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Jersey Finger
RELEASING THE EMBRACE: Our hosts start with some wild news about the Embracer Group and how, after years of buying––excuse me, embracing––every video game and tabletop developer in sight,...
The Deep Nerd Zone
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, our hosts are hard at work in the different worlds and in deep space as Andrew watches the first two episodes of the final season of Star Trek: Discovery while D. Bethel ...
A Bunch of Empty Sound
TO ME, MY X-MEN: Our hosts are joined by the show's resident on-the-ground-Marvel correspondent, Kyrun Silva (of Taurus Comics ) to talk about the first the episodes of the highly anticipated Dis...
The 2-Body Solution
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,...
The Pain Box
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-ser...
Private Scientists
THE AHSOKA PROBLEM: D. tries to watch the most recent Disney+ Star Wars show, Ahsoka, and while he enjoys it he can't help feeling like he's missing a lot of important context and information. ...
Ear Covid
AD&D (ANDREW, DUNGEONS, & DRAGONS): Andrew, after years away, gets drawn into a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Planescape adventure and shares his thoughts on how the game looks after having avoi...
Attachment Point
WEEK IN SICK: Andrew's back after being ill and he has some stuff to share! This week, he talks about watching five seasons of the CBS reboot of Magnum, P.I. and how it not only connects with the...
The Full Kyrun
THE STROMAN ARGUMENT: Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics and the 4 Tales Podcast joins D. Bethel for this week's show and they talk a bit about some recent guests Kyrun has had on his podcast. WEEK I...
Lunch Talk
PROOF OF LIFE: Our hosts have been absent for a few weeks and wanted to check in and discuss why. They also provide a short Week in Geek with Andrew talking about playing Dungeons & Dragons again...
Day of the Diver
DOCTOR NEW: Our hosts spend a little bit of time discussing the newest episode of Doctor Who, "The Church on Ruby Road." FISHING & STUFF: Our hosts talk about the charm, the complexities, and f...
Sausageria
INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE: Andrew delights us with his tales of sausage-stuffing. 2023'S THING OF THE YEAR: Our hosts reflect on what they believe would define 2023 for them. Andrew reflects on th...
Pleasure Quotes
TALKIN' 'BOUT BI-GENERATION: Our hosts reconvene to talk about the final two David Tenant & Catherine Tate-led specials for Doctor Who––"Wild Blue Yonder" and "The Giggle"––which ultimat...
The Winter Donna
WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN (BUT OLDER): This week, our hosts talk about "The Star Beast", the first of three Doctor Who special episodes starring David Tennant returning as The Doctor along with his...
Nomanski
WHAT'S OLD IS NEW: In a brief holiday episode, our hosts meet to talk about the storied video game, No Man's Sky by British developer, Hello Games. They share their experiences with the game and ...
Videogamatic Universe
PUTTING WAKE TO SLEEP: After a week away from the microphones, our hosts reconvene to wrap up the conversation that started with the previous episode, "Is the original Alan Wake a good time?" The...
Televisoric
CAUGHT IN THE WAKE: Without any behind the scenes scheming, our hosts simultaneously began playing Alan Wake Remastered this week and are charmed––and frustrated––by how engaging and inno...
The Taste Makers
WEEK IN GEEK: Our hosts jump immediately into their Weeks in Geek this week which includes Andrew consuming the first handful of episodes of season two of NBC's Quantum Leap reboot while D. Bethe...
A Relaxed Schedule
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew finally learns the basics of Sex Education while D. Bethel is pleasantly surprised after being very turned off by Cyberpunk 2077. TOPICS: (00:00) Intro (01:5...
Again For the First Time
ON A VOYAGE: A quick Star Trek check-in as D. Bethel finds an appropriate point in his Deep Space Nine watch-through to start watching Star Trek: Voyager. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew is unimpressed wi...
Extra Obnoxious Protocol
COVID-INDUCED ANIME: There was no episode last week because D. Bethel got sick with the new strain of COVID. Though his symptoms were mild, the biggest side effect was probably the most troubling...
Privilege of Ubiquity
STALLED ENGINE: Creators of the popular game engine, Unity, made some disquieting news this week when it announced some changes to its licensing policy for developers. Andrew and D. Bethel do the...
Guilted into Gaming
STAR TREK DAY 2023: Though our hosts recorded this episode before any announcements were made on September 8 (aka "Star Trek Day"), they did discuss some recent––and intriguing––Star Trek...
The Soundness
A LESSON IN SURVIVAL: Our hosts are going to take it easy this week, but they're stopping in for a quick look at what's been drawing their attention. Andrew gets frustrated by the difficulty to b...
Smoke Time
WEEK IN GEEK: Our hosts try to keep it short but, instead, keep it real as they talk about their respective Weeks in Geek. D. Bethel starts by talking about Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ...
Bedroom Heat
EVEN STRANGER: This week, our hosts reflect on the recently finished second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and, to no one's surprise, have nothing negative to say about it. RELEVANT EP...
Comma Dong
W-AI-ZARDS OF THE COAST: With the publishing of Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants! people noticed that some of the art looked...suspicious. It was revealed that the artist in question had used ...
Academic Quality Entertainment
WEEK IN GEEK: It's all about indie video games this week as both of our hosts have been indulging in new ludic adventures. Andrew participates in the eldritch fishing adventure of Dredge while D....
Mama Knight
ON STRIKE: Despite the heat, our hosts discuss all the striking that's hitting Hollywood (and more!) quite hard right now. From the WGA to SAG-AFTRA (to UPS?!), it seems that the folks who are ju...
Don't Pull Out Your Deck
ANDY'S STEAM DECK ADVENTURES: Andrew shares what it was like to actually take his handheld PC-device on the road (and what games he's been playing). BOMBING THE BOX OFFICE: This summer has been...
Ferengi Chest Hair Cream
STRANGER NEW WORLDS: Even though only three episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 were available (at the time of the recording), they were so good our hosts couldn't let another week...
Space Man From Pluto
SECRET INVASION...OF A.I.: Marvel seems to have hamstrung the release of its new Disney+ series, Secret Invasion, when viewers quickly noticed the apparent artlessness of the show's opening credi...
L'Art d'Podcast
WEEK IN GEEK: It's all about television this week as Andrew finds a lot of great Fallout vibes in the AppleTV+ show, Silo, while D. Bethel finds it sad that the great Amazon Prime adaptation of t...
The Dark Magic of Smoke Rings
CHECKING THAT SMOKE RING: Our hosts both have become engrossed in season two of Netflix's answer to The Great British Bake-Off, Barbecue Showdown. TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - June is BUSY (03:1...
A Natural Purple
A WEEK OFF: With day jobs getting busy, our hosts are taking a week off but, before they go, they can't help but talk a little bit about Star Trek as well as the passing of Tina Turner. RELEVAN...
Dungeons & Grandmas
ROLL TO SAVE: Now that Andrew has finally seen it, our hosts dive into the surprise hit of the year, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and look at how it honors (and deviates from) the game...
Tentacles or Bust
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, our hosts dive deep into the video game pool as Andrew gets his caveman farming on with Soda Den's Roots of Pacha while D. Bethel finds a lot of adventure and fun in the...
Jellyfish Panthers
A-NEWS BOUCHE: It's been a busy few months, so our hosts felt that it was time to get away on a cruise, albeit a news cruise. They talk about the recent legal woes with Microsoft's attempted acqu...
Clap All You Want
WHAT'S IN A SEQUEL: This week, our hosts dive into what they do, or don't, want in a sequel, dropping hot takes and unpopular opinions all over the place. TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - Post-process...
Three-Part Trilogy
EVENTUAL CONTACT DAY: Our hosts cover some recent Star Trek news, including the announcement of a Section 31 movie and the teaser for season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. WEEK IN GEEK: In...
Mech Media
D&D BEYOND LOW EXPECTATIONS: D. Bethel quickly relates (spoiler free) his enjoyable viewing last week of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew talks about the...
Into the Spockiverse
TREK TALK: Though they recorded before First Contact Day actually happened, our hosts have been thinking and watching a lot of Star Trek recently and give their takes on the state of the franchis...
Oblivion Foretold
FALLEN IDOLS: With the news of the alleged behavior of Jonathan Majors, our hosts take an unexpected look at the bridge between art and artist, especially as nerd culture becomes more and more ma...
Twice the Content, Half the Time
MINI QUICKIE POWER WEEK IN GEEK: As said before, March is turning out to be a very busy month for our hosts, but they did want to check in with a quick Week in Geek this week because they have be...
A Good Time in America
TAKING A BREATHER: Things have gotten super busy with our hosts, and they unfortunately felt it was best to step back from the microphones this week, but they pop in to hear Andrew's tales of opt...
The Kleenex of Streaming
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew finds the second season of Amazon Prime's Undone pleasant and interesting, despite it being two years since he watched the first season. D. Bethel finally plays Me...
Second Wind
THE WALKING SAD: With our hosts mostly caught up on HBO's newest hit, The Last of Us, they dive deep into this stark and artful adaptation of the beloved video game series by Naughty Dog. Be warn...
Vectors of Bad Decisions
MAKE IT SO: Andrew is excited for Picard, season 3 despite it being a bit divisive among the fandom. BAJOR FIRST: With D. Bethel finishing up season 1 of Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Andrew encoura...
The Walking World
LONG LIVE WAKANDA: Since its recent release on Disney+, our hosts finally had a chance to watch Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and found it impressive in the face of the severe loss the productio...
Reset the Doomsday Clock
OGL EPILOGUE 1.0: Wizards of the Coast has backed down after all the heavy discourse over the leaked documents, but where does this leave Dungeons & Dragons, gamers, and the industry? THE OFFER...
Do the Laugh
OGL DISASTER REPORT: Andrew catches us up (briefly) on the ongoing Wizards of the Coast Open Game License drama. WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew realizes his dream tabletop game exists but spre...
Madmacguffin
OUT OF THE WAY, PECK: After 34 years, Disney decided to create a sequel series to the Lucasfilm cult classic fantasy film, Willow, exclusively for Disney+. D. Bethel is a devout fan of that origi...
Open Awesome License
TOUCHING MANY BUCKETS: Dungeons & Dragons is making waves with the announcement––and subsequent leak––of the update to its Open Game License, a system that is meant to lay out the relatio...
Con Artists #08 - The Madness of Marketing
It's been over a year since D. Bethel sat down with Taurus Comics' Kyrun Silva to talk about reading, making, and selling comics. Since both hosts recently released new books, they spend some tim...
https://forall.libsyn.com/con-artists-08-the-madness-of-marketing
Kamen Themes
A YEAR IN REVIEW: Since this is the last episode of the year, our hosts decide to look back at the 2022 that was, diving into the controversies, the rabbit holes, and the individual favorites tha...
Sweet Dulcet Tones
UNDER THE WEATHER: Co-host D. Bethel has fallen ill, and while his spirits are high his body is broken and can't reliably podcast to the level of quality expected from this show. So, he and Andre...
Hanky Cavs
SUPERMAN GROUNDED: The pot is getting stirred in the DCU as James Gunn announced he was writing a new Superman movie that would not feature Henry Cavill in the titular role, despite his big annou...
Tweets to Toots
WHERE DID YOU GET THESE SEEDS?: Our hosts talk a bit about the first few episodes of the new Disney+ fantasy show, Willow, based on the Ron Howard-directed Lucasfilm movie from the mid-1980s. W...
A Jar of Soup
BLOOMING WILLOW: D. Bethel takes a minute to share his excitement for the new Willow show on Disney+ WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew gets surprised by the dark remake/sequel of Kamen Rider Black Sun while...
A Short Giving
A THANKSCAST: Everyone here at the offices are taking the week off to celebrate the American Thanksgiving holiday. Thanks to all of our listeners and we'll see you next week! INFO: Visit our...
Land Your Runabout
PREPARING FOR THE ICE AGE: Our hosts have a quick check-in about Twitter, and Andrew shares his early experience on the replacement, Mastodon. FRONTIER TOWN IN THE STARS: To round out the last...
Mighty Morphin' Paranormal Rangers
TWITTER STILL SUCKS: Our hosts take a second to check in on the state of Twitter, recently purchased by billionaire, Elon Musk, and all the strange changes that have been made to the service. T...
