A Podcast [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes

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. The new year is brought in an...interesting...fashion. Base humor and extended conversations are but a small step into 2016! Week in Geek:  The boys play some catch up as Andrew plays  Assassin's Creed IV: B...

The boys bring in the holidays with some  Week in Geek talk. Andrew plays a game of Dread  whereby his life hangs in the balance (and his ability to play  Jenga ) while Dan plays  Transformers: Devastation and ponders the applicability of nostalgia in modern media. For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. Come back next week for Episode 77 as For All Intents and Purposes ring in th...

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: Andrew plays a bunch of new games, including  Bastion ,  Rollers of the Realm , and  Assassin's Creed Chronicle: China on the PlayStation 4 while Dan reads Ian Bogost's new book , How to Talk About Video Gam...

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. Week in Geek:  Andrew plays  Dragon Quest for iOS while Dan watches Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown   on Blu-Ray. Games With Feels: Based on a specific experience Andrew had while playing through  Metal Gear Sol...

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 watches  Ronin again and gets some spicy behind-the-scenes details while Dan plays dress-up in  Batman: Arkham Knight . Cards Against Black Friday:  Dan and Andrew detail the questionable history the cynica...

A day late due to over-eating, but the boys bring you a Shortcast to tide you over until the next full episode.  Week in Geek: Andrew plays Argent: The Consortium  by Level 99 Games while Dan finally finishes playing  Rogue Legacy and has some first-blush impressions of  Jessica Jones , the new Marvel-Netflix show. Leave a comment at forallpod.libsyn.com . Join our official Facebook  and Google+ p...

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 women. Check it out here . Armello:  Dan pointed Andrew toward what is basically a clever, fun board game on the PS4 called Armello . Click here for the Giant Bomb "Unfinished" look at the game  that got...

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 Mario Maker . Bethesda, Bethesda Never Changes: Dan and Andrew briefly talk about the wobbly––but successful––release of Bethesda Softworks'  Fallout 4. Warcraft Hopes:  Andrew and Dan use the recent trailer f...

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 Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain  while a piece of fanart Dan drew for Crimson Peak went mildly viral for the first time in his life and it freaked him out a little.  Metroid - The Sky Calls:  Dan and Andrew t...

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 Solid V: The Phantom Pain . Cthulhu Called, No One's Home:  In the interest of Spookytober, Dan and Andrew return to famed horror writer, H.P. Lovecraft, and one of his most revered (and culturally important)...

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 and played  Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and shot a lot of dudes while Dan saw  Crimson Peak . BttFP2:  To introduce Back to the Future Day, Dan and Andrew spend some time to talk about the overal...

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 Return" while Andrew plays  Super Meat Boy . Feel the Hurt:  It was announced that acclaimed actor, John Hurt, would be reprising his role as The War Doctor from his appearance on  Doctor Who in licensed Big Fini...

Life got in the way of the normal recording schedule. The previously scheduled full episode will be pushed until next week. However, the guys at FAIAP don't want to leave you in the lurch, so they bring you an emergency Shortcast. Week in Geek: Andrew watches  Heroes Reborn  while Dan nerds out over recently discovered Caravaggio paintings and drawings .  Feel free to comment on any of the topics...

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 choices of this rather forgotten series while Dan started playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain  and wonders how the hell it even exists. The Dimensions of Lego: Dan and Andrew discuss the recently re...

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 your headphones first) if you want to avoid such discussion. Week in Geek:  The boys were playing video games this week as Andrew finished playing  Suikoden on his PS Vita while Dan wrapped up  Mad Max ...

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: Before the internet connected people worldwide, the solitary world of video gaming was often perforated by moments of playing a single game with a group of people. Dan and Andrew discuss this nostalgic (and stil...

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  Mad Max . Wes Craven: Wherein Dan and Andrew discuss the death of horror master, Wes Craven. BSG:  Though Battlestar Galactica  has a long lineage over multiple series, Andrew and Dan decide to focus on th...

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 discussion podcast, Nerdhole  (check out their website for some terrific PAX Prime 2015 coverage), while Dan gets emotional and nostalgic as he watched a father play through the Oculus Rift Apollo Moon Landi...

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 Imitation Game . MGSVTPP:  On the precipice of  Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 's release, they have the gall to ask, "Who is the is game for?" Ninja(s) and Superspies:  Dan and Andrew look into the differen...

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 Arms 3: Before getting to the topic of the influence of westerns, Dan and Andrew look at a very specific––and, perhaps, out of the blue––instance of this with the 2002 JRPG,  Wild Arms 3 . The Western Evo...

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-Listeners:  Our listeners chime in on meta-texts that really piqued their interests while Dan and Andrew chime in on those suggestions. Meta-Fiction:  Andrew and Dan delve deep into the world of stories about sto...

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  Final Fantasy VI . BTAS:  Dan and Andrew wrangle a new television show to talk about,  Batman: The Animated Series . They use the classic episode, "Perchance to Dream", as a way to kick off the discussion ab...

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 a custom  30 Rock  deck while Dan plays  Journey  which was recently released for the Playstation 4. Listener Gateways:  Thanks to listener input, Dan and Andrew discuss the classic gateways to geekdom that...

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  Endeavor while Dan geeks out over  The Art of Mad Max: Fury Road . Boast of Bethel:  With the new images of Pluto, Dan wonders how HP Lovecraft, a devoted amateur astronomer who was writing when Pluto was fi...

Our last Shortcast of the break covers San Diego Comic Con 2015. We look at the big reveals and some news that was released (mostly movie and TV-related) before asking ourselves, now that it's all over: what is SDCC now? Feel free to leave your thoughts about this year's SDCC as a comment on the page for this episode at  forall.libsyn.com . Be sure to join the conversations happening at our offici...