gaming Archives - Page 9 of 15 - For All Intents and Purposes

Good Gamefeel

28 June 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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 Koji Igarashi––Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and they are enjoying the presence of both nostalgic throwback and interesting choices that move the genre forward.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Diaz, Ana. “EA Calls Its Loot Boxes ‘Surprise Mechanics,’ Says They’re Used Ethically.” Polygon. Vox Media, 21 June 2019.
The amazing Igarashi video where he introduces the graphics overhaul made to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night:

Source: Sony

Part 1 of D. Bethel’s playthrough of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon:

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 62 – Not the Episode Title (06 July 2018): Where D. Bethel discussed playing Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon.
Shortcast 67 – Baguettevania (24 August 2018): Where Andrew and D. talk about another Metroidvania, Dead Cells (and Andrew comes up with a convincing definition for “Metroidvania”).
Episode 159 – Toxic Delivery Mechanism (12 October 2018): Where Andrew discusses Timespinner and its version of slavish devotion to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

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 – Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel – Twitter & Instagram
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

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/)

Clip from “Harvester of Sorrow” by Metallica (written by Hetfield/Ulrich) from ..And Justice For All (Elektra Records, 1988).

Image Source: Entertainment Software Association

Mr. Shorts & Chains

14 June 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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 our jaded hosts excited.

Games discussed: Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Fallout 76, Pokémon Sword/Shield, among others.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 54 – Noun the Adjective (19 June 2015): When Andrew and D. Bethel talked about the Final Fantasy VII Remake announcement at E3 2015.
Shortcast 54 – Cameo Train (11 May 2018): The last time we said “Cameo Train” was in this episode where Avengers: Infinity War was discussed.
Shortcast 59 – Lizard Man Fantasies (15 June 2018): D. Bethel and Andrew discuss E3 2018.
Textured in Fear (24 May 2019): Our hosts dissect a recent trailer (with gameplay––pre-E3) for Final Fantasy VII Remake.

RELEVANT LINKS:

“Spotlight: Games at E3” (14 June 2018): Where D. Bethel recounts his favorite trailers from E3 2018.
Alexandra, Heather. “Cyberpunk 2077 Artist Says Controversial In-Game Image is Commentary on Corporations.” Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group, 12 June 2019.
Tamburro, Paul. “How GOG and CD Projekt Red are Ruining Their Public Image.” Game Revolution. Evolve Media, 23 Oct. 2018.

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 – Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel – Twitter & Instagram
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

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/)

We Still Don’t Know $#!&

31 May 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

This is our Fifth Anniversary episode! Thanks to everyone for listening over the years! We really appreciate all the support.

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 about the ever-evolving definition of Role-Playing Games.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Asplund, Andrew, and D. Bethel. “Five Years [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes.” A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 29 May 2019.
Holkins, Jerry, and Mike Krahulik. “A Fabulous Invention.” Penny Arcade. Penny Arcade, Inc., 30 July 2007.
Maher, Jimmy. “Defining the CRPG.” The Digital Antiquarian. 14 Aug. 2011.
Pepe, Felipe. “1982-1987 – The Birth of Japanese RPGs, re-told in 15 Games.” Gamasutra. UBM Technology Group, 10 Oct. 2016.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 001 – We Don’t Know $#!& : The first episode posted on 29 May 2014.

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 – Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel – Twitter & Instagram
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

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 – Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel – Twitter & Instagram
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

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/)

Reverent Irreverence

17 May 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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 Nine documentary, What We Left Behind. D. Bethel stayed home to explore the digital recreation of classical Egypt while playing Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Origins.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 84 – Your Cursor Is My Prisoner (19 February 2016): Andrew plays the final entry in the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles trilogy. (Previous episodes of Assassin’s Creed Chronicles are Episode 82 and Episode 80).
Episode 122 – It’s a Fake: Where Andrew has D. Bethel watch the classic DS9 episode, “In the Pale Moonlight.”
Shortcast 52 – Double Rhymes (27 April 2018): When Andrew played Assassin’s Creed Rogue.
Wise Captain-Father (19 April 2019): When D. and Andrew talk about the Notre Dame cathedral fire and how Ubisoft’s research into the monument for Assassin’s Creed: Unity may help ease its rebuilding efforts.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Here’s the nightmare chocobo camel Dan witnessed. You have been warned:

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 – Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel – Twitter & Instagram
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

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/)

Tickle It

3 May 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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…including on your favorite nerdy-geeky podcast. Andrew and D. Bethel have a lot to say about the trailer and, in a larger scope, movie adaptations of video games and what works and what doesn’t. But first, the trailer:

https://youtu.be/FvvZaBf9QQI

What do you think? Let us know in the comments!

RELEVANT LINKS:

Ben Schwartz’s––Sonic’s voice actor––bizarre interview with Larry King:

Rosenberg, Adam. “The Internet is Obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog’s Muscular, Sculpted Sex Legs.” Mashable. 10 Dec. 2018.
Gravity Falls‘ creator, Alex Hirsch, and his Twitter thread response to the Sonic trailer:

Seems to me that in order to adapt a beloved IP like, sayyyyy, a video game, you need to start with a simple question- what do fans love about this character? What do they love about this world? What FEELING does this game give them? How can we strive to create that feeling?
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) April 30, 2019

D. Bethel’s Free Comic Book Day video:

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 19 – In It to Win It (03 Oct. 2014): Where Andrew relays his pitch for the Tetris movie.
Episode 72 – Murphy, the Pilot of Piqued (13 Nov. 2015): Where Andrew and D. Bethel first discussed the nature of adaptations of video games into movies.

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 – Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel – Twitter & Instagram
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

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/)

Google Saccharin

12 April 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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 while Apple announced its gaming-focused subscription platform––maybe––called Apple Arcade. Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the merits of these announcements and how they either apply, predict, or completely misread the gaming landscape.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 16 – Of Underwear Models & Wayward Sons: When D. Bethel and Andrew first talked about the hit CW show, Supernatural.
Episode 27 – Super Sleep Mode: D. Bethel talks about starting to read Blake J. Harris’ Console Wars––a book he’s still reading in 2019.
Plants Having Sex (05 April 2019): When Andrew and D. had a kind-of-fight about news coverage of games.

RELEVANT LINKS:

McWhertor, Michael. “Google Stadia is the New Streaming Gaming Platform from Google.” Polygon. Vox Media, 19 Mar. 2019.
Marks, Tom. “Valve Admits Artifact Has ‘Deep-Rooted Issues,’ Commits to Fixing It.” IGN. Ziff Davis, 29 Mar. 2019.
Walton, Mark. “The Fabled SNES-Playstation Prototype Has Been Turned On and Disassembled.” Ars Technica. Condé Nast, 09 Nov. 2015.
Warren, Tom. “Apple Arcade is a New Game Subscription Service for iOS, Mac, and Apple TV.” The Verge. Vox Media, 25 Mar. 2019.
Webster, Andrew. “Apple Arcade has Game Developers Excited, But Quetsions Remain.” The Verge. Vox Media, 26 Mar. 2019.

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 – Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel – Twitter & Instagram
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

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 Future Is Only Forward

22 March 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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, Injustice 2, and then rounding back to Andrew as he talks about Rodney Thompson’s heist RPG in a box, Dusk City Outlaws.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 16 – Nostalgia Mining : Where D. Bethel discusses what went wrong (for him) about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.
Shortcast 43 – The # Age : Where Andrew talks about the rise of narrative-focused board games with Gloomhaven.

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 – Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel – Twitter & Instagram
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

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/)

Business Is About to Happen

8 March 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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 television show, The Gifted, after its second (and final?) season finale [SPOILER ALERT].

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 143 – This Is A Family Show: Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the announcement of Fantasy Flight’s board game adaptation of Fallout.
Episode 147 – Whatever We Bring, We Bring It: Where D. Bethel talks about the pilot episode of The Gifted.
Shortcast 40 – Shortcast Your Mom: Where D. Bethel talks about The Gifted after the conclusion of its first season.
Episode 160 – Business Exempt: Where D. Bethel talked about the first three episodes of the second season of The Gifted.