Aggressive Modulation
POST-TWITTER ERA: Our hosts start the show lightly discussing the recent Twitter takeover. ALL GOOD THINGS: Co-host, D. Bethel, has actually finished watching all of the aired episodes of Star ...
Companioganza
DOCTOR DISNEY: In a surprise announcement that went out after the airing of "The Power of the Doctor," it was announced that Disney+ will be the exclusive streaming home of Doctor Who going forwa...
HBOh No
FILL MY POCKETS: The long awaited FPGA console, Analogue Pocket, is finally shipping and Andrew relays his reasonings for pre-ordering one. WHY NOT BOTH: With the first season of the DMCU Disne...
Spoiler Cloud
HOCUSI POCUSI: This week, our hosts talk about a brand new movie, as well as a very old movie. That's right, this week, our hosts discuss the story and legacy of the classic Disney films, Hocus P...
Dragon Crap
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew gets entranced (and a little ill) playing the hit indie rhythm game, Trombone Champ, while Dan gets charmed by the hit AppleTV+ show, Ted Lasso. CHAPTERS: (00:...
Waiting for Helicopter
HEALING FACTOR: This week, our hosts talk about the surprising news dropped by Ryan Reynolds about Deadpool 3. BAD BUSINESS: Our hosts then dive into the strange and unfortunate decisions made ...
A Week for Days
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew gets lost in the 2022 reboot––and continuation?!––of the classic science-fiction adventure series, Quantum Leap. Meanwhile, D. Bethel finds a lot to love a...
Full Frasier
WEEK IN GEEK: After avoiding the microphones for a week due to disaster-level weather, our hosts return with their Weeks in Geek. Andrew watched Cobra Kai, season 5, and finds it makes a bad movi...
Too Hot to Podcast
Due to record setting heat in Northern California this week, in the interest of energy conservation and personal safety our hosts did not record an episode this week. They'll be back next week wi...
Wheelhouse Collector
DEVIANT ART: There's a lot of talk around AI-generated art lately, and with questions about copyright, ownership, sourcing, credit, and applicability, our hosts do their best to parse this very n...
Patient Zero
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew gets caught up in the new ARG run by Paizo for its upcoming Pathfinder book, even getting involved in deciphering the obtuse and mystrious clues; D. Bethel, on the other hand...
Chekhov's Mud Pit
HIGH PREYS: Our hosts discuss how incredibly blindsided––in a good way––by the newest entry into the very wobbly Predator franchise, Dan Trachtenberg's Prey. CHAPTERS: (00:00) Intro -...
An Optimistic Dystopia
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew endures convalescence by getting a double dose of survival horror, by watching the premiere season of Netflix's live-action Resident Evil series while also playi...
Kinda Sorta
CLIP SHOW VACATION: Our hosts are taking a week to enjoy the summer (well, one of our hosts is traveling, so they couldn't get together), but they recorded a quick "hello" as well as a bunch of p...
Drinking From a Firehose
SDCC 2022: San Diego Comic Con actually happened this year after a long period of COVID-based dormancy, and it returned with a fury, dropping all kinds of news and sneak peeks and trailers...of c...
Magic Gas
THE EMBIGGENING: Now that the series is complete, our hosts talk about the most recent MCU show on Disney+, the incredibly charming––and narratively impactful––Ms. Marvel. CHAPTERS: (...
Klingon Time Lords
A QUALITY BALANCE OF MERCY & TERROR: This week, our hosts discuss the simply incredible finale for the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: "A Quality of Mercy." They discuss the merits...
Ninja Zoom
DOCTOR STRANGER THINGS: Our hosts reflect on one of the most divisive and interesting entries into the current phase of the MCU, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. CHAPTERS: ...
Editorial Changes
RESCUED RANGERS: Our hosts take this week to relax and talk about one of the most surprising movies of the year, Disney+'s Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. RELEVANT EPISODES: "We're On a Track ...
Hobbit Seasons
WEEK IN GEEK: A lot of video games were played this week, some new, some old. Andrew plays the new hotness that is Cellar Door Games' Rogue Legacy 2 and finds it engrossing. D. Bethel plays two v...
Moving Furniture
A MARVELOUS DEBUT: Our hosts briefly talk about the incredible first impression that the MCU Disney+ show, Ms. Marvel, makes. FALL OF THE PHOENIX: The tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) world w...
Ding Dong Bowser
NEWS CRUISE: This week, our hosts dive into a variety of news of the shocking, weird, and downright questionable. CHAPTERS: (00:00) Intro - Old Man Talk: Allergies (02:43) News Cruise: Monte...
Maymory
THE OUTCAST: In celebration of the start of Pride Month, our hosts look at one of the most blatant attempt to address LGBTQ+ issues done by Star Trek: The Next Generation in their fifth season ep...
Rural Byrd
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew actually gets into sports (kind of) after watching the first season of the new HBO basketball docu-drama, Winning Time. D. Bethel plays Studio Koba's recent releas...
Multiverse Averse
SPIDERS-MAN: Now that both hosts have finally seen the most recent Sony-developed Spider-Man movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, they use their thoughts about it to also discuss a bit about the narra...
The Spicy Circle
STRANGE NEW WORLDS: Our hosts discuss the premiere episode of the brand new Star Trek show on Paramount+, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a show that's a throwback not only in continuity, but in i...
A Hoseiken Seiko Bat
RIP DCCW: In a DC-heavy episode, our hosts bring our on-the-ground-DC-correspondent, Taylor, to talk about all things DC Comics. First, it's sad news to fans of the tv-based DC universe as it was...
Cowboy Diplomacy
DECK PICS: Andrew got his hands on the new Steam Deck and shares his initial thoughts––and experiences––with it. UNIFICATION: With D. Bethel on the Paramount+ bandwagon––because he ...
Droopy Doo
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew watches the first season of HBO's pirate rom-com, Our Flag Means Death, while D. Bethel has a lot of fun with Acid Nerve's charming game about being a grim reaper,...
Bad Comedy
NFTS BREAK BIG: Andrew brings new NFT disaster stories to the show, from Star Trek to Dungeons & Dragons to Batman to $277, it's all a garbage fire and it doesn't seem to be going away. RELEVAN...
Disco McCoy
FIRST CONTACT DAY: April 5 is celebrated by Star Trek fans as "First Contact Day." While the day is fictional, the celebration is real as Paramount releases a bunch of Star Trek news, sneak peek...
Zeldavania
A MISERABLE PILE OF SECRETS: Our hosts spend a bit of time reminiscing on the 25th anniversary of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night––the video game that put the "-vania" in "Metroidvania." ...
Lorem Ipsum Blooper
TAKING A BREAK: With the world being as tumultuous as it is (and one of our hosts being on vacation), we decided to cool our jets this week and recharge our batteries. We hope you all have a good...
Unpop That Cork
A NEW MARVEL: Our hosts quickly discuss the recently dropped trailer for the new Marvel Studios' Disney+ show, Ms. Marvel. IT'S GOBLIN TIME: Motivated by his recent re-watch of the three Sam Ra...
Bigger Than the Batman
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew watches the most recent entry into the Scream franchise, while D. Bethel finds mild catharsis in the not-at-all-cathartic game from Asobo Studios, A Plague Tale: I...
Inserting Spaces
STANDING WITH UKRAINE: Our hosts take a minute to discuss the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. REVIEWING REVIEWS: The release of FromSoftware's newest game, Elden Ring, has many people talking ab...
Shadow Johnson
PIXEL REMASTER REMARKS: The release of Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster is finally upon us and Andrew has a few––very short––thoughts about it. DOCTOR WHAT?: It was announced that––d...
Flabbercast
TRAIN SUPLEX: The trailer for the next and last (of the current set) of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series from Square Enix, Final Fantasy VI, has been released and our hosts have some thoug...
Touching Down (Duck Love)
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew dives into the world of JRPG job systems with Bravely Default 2, while D. Bethel finds more Metroid to love as he replays Batman: Arkham Asylum. RELEVANT EPISODES: "Scot...
Smell the Duke
SHIFTING SANDS: For a short bit, our hosts discuss The New York Times paying a large amount for the popular website-based word game, Wordle, as well as the announcement that Sony intends to buy t...
Televisionatic
STAR TREK CORNER: D. Bethel is still getting excited about Star Trek: The Next Generation, so our hosts spend some time discussing the end of TNG's season 3 and the start of season 4. NEWS CRUI...
He Needs Management
ETERNALLY YOURS: After getting released on Disney+, our hosts finally discuss the most recent Marvel Studios release (NOT Spider-Man: No Way Home), Eternals. It's a movie with a lot of new additi...
Dance Dance Go Go Machine
HAWKEYE BRO: This week, our hosts talk about the most recent Disney+ Marvel show, Hawkeye, while also veering into discussing Marvel's TV offerings versus their cinematic ones, the importance of ...
The Gold Toilet
NAUGHTY AUTEUR: A story in Bloomberg revealed trouble behind the scenes at Ghost Story games, the studio created by Bioshock auteur, Ken Levine. Andrew and D. Bethel continue their discussion abo...
All Threes
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew dives into the quote-unquote reboot of CSI in Paramount+'s CSI: Vegas and is perplexed. D. Bethel reads another book about video games! This time it's Super Mario ...
Memory of a Landline
WEEK IN GEEK: It's a week of superhero adaptations with Andrew watching the recent slate of DC/CW tv shows and D. Bethel playing the opening hours of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy by Eidos-Mon...
Almond Molina
THE DOCTOR IS IN...FLUX: With the most recent series of Doctor Who wrapping up––a six-episode event called Doctor Who: Flux––our hosts discuss its ups, downs, insides, and outs as the sho...
Unbridled Hedonism
MISSING THE BULLSEYE: With the recent release of the Disney+/Marvel Studios show, Hawkeye, many saw similarities with the classic Hawkeye run by creators Matt Fraction and David Aja. It was soon ...
King Weyland-Yutani
OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD: Acclaimed director, Ridley Scott, argues that it's millennials––not people skittish about returning to movie theaters amid a pandemic––that is causing his newest f...
Scary Gongs
KOTICK TOCK TIME'S UP: This week, after a scathing report, employees of Activision/Blizzard walked out calling for the expulsion of the company's CEO, Bobby Kotick. Our hosts examine the situatio...
An Accident of Flavor
DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim turned 10 years old this week, celebrated with yet another re-release of the game across all gaming platforms. Andrew and D. Bethel talk about this mi...
Eloquent as Ever
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew continues to get excited by recent Star Trek offerings, specifically the conclusion of season 2 of Star Trek: The Lower Decks and the premiere of the Paramount+/Nickelodeon j...
Con Artists #07 - Return of the Con
In the world of 2021, not much has changed. Hope and optimism dares to tread across the jamb as COVID vaccines get into the arms of people across the world and, for independent comickers, convent...
Meat Pops
NEWS CRUISE: Andrew and D. Bethel cover a lot of different news stories this week, including the acceptance of NFTs in video games by Steam and the Epic Games Store; the workers of tabletop game ...
Meat Pops
NEWS CRUISE: Andrew and D. Bethel cover a lot of different news stories this week, including the acceptance of NFTs in video games by Steam and the Epic Games Store; the workers of tabletop game ...
Ghost Games
BETTER DREAD THAN DEAD: D. Bethel shares some initial thoughts on the newest 2D Metroid game, Metroid 5 aka Metroid Dread. EMULATE YOU WANT IT, THAT'S THE WAY YOU NEED IT: Kotaku got in a bit o...
Crypto ATM
PACHINKO IS CRYPTO: Our hosts walk a snake-like path this week as they discuss everything from recent trends in the sketch cryptocurrency/NFT market to the news that Konami may be getting out of ...
Halloween Still
RTD2: With the next series of Doctor Who wrapping up the tenures of both the star, Jodie Whittaker, and its showrunner, Chris Chibnall, it was announced that the 2023 series will herald the retur...
A Braver New World
GIANTS FALL: Kind of a combination of a News Blast and a Nerd Law, but the lawsuit between Apple and Epic has been decided and...it's complicated. We have Andrew walk us through the ins and outs ...
