Fri, 21 December 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel gets inspired by Tintin and Alph-Art, the final Tintin book started by creator Hergé before his death. The book is a collection of his layouts and notes and remains unfinished but showcases the process of one of the world's best comic book storytellers. After nearly a year, Andrew finally dives into Star Trek: Discovery (originally released on CBS All Access) and gives you a SPOILER-FILLED rundown and response to the newest Star Trek series. RELEVANT EPISODES:
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Fri, 14 December 2018
After (approximately) ten weeks of teasing, Andrew and D. Bethel finally talk about the newest series of Doctor Who, which not only introduces Jodie Whittaker as the new Doctor (as well as her substantial crew) but also new showrunner, Chris Chibnall, and his team to bring the world a fresh look at a 55 year-old character. RELEVANT EPISODES:
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Fri, 30 November 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: For once, both D. and Andrew are playing new games at their release! Andrew shares his experience diving in to the buggy but compelling world of Bethesda's foray into MMO gaming with Fallout 76 while Dan finds a groove playing Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2 and finds himself getting lost in it. RELEVANT EPISODES:
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Fri, 23 November 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Charterstone by Stonemeier Games, a new take on the "legacy" board game style while D. Bethel is moved by the new Halloween. Below is the image D. Bethel mentioned in the episode where Jamie Lee Curtis comforts her character from the new Halloween:
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Fri, 16 November 2018
POST-APOCALYPSE NOW: After D. Bethel talks a bit about the California fires (he's safe albeit drenched in smoke from the Camp Fire), Andrew discusses his hour or so playing Fallout 76. #IRONSHITES: Richard Meyer and the ComicsGate controversy has been covered many times before on the show, and the latest installment has Richard Meyer aka "Comics & Diversity" putting his money where his mouth is. His 120-page graphic novel, Iron Sights, (written by Meyer, art by Ibai Canales) has been released (it cost $20 for a copy of the book if you contributed to its Indiegogo campaign) was summarily criticized by Twitter user, Jafleece, in a spectacular and validating fashion. The 60+ thread starts here. Andrew and D. discuss not only what they saw from the thread, but what this says about the claims Meyer and ComicsGate have been levying toward the industry for awhile now. END BITS: Also, they spend some time at the end to discuss the death of Stan Lee, below is the clip that D. mentioned was his favorite Stan Lee cameo, from this year's Marvel's Spider-Man by Insomniac Games. And, for good measure, the Pokémon: Detective Pikachu trailer. RELEVANT LINKS:
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Fri, 9 November 2018
OPPORTUNITY DIABLOWN: At the end of the keynote presentation for this year's BlizzCon––a convention devoted to game developer, Blizzard, created by game developer, Blizzard––the wildly successful PC developer announced a new entry into its long-running and beloved Diablo franchise: Diablo: Immortal. While ostensibly a new Diablo game, Diablo: Immortal is a phone game made not by Blizzard but by Chinese mobile developer, NetEase, and it was decidedly not the game fans wanted news about: Diablo IV. In a backlash of epic proportions, Blizzard has tried to course-correct which only dug them in deeper, D. Bethel and Andrew investigate the aloofness of Blizzard, the entitlement of fandom, and the hazy trouble in-between. RELEVANT LINKS:
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Fri, 2 November 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew starts things off by falling in love with the crafty goodness of using paper mini-figures for tabletop gaming. D. Bethel dives back into consuming the written word (about video games) with Boss Fight Books' Shovel Knight by David L. Craddock. Andrew wraps back around to dish a little about Stardew Valley on iOS and how its able to manage saves between platforms. RELEVANT EPISODES:
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Fri, 28 September 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: It's a week of adventure as Andrew literally leaves the state while D. Bethel brings a journey to a close. Along the way, Andrew talks about playing Final Fantasy V on iOS while also dipping his toe into the meta-craziness that is The Stanley Parable while D. Bethel is actually having fun (?!) with season 2 of Netflix & Marvel's Jessica Jones. RELEVANT LINKS:
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Fri, 24 August 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: It's an indie game kind of week as Andrew reports on the Zelda-like shop sim, Moonlighter, by Digital Sun while D. Bethel starts a conversation about everybody's current favorite rogue-like platformer (kind of a Metroidvania, kind of not; definitely not a "roguevania"), Dead Cells, by Motion Twin. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 10 August 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finally plays Asmadi's One Deck Dungeon by playing Handelabra's One Deck Dungeon, a rogue-like solo/co-op card game that has been adapted into a video game version while D. Bethel follows Laura Kinney's continuing post-Wolverine adventures in X-23 by Mariko Tamaki and Juann Cabal. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 27 July 2018