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 – Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel – Twitter & Instagram
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

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/)

08 February 2019 – It’s Always a Game

8 February 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 2 comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Image Sources: Unknown Worlds Entertainment (top)/Team Cherry (bottom)

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 explores the mysterious labyrinthine world found in Team Cherry‘s Hollow Knight.

Andrew’s accidental screenshot while trying to escape the maw of a Reaper Leviathan in *Subnautica*.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Part 1 of D. Bethel’s playthrough of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon:

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 75 – A Sad Game About Nuclear Disarmament: Where Andrew shares how a mission from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain also triggered a strong response in him as a former Navy officer.

INFO:

Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
Join our Facebook page
E-mail: Andrew – andrew@forallintents.net, D. Bethel – dbethel@forallintents.net
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
*Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

18 January 2019 – Sandwich Poets

18 January 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Image Source: Chooseco. Art by Paul Granger.

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 a lawsuit to Netflix over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and the tenuous if not honorific connections that movie has to the classic children’s book series. In the world of video games, the Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations has sued Take Two––owners of Rockstar Games––for the apparent vilification of the company in the developer’s highly successful late-2018 release, Red Dead Redemption 2. Andrew and D. Bethel sound the Nerd Law alarm and discuss these two cases in depth.

Dan will be tabling at Stocktoncon Winter this Sunday, January 20, with Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics yet again (which hints at a return of the Con Artists limited podcast series)! If you’re in the area, please stop by. For more information, read this post at Long John or go straight to the source at Stocktoncon.com. Hope to see you there!

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 03 – Interview with André La Roche (31 Dec. 2014): A talk Andrew has with fellow lawyer and nerd to talk about writing for tabletop RPGs.
Episode 150 – Comivention (15 Dec. 2017): A Nerd Law episode where Andrew examines Epic Games’ suing of players cheating in Fortnite.
Episode 156 – River City Rampage (17 Aug 2018): A smorgasbord episode of Nerd Law as Andrew discusses the acquisition of Fox properties by Disney and Nintendo’s drop of the hammer on emulation sites.
Episode 158 – Bluster and Impotence (05 Oct. 2018): A Nerd Law discussion about ComicsGate’s Richard Meyer suing Mark Waid for “tortious interference with a contract.”
Shortcast 76 – A Sense of Place (30 Nov. 2018): Where D. Bethel discussed his early time with Red Dead Redemption 2.
11 January 2019 – Close the Loop: Where Andrew talked about his experience with Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.

LINKS:

The Pinkerton Detective Agency was a job; it was not a requirement to be a hero as this tweet from JoeWV testifies:

Pinkertons put a Gatling gun on the railroad car and shot at my great grandparents living in tents while on strike at Paint creek, wv. They absolutely were hired thugs

— JoeWV (@JOEWV) January 16, 2019

Despair, Inc.’s first and only installment of the “Lose Your Own Adventure” series of books.

Asplund, Andrew. “Nerd Law 101: Intellectual Property Basics.” A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 22 Mar. 2017.
Doctorow, Cory. “Games Workshop Trademark Bullying Goes Thermonuclear: Now They Say You Can’t Use ‘Space Marine’ in Science Fiction.” Boing Boing. Happy Mutants, 06 Feb. 2013.
Goslin, Austen. “Netflix Hit With a Choose Your Own Adventure Lawsuit Over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.” Polygon. Vox Media, 11 Jan. 2019.
Robertson, Adi. “Red Dead Redemption 2‘s Pinkerton Agents Are at the Center of a Lawsuit.” The Verge. Vox Media, 14 Jan. 2019.
Wales, Matt. “Gearbox Boss Randy Pitchford Accused of Taking Secret $12m Bonus, More During Legal Tussle With Studio’s Former Lawyer.” Eurogamer. Gamer Network, 11 Jan. 2019.

INFO:

Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
Join our Facebook page
E-mail: Andrew – andrew@forallintents.net, D. Bethel – dbethel@forallintents.net
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store.

For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC: