell the Duke" (4 February 2022): Where D. Bethel discusses the roguelike conversation/combat deckbuilding game by Klei Entertainment, Griftlands.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• The mini-documentary about Klei Entertainment by No Clip.
• Livingston, Christopher. "Poker-Themed Deckbuilder Balatro Gets Delisted from Some Stores After its PEGI Rating Absurdly Jumps from 3 to 18+ Over 'Gambling Imagery'." PC Gamer, Future US, Inc., 01 March 2024.
• The trailer for the new series––a.k.a. "season 1"––of Doctor Who.

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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
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THE LENGTH PROBLEM: Our hosts spend a little time up top discussing the question, "What's with all the long movies?"

MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: After finally having caught up on Marvel's Echo mini-series and The Marvels, our hosts share their thoughts about the ups, downs, and innovations of these two rather under-the-radar entries in the MCU.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - Old men complain about long movies

(04:58) Marvel Studios' Echo

(23:45) Thoughts on The Marvels

(37:54) Where Andrew and D. Bethel stand on Dune

(40:16) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "The Black Arts of Algorithms" (5 August 2016): Where our hosts discuss the similarly shameful discourse around Ghostbusters: Answer the Call.

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 - Mastodon, D. Bethel - Instagram
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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/