A Podcast [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes Andrew Asplund & D. Bethel

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, they are now breaking up the company into three surprising publicly traded companies.

CRAWL OUT THROUGH THE FALLOUT: As has everyone else on the plane, it seems, our hosts also check out the new hit Amazon Prime television show, Fallout, the most recent in big-budget video game adaptations.

DEADPOLE: The first full trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine dropped this week and it is surprisingly more...emotional?...than expected.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - Embracer Group news
(09:16) Amazon Prime's Fallout
(40:35) Outro - The trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine surprised D. Bethel
(43:30) Outtakes

RELEVANT LINKS:

Batchelor, James. "Embracer Group Splits Into Three: Everything You Need to Know." Games Industry.biz, 22 April 2024. A link to Embracer Group's press release on the matter. The trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine.
RELEVANT EPISODES:

"A Sense of Place" (18 November 2018): Where Andrew shares his experiences diving into Fallout 76.
INFO:

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

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 has a good time playing a scoundrel in Obsidian Entertainment's The Outer Worlds.

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro - We survived the eclipsageddon
(02:39) Andrew watches Star Trek: Discovery (Star Trek talk ensues)
(23:06) Dan's quick update about finishing Sea of Stars.
(24:10) D. gives first impressions on The Outer Worlds
(37:53) Outro - more eclipse talk.
(39:11) Outtakes

INFO:

Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode. Join our Facebook page Social: Andrew - Mastodon, D. Bethel - Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel. FEATURED MUSIC:

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

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 Disney+ animated series, X-Men '97. WARNING: spoilers, hot takes, and deep lore dives abound in this episode.

Follow Kyrun on the following services:

Taurus Comics on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok 4 Tales Podcast on YouTube, and Facebook
RELEVANT LINKS:

Campione, Katie. "X-Men '97 Debuts to 4M Views on Disney+." Deadline, Penske Media Corp., 25 March 2024.
INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

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

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

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

TOPICS:

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

RELEVANT EPISODES:

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

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

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FEATURED MUSIC:

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

THE LENGTH PROBLEM: Our hosts spend a little time up top discussing the question, "What's with all the long movies?"
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: After finally having caught up on Marvel's Echo mini-series and The Marvels, our hosts share their thoughts about the ups, downs, and innovations of these two rather under-the-radar entries in the MCU.

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro - Old men complain about long movies
(04:58) Marvel Studios' Echo
(23:45) Thoughts on The Marvels
(37:54) Where Andrew and D. Bethel stand on Dune
(40:16) Outtakes
RELEVANT EPISODES:

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

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FEATURED MUSIC:

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

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.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - Dan really wants to like Ahsoka.
(21:35) A brief sojourn into discussing episodic vs. serialized television
(32:14) Star Wars homework vs. Marvel homework
(43:05) Outro - "Say Something Nice" and Highlander 2: The Quickening
(46:28) Outtakes


"SAY SOMETHING NICE": D. Bethel proposes a new idea for a podcast or a segment on the show.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

"Of Underwear Models & Wayward Sons" (11 September 2014): Where our hosts discuss the benefits and deficits between serialized and episodic televised storytelling.
RELEVANT LINKS:

A More Civilized Age, "Knights of the Old Republic 01" - the Star Wars: Rebels podcast that paused on their discussion of the show (due to the onset of the writer's strike) and instead played through Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

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