IT'S A PANDEMIC PARTY: Andrew and D. Bethel bring on friend-of-the-show and all-star contributor to the site, Taylor Katcher, to discuss Andrew and Taylor's full playthrough of Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 13 July 2018
A BOOK CLUB [ , ] FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES: In a rare moment where Andrew and Dan's reading habits align, they spend this episode discussing Chris Kohler's addition to the Boss Fight Books line, focusing on Square Enix's (simply Squaresoft at the time of the game's initial publication) Final Fantasy V. The first half has the hosts discussing the game itself, while the second half talks about the BFB line and written gaming criticism. RELATED LINKS:
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Fri, 6 July 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finds fitness inspiration in the modular experience of Zombies, Run! while D. Bethel can't stop thinking about Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. INFO:
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Fri, 29 June 2018
OBI-WAN KE-NOPE-Y: It was made known that Lucasfilm has put its anthology series, subtitled A Star Wars Story, on hold after the lower box office of The Last Jedi and, most recently, Solo. While the cause hasn't been confirmed, there are a few factors to look at, one of which could be the box office performance of these films. Another, more sinister, reason has to do with the cultural backlash to Rogue One, The Last Jedi, and Solo. A segment on the internet is convinced that Lucasfilm has a political agenda it wants to push and it's using the Star Wars series to do so. These dissenters have responded in a few interesting ways: some have banded together and made an official decree to "destroy" Lucasfilm, others have started a crowdfunding/social media campaign in order to remake The Last Jedi. Either way, it's a complicated issue that Andrew and D. Bethel try to find the knots of. WORKS CITED/REFERENCED:
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Fri, 15 June 2018
E3 2018: This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo has wrapped up and has brought a lot of conversation around the games announced and/or shown at the show. Andrew and D. talk about E3 as an expo/convention and the target it seems to be aiming at for the future as well as games they saw and were intrigued or excited by (including Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, Cyberpunk 2077, and, yes, Fallout 76). Let us know your thoughts about the games from this E3, if you'd like––we'd love to hear what you thought of this year's show. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 8 June 2018
AN OPEN WORLD: With Bethesda's surprise announcement of the still ephemeral Fallout 76, video game-focused documentarians, NoClip, announced that they will be doing a series covering the development of this new game. They started, however, with a comprehensive look at the history of Bethesda studios. After watching the documentary (embedded below), both D. and Andrew realized how far the studio has come, how big it has gotten, and how much of an impact this quirky company has made on gaming as a whole. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 1 June 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew goes back to his undergraduate roots and dives into programming with the Unity engine via the online programming courses taught through Udemy while D. Bethel updates his nostalgia with the Super NES as he plays around with Analogue's Super Nt system. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 25 May 2018
THUNDERCATTY: Cartoon Network announced it was working on a new ThunderCats show, titled ThunderCats Roar, which looks and sounds quite a bit different from the ThunderCats from 1985. It got a lot of people upset and they let the internet know the depths of their disdain for the new look. Andrew and D. look at reboots (again), nostalgia, and the sense of ownership and entitlement a lot of fans have over these fan-favorite properties. WORKS CITED:
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Fri, 18 May 2018
THE SIDE OF THE FAMILY WE DON'T TALK ABOUT: While D. Bethel and Andrew went into recording with the idea they'd do a Week in Geek episode, D.'s offering (Sarah Gadephe's Shy Boys: IRL documentary) got them off on a wildly different tangent that discusses nerds, politics, sex, and entitlement in the wake of the Toronto attack and this strange comic book controversy involving Antarctic Press and a comic made by a group of less-than-friendly creators. RELEVANT LINKS: WORKS CITED:
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Fri, 4 May 2018
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Fri, 27 April 2018
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:
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Fri, 13 April 2018
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:
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Fri, 6 April 2018
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:
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Fri, 30 March 2018
A DIFFERENT WAY TO GAME: Andrew has been playing through Fallout 4 on a survivalist mode, which dramatically changes the way he normally plays Fallout. This got him thinking about ways people have challenged themselves to play games differently––sometimes within the scope of what developers intend and sometimes not. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 23 March 2018
