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9 February 2024 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

WEEK IN SICK: Andrew’s back after being ill and he has some stuff to share! This week, he talks about watching five seasons of the CBS reboot of Magnum, P.I. and how it not only connects with the original show, but how it connects to all of CBS’ reboot shows (Hawaii Five-O, and Macgyver). D. Bethel, who was not sick, talks briefly about starting the throwback JRPG, Sea of Stars, by Sabotage Studio. (Thank you to Kyrun Silva for helping out at the beginning of the episode!)

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro – Andrew returns and talks about having COVID again.
(05:35) Andrew’s Week in Sick: Magnum, P.I.
(27:12) D. Bethel’s Week in Not-Sick: Sea of Stars
(34:52) Outro – Sausage Update
(39:09) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“Mr. Moustache” (21 September 2018): Where Andrew first discusses the Magnum, P.I. reboot.
“Wet Shirt Feels” (16 August 2019): Where D. Bethel shares his thoughts about Sabotage Studio’s previous––and very different––game, The Messenger.
“Sad News Theme” (28 February 2020): Where Andrew talks about the Macgyver reboot.

INFO:

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Find Kyrun Silva and his work at TaurusComics.com and on Instagram and Twitter and listen to his podcast, The 4 Tales Podcast.
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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/

“Hot Pausin'” written and performed by Glenn and D. Bethel

Wet Shirt Feels

16 August 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Ultima (a.k.a. Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness) in the hopes of reverse engineering it so he can build his own browser game while D. Bethel is genuinely surprised by the depth and charm of Sabotage Studio’s action/platformer/exploration game, The Messenger.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Andrew’s in-development capstone browser game.
Voyager Dragon’s Ultima Upgrade Website.
Klepek, Patrick. “I Had No Idea It Was Possible to Hate the Mid-Game Twist in The Messenger.” Vice Games. Vice Media, 25 Sep. 2018.
- SPOILER ALERT––a nice look at how the game changes midway through. Read at your own caution.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 67 – Baguettevania (24 Aug. 2018): Where the metroidvania rogue-like game, Dead Cells, was discussed.
Episode 159 – Toxic Delivery Mechansim (12 Oct. 2018): Where Andrew discusses the metroidvania, Timespinners, which very much wears its devotion to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, on its sleeve.
Plants Having Sex (19 April 2019): Where Andrew first stepped into the open world mysteries of No Man’s Sky.
Good Gamefeel (28 June 2019): Where D. and Andrew spend the episode talking about the metroidvania glory of Bloodstained: Ritual 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/)