A Podcast For All Intents and Purposes

17/01/2025

On this Week in Geek episode, Andrew dives into the historical open world of Assassin's Creed: Origins, while D. Bethel jumps into the fantastical open world of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

WEEK IN GEEK: It’s a new year and––guess what?––our hosts are still geeks that have weeks; with that in mind, our hosts share the open-world character action games that have been occupying their time lately: Andrew dives into the conspiracy of Assassin’s Creed: Origins while D. Bethel us...

20/12/2024

This week, Andrew watches the subversive documentary, Yacht Rock: The Dockumentary, while D. Bethel celebrates the holiday season by watching a very unique film, Tokyo Godfathers. Also, some Karate Kid news.

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches the multifaceted musical/comedy documentary, Yacht Rock: The Dockumentary, while D. Bethel finds a new holiday-staple film in the esoteric but endearing animated film, Tokyo Godfathers, directed by the late Satoshi Kon. KARATE KID AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS: Our hosts...

13/12/2024

This week, Andrew talks about the series finale of Superman & Lois while D. Bethel wades through the muck of Still Wakes the Deep. What was your Week in Geek like this week?

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew talks about the finale to the DC/WB show, Superman & Lois, and how it holds up not only as a finale for the show but as a finale for the entire DC/WB run of shows. D. Bethel, on the other hand, spends some time (digitally) in the North Sea on the very Scottish experie...

06/12/2024

This week our hosts share a quick Star Trek minute as they give their (non-spoiler) impressions of the fifth (and final) season of Star Trek: Lower Decks so far and celebrate the art of Tony Todd, who also had a few memorable roles on Star Trek over the years and across the series.

THE DEEPEST CUT: Our hosts do a quick mid-season check-in on the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks. SWEETS TO THE SWEET: In honor of the great Tony Todd who played memorable roles from Star Trek to the titular Candyman, our hosts reflect on a great actor gone too soon. TOPICS:(00:00) Intro – ...

15/11/2024

This week, our hosts talk about the promise and possibility shown by the recent releases of three trailers for upcoming Marvel Studios projects: Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and season three of What If...?

STILL WALKING: Andrew updates us on his traversal through The Walking Dead, finding more surprises even when deep into season 4. MODERN MARVELS: Three new MCU trailers dropped––Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and What If…? Season 3––and they all look great! Does this, comb...

08/11/2024

This week, Andrew finally gets to talk about the most recent MCU/Disney+ show, Agatha All Along.

A CRUE TRIME STORY: Andrew sits down to talk about the glorious successes of the newest Marvel/Disney+ show, Agatha All Along (SPOILERS). TOPICS:(00:00) Intro – EVERYTHING IS FINE(02:31) Agatha All Along – It mixes things up!(05:04) The cast and premise of Agatha All Along(14:08) Joe Locke and R...

25/10/2024

For the first time in a while, our hosts decide to actually celebrate Spookytober by watching a classic movie of the spooky genre (and, also, because Andrew has gotten way into zombie fiction as of late): the 1978 George Romero classic, Dawn of the Dead.

The touch on everything from zombie lore to the film's commentary on contemporary (and even modern) politics.

DEAD BY DAWN: Our hosts dissect the surprisingly complicated (but very long) second zombie movie from director George Romero, Dawn of the Dead. TOPICS:(0:00:00) Intro – It’s ACTUALLY Spookytober(0:02:43) Discussion of Dawn of the Dead(0:59:41) Outro – Star Trek: The Lower Decks, Season 5 premi...

11/10/2024

This week, our hosts meander through some of their recent nerdy and geeky activities. Andrew dips a toe into some of the Godot controversy and calms down by watching the delightful Netflix show, Heartstopper. D. Bethel admits to being a big Junji Ito fan and is impressed by the first episode of the Adult Swim adaptation.