Exposure Creates Tolerance
MINI-WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew and D. Bethel need a week to recoup after weeks of birthdays, Doctor Who, and a celebration of Star Trek, so they're going to briefly cover the things that have been kee...
Beware the Harp Ladies
HAPPY STAR TREK DAY: This week, 8 September to be specific, the world celebrated Star Trek Day. With one of our hosts being an avowed and public Star Trek fan, our hosts discuss the ways they dec...
Fashion Blasters
BLOOD AND THUNDER DAYS: To celebrate D. Bethel's birthday this week, our hosts take a look at another story from the classic run of Doctor Who. In fact, it's another story from the same season as...
Doctor Ennui
ALREADY OBSOLETE: This is a short episode––you could even call it a "shortcast", but why would you––because Dan had to have a little procedure that knocked him out a bit. However, they do...
Spaceship Mall
To celebrate Andrew's birthday today, he and D. Bethel talk about thing they both love a lot: classic Doctor Who. SURVIVAL OF THE WHO-IEST: "Survival" is an interesting story for a variety of r...
Public Iteration
THE SUICIDE SQUAD: With Warner Bros./DC Comics' release last week of James Gunn's new film, The Suicide Squad, we bring on our on-the-ground-DC-correspondent, Taylor Katcher, to discuss how this ...
In the Reward Zone
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew plays the first few games in Square Enix's nostalgia-trip, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, while D. Bethel dives into nostalgia and music theory reading the newest b...
Sword Club
A BAD BLIZZARD: Our hosts take a quick look at the controversy (and lawsuits!) that came out of an investigation led by the state of California into the toxic and dangerous company culture of Act...
Tiny Text
A NEW CHALLENGER: Recently, Valve Corporation––owners of the PC gaming storefront and launcher, Steam––announced a new piece of hardware that excited a lot of gamers: the handheld Steam m...
Panic Then Escape
WHAT A NERD WANTS: With the Disney + original, Loki, coming to a close this week, it got our hosts thinking about nerd media universes, and the works that push those meta narratives forward. What...
Books For Days
CAP PUNCHED FIRST: Another day, another attack on fictional characters as a cable news segment pilloried Marvel Comics for making Captain America "woke" in a recent issue, seemingly forgetting th...
Slapcast
TSR-U-KIDDING-ME: Tabletop Twitter got weird these last few weeks as debates exploded around the tweets made by Ernest G. Gygax, Jr.––son of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator, Gary Gygax––whe...
Drive Your Gorilla
CONFIRMATION BIAS: Abandoned is an upcoming Playstation 5-exclusive game made by the small Netherlands-based team, Blue Box Game Studios. After the game's director made an enigmatic tweet, the in...
Films in Quarries
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew dives into the strange patchwork origin of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers while D. Bethel is pleasantly surprised by the Netflix series, Sweet Tooth, an adaptation o...
Zombie Brooms
ROUGH TEXTURES: Capcom gets sued for allegedly using textures from a reference book––Judy A. Juracek's Surfaces––for many of its games in the early 2000s and the evidence is pretty compel...
The Legend Reconstituted
WEEK IN GEEK: It's a week all about television as Andrew watches the first few episodes of the CW reboot of Kung Fu while D. Bethel compares his experience watching the first few episodes of Amaz...
Liminal Space
A BAD MIX: This week, the Twitter account, @TerriblyBland, posted a thread calling out nerd industries' tendency to do networking at bars, especially during and after conventions. As ever with n...
Bear is Watching
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew dabbles in a few different ponds, first by playing a bit of Mass Effect Legendary Edition, then talks about his experience going through Subnautica: Below Zero, an...
Big Brother vs. Goliath
FREEDOM FOR APPS: Andrew and D. Bethel dedicate this week's episode to discussing and parsing and debating and understanding and reacting to the very, very strange lawsuits being fought between A...
Familyness
WEEK IN GEEK: It's an animated kind of week this week as Andrew gets his specific Star Wars fandom ignited with the premiere of the new Disney+ animated series, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and D. B...
Marvel Dance Battle
CAPTAINING AMERICA: With the next big Disney+ MCU series having come to a close, our hosts bring in our brand new on-the-ground-Marvel correspondent, Kyrun Silva (of Taurus Comics and the 4 Tale...
Dating the Void
ELEMENTARY, DEAR WOHN JATSON: A brief look at an upcoming multi-platform release from Capcom that gathers two Ace Attorney games previously unavailable outside of Japan. The collection, called Th...
Scumbag Removal
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew finds progress in repetition as he plays the new indie video game hit, Loop Hero, by Four Quarters. D. Bethel, on the other hand, finds a lot of quirky charm––...
Milkbloods
NFT? NO F*@#ING THANKS: Andrew and D. Bethel dive deep into the mechanics, the motivations, and the...schemes?...of the recent NFT explosion. Spoiler warning: they are not fans. RELEVANT LINKS:...
The Call Boss
THE TAYLOR CUT: With the Snyder cut of Justice League now upon us, co-host Andrew and friend-of-the-show, Taylor Katcher, approached the 4-hour opus with hesitation and excitement, respectively. ...
Unnecessary Windows
QUARANTINE YEAR ONE: We've crossed the year mark of a post-COVID world. Andrew and D. Bethel discuss how their tastes, behaviors, and expectations for nerdy stuff––and life––have changed ...
All Those Words
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew dives into the newest entry into the Arrowverse in the bold and interesting Superman & Lois while D. Bethel gets invested in the story and characters and world of ...
The Nature of the Gutter
TAYLORVISION: With the divisive (but generally well-received) season of the Disney+ original, WandaVision, all wrapped up, D. Bethel brings friend-of-the-show and on-the-ground DC correspondent,...
Prime Time Crime
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew watches the Queen Latifah-starring CBS reboot of the classic crime drama, The Equalizer, while D. Bethel finds a powerful, personal, and moving story about depress...
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 rel...
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 w...
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 sup...
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 ...
Full Release
WEEK IN GEEK: As a buffer between episodes about the The Karate Kid movies and talking about Cobra Kai, Andrew and D. Bethel talk about what other nerdy stuff has been occupying their attentions....
Chekhov's Honk
YOU'RE THE BEST: With Cobra Kai recently releasing its third season, many viewers have been inspired to watch (or rewatch) the original The Karate Kid films. Two of those folks happen to be our h...
First-Person Whip
RECYCLING OF THE DALEKS: This year's Doctor Who New Year's special, "Revolution of the Daleks", continues the cliffhanger ending of series 12 and says goodbye to some companions while welcoming b...
Dog Math
NEW YEAR, SAME AS THE OLD YEAR: We had an episode planned this week, dear listeners, but the news decided to preempt any plans for fun and coherent discussion. On our recording day, the United St...
Magic Rock Machina
WAIT, WHAT 1984: Wonder Woman 1984, the hotly anticipated sequel to 2017's good DC movie (one of a few), Wonder Woman, was released to theaters and HBO Max on Christmas Day to a lot of...discours...
Turnips & Romance
WEEK IN GEEK: In the lead up to the holidays, Andrew binges the entirety (so far) of Amazon Prime's original series, Man in the High Castle, while D. Bethel has been playing the delightful yet si...
The Noclip Option
CYBERPROBLEMS 2020: The highly anticipated new game from CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, was finally released after a few delays and it had some...issues. From representation issues to severe bug...
Con Artists #06 - Tickets & Tables
As the pandemic rages on, more and more independent artists are left figuring out how to manage their careers in the absence of in-person events, specifically exhibiting at conventions. The pan...
Weekend Ramboing
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew befriends dogs and murders zealots in Far Cry 5 while D. Bethel finally gathers his thoughts (now that he's seen it both at the drive-in and now at home) on the final X-based...
The Worst Canoe
I'VE MISSED THAT SOUND: It was announced that, after his all too brief appearance near the end of Series 13 of Doctor Who left fans wanting more, John Barrowman will return as Captain Jack Harkne...
The Unnaturals
WONDER WOMAN TO THE MAX: It was announced, in an unprecedented move by a streaming service, to release Wonder Woman 1984 on Christmas Day to both theaters and HBO Max subscribers simultaneously. ...
Non-Stop Jason
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew find a lot lacking in the latest open world RPG by Obsidian Entertainment, The Outer Worlds. D. Bethel, on the other hand, finds a lot to love going back and playi...
Is This Art?
A SCOTTISH SUNSET: Albeit a shorter episode than normal, the entirety of it is dedicated to the discussion of the career of Sean Connery, who passed away at the end of October at the age of 90. ...
Duck Law
LET'S GET DANGEROUS: With the genius resurgence of Ducktales on Disney XD, fans around the world were delighted with the introduction of another Disney Afternoon fan favorite, Darkwing Duck, into...
Lady Plot Device
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY: Now that the premiere season is complete, Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the multitude of facets of HBO's adaptation of Lovecraft Country. RELEVANT EPISODES: "Episode 11 - A...
Butt Magic
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew lives in bliss during CBS All Access' 23 weeks of Star Trek, especially as the premiere season of their comedy-drama animated show, Star Trek: The Lower Decks, comes to a clo...
A Podblip
TAKING A MULLIGAN: 2020 rears its ugly head again (as it does every day), forcing our humble hosts to take a week and just deal with life for a bit. They'll be back next week with more nerdy and ...
U3DS
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew enthusiastically plays the 2nd edition of Pathfinder, despite not fully enjoying the first edition, while D. Bethel gets really excited to play an adventure game b...
Earl British
BETHESDA, WA: In a surprising turn of events––in the same week that Sony gathered all the attention for announcing the prices and release dates of its upcoming console(s)––Microsoft annou...
Dad Talk
WEEK IN GEEK: It's kind of an accidental '80s week as Andrew watches the YouTube Premium/Netflix series, Cobra Kai––which then prompted him to go back and watch the original Karate Kid movie�...
News Bruise
I'LL MAKE AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT OUT OF YOU: The live action version of the '90s animated classic, Mulan, was released to Disney+ subscribers (for the cost of an extra $29.99) and, with it, ca...
Something About Werewolves
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew watches the recent Netflix-made video game documentary series, High Score, and gets inspired to finally check out the very strange––and controversial?––gam...
Aiming for Whales
EPIC WIN (OR FAIL): It has been a few weeks of high drama in the world of video games as Epic––the company behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine––sued Apple after Apple delisted Fortnite ...
Pandemic Birthday
DC DECONSTRUCTED: News of a major restructuring of DC Comics by WarnerMedia last week set the comics world ablaze with speculation and worry. D. Bethel and Andrew try to parse the information and...
Con Artists #05 - No Con 2020
Everything has changed in the wake of COVID-19. This applies, of course, to indie comic creators, for whom the pandemic hit especially hard in terms of income. With gatherings of people not likel...
News Cruise
ANY PORT IN A NERD STORM: Rather than blasting the news, Andrew and D. Bethel blur the distinction between nerdy news and Weeks in Geek with Andrew expressing his excitement for Star Trek: Lower ...
Choose Your Weapon
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches the documentary about the creation of Dungeons & Dragons that re-establishes the importance of co-founder, Dave Arneson, called Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History...
High Five Super Friends
THE INTERMINABLE CUT: Zack Snyder had already made it clear that his "Snyder Cut" of Justice League for HBO Max was going to be long, but recently made clear that it was going to be even longer t...
Chasing Chickens
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew tunes into the new Apple TV alternate history drama created by Ronald D. Moore: For All Mankind. D. Bethel also watches some tv; however, it's animated and old––Disney XD...
The Baggage of Expectation
A NEW BAT IN THE BELFRY: With Ruby Rose's sudden departure as the lead in CW's Batwoman after the conclusion of its first season, the studio had a lot of interesting choices to make. This week, i...
Nature's Velcro
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew finds half of a game to enjoy in Owlcat Games' Pathfinder: Kingmaker while D. Bethel expands his artistic repertoire by investing in an iPad Pro and finds a lot to...
The Innervator
PEOPLE ARE STILL TERRIBLE: The last few weeks have been heavy with news of important people in the various nerd industries––video games, tabletop, comics, etc.––getting called out as sexu...