RECYCLE, REDUCE, REUSE: This week, Andrew and D. discuss revisions that happen to works after they are released. From the canon-bending Star Wars re-releases from the late 1990s to the archival efforts of the Mega Man Legacy Collection, works are "preserved" in some form or another, but attention could (and should) be paid to the reasons for such preservation and re-release: is it in the interest of the creator? Of the owner? Of the audience? While they don't generate any answers, our hosts certainly probe the topic for its diversity of impetus, goals, and cultural impact. Well, they do decide that pop culture needs some sort of library, but that's about it. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 16 March 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: After weeks away, Andrew and D. Bethel return to talking about the geeky stuff they've done in the last week. Andrew plays Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 and is much surprised considering his views on the first game. D. Bethel dives into a different kind of legacy by looking at the first volume of All-New Wolverine as Laura Kinney (formerly X-23) takes the mantle of "Wolverine" from her (at the time) deceased...uh...father? Brother? Twin? Whatever. #comics RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 9 March 2018
BLACK PANTHER: Andrew and D. have both finally seen the newest Marvel Cinematic entry, Black Panther, and dive into the aspects of the movie that stood out for them, especially with respect to nerd culture, pop culture, and culture at large. This conversation does discuss SPOILERS for the film, so consider yourself duly warned. WORKS CITED:
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Fri, 2 March 2018
THE LONG CON: After years of teasing the topic, Andrew and D. finally sit down to talk about continuity. It starts with the continuity issues surrounding Star Wars and Disney's purge of their Extended Universe, before it descends into talk about its benefits, its setbacks, and why it can be used as a weapon. RELATED LINKS:
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Fri, 23 February 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Cellar Door Games' follow up to their previous hit, Rogue Legacy, with a multiplayer brawleRPG, Full Metal Furies, while D. zones out––and has a lot of fun doing it––with Grey Alien Games' new solitaire/visual novel/RPG, Shadowhand. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 16 February 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew and D. start with a little Black Panther talk––friend of the show, Kyrun Silva, went on Good Day Sacramento to talk about what the character has meant to him as an independent comic creator––before Andrew discusses the complex but fun fantasy board game, Gloomhaven, while Dan watches the short but effective AMC comic book documentary series, Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 9 February 2018
ANNOUNCEMENEWSBLASTCAST: Instead of focusing on their respective Weeks in Geek or having an extended conversation, Andrew and D. decide to cover a lot of news that dropped this week including the trailer to season 2 of Marvel/Netflix's Jessica Jones, 20th Century Fox's Deadpool 2 trailer, the reveal of the video-game-based-on-a-tabletop-game-based-on-a-tabletop-card-game, Sentinels of Freedom, the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons lorebook, Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, and the passing of John Mahoney. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 2 February 2018
WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel squabbles over the storylines left underdeveloped in Netflix's western limited series, Godless, while Andrew dabbles in the interesting RPG system found in Evil Hat Productions' Fate Core. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 26 January 2018
WEEK IN GEEK - COMIC BOOK TV SHOW EDITION: Andrew tunes in to the CW's newest superhero premiere––Black Lightning––while D. Bethel looks back at the first season of Fox's The Gifted. SPOILER WARNING RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 22 December 2017
WEEK IN GEEK: To ring in the holidays, Andrew and D. Bethel take the time to bring you another Week in Geek Shortcast. This week, Andrew plays Greenheart Games' Game Dev Tycoon on iOS (after having previously played it on Steam), while D. talks about the interesting time-travel, existential narrative of the Jean Grey limited series from Marvel. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 1 December 2017
WEEK IN GEEK: While still playing Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Andrew tries to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) while D. gets excited by the Lovecraftian undertones found in Get Out. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 24 November 2017
THE FORCE IS...EXPENSIVE?: With the hotly anticipated Star Wars: Battlefront II released recently, with it came a lot of controversy. It stands at the apex of a recent trend toward big-budget titles adopting monetizing tactics more commonly found in free-to-play mobile games, this time in the form of blind boxes aka loot boxes. Andrew and D. dive into this controversy and try to find the middle ground. LINKS:
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Fri, 17 November 2017
THE STATE OF SUPERHERO CINEMA (AND TV): With so much superheroic media out there right now, and with Marvel, DC, and Fox swinging wildly on both the large and small screens, Andrew and D. Bethel take a look at how things are sorting out, how they've changed over the last year or so, and where things might go. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 10 November 2017
