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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 toys-to-life pool, as well as the recent announcement that  Disney Infinity ––Disney's version of this gaming type––is being shut down, Dan and Andrew discuss this relatively new mode of gaming, what it does,...

Week in Geek:  The guys felt the draw to local cinemas this week as Andrew saw  Warcraft and Dan saw  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows  and debate a bit about what movies trading on nostalgia and fandom  should do versus what was done and, of course, come to no conclusions. Leave your thoughts as a comment at forallintents.net . Be sure to join the official Facebook page. Help spre...

Another week, another Shortcast! This time, the boys are back with a brand new, video game infused Week in Geek. Week in Geek: Andrew plays  Wild Arms 3 while Dan plays  Fallout 4 and ruminate on the state of RPGS both at the start of the new millennium and now sixteen years deep into it. Leave your feedback to these topics as comments at forall.libsyn.com . Also be sure to join the conversations...

Another Shortcast for our summer break as everyone enjoys the warm weather. This week, Andrew and Dan talk about a recent lawsuit brought against  Magic: The Gathering publisher, Wizards of the Coasts, by their official competition judges. Andrew guides you through his thoughts on this with his impressive legal lens. For all intents and purposes, that was a Shortcast recap. Links: -" 'Magic' Card...

This week D. Bethel brings on Elijah Kaine to talk about the X-Men in anticipation of this week's release of  X-Men: Apocalypse . They discuss not only the filmic franchise but also of the themes of the X-Men in general and how they fit in with the greater Marvel universe. Read Elijah's writing at the Geek Intellectualist . Check out his gaming streams at twitch.tv/wthhero . Leave a comment on the...

It's the return of the Summer Shortcast!  Extra-Long Week in Geek: Andrew watches  Deadpool and Dan reads the  Dark Phoenix Saga and also talks about the death of animator and comicker, Darwyn Cooke. Links: - Batman Beyond - Darwyn Cooke's Batman 75th Anniversary Short Featured Music: -"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio -"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio

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 the Silver Surfer and  Jurassic World . Captain America v Iron Man: Dawn of Civil War:  Dan and Andrew go in-depth talking about what they felt  Captain America: Civil War brings to not only the Marvel Ci...

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 War , Dan and Andrew discuss why fans get so jazzed about seeing superheroes punch each other, often more than punching bad guys. Leave a comment at forall.libsyn.com . Be sure to join the official Faceboo...

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 introduced to the world last weekend and Dan and Andrew talk more about  how the announcement was made more than about the companion herself, if only because that's all the information we have. Digital Board...

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 our normal standards of audio fidelity. Apologies for any inconvenience. Week in Geek:  Andrew plays  Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes while Dan plays a Free-to-Play game, finally watches  Ant-Man , and discus...

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 franchise, Dr. Strange , was released to the world this week adding to the already high anticipation. Can Benedict Cumberbatch bring a classic Marvel character to life? Hard Games:  With  Dark Souls III finally...

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 certain fans of  Baldur's Gate found, in the recent expansion  Baldur's Gate: The Siege of Dragonspear , an openly trans character and found it offensive, for a variety of reasons. Dan and Andrew ruminate on...

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 Capes, Punching:  Both Dan and Andrew have seen  Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and have things to say about it. Share your opinions about any of this week's topics by leaving a comment at forall.libsyn....

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 Dan nor Andrew have seen the newest superhero effort by Warner Bros. and DC Comics, the talk around the imminent release of the movie has been heated and divisive. They talk about the suppositions, biases,...

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 the most recent trailer for  Captain America: Civil War debuted Spider-Man's entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, many people are wondering if we're going to be getting  another Spider-Man origin story. Are...

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 favorite tabletop card games,  Sentinels of the Multiverse . Talk with Jesse Megagame:  Dan and Andrew sit down and talk with one of the founders of Seattle Megagames about, surprise of surprises, megagames....

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 enjoys some clever meta-retcon that happens. Narrative Bifurcation:  Dan and Andrew discuss some of the possibilities brought on by Nintendo's very interesting release of  Fire Emblem Fate , which is actually...

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 Escapists , while Dan sees  Deadpool and definitely has "feelings." Silenced Hills: At the recent DICE Summit, a keynote was held that reunited Metal Gear Solid 's Hideo Kojima with  Pan's Labyrinth 's Guillermo De...

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 Tune:  Dan and Andrew discuss how the cultural meaning of music can change drastically when used in different contexts. How many people think about demon-slaying when they hear "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansa...

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 Deadpool hits cinema this week and Dan and Andrew discuss the implications of this faithful arrival into the superhero movie discourse. Whose [sic] Tim Cosing? Greater Than Games  promotes their Kickstarter for the...

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 being through the door of a $10 downloadable game, Dan and Andrew discuss the recent widening of prices for games––both video and tabletop––and the implications on not only the content but the culture it feeds...

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 Who  showrunner since 2010, Steven Moffat announces his plans to leave the show after series 10 in 2017. Furthermore, his replacement has been revealed to be Chris Chibnall, an accomplished writer in his own ri...

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 Mission . Also, friends of the show, Jason Tudor and Keith Houin's sci-fi webcomic, Vorpal , now has a print version available for purchase. Check it out at Headshrinker's Press . Archiving Legacies:  Dan and A...

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 been playing  The Swindle on PS4. Dungeon Master's Guild: Dan and Andrew discuss a few of the facets involved with Wizards of the Coast's and Dungeon & Dragon's news about the newly opened "Dungeon Master's G...

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 Game Over . Sub Vs. Dub: Dan and Andrew tackle what is possibly a moot issue in the world of digital home video and media, but they still find the issues underpinning the perennial debate over which is a bet...