It Has Full Body
WEEK IN GEEK: As is often the case with our hosts: everything old is new again. Andrew plans to take on the psychological strangeness of Atlus' Catherine in the recently released "definitive" ver...
Dulce Et Utile
THE DELONGATED MAN: Actor Hartley Sawyer has been fired from his role as Ralph Dibney––the civilian name for The Elongated Man––after racist and misogynist tweets he made years ago once a...
Black Lives Matter
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The Cutting Edge
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew and D. Bethel let you in on the newest in modern entertainment. Andrew takes a dip into Nickelodeon's 2005 animated show, Avatar: The Last Airbender, while Dan fin...
A Casualty of the Rhyme
#RELEASETHETAYLORCUT: With a bunch of DC Comics-related news dropping this week, we had to light the Taylor signal to bring in our resident DC expert and Senior Optimist Reporter, Taylor Katcher...
Bouncing Waveforms
NEWS BLAST (COVID-19 EDITION): A lot of stuff is going on amid the global pandemic, and Andrew and D. Bethel are here to talk about it (if Dan actually was able to record his audio this time). Th...
Technical Difficulties
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED "THE NEW MIDNIGHT": There's no new episode this week due to some debilitating technical problems on one of the host's end (it was Dan). Check back next week for a new ep...
Arcabar
#CAPITALISM: With Disney taking ownership of the 4th of May, Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the role of ownership in public discourse for a bit. MUNDANE FANTASY: Looking at where the world is ...
Feed the Fish God
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, after giving a brief update on the announcement of IMDb TV's revival of Leverage, Andrew talks about his experience playing Coldwild Games ' delightful trading simulation...
Part Racehorse; All Workhorse
WHAT MAKES A REMAKE: With the incredible success of games like Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy VII Remake, Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the legacy of these new games (and their original version...
The 45th of Marchuary
OUT OF GAS: Though this is on the feed, it's more of an apology for a lack of an episode to this. In the interest of full disclosure, both Andrew and D. Bethel couldn't muster the energy to get o...
The Battle Is The Game
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finds the retro-JRPG stylings of Square Enix's Octopath Traveler engaging and fun while D. Bethel has fun making the new pages from his webcomic, Long John, into short videos...
A Light Monopoly
SHELTER AT HOME: With both hosts hometowns under a "shelter at home" quarantine, they discuss how they've had to adjust their behavior to continue their normal nerdy procedures. To that end, Andr...
Playing the Menu
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, our hosts push through the shelter at home monotony by playing video games albeit old video games. First, Andrew steps back into 2015's The Witcher III: The Wild Hunt now...
Makes A Taste
CORONA, I HARDLY KNEW YA: The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the nerd world with––since the last episode––the postponement of Emerald City Comic Con, the cancellation of this yea...
Elbow Five
DON'T DIE: With the rising threat of the coronavirus and its impact on nerd conventions––especially Emerald City Comic Con and the Game Developer's Conference––Andrew and D. Bethel invest...
Sad News Theme
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew dives into the CBS All Access archives to get caught up on the surprisingly good––and suprisingly different––remake of the '80s action show, MacGyver, whil...
The Transformers Paradox
GOTTA GO FAST: Sonic the Hedgehog destroys box office expectations Valentine's Day weekend. Andrew and Dan discuss the surprise success of this cinematic adaptation of the beloved video game fran...
#SaveGrifter
CRISIS ON INFINITE TAYLORS: With another, even bigger crossover of the DC/CW shows, we had to have friend-of-the-show and Senior Optimist Reporter, Taylor Katcher, come onto the show to talk with...
The Badger Abides
THE PROBLEM WITH LOVECRAFT: A lot of controversy was had (mostly on Twitter) over the last few weeks with the release of Evil Hat Productions' Fate of Cthulhu , a new table-top RPG integrating th...
Starfleet First
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew talks about becoming enraptured by the first episode of the new CBS All Access series, Star Trek: Picard while D. Bethel enjoys the poignant but strange end to a c...
Cuddle Point
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew dives in to Hello Games' No Man's Sky after another patch while D. Bethel relays his experience going to see Kevin Smith present his newest film––Jay and Silen...
Rhythms of the Algo
NEW WHO: Series 12 of Doctor Who started up on New Year's Day. With three weeks gone and now three episodes in, our Who-loving hosts sit down to talk about it (mostly just the first two episodes ...
That was a Spodcast
IS THE FORCE STILL WITH US?: This week, Andrew and D. Bethel talk not about Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (although there are things that amount to SPOILERS for both The Rise of Sky...
Starting By Starting
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew and D. Bethel start the new year with some things they have only light knowledge of and experience with. Andrew starts watching Netflix's The Witcher and only brie...
Robot Monsters From the Future
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: As 2019 hurries to a close, our hosts kick up their feet and just chat about the things they're doing to occupy their time until the new year rolls around. They talk about ev...
The Boyfriend Demographic
EXPECTING THE EXPECTED: On the day this podcast episode releases, so too does the newest cinematic installment of the main Star Wars series with Star Wars - Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. But...
Nothing But Feet
WEEK IN GEEK (KIND OF): It turned out to be an accidental Week in Geek episode as D. Bethel talks about his disappointment with Valve Corporation's sidelining of Campo Santo's Firewatch followup,...
Universe of Nonsense
TRAILER SEASON: With the year coming to an end, it's all about looking forward for nerdy and geeky entertainment. Lately, it seems a lot of trailers for new movies and television events have been...
Coma Chameleon
HAPPY GEEKSGIVING: Disguising a perfectly good Week in Geek episode, our hosts discuss the recent nerdy things in their lives that, like American Thanksgiving, seem to be all about bringing peopl...
Tile Pile
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, our humble hosts are back playing games of all sorts. Andrew heads to the tile-covered table and is reasonably impressed playing yet another Legacy-branded game––Betr...
Constitutional Role-Play
THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE MANDALORIAN: A brief check-in to the release of Disney+ this week as Andrew reacts to the first episode of their original, Star Wars show, The Mandalorian. He is surprised ...
No One Wants to Go to Boomertown
NEW TV NOT ON TV: Some interesting tv has not only been announced but is starting to get reviewed, but what makes it interesting is that a lot of this tv is not on "regular" tv. With services lik...
I Can Segue
THE LAST FIRST: Fallout 76 continues to accidentally grab headlines or, at least, grabs headlines it doesn't want. After a year of toiling in player complaints, bugs, and marketing schemes gone a...
Math That Works
WEEK IN GEEK: Taking a break from the news, Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the things that have been interesting to them over the last week or so. First, Andrew goes back to finish Unknown World...
Listeners in the Woodwork
TO ME, MY LITIGATORS: Eyebrows raised recently when a Florida man sued Marvel, Fox, Saban Entertainment, and many other production companies saying that the generation-defining theme song of the ...
We Are Mostly Ignorant
A BLIZZARD OF CONTROVERSY: Activision Blizzard––makers of such hit games as World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone––have hit a geo-political wall as they take a stance over controv...
Tummy Drums
NOT FAR FROM HOME: It was announced that Sony and Disney/Marvel had once again struck a deal that will keep Tom Holland's Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, much to the joy of fans and ...
Reliable Virtual Helmets
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew watches the trippy but artistic and engaging new Amazon Prime show, Undone starring Rosa Salazar, while D. Bethel––amidst all of his academic toil––finds ...
New Dangers
A WHOLE NEW WORLD: After waiting well past when the rest of the world saw it, our hosts decide to watch and discuss the 2019 live-action adaptation of the animated Disney classic, Aladdin. REL...
Threadnaught
TWO MAN'S SKY: With No Man's Sky Beyond––the newest big 2.0 patch for the open world, sci-fi survival game, No Man's Sky––it kind of brings to a close the long, arduous, but ultimately he...
Dicksisms
LAST OF THE TIME LORDS: At the end of August 2019, the world lost a writer who is probably the most important figure to the BBC hit, Doctor Who, in Terrance Dicks. A prominent writer for the show...
States of Play
WEEK IN GEEK: The boys are back to video games as Andrew plays the 1.0 release of Klei Entertainment's sci-fi survival game, Oxygen Not Included, while D. Bethel can't believe he's enjoying the h...
Ghost Highway
ANDREW IS OLDER: We start by celebrating Andrew's birthday a little bit. So, what did he do? He watched Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan again and also went to see Weird Al Yankovic in concert dur...
Wet Shirt Feels
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Ultima (a.k.a. Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness) in the hopes of reverse engineering it so he can build his own browser game while D. Bethel is genuinely surprised b...
Anime Antenna
CRISIS OF INFINITE CASTING NEWS: Seemingly every day since SDCC has brought news of former DC actors being cast in the big DC/CW crossover event, "Crisis on Infinite Earths." Andrew and D. Bethel...
Roman Math
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew continues his trend of trying things out years after their initial release by sitting down with 2014's Sims 4 while D. Bethel tries to wrap his head around the opa...
Start With Doom
CAN YOU SDCC ME NOW?: Though San Diego Comic Con is ostensibly about comic books, the biggest announcements that seem to come out of the show revolve around cinematic and televised properties. An...
Our Secrets on Record
STILL STRANGE: This week, Andrew and D. Bethel examine what impressed––and what impressed less––them about the recently released season 3 of the Netflix hit, Stranger Things. RELEVANT L...
A Veritable Odyssey
MISTER, I'LL MAKE AN EPIC OUT OF YOU: Andrew and D. Bethel briefly touch upon the interesting and promising live-action adaptation of the animated Disney classic, Mulan, even though this seems t...
Biker Earthquake
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew takes a step further into Image & Form Games' Steamworld, uh, world with their newest entry, Steamworld Quest. D. Bethel dusts off his bushido and patience as he's both impre...
Good Gamefeel
A RITUAL CIRCLE OF ARIAS OF THE NIGHT MOON: Mentioned last week, both Andrew and D. Bethel have put some time into the newest Igavania game––meaning a Metroidvania game specifically made by K...
Arias in Embers
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, our hosts talk about new things involving their favorite things. For example, Andrew discusses his time playing the Modiphius tabletop RPG, Star Trek Adventures and...
Mr. Shorts & Chains
E3 2019: This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has been a strange one with big players absent and new hardware on the horizon, but it's still bringing announcements and trailers to make ...
Pong 2020
APOLITICAL APOCALYPSE: A recent article at VG247.com interviewed (as part of the piece) games designer and writer, Chris Avellone ––writer/designer of games such as Fallout 2, Fallout: New Ve...
We Still Don't Know $#!&
FINAL FARCRY: Spurred on by his playthrough of Farcry Primal––a survival first-person shooter with "RPG Elements"––Andrew and D. Bethel examine what this phrase means and what it says abo...
Textured in Fear
POLYGONS IN AN AQUARIUM: After years of doubt, SquareEnix released a trailer for Final Fantasy VII Remake that included some actual gameplay footage, which got Andrew and D. Bethel thinking about...
Reverent Irrevence
WEEK IN GEEK: With all that's been going on in the nerd world, our hosts take some time out for themselves this week. For Andrew, he attended the theatrical premiere of the Star Trek: Deep Space ...
Captaining America
ENDGAME POSTGAME: SPOILER WARNING FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME Andrew and D. Bethel have now both seen Avengers: Endgame and, conveniently, the Russo brothers lifted the spoiler ban on Monday; so, our h...
Tickle It
THE NAME OF THE GAME: The first trailer for the upcoming live-action cinematic adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog has––as can be expected––drawn a lot of conversation and criticism...includ...
Avengers Pre-Game
AVENGERS CODA: With the release Avengers: Endgame this week (this is SPOILER FREE since neither have seen the film yet), Andrew and D. Bethel decide to examine a few aspects of the MCU and, espec...
Wise Captain-Father
NOTRE-DAME THE TORPEDOES: We open this week talking about the tragic fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, focusing on how its rebuilding efforts may be aided by the diligent work of Ubisoft...
Google Saccharin
CONSOLE WARS II: THE NEW CHALLENGERS: Things got shaken up in the world of video games––maybe––as Google announced its streaming-forward gaming platform––maybe––called Stadia whil...
Plants Having Sex
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew dives into the storied No Man's Sky and kind-of-fights with Dan about games media coverage while D. Bethel relates his experience speaking about comics––and his webcomic,...