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew gets through the first episode of season 2 of Netflix's Stranger Things and has LOTS of opinions––not about the show, but about streaming in general. Dan succumbs to weakness and plays the Deadpool video game (while simultaneously playing the much better––but much more intense––Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus). RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 3 November 2017
WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel looks at DC Comics' retrospective of Jim Lee's Wildstorm Studios, Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years, and is completely underwhelmed by their effort while Andrew ponders the considerate world-building of Bethesda games as he dives back into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 20 October 2017
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays the expansive new Star Trek board game by Gale Force Nine Games, Star Trek: Ascendancy, while D. gets knee-deep into the sequel to the short-lived, but beloved, comic book series, Battle Chasers. However, the sequel is a video game, not a comic, in Battle Chasers: NightWar by Airship Syndicate. (Full Disclosure: D. was a backer on the Battle Chasers: NightWar Kickstarter campaign.) RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 6 October 2017
STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT: After almost an entire year on strike, SAG AFTRA and the studios it named in its grievance have come to a tentative deal, thusly ending the video game voice actors' strike. But what was agreed to? What does this mean for the future of voice actors and game development going forward? Andrew and D. Bethel talk it out. RELATED EPISODES & Links:
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Fri, 29 September 2017
WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel doubles up this time to talk about a personally exciting moment he experienced meeting X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills artists, Brent Eric Anderson, while at this year's Alternative Press Expo in San Jose, CA, as well as seeing the new cinematic version of (half of) the Stephen King classic, It, while Andrew discusses playing SteamWorld Heist. RELEVANT LINKS: D. Bethel's comprehensive video recap of his time at APE 2017. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 22 September 2017
BAD WORDS: After the most recent faux pas by popular YouTube gaming personality, Felix Kjellberg a.k.a. PewDiePie, in which he uttered one of the most contemptible words in American English seemingly as a synonym for "asshole", the internet exploded for a second to either defend Kjellberg or condemn him on a variety of fronts. Firewatch developer, Campo Santo, went so far as to file a DMCA complaint on YouTube, causing the website to take down Kjellberg's Let's Play of it from his channel. Video games and the internet are a mess right now, and Andrew and D. Bethel do there best to untangle the knot while slightly ranting along the way. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 15 September 2017
WEEK IN GEEK: It's a Week in Geek Shortcast this week with a little twist to the formula as Andrew brings TWO items to the table. First, Andrew goes back to the Star Trek well by seeing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in theaters in celebration of the film's 35th anniversary and muses on the slightly strange interview with William Shatner that preceded it. D. Bethel talks about watching a friend start watching Doctor Who, observing a person wade into the fandom while trying not to gatekeep or guide the experience. Then, Andrew shares his venture into the world of costuming as he and his team prepare for an upcoming megagame event, "Colossus of Atlantis," which will be held September 24th in Seattle by Seattle Megagames. RELATED EPISODES:
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Fri, 11 August 2017
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew played Punch Club by Lazy Bear Games while D. talks about his time with Thunder Lotus Games' newest release, Sundered. RELATED LINKS:
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Fri, 7 July 2017
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew spends some time with the Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Story Demo while Dan gets conflicted watching Transformers: The Last Knight. WORKS CITED:
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Fri, 30 June 2017
Summer break is back with a vengeance, so the Shortcast run returns! After a slight tangent discussing The Transformers and nostalgia, Dan and Andrew share their weeks in geek. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Bioshock from the Bioshock: The Collection released to PC and consoles last year. Dan actually finishes a book before discussing it. This time, it's the Kickstartered Wild Times: An Oral History of Wildstorm Studios by Joseph Hedges. WORKS REFERENCED:
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Fri, 12 May 2017
WEEK IN GEEK: With Andrew sick this week, the Shortcast ends up being a bit more organic than normal with both Andrew and D. sharing stories about this year's Free Comic Book Day festivities. Specifically, Andrew got his hardback copy of Ms. Marvel, volume 1 signed by the creator herself, G. Willow Wilson, while Dan discusses the Hulu Original documentary, Batman & Bill. LINKS:.
