A Podcast [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes

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

On this weekly podcast, overeducated nerd codependent friends, Andrew and Dan, discuss things nerdy and geeky for all intents and purposes.

  1. 21 HR. AGO

    Con Artists #09 - CrockerCon Artists

    This year is a big year with the local show, CrockerCon, reaching its 10th show in the Sacramento region. Being ten shows in, our hosts––D. Bethel of Long John and Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics––get a bit reflective, especially since Kyrun has moved from being an exhibitor to a co-coordinator, giving us a look behind the curtain, beyond our normal look behind the table. RELEVANT INFORMATION: Find Kyrun's work through Taurus Comics at: Taurus Comics website 4 Tales Podcast Facebook Twitter D. Bethel's webcomic, Long John. Instagram Long John Facebook A Podcast [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes Podcast Facebook OTHER EPISODES: Con Artists #01 - StocktonCon, pt. 1 : The drive home from the first day of the show. Kyrun and D. discuss making sales, confidence, and the comics they grew up reading and enjoying. Con Artists #02 - StocktonCon, pt. 2 : The drive to StocktonCon to start Day 2 of the show. They discuss the importance of continuity, the level of fan engagement and ownership over continuity, and Dan's strange reading habits growing up. Con Artists #03 - StocktonCon, pt. 3 : Where Kyrun and D. talk about the breadth of indie comics, writing comics, and dive headfirst into personal nostalgia. Con Artists #04 - StocktonCon Winter 2019: Where D. Bethel and Kyrun try out StocktonCon's inaugural Winter show...with mixed results. Con Artists #05 - No Con 2020: Where Kyrun and D. Bethel address being an independent comic creator in a world without conventions. Con Artists #06 - Tickets & Tables: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun continue to ponder life without incomes and how the industry has tried to fill that void. Con Artists #07 - Return of the Con: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun hit the con circuit after over a year away from it. Con Artists #08 - The Madness of Marketing: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun talk about marketing new books during the middle of a pandemic.

    57 min

  2. SEP 6

    A Wave of Tires

    WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel has fallen ill, so our hosts decide to take it easy and share their respective weeks in geek. This week, Andrew watches a very unique television show based on a video game, Knuckles on Paramount+. D. Bethel, meanwhile, checks out some video games, the punishing but intriguing Pacific Drive, and the stylistically retro JRPG, Octopath Traveler. WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel has fallen ill, so our hosts decide to take it easy and share their respective weeks in geek. This week, Andrew watches a very unique television show based on a video game, Knuckles on Paramount+. D. Bethel, meanwhile, checks out some video games, the punishing but intriguing Pacific Drive, and the stylistically retro JRPG, Octopath Traveler. TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - D. is sick and it sucks (02:05) Andrew dips back into The Walking Dead. (03:44) Andrew's Week in Geek: Knuckles on Paramount+ (17:33) D. Bethel's Week in Geek #1: SquareEnix's Octopath Traveler (26:15) D. Bethel's Week in Geek #2: Ironwood Studios' Pacific Drive (33:54) Outro - Surviving the Bell Riots (36:01) Outtakes RELEVANT EPISODES: "National Character Counts" (20 October 2017): Where D. Bethel talks about another interesting take on the traditional JRPG formula, Battle Chasers. "The Battle Is the Game" (03 April 2020): Where Andrew shares his experience playing Octopath Traveler. "Attachment Point" (09 February 2024): Where D. Bethel lays out his opening hours with Sea of Stars. INFO: Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode. 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/

    37 min

  3. AUG 30

    The Colon Matters

    NEWS CRUISE: Our hosts recap a lot of the nerdy and geeky news of the last week or so, including Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, new Dungeons & Dragons, DLC crossovers, and a Doctor Who spinoff?!? TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - Both hosts are to blame (02:22) Star Trek news (08:50) Dungeons & Dragons news (16:41) Crossover DLC announcements from Dave the Diver, Balatro, and Dead By Daylight (26:38) Doctor Who spinoff mini-series, The War Between the Land and the Sea, starts production (35:09) Outro - Andrew's Gravity Falls update (38:53) Outtakes RELEVANT LINKS: Bryant, Jacob. "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Starts Filming as Full Cast Revealed." The Wrap, 26 August 2024. "Dave the Diver - Balatro, Potion Craft & Mxmtoon Collaboration Announcement Trailer | GamesCom 2024." uploaded by IGN, 20 August 2024. Nelson, Will. "Free Balatro Update Crosses Over with Four Games at Once, Right Now." PC Games N, Network-N, 27 August 2024. "Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Jon Bernthal Dungeons & Dragons." REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal, YouTube, 13 August 2024. "Production Begins on The War Between the Land and the Sea." Doctor Who News, News in Time and Space, 23 August 2024. RELEVANT EPISODES: "Chasing Chickens" (17 July 2020): Where D. shares his adventures into Gravity Falls. "Day of the Diver" (05 January 2024): Where our hosts have a conversation about Dave the Diver. "The 2-Body Solution" (29 March 2024): Where D. Bethel obsesses over Balatro. "Nerd Intervention" (28 June 2024): Where the hosts discuss the finale to the most recent season/series of Doctor Who. "Blanketcast" (09 August 2024): Where Andrew begins his adventure into Gravity Falls. 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 "Del Rio Bravo" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    40 min