Crutch Talk
A MARVEL OF A MOVIE: Albeit a few weeks late, both Andrew and D. Bethel have finally seen Marvel Studios' newest entry into their cinematic universe with Captain Marvel, and they have a lot to sa...
The Future Is Only Forward
WEEK IN GEEK: We start with Andrew getting a bit sick while trying to play multiple versions of Minecraft before D. Bethel gets charmed by the grimdark world of the 2017 NetherRealm hit, Injustic...
E.A.A.: Everything's An Acronym
MARVELLOUS DEBUT: A quick check-in with the toxic male comics fandom to start the show. A few weeks ago, Andrew and D. Bethel talked about how proponents for ComicsGate and their robot army were ...
Business Is About to Happen
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew goes back to the wasteland for the first time as he plays Fantasy Flight's board game version of Fallout, while D. Bethel does a postmortem on the X-Men-based Fox ...
01 March 2019 - Empty Justice
HIGHER, FURTHER, FASTER (THAN THE TROLLS CAN FOLLOW): As with many nerdy movies lately that have been labeled as being damaging to the field, Marvel's upcoming tent-pole film, Captain Marvel (the...
22 February 2019 - 21st Century Mouse
WEEK IN GEEK: Both Andrew and D. went to see new movies over the last few weeks, so they can enter the incredibly potent world of hot takes as Andrew discusses how The Lego Movie 2: The Second Pa...
https://forall.libsyn.com/22-february-2019-20th-century-mouse
15 February 2019 - The Actual Clips Episode
THE CLIPS EPISODE: Due to a distortion of the space-time continuum, Andrew ended up on his own to record an episode. Instead of 50 minutes of dead air, he decided to throw together a clips episo...
https://forall.libsyn.com/15-february-2019-the-actual-clips-episode
Con Artists #04 - StocktonCon Winter 2019
The lauded limited podcast series returns with a new episode as well as a fan-favorite co-host, Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics as he and D. Bethel (check out his webcomic, Long John , and his podc...
https://forall.libsyn.com/con-artists-04-stocktoncon-winter-2019
08 February 2019 - It's Always a Game
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew and D. finally return to video games for their Weeks in Geek. Andrew gets lost (in a good way) playing Subnautica by Unknown Worlds Entertainment while D. Bethel ...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-08-february-2019-my-underwater-sea-car
01 February 2019 - English Danger
MIRA DEL MAHER: Bill Maher redoubles his "complaints" against adult comic book fans on a recent episode of his show, Real Time with Bill Maher, in an editorial titled, "Grow Up " (from the "New R...
25 January 2019 - Slapdash Hot Mess
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew takes dives into season three of Netflix's The Travelers and ponders how it continually plays with time travel in interesting ways while D. Bethel gets educated an...
18 January 2019 - Sandwich Poets
NERD LAW, 2019: Two unrelated but intriguingly similar trademark cases have made the rounds in the news this last week. Chooseco, the owner of the Choose Your Own Adventure franchise has brought ...
11 January 2019 - Close the Loop
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew...watches? plays?...the Black Mirror interactive movie, Bandersnatch, while D. Bethel gets sentimental about Transformers again after watching Bumblebee. RELEVANT EPISODES: ...
04 January 2019 - Increasingly Without a Difference
LOOKING FORWARD: With 2018 behind them, Andrew and D. Bethel discuss what they're looking forward to in 2019. Andrew is interested in the upcoming premium Disney streaming service, Disney+, as we...
https://forall.libsyn.com/04-january-2019-increasingly-without-a-difference
End-of-the-Year Cast 001 - #WIN
THE YEAR THAT WAS: With the final week of the year barreling toward us, Andrew and D. Bethel decide to throw format out the window and just talk. Guided by the question, "What does 2018 make you ...
Shortcast 78 - Pat Riot
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 unfin...
Shortcast 77 - Smash Talk
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 su...
Guestcast 03 - Muted Police Action
A TAYLORED EXPERIENCE: With D. Bethel locked behind closed doors to grade the work of his beloved students, friend-of-the-show Taylor Katcher has graciously stepped in to help Andrew in his hour...
Shortcast 76 - A Sense of Place
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 wi...
Shortcast 75 - Llamas on the Beach
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 i...
Shortcast 74 - Texas the Rabbit
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. #IRONSHI...
Shortcast 73 - English Major Math
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 su...
Shortcast 72 - Little Paper People
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...
Episode 161 - Mustache Nonsense
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew gets impressed with The Bard's Tale Trilogy remastered collection on Steam while D. Bethel watches Venom and, even though he enjoyed it, wonders why it's hitting such a stro...
Episode 160 - Business Exempt
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, it's a dive into the Fall tv shows that both our hosts were excited to see as Andrew watches the first episode of Alton Brown's Good Eats: Reloaded while D. Bethel react...
Episode 159 - Toxic Delivery Mechanism
HALLOWED HALLOWEEN: The Spookytober topic for this week is the forty-years later direct sequel to John Carpenter's breakthrough––and culturally important––hit, Halloween. This new movie, ...
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Episode 158 - Bluster and Impotence
MEYERED IN CONTROVERSY: Richard Meyer and his "Diversity and Comics" YouTube Channel have been no stranger on this podcast with his leading the charge of the abhorrent ComicsGate dissention among...
Shortcast 71 - Someone Was Alone
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 a...
Con Artists #03 - StocktonCon, pt. 3
In the final episode of this initial experimental run of Con Artists, the second and final day of StocktonCon has come to a close and rather than have an exhausted (which they were) drive home, K...
Shortcast 70 - Mr. Moustache
FALL (TV IS) BACK: With the summer doldrums of tv coming to a close, Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the Fall tv they're looking forward to, including the debut of a new Doctor (and production team)...
Con Artists #02 - StocktonCon, pt. 2
With the first day of StocktonCon completed, Kyrun and D. Bethel begin the second day by getting in the car and driving down the 99 to Stockton. It's early, they're tired, they're going wherever ...
Shortcast LXIX - Ain't No Rules
WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew takes some dungeon mastering advice from Mike Shea aka "Sly Flourish" and his The Lazy Dungeon Master book while Dan becomes smitten by the new Marvel's Spider-Ma...
Con Artists #01 - StocktonCon, pt. 1
Welcome to the only briefly previously announced, limited series, side-podcast called Con Artists. Hosted by D. Bethel, what you'll hear over the next three weeks––posting on Tuesdays––...
Episode 157 - Licking Controllers
GAMES AT PAX WEST: We sent our man on the scene, Andrew, to PAX West while our Man in California, D. Bethel, watched on the internet. Now, they talk about the games they saw. Andrew muses over ga...
Shortcast 68 - Swinging Gates
STOP BEING MEAN: Of the many "-Gates" that exist in the nerd world right now, some ticks in the "good" column happened recently in the fight called "ComicsGate", an online harrassment campaign ag...
Shortcast 67 - Baguettevania
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 r...
Episode 156 - River City Rampage
It's the return of NERD LAW! A MARVELOUS MONSTER: After a long gestation and some delays, Disney has officially acquired 20th Century Fox assets, comprising of Fox's film and tv properties. Thi...
Shortcast 66 - Trusty Rusty
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. B...
Shortcast 65 - Find a Cheap Show
GOING BACK: Having played Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, D. Bethel has since gone back and played the first game in the Uncharted series and was rather frustrated by it. This experience got our host...
Shortcast 64 - The Humming Incident
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: ...
Episode 155 - Captain Host
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew braved populated movie theaters to see Ant-Man and the Wasp while D. Bethel eagerly went to the theaters to see Incredibles II. DISNEY FLOOD: This summer was a packed house...
Shortcast 63 - Editing is Magic
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,...
Shortcast 62 - Not the Episode Title
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 . Watch D. Bethel play (with...
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Shortcast 61 - All-New, All-Same
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 ...
Shortcast 60 - Turn Up This Hotness
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew sees the latest Star Wars Story, Solo, while D. Bethel gushes about the recent God of War reboot. RELATED EPISODES: Episode 96 - Applejacks. Hot Dogs. Thursday. Fire Truck...
Shortcast 59 - Lizard Man Fantasies
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...
Shortcast 58 - Quite Easily Done
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 developm...
Shortcast 57 - Fair Point, Dude
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 nos...
Shortcast 56 - Accidental Artistry
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 lo...
Shortcast 55 - Occam's Complexifier
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 documentar...
Shortcast 54 - Cameo Train
SNAP JUDGMENT: With the third Avengers movie becoming a new bank everybody is putting their money into, D. and Andrew finally sit down to talk about the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe capstone ...
Shortcast 53 - Aggressive Compliments
RELATED EPISODES: Episode 91 - Trying to Keep Sharp : In which Andrew and D. discuss the inclusion of (and the ignorant backlash to) a trans character in an expansion. RELATED LINKS: Peter & th...
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Shortcast 52 - Double Rhymes
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...
Guestcast 02 - Ready Taylor One
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 Pla...
Shortcast 51 - Disco Buttons
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...
Shortcast 50 - The 2Day Show
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 Alm...
Shortcast 49 - The Sweet Beats
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 hav...
Shortcast 48 - My Smokey Timbre
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 e...
Shortcast 47 - The Finest in Lottery Scratcher Technology
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 considerin...
Shortcast 46 - Wakandan Skip Fires
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 ne...
Shortcast 45 - The Cure for Canon Shift
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 Ext...
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Shortcast 44 - The Game of Life
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...
Shortcast 43 - The # Age
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 ...
Shortcast 42 - Atlantis Is Full of Dead People
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...
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Shortcast 41 - An Accident of Fiction
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 Produc...
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Shortcast 40 - Shortcast Your Mom
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. SPOI...
Episode 154 - The Slowest Burn
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays the mashup tabletop game, Betrayal at Baldur's Gate while Dan goes for the yards in Supergiant Games' latest release, Pyre . THE RELATION BETWEEN TEXT AND AUDIENCE:...
Episode 153 - Back Off the Wagon
A WEEK IN GEEK: Before things get started, D. talks about becoming mildly internet famous for about a day (the social media accounts of his favorite band, Twisted Sister, shared art he made of ea...
Episode 152 - My Own Finger
WEEK IN GEEK: Having missed last week's Week in Geek, Andrew and D. Bethel decide to...skip it again so they can spend as much time with–– THE STATE OF THE DCEUNION: Returning to the show i...
Episode 151 - The Coca-Cola of Science Fiction
WEEK IN GEEK: Both Andrew and D. Bethel saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi so–– THE LAST HOT TAKE: They bring in original Star Wars fan and friend of the show, Jason Tudor, to talk about Star War...
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Shortcast 39 - Holidaycast 01
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 hav...
Episode 150 - Comivention
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew returns to a previous WiG by booting up a since heavily patched River City Ransom Underground . while D. was impressed with the pragmatism and instructional value of Brandon...
Episode 149 - We Are Not Here
WEEK IN GEEK: A Week In Geek extravaganza as both Andrew and D. discuss their respective forays in to Justice League-adjacent ventures as Andrew watches all four episodes of the CW's Crisis on Ea...
Shortcast 38 - Love is Made for Chicken Noodle
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 Ge...
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Shortcast 37 - Rusty Interruptions
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 tit...
Shortcast 36 - Caca Fats
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 ...
Shortcast 35 - Legislative Capture
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 weak...
Shortcast 34 - Satisfaction Now
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...
Episode 148 - Bro-Bro Yo-Yo
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew talks about the premier of the new (and final) season of Star Wars: Rebels while D. Bethel talks about Netflix's new based-on-a-true-story-kind-of David Fincher-led crime dra...
Shortcast 33 - National Character Counts
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 ...
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Episode 147 - Whatever We Bring, We Bring It
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew attends Seattle's BrickCon and is intrigued by not only the affordable prices of hard-to-get sets, but also the creativity of independent LEGO builders, while Dan gives his i...
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Shortcast 32 - This Is the Take
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' ...
Shortcast 31 - The Secret Was the Clap
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 Alter...
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Shortcast 30 - Shorter Than Normal
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 seem...
Shortcast #29 - Pins & Wraps
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...