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Fri, 3 March 2017
D. Bethel has been hit with a bad case of the sicks, so a Shortcast is in order. It's a busy week! Emerald City Comic Con is happening this weekend and Andrew will be there, no doubt wandering around. If you see him, say hello [ , ] for all intents and purposes. If you attend, let us know what you thought of the event in the comments! WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew attended an event celebrating the launch of the Kickstarter for the first tabletop game by friends of the site, Luke and Nicole (from AcrossTheBoardGames.net), Food Truck Champion while D. Bethel decided to deepen his knowledge of Wolverine lore by reading the first fifteen-or-so issues of the long-running Wolverine comic book series by Chris Claremont and John Buscema.
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Fri, 20 January 2017
Despite suddenly getting sick this week, Andrew and Dan are bringing you quality audio content to help you usher in end of January. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew branches out to watch the first season of Syfy's The Magicians, based on the series of novels by Lev Grossman, while D. Bethel focuses up and gets emotional playing the latest game (and last game for Sony, at least) from Fumito Ueda, The Last Guardian.
For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. FEATURED MUSIC: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Sat, 31 December 2016
A special interruption to help properly end 2016 and bring in the new year. Please enjoy. Click here to download the song, "Goodbye 2016," by itself. Happy New Year! That has been a song for all intents and purposes. LYRICS (I guess?): Goodbye, 2016, Goodbye, You made us all give in Why did you have to hurt me so? Let everybody say Goodbye, 2016, goodbye FEATURED MUSIC: -"Goodbye 2016" by D. Bethel (with Andrew Asplund)
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Fri, 30 December 2016
Our hosts say good-bye to 2016 in a predictable but reliable fashion, with a new Shortcast. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew gets wrapped up in the indie hit, Stardew Valley while Dan gets politically informed as he listens to Trevor Noah's autobiography, Born a Crime.
For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast recap. Have a safe and happy New Year! FEATURED MUSIC: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 25 November 2016
WEEK IN GEEK: To celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States, Andrew and Dan share their recent happenings. Andrew plays more of The Trail while Dan reads through his new copy of The Art of Metal Gear Solid V and reads the Metal Gear fan comic, "Yellowcake," by millionfish. Leave your thoughts about this week's topics at forallintents.net. Join the official Facebook group for site updates, links, and conversations with other listeners. Be sure to watch, like, and subscribe to the official YouTube channel, too. To help spread the word, please subscribe to the show and leave a review of it on the iTunes store. For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. And Happy Thanksgiving! FEATURED MUSIC: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 16 September 2016
Due to technical difficulties, only a Shortcast can be brought to you this week, but D. Bethel and Andrew Asplund have packed as much content into a single serving as humanly possible with a Week in Geek! Check out Andrew's stream of Star Trek Online at A YouTube Channel [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays the remaster/reboot/sequel to the classic PC Civ-in-Space game, Master of Orion, while Dan sets his nostalgia aside and watches with great skepticism Starz's Ash vs. Evil Dead. If you have any thoughts about the topics discussed this week, leave them as a comment at forallintents.net. Be sure to join the official Facebook and Google+ pages. To help out the show, please leave a review on the iTunes store to help spread the word to new potential listeners. Also, to check out D. Bethel's newest collection of his webcomic, Long John, head over to longjohncomic.com or go directly to the Etsy store. For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast recap. FEATURED MUSIC: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio *Sound effect taken from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
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Fri, 8 July 2016
Week in Geek: Andrew simulates walking in Gone Home whereby he ponders how this mechanic has future ludic applicability; he also starts playing the strange but intriguing indie game, The Bridge. Dan reads volume 1 of the manga, Akira, upon which the classic animated film is based. Leave your thoughts about this week's topics as comments at forallintents.net. Be sure to join the official Facebook page for exclusive links and conversations and updates. Please leave a review of the show on the iTunes store, which will help spread the word to new potential listeners. For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast recap. Featured Music: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 17 June 2016