  4. AUG 16

    General Skalsfass

    THE RULE OF RULES: Andrew shares his experience playing Fabula Ultima some more, and how it led to surprisingly divisive thoughts about how important––and, perhaps, necessary––the rules are of a tabletop RPG. TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - Andrew and his mouse problem (03:43) Fabula Ultima and the importance of understanding (or misunderstanding?) TTRPG rules (43:50) Outro - Andrew's impending birthday (47:19) Outtakes RELEVANT EPISODES: "So Many Halves" (14 June 2024): Where Andrew gets excited to start playing Fabula Ultima. "Active Talk Battle" (21 June 2024): Where remains excited after playing Fabula Ultima. 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/

    49 min

  5. AUG 9

    Blanketcast

    UNDER CONSTRUCTION: It's a quick check-in this week as one of our hosts has been displaced from his normal recording environment due to renovation occurring at his home. Despite that, our hosts do a quick check-in with D. finally wrapping up Marvel's Midnight Suns while Andrew starts watching Gravity Falls from the beginning for the first time (having already seen the end). TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - D.'s recording environment has been compromised (01:36) D. finally finished Marvel's Midnight Suns (07:05) Andrew started watching Gravity Falls (11:57) On deck: Batman: Caped Crusader (13:29) Outtakes RELEVANT EPISODES: "Chasing Chickens" (17 July 2020): Where D. Bethel shared his experience watching through Gravity Falls. "So Many Halves" (14 June 2024): Where D. first discussed Marvel's Midnight Suns. RELEVANT LINKS: "Life After XCOM (ft. Jake Solomon) - Dear Dwyery #03" - Where game designer, Jake Solomon, talks about working on the XCOM games at Firaxis and his approach to designing Marvel's Midnight Suns. Alex Hirsch gives us a look at the displays for the upcoming publication of his new Gravity Falls-related book, The Book of Bill. 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/

    14 min

  6. AUG 2

    Puddle Games

    WEEK IN GEEK: After a week away for travel, our hosts return to talk about what has occupied their nerdy time. Andrew dives all in on season 2 of Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix while D. Bethel starts to play the unique puzzle game, Arranger (while also fitting in a screening of Deadpool & Wolverine; NO SPOILERS). TOPICS: (00:00) Intro (01:30) Andrew's Week in Geek: Star Trek: Prodigy, Season 2 (16:54) New Star Trek tv show announced and the trailer for Star Trek: Section 31 (26:13) D. Bethel's Week in Geek #1: Arranger (37:30) D. Bethel's Week in Geek #2: Deadpool & Wolverine (NO SPOILERS) (42:58) Outro - Star Trek: Deep Space 9, "The Visitor" (45:25) Outtakes RELEVANT EPISODES: "I Hardly Even Knew Me" (26 February 2016): Where D. Bethel discusses watching the first Deadpool movie. "Punch the Microphone" (20 May 2016): Where Andrew discusses watching the first Deadpool movie. "Eloquent as Ever" (5 November 2021): Where Andrew discusses season 1 of Star Trek: Prodigy (when it was on Paramount+). "Space Man From Pluto" (30 June 2023): Where our hosts discuss the strange behavior of Paramount+, including the apparent cancellation (at the time) of Star Trek: Prodigy despite production seeming to have been completed. 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/

    47 min

  7. JUL 19

    The Egyptian Sam Elliott

    LET'S GET SMOKED: Our hosts get niche and talk about the glory that is Netflix's third season of the competitive cooking reality show, Barbecue Showdown. TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - The Weathercast (01:45) Barbecue Showdown, season 3 (03:39) Why it's a great show (09:10) The range of the cast (13:57) There are no losers on this show (16:59) BBQ in the USA (17:51) Standouts in the cast (20:50) The judges (23:20) Andrew was inspired to grind some meat! (28:10) Outro - Happy birthday friend-of-the-show-and-on-the-ground-DC-correspondent, Taylor! (29:50) Outtakes RELEVANT EPISODES: "Butt Magic" (16 October 2020): Where D. Bethel talks about his other favorite reality show, Alone. "The Dark Magic of Smoke Rings" (09 June 2023): Where our hosts discuss the joys of season 2 of Barbecue Showdown. "Sausageria" (29 December 2023): Where Andrew learns to stuff his own sausage. "Attachment Point" (09 February 2024): Where Andrew gives listeners an update on his sausage-stuffing adventure. 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/

    32 min

  8. JUL 12

    The Freezer Room

    STILL TOO HOT: With temperatures still uncomfortably high on the west coast of the United States, our hosts are calling it for another week but did sit down long enough to record a little bit of an audio proof of life to say hello to one another and to their audience. TOPICS: (00:00) Intro (00:41) Adventures in heat (03:21) A miniscule Week in Geek check-in from Andrew (03:46) Discourse about meat and meat preservation (04:46) The Netflix Way (05:27) D. has been too busy to do anything. (06:56) Outtakes (07:18) EXTRA CONTENT: Some pre-show conversation between our hosts 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/

    11 min
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On this weekly podcast, overeducated nerd codependent friends, Andrew and Dan, discuss things nerdy and geeky for all intents and purposes.

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