Episode 146 - Bad Games Make Precendent
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew pauses his walk down the Star Trek Nostalgia Trail and attended a day of PAX West (starts at 2:14) while Dan dips into the history of his favorite comic book franchise by rea...
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Episode 145 - Corrected Reality
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew is still riding his Star Trek high and talks about his further adventures playing inside Star Trek Online (starts at 02:43). D. Bethel, plays with the beautiful but kind of s...
Episode 144 - Commodore Chew-Town
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew dives into Paizo's newest RPG, Starfinder , while D. Bethel checks out the premier episode of Disney XD's reboot of DuckTales. REAL MONSTERS: Dan and Andrew just hang back ...
Episode 143 - This Is A Family Show
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew (starts at 1:38) hesitantly re-approaches (though actually, basically for the first time) Star Trek: Enterprise, while D. Bethel (16:13) has fun sacrificing folks in Kitfox G...
Shortcast 28 - Linguistic Bravado
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: Episode 107 - "Spock's Screams" w...
Episode 142 - Rewind Yourself
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew saw Spider-Man: Homecoming so now they can talk about it while D. gets upset that Vice Media fired gaming journalist, Mike Diver , who co-created Vice's video game wing, Wayp...
Episode 141 - The Unpop Culture
WEEK IN GEEK: In a fit of nostalgia, Andrew picks up The Sims 3 again (starts at 1:49) while Dan can't get past a nit-pick to enjoy anything Netflix's Castlevania has to offer (20:46). SDCC 201...
Episode 140 - A Vernal Pool of Talent
WEEK IN GEEK: The guys are again on the cutting edge of entertainment as Andrew begins playing Skyrim (albeit the Special Edition that was released for current platforms last year) while D goes a...
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Shortcast 27 - Clap 'n Go
Since they had so much to discuss, an entire "Shortcast" (despite it being basically the length of an entire episode) was dedicated to talking about the finale of the latest season of Doctor Who....
Shortcast 26 - It's Fun to Do Less
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: Birch, Nathan. "Marvel Vs. ...
Shortcast 25 - The First Second Time
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: ...
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Episode 139 - A Warm Heat
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches through the first season of the hit Starz show, Ash vs. Evil Dead while Dan plays through the 2014 Bethesda game, Wolfenstein: The New Order, the reboot of the classi...
Episode 138 - An Accident of Role-Play
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew starts rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Bluray while Dan finally opens up about Mass Effect: Andromeda now that he has finished the game. THE LAST GRIPE: The vi...
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Episode 137 - Atomic Karate
WEEK IN GEEK: Both Andrew and Dan saw Wonder Woman this week and decided to bring in a third voice to discuss the movie, Mary Traverse (from our friendly rivals, The Nerdhole ), and they go pret...
Episode 136 - Make It So
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew starts a Starbound server and learns about the administrative side of online multiplayer gaming while D. helps to make a game better by playing the PS4 beta release of Marvel...
Episode 135 - Pure Chaos
WEEK IN GEEK: Fueled by the emotions generated by the recently released trailer for Star Trek: Discovery, Andrew slipped back into the Star Trek pool by spinning up Star Trek Online and Star Trek...
Episode 134 - Greek It Out
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew learns about the seedy underbelly of LEGO knock-offs while Dan preps for the upcoming Wonder Woman movie by watching the 2009 animated film. DOCTOR WHO KNEW?: Dan and Andre...
Shortcast 24 - What Is A Man
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. Spe...
Episode 133 - We're On a Track
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew takes another dip into the Humble Bundle and comes out playing Renowned Explorers: International Society while Dan gets nostalgic (again) playing Disney Afternoon Collectio...
Episode 132 - The Tainted Lens
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew puts his manual dexterity and patience to the test while assembling the LEGO Creator Expert Parisian Restaurant set, while Dan can't stop playing Double Fine's recent release...
Episode 131 - A Magical Failure
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays super sentai producer in Chroma Squad while D. Bethel gets introspective while drawing old high school characters for his "Sketch Fridays " series at LongJohnComic.com ...
Episode 130 - Form a Constant Voltron
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watched the live action remake of the Disney animated feature, Beauty and the Beast and D. Bethel discusses his experience at this year's Sacramento Indie Arcade Expo . RE...
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Episode 129 - Lovecraftian Minus Tentacles
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew muses on cinematic magic of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them while Dan can't shut up about the podcast, S-Town. INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATION: Dan and Andrew can't...
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Episode 128 - His Curry Name
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays catch-up after the Guestcast by letting us know about his time with the indie game, Turmoil , as well as discussing his experience with Alton Brown's live show, Eat Y...
Guestcast 1 - How Does Dan Do It?
With D. Bethel suddenly on a Spring Break excursion, Andrew recruits friend of the show, Taylor Katcher to fill in the blanks. THE ONLY WIZARD IN THE PHONE BOOK: Andrew and Taylor talk about...
Episode 127 - Dying Without An Error
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew does his best to navigate menus and complex relationships playing Crusader Kings II while D. Bethel gets horribly disappointed while playing Samurai Shodown VI. A TWISTED...
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Episode 126 - Not Choosable Parts
WEEK IN GEEK: In what should be a Shortcast ended up being an entire episode, this week Dan and Andrew have a lot to say about their respective Weeks in Geek. Andrew attended Emerald City Comic...
Shortcast 23 - Special Sickness Edition
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 ar...
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Episode 125 - Hot Sauce Box
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Project Highrise after receiving it as part of this month's Humble Bundle subscription service, while Dan reads a book about the history of the Japanese game industry...
Episode 124 - American Puppy Story
WEEK IN GEEK: As promised, Andrew watches (and loves) The LEGO Batman Movie while Dan can't stop playing Righteous Hammer Games . EPISODIC SERIALIZATION: With Channel Zero: Candle Cove last ...
Episode 123 - Underground Murder Barn
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew messes with controller schematics for X-Com 2 while Dan freaks himself out as he delves into Syfy's Channel Zero and the HBO documentary, Beware the Slenderman. THE DO...
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Episode 122 - It's a Fake
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finds zen in the indie hit, Starbound, while D. Bethel finds zen watching the Syfy procedural, Haven. DANCING WITH THE DEVIL: For a variety of reasons, Andrew had Dan wat...
Episode 121 - Almost an Andrew Sandwich
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches Netflix's Travelers while Dan watches Warner Bros.' Suicide Squad. GAME OVER ALL OVER AGAIN: This week, Dan and Andrew discuss not only the built-in replayabili...
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Shortcast 22 - #edgy
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 o...
Episode 120 - Where the Hands Touch
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew continues to reap the benefits of this winter's Steam sale with the arrival of a Steam controller while Dan watches the new crowd-funded documentaries by video game journalis...
Episode 119 - Too Much Content
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Overcooked! with Taylor Katcher while Dan watches Crazyhead on Netflix. PHOENIX FALLING?: The Phoenix Comicon has come under scrutiny recently as it became public...
Goodbye, 2016, Goodbye
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 ...
Shortcast 21 - Love the Stank
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 in...
Shortcast 20 - From Behind a Comfy Jacket
Despite some mild technical difficulties and some remote-location recording, Andrew and Dan bring you through the holidays with a brand new Shortcast! WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays some updated ve...
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Episode 118 - High Speed, Low Draft
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew takes a break from Civilization VI and Fallout 4 to play Bravely Second on his Nintendo 3DS while Dan plays through the well-made but wobbly-written Stories: The Path of...
Episode 117 - Five Minutes to Funny
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew spends some time with Fantasy Flight's Arkham Horror: The Card Game while Dan reads Boss Fight Books' Metal Gear Solid by Ashly and Anthony Burch (a book he may actually f...
Episode 116 - Craftcraft
WEEK IN GEEK: In honor of the 53rd anniversary of the show, Andrew watched the 1970s Doctor Who serial, "Day of the Daleks," and follows that up with the new timey-wimey show, Timeless. Dan get...
Shortcast 19 - What Was Town?
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 Met...
Episode 115 - The Eye of Agamemnon
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finally sat down and saw Marvel's newest edition to its cinematic universe, Doctor Strange, while Dan sits down and replays the opening of Mass Effect 2. BETWEEN TWO WO...
Episode 114 - Su Gana
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew played DC Legends as well as Peter Molyneux's new mobile game, The Trail while Dan got sentimental up reading Prophet: Earth War issue number 6, which finally wraps up the ...
Episode 113 - The Lord of Clapation
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew wades through the neck-deep waters of Civilization VI and loves every second of it while D. Bethel watches the crowd-funded fan film, Cable: Chronicles of Hope by K&K Pro...
Episode 112 - God King Teddy Roosevelt
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew steps into a new reality when he tries out PlaystationVR with the help and aid of friend-of-the-show, Taylor Katcher , while Dan starts watching ABC's new procedural show, ...
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Episode 111 - #CyclopsWasRight
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew listens to an academic argument about free to play games and, inspired by it, plays Marvel Avengers Academy while Dan plays through Episode 2 of Batman: The Telltale Series...
Episode 110 - A Taylor For All Intents and Purposes
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew attends Geek Girl Con 2016 and relays some of his experience to the show while Dan gets freaked the eff out while playing INSIDE, the latest from Playdead , makers of LIMBO...
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Episode 109 - Thunderous Typing
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches the season 3 premiere of Star Wars: Rebels (as well as talks about the extended edition of Ghostbusters aka Ghostbusters: Answer the Call) while Dan talks about go...
Episode 108 - Private Reasons
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew started playing World of Warcraft...again while Dan sees a trailer for Steven Okazaki's documentary, Mifune: The Last Samurai, and they talk about killing your idols. TOO...
Episode 107 - Spock's Screams
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew bides his time until Civilization VI releases by playing a bunch of Blizzard games while Dan swims through the lush animation and Old Norse world of Thunder Lotus Games' ...
Shortcast 18 - Magic Incarnate
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...
Episode 106 - Super Legit
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew checks out PAX West while D. Bethel plays the mobile puzzle games, 1010! and Street Fighter Puzzle Spirits. THAT'S EDUTAINMENT: Inspired by Japanese: The Game card gam...
Episode 105 - Conditional Evil
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches a classic Doctor Who stories, sequels of each other, in the Fifth Doctor adventures "Kinda" and "Snakedance," while Dan watches two episodes featured in Amazon.com'...
Episode 104 - The One With No Outtakes
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew dives into the Doctor Who audio drama archive through the use of the Big Finish app while Dan listens to classic Doctor Who while hurrying to finish his new Long John ...
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Episode 103 - Hammering With a Screwdriver
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew builds a new gaming PC while Dan plays Batman: The Telltale Series - "Episode 1: Realm of Shadows." SPOILERS REDUX AND DMCA C&D: Dan and Andrew's discussion was initiate...
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Episode 102 - An Existential Poem
WEEK IN GEEK: To serve the purposes of research, Andrew punishes himself by rewatching Torchwood: Children of Earth while Dan listens to John Carpenter's sequel to 2015's Lost Themes album of ...
Episode 101 - The Black Arts of Algorithms
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew recovers from his serious bout of time-travel last week by watching Wil Wheaton's tabletop adventure, Titansgrave: The Ashes of Volkana while Dan finds room on the bandwago...
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Episode 100, Part 2 - Action Noir Theater
Things are out of sorts. People are lost to time. But Andrew and D. Bethel will do their damnedest to get another episode to you on time (in time?). NICK SPRINGER & THE FREMONT HORROR: Witness ...
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Episode 100, Part 1 - Missing the Middle
We're finally here! Episode 100! Kind of. Mostly. Half, at least. But still a full episode. You'll find out when you listen. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew went back to Watch the Skies megagame with a n...
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Episode 99 - Jaw-Jackin'
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew spent his week diving deeper into the Lego muck and mire, watching a bit of the Lego Ninjago animated series in order to get some more context to the more esoteric Lego Dim...
Shortcast 17 - YouChoob
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 Bridg...
Episode 98 - Less-Impressive-Than-You-Expected No. 7
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays more Lego Dimensions while also attends a Pride-week cosplay contest while Dan plays Mega Man 2 in the Mega Man Legacy Collection. HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN: Keij...
