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Guestcast 02 – Ready Taylor One

20 April 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

READY TAYLOR ONE: With D. Bethel out for the week so Shakespeare can get paid, Andrew recruits friend-of-the-show, Taylor Katcher, to talk about the recent Steven Spielberg sci-fi film, Ready Player One.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 29 – Guitar Mode: Where Andrew discussed his experience reading Ernest Cline’s debut novel, Ready Player One.
Episode 42 – Unology: Where D. and Andrew talk about the announcement of Spielberg taking on directorial duties of the cinematic adaptation of Ready Player One.
Episode 110 – A Taylor [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes: In which Taylor first arrives on the podcast to talk about the DC event, Flashpoint.
Guestcast 01 – How Does Dan Do It?: The first Guestcast in which Taylor was the first Guestcast host.
Episode 135 – Pure Chaos: In which Taylor comes to the show to talk with D. and Andrew about the Alien franchise in the context of Alien: Covenant.
Episode 141 – The Unpop Culture: Where Andrew and D. react to the first Ready Player One trailer, especially in the context of Andrew having read the novel.
Episode 152 – My Own Finger: Where Taylor was brought on for the first time in 2018 to give us the State of the DCUnion.

RELATED LINKS:

“Spotlight: The Marvel Minimum: The Four Movies to See Before ‘Avengers: Infinity War’” by Taylor Katcher.
Nerd Alert, a podcast from WDW News Today on which Taylor is a frequent guest.
“Boasts of Bethel: Getting to the Point” by D. Bethel – Where D. discusses his thoughts about adaptations and why we should mete our expectations.

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

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-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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Shortcast 47 – The Finest in Lottery Scratcher Technology

16 March 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 3 comments

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WEEK IN GEEK: After weeks away, Andrew and D. Bethel return to talking about the geeky stuff they’ve done in the last week. Andrew plays Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 and is much surprised considering his views on the first game. D. Bethel dives into a different kind of legacy by looking at the first volume of All-New Wolverine as Laura Kinney (formerly X-23) takes the mantle of “Wolverine” from her (at the time) deceased…uh…father? Brother? Twin? Whatever. #comics

Also––a News Blast breaking story about All-New Wolverine and its cancellation announcement made this week.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 29 – Guitar Mode: Where Andrew discusses his experience reading Ernest Clinie’s debut novel, Ready Player One.
Episode 42 – Unology: Where D. and Andrew talk about the announcement of Steven Spielberg as director of the Ready Player One film adaptation.
Episode 87 – Thunder and Lightning: Where Jesse Megagame talked about Pandemic Legacy with Andrew and D.
Episode 107 – Spock’s Screams: Where D. and Andrew talked about the idea behind legacy characters and how they, generally, very much liked the idea.
Shortcast 23 – Special Sickness Edition: Where D. Bethel talked about the Wolverine solo series from the late 1980s collected in Wolverine Epic Collection: Madripoor Nights.
Episode 141 – The Unpop Culture: Where Andrew and D. talk about the first trailer for Ready Player One’s film adaptation.
Shortcast 43 – The # Age: Where Andrew talked about playing the Legacy-like Gloomhaven and framed it against the very different Pandemic Legacy games.

RELATED LINKS:

Rahman, Abid. “Ready Player One: First Reactions From the Premiere.” The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2018.
Wil Wheaton and friends play through the Pandemic base game on the Geek and Sundry show, Tabletop:

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Episode 141 – The Unpop Culture

28 July 2017 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: In a fit of nostalgia, Andrew picks up The Sims 3 again (starts at 1:49) while Dan can’t get past a nit-pick to enjoy anything Netflix’s Castlevania has to offer (20:46).

SDCC 2017: [starts at 34:04] It was a big weekend for nerd culture as the San Diego Comic Con dropped a bunch of new trailers on the world. Dan and Andrew look at three trailers and how they seem to be pointing out the creative direction of their respective studios with Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok, DC/Warner Bros.’ Justice League, and Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One.

For reference, here are the three trailers the discussion focuses on.

Thor: Ragnarok

Justice League

Ready Player One

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 29 – “Guitar Mode”: Andrew discusses reading the Ernest Cline novel, Ready Player One.
Episode 42 – “Unology”: Dan and Andrew discuss the announcement that Steven Spielberg would be adapting Ready Player One as a film.

WORKS CITED, REFERENCED, OR CONSULTED:

Purdom, Clayton. “The Ready Player One Backlash Has Begun.” A.V. Club. Onion Inc., 24 July 2017.

LINKS:

Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
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E-mail: Andrew – andrew@forallintents.net, D. Bethel – dbethel@forallintents.net
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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Stayin’ in Black” by Wax Audio