WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches the new Disney+/MCU show, Agatha All Along, before realizing he's still all-in on zombie media. D. Bethel, on the other hand, checks out the newest entry into the venerated Alien franchise with Alien: Romulus.

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro - Agatha All Along first impressions
(11:18) Andrew orders a lot of The Walking Dead
(32:04) D. Bethel watches Alien: Romulus
(51:10) Outro - More Alien franchise talk
(54:40) Outtakes

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• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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This year is a big year with the local show, CrockerCon, reaching its 10th show in the Sacramento region. Being ten shows in, our hosts––D. Bethel of Long John and Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics––get a bit reflective, especially since Kyrun has moved from being an exhibitor to a co-coordinator, giving us a look behind the curtain, beyond our normal look behind the table.

RELEVANT INFORMATION:

• Find Kyrun's work through Taurus Comics at:
  • Taurus Comics website
  • 4 Tales Podcast
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
• D. Bethel's webcomic, Long John.
  • Instagram
  • Long John Facebook
  • A Podcast [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes
  • Podcast Facebook

OTHER EPISODES:

• Con Artists #01 - StocktonCon, pt. 1 : The drive home from the first day of the show. Kyrun and D. discuss making sales, confidence, and the comics they grew up reading and enjoying.
• Con Artists #02 - StocktonCon, pt. 2 : The drive to StocktonCon to start Day 2 of the show. They discuss the importance of continuity, the level of fan engagement and ownership over continuity, and Dan's strange reading habits growing up.
• Con Artists #03 - StocktonCon, pt. 3 : Where Kyrun and D. talk about the breadth of indie comics, writing comics, and dive headfirst into personal nostalgia.
• Con Artists #04 - StocktonCon Winter 2019: Where D. Bethel and Kyrun try out StocktonCon's inaugural Winter show...with mixed results.
• Con Artists #05 - No Con 2020: Where Kyrun and D. Bethel address being an independent comic creator in a world without conventions.
• Con Artists #06 - Tickets & Tables: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun continue to ponder life without incomes and how the industry has tried to fill that void.
• Con Artists #07 - Return of the Con: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun hit the con circuit after over a year away from it.
• Con Artists #08 - The Madness of Marketing: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun talk about marketing new books during the middle of a pandemic.

WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel has fallen ill, so our hosts decide to take it easy and share their respective weeks in geek. This week, Andrew watches a very unique television show based on a video game, Knuckles on Paramount+. D. Bethel, meanwhile, checks out some video games, the punishing but intriguing Pacific Drive, and the stylistically retro JRPG, Octopath Traveler.

WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel has fallen ill, so our hosts decide to take it easy and share their respective weeks in geek. This week, Andrew watches a very unique television show based on a video game, Knuckles on Paramount+. D. Bethel, meanwhile, checks out some video games, the punishing but intriguing Pacific Drive, and the stylistically retro JRPG, Octopath Traveler.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - D. is sick and it sucks

(02:05) Andrew dips back into The Walking Dead.

(03:44) Andrew's Week in Geek: Knuckles on Paramount+

(17:33) D. Bethel's Week in Geek #1: SquareEnix's Octopath Traveler

(26:15) D. Bethel's Week in Geek #2: Ironwood Studios' Pacific Drive

(33:54) Outro - Surviving the Bell Riots

(36:01) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "National Character Counts" (20 October 2017): Where D. Bethel talks about another interesting take on the traditional JRPG formula, Battle Chasers.
• "The Battle Is the Game" (03 April 2020): Where Andrew shares his experience playing Octopath Traveler.
• "Attachment Point" (09 February 2024): Where D. Bethel lays out his opening hours with Sea of Stars.

INFO:

• Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
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• Subscribe to our YouTube channel.

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/