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Episode 97 - Totally Legitimates
WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel plays PlatinumGames' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance for the XBox360 while Andrew dives headfirst into LEGO Dimensions. TOYS-TO-LIFE: With Andrew's wading into the toy...
Shortcast 16 - Nostalgia Mining
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 ...
Shortcast 15 - Your Name is Jimmy Now
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 o...
https://forall.libsyn.com/shortcast-15-your-name-is-jimmy-now
Shortcast 14 - Less Than Our Normal Payload
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 C...
https://forall.libsyn.com/shortcast-14-less-than-our-normal-payload
Shortcast 13 - So Arch, So Blue
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 ...
Shortcast 12 - Punch the Microphone
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...
Episode 96 - Applejacks. Hot Dogs. Thursday. Fire Truck.
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew co-hosts a Hearthstone tournament while it lasted and played Klei Entertainment's newest entry, Invisible Inc., while Dan watched two bad movies: Fantastic Four: Rise of ...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-96-applejacks-hot-dogs-thursday-fire-truck
Episode 95 - Rural Judicial Sriracha
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches Ant-Man while Dan gets scared playing Alien: Isolation. Also is a talk about Jessica Jones. FRIENDLY FIRE: With the imminent release of Captain America: Civil ...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-95-rural-judicial-sriracha
Episode 94 - The Garbleflangers
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays The Dice Must Flow while Dan talks about responding to nerds who write term papers. BILL AND PETE'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE: The 12th Doctor's new companion, Bill, was i...
Episode 93 - The Clay Man Incident
NOTE: There were some technical difficulties that occurred during the recording of the opening segment which caused some of the audio quality to be compromised. The remainder of the episode meets...
Episode 92 - The Microbox
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew attends Emerald City Comic Con while Dan attends the Sacramento Indie Arcade Gaming Expo . THE NEW STRANGE: The teaser trailer for the newest Marvel Cinematic Universe fra...
Episode 91 - Trying to Keep Sharp
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays through Resident Evil HD Remaster while Dan struggles with the humor and politics of Broforce. ALL IN A NAME: An incredible blowout occurred on the internet after c...
Episode 90 - Keep Calm, You're a Warrior Princess
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watched an entry from the DC Animated Universe, an adaptation of Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox while Dan saw the Disney Animated feature, Zootopia. MEN IN CAP...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-90-keep-calm-youre-a-warrior-princess
Episode 89 - High-Five Forever
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew burns through Daredevil season 2 and lives to tell the tale, while Dan reads the Lovecraftian novella, The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle. BVS:DOJ: Since neither...
Episode 88 - Idealistic Ventures Based on Bad Premises
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays the demo for Square-Enix's Bravely Second while Dan watches old movies that started franchises and, arguably, genres––X-Men and Rocky. ORIGIN STORIES: Since th...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-88-idealistic-ventures-based-on-bad-premises
Episode 87 - Thunder and Lightning
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew picks up and cuts out minifigs for the new expansion/addition to the Kickstarter success, Shadows of Brimstone , while Dan plays the video game version of one of Andrew's fa...
Episode 86 - Starting Pause
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew spends some time in Portland, Oregon and hangs out at one of its popular gamer bars, Ground Control. Dan reads Marvel's 2014 mini-series, Deadpool vs. X-Force and really enj...
Episode 85 - I Hardly Even Knew Me
We're a little under the weather this week, but we do our best to provide with the most premium content we can offer. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays the indie prison-escape simulator, The Escapis...
Episode 84 - Your Cursor is My Prisoner
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays to complete the Assassin's Creed Chronicles trilogy with its final Russian installment while Dan plays Campo Santo's new release, Firewatch. SAME SONG, DIFFERENT T...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-84-your-cursor-is-my-prisoner
Episode 83 - The F-14 in the Backyard
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew buys a bunch of indie games, but plays Thomas Was Alone while Dan reads Dagon by Ben Templesmith . THE MERC WITH A MOUTH AS A GAMBLE BY A STUDIO: Marvel mutant Deadpo...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-83-the-f-14-in-the-backyard
Episode 82 - Backwards Expansion
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India while Dan watches Ex Machina. CHEAP GAMES: With Andrew's sideways foray into the normally "AAA" Assassin's Creed franchise bei...
Episode 81 - Synchronized Like Color Swatches
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew discusses his participation in a recent Seattle Megagames event while Dan gushes about the Wayforward Technologies remake of A Boy and His Blob. REGENERATION: Doctor Wh...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-81-synchronized-like-color-swatches
Episode 80 - Alien Control Party
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew goes back to playing Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, while Dan goes way back into the past by playing the Nintendo DS release of the Super Famicom classic, Front Missio...
Episode 79 - What Kind of Magic Spell To Use?
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew nearly swims between the polar ends of Final Fantasy by watching Final Fantasy X HD Remaster and playing for himself Final Fantasy for iOS. Dan, on the other hand, has bee...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-79-what-kind-of-magic-spell-to-use
Episode 78 - It's Not Crude, It's Savage
WEEK IN GEEK: Inspired by last week, Andrew starts watching Cowboy Bebop while Dan checks out the new sketchbook by one of his favorite working artists, Giannis Milonogiannis, called Never Be G...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-78-its-not-crude-its-savage
Episode 77 - That's Not A Euphemism
SPOILER ALERT: Dan and Andrew go into detail about the plot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in this episode. So, if you haven't seen it, please refrain from listening. You have been notified. ...
Shortcast 11 - Please Hold
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:...
Episode 76 - Beepop
As you wait in line for your viewing of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, listen to two over-educated nerds talk about things tangentially related to the biggest release this year. WEEK IN GEEK: A...
Episode 75 - A Sad Game About Nuclear Disarmament
SPOILER WARNING: Details from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and other video games are discussed in this episode and can be considered spoilers. Keep that in mind before you proceed. WEE...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-75-a-sad-game-about-nuclear-disarmament
Episode 74 - Scotch Tape and Hope
It's a bit of a ramshackle affair this week as the boys (mostly Dan) were plagued by technical issues, but they wouldn't let that stop them from bringing you a new episode! WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew...
Shortcast 10 - Roll for Dark Meat
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...
Episode 73 - Brought to You by Convalescence
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew starts watching the latest entry in the CW's shared universe, The Flash, while Dan starts reading She Walks in Shadows, a collection of Lovecraftian fiction all written by ...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-73-brought-to-you-by-convalescence
Episode 72 - Murphy, the Pilot of Piqued
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches Bond 24, also known as Spectre, and has thoughts about it! Dan talks about a series of videos Polygon has been making of game developers making levels in Super Mari...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-72-murphy-the-pilot-of-piqued
Episode 71 - This Like
SPOILER ALERT: This week's episode thoroughly discuss the endings of the Mass Effect series, Red Dead Redemption, and Braid. Listen at your own risk. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew starts playing Metal ...
Episode 70 - The Big Fiddle
It's time for the great Spookytober Celebration! For your own safety, listen with the lights on. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays the ludomodular board game, 504 , while Dan wraps up Metal Gear S...
Episode 69 - Two Matching Ties
Spookytober is halted, briefly and partially, to address the time-traveling elephant in the room: October 21, 2015! Er, I mean, Back to the Future Day! WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew got a Playstation 4...
Episode 68 - The Foobelize
Spookytober kicks off with Episode 68! Grab your grimoire and your notebook and let's find some demons to fight! WEEK IN GEEK: In a twist, Dan talks about Transformers plans with "Titans Retur...
Shortcast 09 - The Oopscast
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 the...
Episode 67 - Things on the Fiction
Even though this show is about spoilers and how nerd culture responds to them, there are no spoilers in this episode whatsoever. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew played Breath of Fire IV and ponders the ...
Episode 66 - Someone Said That
As was warned last week, this new episode is mostly about the Series 9 premier of Doctor Who. Be warned DISCUSSION OF THE EPISODE WILL RESULT IN SPOILERS, so turn away from the podcast (take off...
Episode 65 - I Am Driving the Bus
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finally plays a WiiU with the Nintendo title, Super Mario 3D World, while Dan discusses his time at this year's Crocker-Con at the Crocker Art Museum . GROUP GAMING: Befor...
Episode 64 - No More Hot Dogs
This week the boys investigate a topic very near and dear to many sci-fi nerds' hearts: Battlestar Galactica. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finally plays Shadows of Brimstone while Dan eagerly plays...
Episode 63 - Just a Quel
This week we talk about last week's PAX Prime event! We even had a man in the field. His name is Andrew. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew hosts trivia with the 12th source for all nerdy and geeky news and ...
Episode 62 - Another Intelligent Assistant
The boys recede into the shadows to talk about Ninjas and Superspies for all intents and purposes. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finally watches Mad Max: Fury Road while Dan finally watches The Imitat...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-62-another-intelligent-assistant
Episode 61 - A Lot About Hmm
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew buys a Playstation Vita to play the 20 year-old game, Suikoden, but only so he can play Suikoden II, eventually. Dan gets mad after watching the documentary, GTFO. WILD...
Episode 60 - Some Solid Copy
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays a megagame while Dan breaks down watching Jon Stewart's last episode of The Daily Show and ponders what, exactly, Stewart was to a generation of viewers. META-LIST...
Episode 59 - BTAS
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches John Carpenter's They Live to honor the life of Rowdy Roddy Piper while Dan listens to the podcast, Top Score with Emily Reese , discuss the ludomusicology of Fi...
Episode 58 - Crow Hat
We start a (slightly) new form of the podcast this week, and we kick it off with the theme of "Gateways to Geekdom." WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Commander (aka Elder Dragon Highlander) with ...
Episode 57 - Possibly Be Possible
We're back after a few weeks of Shortcasts and this week it's all about space, keeping all of the recent NASA news in mind. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays and ponders the mechanics and morals of ...
Shortcast 08 - The Other First Thing
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 al...
https://forall.libsyn.com/shortcast-08-the-other-first-thing
Shortcast 07 - End of Show
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.-cre...
Shortcast 06 - The Kit Kat Problem
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 b...
Shortcast 05 - You Be Conan
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 Ba...
Episode 56 - Don't Stop Recording
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches the classic Italian film with tenuous ties to the Metal Gear Solid franchise, Sacco y Vanzetti while Dan can't drive in Batman: Arkham Knight. STAR TREK: THE NE...
Episode 55 - Ga-Don't-Ken
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew dines on Alton Brown's Good Eats while Dan supports Dan-culture as he watches a kind of bad/kind of awesome movie titled Bad Asses on the Bayou. JAMES HORNER: Dan and A...
Episode 54 - Noun the Adjective
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew addresses the Steam Sale as well as a horrible Dragonlance animated film. Dan shares his continuing Rogue Legacy woes. FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN PREQUEL: A big ...
Episode 53 - With Space Hands
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays more Free-to-Play games while Dan travels back in time to a previous Week in Geek for Andrew and plays the infuriating Rogue Legacy. NTG: To kick off the discussion ...
Episode 52 - Teasing the Difference
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew binge re-watches The X-Files on Netflix and sees a lot of new things he hadn't seen before while Dan binge-plays The Last of Us Remastered and loses hope in humanity while ...
Episode 51 - Ethics in Repurposed Anime
Even though we hit a huge milestone with Episode 50 last week, Episode 51 carries even more emotional baggage as it is being released on the exact 1-year anniversary of the launch of For All Int...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-51-ethics-in-repurposed-anime
Episode 50 - Down Comes the Castle
Welcome to EPISODE 50! This week it's all about nostalgia with a dash of navel-gazing. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finally watches a Hayao Miyazaki film, Castle in the Sky, while Dan geeks out over...
Episode 49 - Muting the Ambulance
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watched a heavily promoted Netflix-original, Grace and Frankie, while Dan reads the recently re-collected The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past comic work, as commissione...
Episode 48 - A Rerouting Problem
WARNING: This week's episode is about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Avengers: Age of Ultron; while spoilers are earnestly avoided, no guarantees can be made. Proceed with caution. W...