Week in Geek: The guys felt the draw to local cinemas this week as Andrew saw Warcraft and Dan saw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and debate a bit about what movies trading on nostalgia and fandom should do versus what was done and, of course, come to no conclusions. Leave your thoughts as a comment at forallintents.net. Be sure to join the official Facebook page. Help spread the word by leaving a review on the iTunes store. You can e-mail the show at forallpod [at] gmail.com, or e-mail Andrew or Dan directly at andrew [at] forallintents.net or dbethel [at] forallintents.net. For all intents and purposes, that was a shortcast recap. Links: -"Conversing Around Lovecraft: Leslie S. Klinger and Neil Gaiman" via RainTaxi.com Featured Music: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 10 June 2016
Another week, another Shortcast! This time, the boys are back with a brand new, video game infused Week in Geek. Week in Geek: Andrew plays Wild Arms 3 while Dan plays Fallout 4 and ruminate on the state of RPGS both at the start of the new millennium and now sixteen years deep into it. Leave your feedback to these topics as comments at forall.libsyn.com. Also be sure to join the conversations happening at the official Facebook page. You can e-mail the show at forallpod [at] gmail.com. For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast recap. Music: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 3 June 2016
Another Shortcast for our summer break as everyone enjoys the warm weather. This week, Andrew and Dan talk about a recent lawsuit brought against Magic: The Gathering publisher, Wizards of the Coasts, by their official competition judges. Andrew guides you through his thoughts on this with his impressive legal lens. For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast recap. Links: -"'Magic' Card Game 'Judges' Sue For Lost Wages; Claim To Be Employees" by Jeremy Byellin via Legal Solutions Blog Featured Music: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 27 May 2016
This week D. Bethel brings on Elijah Kaine to talk about the X-Men in anticipation of this week's release of X-Men: Apocalypse. They discuss not only the filmic franchise but also of the themes of the X-Men in general and how they fit in with the greater Marvel universe. Read Elijah's writing at the Geek Intellectualist. Check out his gaming streams at twitch.tv/wthhero. Leave a comment on the topic(s) discussed this week at forall.libsyn.com. Be sure to join the official Facebook page as well for exclusive links and discussion. E-mail the show at forallpod [at] gmail.com. Also, help the show out by leaving a review on the iTunes store. For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast recap. Featured Music: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 20 May 2016
It's the return of the Summer Shortcast! Extra-Long Week in Geek: Andrew watches Deadpool and Dan reads the Dark Phoenix Saga and also talks about the death of animator and comicker, Darwyn Cooke. Links: -Batman Beyond - Darwyn Cooke's Batman 75th Anniversary Short Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 25 December 2015
The boys bring in the holidays with some Week in Geek talk. Andrew plays a game of Dread whereby his life hangs in the balance (and his ability to play Jenga) while Dan plays Transformers: Devastation and ponders the applicability of nostalgia in modern media. For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. Come back next week for Episode 77 as For All Intents and Purposes ring in the new year (and probably have some Star Wars talk, as well). Featured Music: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 27 November 2015
A day late due to over-eating, but the boys bring you a Shortcast to tide you over until the next full episode. Week in Geek: Andrew plays Argent: The Consortium by Level 99 Games while Dan finally finishes playing Rogue Legacy and has some first-blush impressions of Jessica Jones, the new Marvel-Netflix show. Leave a comment at forallpod.libsyn.com. Join our official Facebook and Google+ pages for updates and exclusive content and conversation. E-mail the show at forallpod [at] gmail [dot] com. If you're an iTunes subscriber and like the show, be sure to leave a review (text or starred) on the iTunes store as a way to help spread the word through the magic of Apple's algorithms. For all intents and purposes, that was a shortcast recap! Featured Music: -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 9 October 2015
Life got in the way of the normal recording schedule. The previously scheduled full episode will be pushed until next week. However, the guys at FAIAP don't want to leave you in the lurch, so they bring you an emergency Shortcast. Week in Geek: Andrew watches Heroes Reborn while Dan nerds out over recently discovered Caravaggio paintings and drawings. Feel free to comment on any of the topics discussed by leaving a comment on the page for this Shortcast at forall.libsyn.com. Also, be sure to join the official Facebook and Google+ pages. You may also e-mail the show at forallpod [at] gmail [dot] com. If you subscribe to the show on iTunes, you can help spread the word by leaving a review (either text or just a star rating) on the iTunes store. For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 17 July 2015