Amblin’ Entertainment: Our hosts glide through various pieces of news and entertainment that caught their attention this last week. Andrew finds himself lost amid some very strange controversy around the game engine, Godot, while also quite enjoying Netflix’s q***r teenage dramedy, Heartstopper....

04/10/2024

This week, Andrew watches a...reboot? remake? continuation?...of the class lawyer show, Matlock. D. Bethel dives into video games criticism with a new book from the French publisher, Third Editions, title Decoding The Last of Us: The Remnants of Humanity.

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew is pleasantly suprised and intrigued by the recent CBS…reboot? remake? metacommentary?…of Matlock starring Kathy Bates. D. Bethel tries to intersect his professional and personal interests with the critical works about video games, comics, and movies from the French publishe...

27/09/2024

This week, our hosts return to discuss their Weeks in Geek again! Andrew dips into the new MCU/Disney+ show (and Wandavision spinoff), Agatha All Along, as well as continues to dive deeper into the world of zombie fiction. D. Bethel checks out the latest installment of the Alien franchise in the fun and creepy (and, at times, problematic), Alien: Romulus.

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches the new Disney+/MCU show, Agatha All Along, before realizing he’s still all-in on zombie media. D. Bethel, on the other hand, checks out the newest entry into the venerated Alien franchise with Alien: Romulus. TOPICS:(00:00) Intro – Agatha All Along first impressions...

20/09/2024

This week, our comic creator spinoff show, Con Artists, returns where our co-host, D. Bethel, talks to fellow comic creator, Kyrun Silva of Ta**us Comics and 4 Tales Podcast, about this year's CrockerCon, a pop culture/comic convention held at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, a show for which Kyrun is now the co-coordinator.

This year is a big year with the local show, CrockerCon, reaching its 10th show in the Sacramento region. Being ten shows in, our hosts––D. Bethel of Long John and Kyrun Silva of Ta**us Comics––get a bit reflective, especially since Kyrun has moved from being an exhibitor to a co-coordinator...

06/09/2024

D. Bethel has fallen ill, so our hosts sit back, relax and share their weeks in geek. This week, Andrew checks out the Sonic the Hedgehog movie spinoff tv show, Knuckles, and is...confused. D. Bethel tries out a few new video games: Octopath Traveler and Pacific Drive.

WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel has fallen ill, so our hosts decide to take it easy and share their respective weeks in geek. This week, Andrew watches a very unique television show based on a video game, Knuckles on Paramount+. D. Bethel, meanwhile, checks out some video games, the punishing but intriguing...

30/08/2024

Our hosts return only to be on vacation--on the NEWS CRUISE!

That's right, this week, they sail between topics such as Dungeons & Dragons trying to be the Nintendo of tabletop gaming, DLC crossover mania, and––of course––Star Trek news.

So, hop aboard and set sail on the––toot toot––NEWS CRUISE!

23/08/2024

Pardon the dust! There will unfortunately be no podcast this week as real life got in the way (literal construction at a host's home, in this case). But we'll be back soon!

16/08/2024

This week it's about following the rules––of tabletop role-playing games. Andrew takes us through recent discourse he engaged with regarding how important (or not important) it is to fully know the rules of the games you play (and how much he loves Fabula Ultima, the TTJRPG).

Let us know your thoughts about the discussion in the comments below!

THE RULE OF RULES: Andrew shares his experience playing Fabula Ultima some more, and how it led to surprisingly divisive thoughts about how important––and, perhaps, necessary––the rules are of a tabletop RPG. TOPICS:(00:00) Intro – Andrew and his mouse problem(03:43) Fabula Ultima and the ...

09/08/2024

We've got a short one this week where our hosts check in with some things that have been occupying their attention. D. Bethel wraps up Marvel's Midnight Suns while Andrew starts watching Gravity Falls.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: It’s a quick check-in this week as one of our hosts has been displaced from his normal recording environment due to renovation occurring at his home. Despite that, our hosts do a quick check-in with D. finally wrapping up Marvel’s Midnight Suns while Andrew starts watching Gr...