Episode 47 - Recorded Entirely in Esperanto
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew sets up a new 13th Age campaign and watches the hell out of some Iron Chef: America while Dan preps to be an exhibitor at his local comic shop's Free Comic Book Day Mini-Con...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-47-recorded-entirely-in-esperanto
Episode 46 - Sitting on a Golden Unicorn
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew (and Dan, as well) watch the documentary, Atari: Game Over, about the search to find the buried copies of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Atari game, while Dan plays a game he'...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-46-sitting-on-a-golden-unicorn
SHORTCAST - Extended Jason Tudor Interview
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 ...
https://forall.libsyn.com/shortcast-extended-jason-tudor-interview
Episode 45 - Cuss Bomb
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew (and Dan) get caught up in the latest nostalgia-driven mobile free-to-play game, Final Fantasy Record Keeper while Dan watches yet another Hayao Miyazaki movie (this time, i...
Episode 44 - Man Band
Welcome to a mega-sized, special episode all in celebration of International Tabletop Day! In the interest of full disclosure, Andrew (as a representative of For All Intents and Purposes) will ...
Episode 43 - The Middle of the Gray
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew heads to the Emerald City Comic Con at his base of operations in Seattle while Dan watches, for the first time, First Blood, and was pleasantly surprised. SYMPATHETIC VIL...
Episode 42 - Unology
This week was a podcast made on the run! With both hosts getting sick at different intervals and one host going out of town, it's a wonder that such quality audio comes together at all. With that...
Episode 41 - In A World
This week, the guys dive deep into the existential dilemma that comes with being a nerd, but they do so with a little bit of help! WEEK IN GEEK: An old blog post about the Open Gaming License ...
Episode 40 - Vowel Movement
Episode 40! An arbitrary milestone! Let's be self-reflective! Instead of that, however, a regular episode of For All Intents and Purposes has been recorded for your listening pleasure. WEEK IN ...
Episode 39 - Jerry Goldsmith White Noise Machine
It's a solemn week as Dan and Andrew mourn the loss of nerdy legend, Leonard Nimoy. WEEK IN GEEK: Dan talks about the update to his western webcomic, Long John, while also praising the new mu...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-39-jerry-goldsmith-white-noise-machine
Episode 38 - My Name is Fighter
This week's podcast is based all on the roll of a die! Not really, but most of it is spent dicussing a seminal topic: Role-Playing Games. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew creates cards for a prototype car...
Episode 37 - The Noise-Making Business
Things get tense and uncomfortable as Dan and Andrew tread upon verboten territory: nerds and politics. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew bought and fiddled around with the Adobe-killer Affinity Designer ...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-37-the-noise-making-business
Episode 36 - Dan & Andy's Quality Audio
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Civilization V and Blood Bowl: Team Manager while Dan is busy creating characters for Chapter 2 of his webcomic, Long John. SPIDER-MAN SHARED CUSTODY: With the ne...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-36-dan-andys-quality-audio
Episode 35 - Aural Improvisation
The boys are back and they're tuned to 440Hz because, this week, they're bringing you an episode all about music. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew discusses the recently released and amazing sourcebooks fo...
Episode 34 - The Motherbox
WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Talisman on his iPad while Dan is embroiled in the middle of a Hayao Miyazaki movie marathon. SENTINELS OF THE MULTIVERSE: Andrew, along with Nicole and Luke from Ac...
Episode 33 - Magic Beer
If you're under 21, you will get carded before you are able to enjoy Episode 33 of For All Intents and Purposes because this week is all about booze, but with a nerdy/geeky focus, of course. WE...
Episode 32 - The Mark of the Prodcast
Episode 32 is a love-letter to Marvel. Anything, at least, to keep Dan's mind off of his recent surgery and all the interesting impediment that entails. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays more Sentine...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-32-the-mark-of-the-prodcast
Episode 31 - Post-Op Dan
The boys are back for 2015 with a full-length episode, and they get right back into the swing of things: WEEK IN GEEK: Both Andrew and Dan seem to be really into television at the start of the...
Shortcast 04 - Week in Geek
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...
Shortcast 03 - Interview with André La Roche
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 rece...
https://forall.libsyn.com/shortcast-03-interview-with-andr-la-roche
Shortcast 02 - Week in Geek
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 a...
Shortcast 01 - Josh Tobey Interview, Continued
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...
https://forall.libsyn.com/shortcast-01-josh-tobey-interview-continued
Episode 30 - Batting 100
It's the last full episode for 2014 and, boy, it's quite a show this week. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew reads the metafictional sci-fi novel, Redshirts, while Dan watches a movie nobody liked or saw.....
Episode 29 - Guitar Mode
This week brings the longest episode yet! That's only because it's full of so much great content! This week, the roundtable discusses military fiction, in any form, and it takes some thoughtful, ...
Episode 28 - A Mighty Oak
Apparently one of the possible intents and purposes of For All Intents and Purposes is to be socially conscious! With that in mind, they focus this week on discussion––for the most part––...
Episode 27 - Super Sleep Mode
To celebrate the week of giving thanks, Andrew and Dan decide to delve into the pits of despair and discuss the world of post-apocalyptic fiction. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Rogue Legacy whil...
Episode 26 - The Effect of Randomosity
Things seems lightly off in this alternate/parallel reality-themed episode. However, the show must go on, evil goatee or not. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew peruses the lesser Star Wars movies for trivi...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-26-the-effect-of-randomosity
Episode 25 - Unnecessary Tassels
For All Intents and Purposes has hit the quarter-centennial mark! That is, if by "centennial" we mean a hundred episodes rather than a hundred years. However, is it going to be a celebration...or...
Episode 24 - Ghostbusting and the City
It's the first post-October episode. Instead of focusing on a month of thanks, it's just business as usual. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays some more Civilization: Beyond Earth and also finally ge...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-24-ghostbusting-and-the-city
Episode 23 - Brine and Brinstar
And with Episode 23 (on Halloween, no less) we bring the month of horror to a close, in a way that only For All Intents and Purposes can. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew played Civilization: Beyond Earth ...
Episode 22 - Answer Sandwich
It's a week before Halloween and For All Intents and Purposes does its best to help you keep your wits about you. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew does not buy a popular video game––which makes him sad...
Episode 21 - Standing in Landscapes
Kicking in the door of its third set of ten episodes but instead of blazing bold new trails, For All Intents and Purposes continues reveling in the fright and horror that comes with October. WE...
Episode 20 - Hydra Healthcare
Hitting another arbitrary benchmark, Episode 20 is celebrated with another purported naked episode (no clothes were actually removed in the recording of this episode). To celebrate, they continue...
Episode 19 - In It to Win It
In the interest of full disclosure, this episode is filled with the pop hits of yesteryear, so be warned. When not mining recent top 40 hits, Dan and Andrew slide into their usual avenues of nerd...
Episode 18 - All the Way
It's been a good week for nerds, what with Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D starting its second season and Gotham premiering (and that's just on tv), so Andrew and Dan decided to bolster those g...
Episode 17 - After Shakespeare
Seventeen episodes in and For All Intents and Purposes continues to hone its stride with discussion about very recent news as well as larger topics of concern within the realm of nerds and geeks....
Episode 16 - Of Underwear Models & Wayward Sons
A new episode of For All Intents and Purposes is here in true episodic fashion! Though PAX may be done and no huge events seem to be around the corner, it's back to business as usual. THE WEEK ...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-16-of-underwear-models-wayward-sons
Episode 15 - Yes and Yes and No and No
It's time for PAX coverage with Dan and Andrew (mostly Andrew)! But before we get to PAX goodness, we must first get down to business. WEEK IN GEEK: For All Intents and Purposes now has an off...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-15-yes-and-yes-and-no-and-no
Episode 14 - Cautiously Pessimistic
With a revived vigor, Dan and Andrew tackle one of the biggest topics yet: Doctor Who. Not to worry, however, because they surround their Doctor Who talk with the usual thoughtful commentary abo...
Episode 13 - The Space Dog and Bacchus show.
It's the thirteenth episode as Dan and Andrew do their best to avoid any and all calamity. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays the new Dungeons and Dragons to...interesting results. Dan bought a bo...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-13-the-space-dog-and-bacchus-show
Episode 12 - Our Best Work
Andrew and Dan keep it interesting by presenting you a very special episode of A Podcast For All Intents and Purposes. With outside commitments preventing them from recording at their usual ti...
Episode 11 - Anemic Clap
With Episode 10 in the can, Andrew and Dan decide to mess with your minds with this exciting eleventh episode of For All Intents and Purposes. WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew starts making text adventur...
Episode 10 - Nerd Business
The podcast reaches an arbitrary milestone and our hosts celebrate in style! They also make another podcast that falls into line with the standards set by the preceding episodes. THE WEEK I...
Episode 09 - Podcastin' All Night
As is the case every week, when exciting news or developments happen in the nerdy & geeky world, Andrew and Dan are on top of it with sharp wits and minds. THE WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew starts re...
Episode 08 - The Injection Objection
The world can't keep up with Dan and Andrew as they tear through all things geeky and nerdy. THE WEEK IN GEEK: Before getting into individual accomplishments, they discuss the recently release...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-08-the-injection-objection
Episode 07 - The Volumometer Incident
Even in the face of a near disastrous behind the scenes technical glitch, it turns out that Andrew and Dan can't be stopped. Again, they bring you another outstanding episode that covers a str...
https://forall.libsyn.com/episode-07-the-volumometer-incident
Fanart by Amir S.
Here's the fanart we received this week from listener Amir S. of Andrew playing in cardboard, from Episode 5. For all intents and purposes, thanks Amir!
Episode 06 - Heart Law, Article 9
The guys are back and push it to 11! Because Dan lives in Sacramento, and it is summer, you'll hear his floor fan humming along throughout the episode––you've been warned! In a very energet...
Behind Every Line and Between Every Panel
Comics are an inherently overlooked medium. I don’t necessarily mean that in the sense of cultural appreciation––we have the multi-billion dollar Marvel cinematic universe to prove that i...
https://forall.libsyn.com/behind-every-line-and-between-every-panel
Episode 05 - Remembers the Poops
With Dan running at about 60%, Andrew boldly steps up to the reins and wheels a new episode through to the finish line. Under his masterly guidance, they competently discuss the following: WE...
D. Bethel's New Comic Launches Today!
We're proud to announce that D. Bethel's new western webcomic, Long John, officially goes live today. Though nothing truly exciting has happened yet in the comic (it's just setting the stage thi...
https://forall.libsyn.com/d-bethels-new-comic-launches-today
Episode 04 - Premature Clapulation
This week, Andrew and Dan return with a bevy of new and exciting topics, including: -FTL -Super-old Doctor Who episodes -Long John , Dan's upcoming webcomic (June 24th at www.longjohncomic...
Getting to the Point
This Boast is framed around Game of Thrones and does not discuss content; so, there are no spoilers contained herein. I like the Game of Thrones tv show more than A Song of Ice and Fi...
Episode 03 - Police Intrusion
We're back for episode three! This week Andrew and Dan get into trouble talking about topics such as: -Andrew's recent decent into Bronyhood...sort of. -Dan left his house, for once, to see...
Making Wishes
Console-based video game fans are in a strange state right now. In the virtual vacuum between console generations and good games, we tend to become very loud in our uneasiness. When Sony and ...
Godzilla Fhtagn
This is an expanded version of the Boast of Bethel heard in Episode 2 of A Podcast For All Intents and Purposes. One of the questions fans of weird writer, H. P. Lovecraft, are always asking r...
Episode 02 - The Clap
As expected, we have created a second episode for your listening pleasure. This week, as with last week, our topics went all over the place: -Andrew discusses his time with the game, Sentinel...
D. Bethel's New Webcomic Announcement!
CO-CREATOR OF EBEN07 ANNOUNCES NEW WESTERN WEBCOMIC, LONG JOHN After six years of comicking, Eben07 co-creator, co-writer, and illustrator, D. Bethel, is launching his brand new long-...
https://forall.libsyn.com/d-bethels-new-webcomic-announcement
Episode 01 - We Don't Know $#!&
In the premiere episode of A Podcast For All Intents and Purposes, we are introduced to the hosts: Andrew, a stew of nuclear engineering, lawyering, and quizomancy; and Dan, a comicker who teach...