Our last Shortcast of the break covers San Diego Comic Con 2015. We look at the big reveals and some news that was released (mostly movie and TV-related) before asking ourselves, now that it's all over: what is SDCC now? Feel free to leave your thoughts about this year's SDCC as a comment on the page for this episode at forall.libsyn.com. Be sure to join the conversations happening at our official Facebook and Google+ pages. Furthermore, you can e-mail us any questions, comments, or concerns at forallpod [at] gmail [dot] com. We're back next week with Episode 57! Thanks for your patience! For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast recap. Featured Music: -"Thunderbusters" by Wax Audio
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Wed, 15 July 2015
We've got a new Week in Geek Shortcast this week. First, Andrew played an app-assisted board game called Alchemists as well as pondered the implications of an Escapist article about A.I.-created Magic: The Gathering cards. Dan finally gets 100% on Batman: Arkham Knight, and also decided to give the 2001 animated sci-fi flick, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, another chance. We'll be back with one more Shortcast about the recent San Diego Comic Con before returning next week with Episode 57! For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast. Featured Music: -"Thunderbusters" by Wax Audio
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Fri, 10 July 2015
Andrew talks to former guests Jake Waltier and Jonathan Adler as they discuss board game company Fantasy Flight Games and their license to publish tabletop games based on content created by Games Workshop, including the settings of iconic games like Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 settings. Also, Jonathan admits his feelings about Kit Kats! kitkatfast.tumblr.com Featured Music: -"Reign of the Septims" by Jeremy Soule (from Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion) -"Thunderbusters" by Wax Audio
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Wed, 8 July 2015
The first of our shortcasts for the summer break. Today, it's all about our week in geek. Andrew discusses Blizzard's foray into the MOBA world with Heroes of the Storm, while Dan talks about Batman: Arkham Knight some more before discussing the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Conan the Barbarian.
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Wed, 22 April 2015
As promised, here is the extended interview D. Bethel had with Jason Tudor, about his new webcomic, Vorpal, that was featured in a truncated version in Episode 45. Here you'll find many more topics and extended discussions on topics than were featured on the episode. We hope you enjoy the extended interview! For all intents and purposes, that was an extended interview!
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Fri, 2 January 2015
For All Intents and Purposes is back with another Shortcast episode! Much like last week, Dan and Andrew discuss their respective weeks in geek. Specifically, Andrew plays a delightful board game that is basically a re-skin of a good board game, while Dan reads a comic and also buys a game he has bought before, but this time for his phone. What was your week in geek like? Leave your answers as comments to the page for this Shortcast at forall.libsyn.com. You can also leave your answer––or join the conversations!––at the official Facebook and/or Google+ pages. You may also e-mail any questions, comments, or concerns to forallpod [at] gmail.com. For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast recap. Featured Music: -"Thunderbustin'" by Wax Audio
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Wed, 31 December 2014
This week's first Shortcast is an interview Andrew conducted with André La Roche, a writer for tabletop RPGs. They discuss André's involvement writing for the Dragonlance setting, his recent work for Fate Core, and his feelings about modern RPGs (specifically Fate Core). Come back on Friday for another Shortcast! For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast recap. Featured Music: -"Anvil of Crom" by Basil Poledouris (from the soundtrack to Conan The Barbarian (1982). "Riders of Doom" by Basil Poledouris (from the soundtrack to Conan The Barbarian (1982).
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Fri, 26 December 2014
Continuing the Shortcast releases, Dan and Andrew discuss their respective weeks in geek for their second update this week. Andrew spends money on the Steam holiday sale, playing DLC Quest and Endless Legend, while Dan discusses listening to other podcasts; specifically, Top Score a public-radio show about video game music hosted by Emily Reese. What was your week in geek like? Leave your comments at the post for this page at forall.libsyn.com. Or leave your comments or join the conversations at our official Facebook and/or Google+ pages. You may also e-mail us at forallpod at gmail.com. Come back next week for some more Shortcasts! For all intents and purposes, that was a shortcast recap.
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Wed, 24 December 2014
Since we're starting off the winter break, we're releasing the first of our "shortcasts" that will fill the void until new full episodes return after the new year. This short, a Boast of Bethel, continues the interview Dan had with friend, painter, and comic collaborator, Josh Tobey. If you want to see more of Josh's work, be sure to like his official fan page on Facebook. To read his collaboration on Dan's comic, start here. Come back Friday for another shortcast! For all intents and purposes, that was a shortcast recap.
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