On this Secret of Evermore podcast: derivative or unique; similarities and dissimilarities with Mana; Square USA; Americana and B-movies.
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Time to come clean. I was wrong about Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster but it took playing the game for myself. Well, half-wrong.
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is a new breed of Monster Hunter that dramatically improves upon its 3DS predecessor.
Final Fantasy Adventure accomplishes quite a lot with its limited resources, platform, and translation. Revisit the first Mana game with me.
What’s old is new again in this RPG adventure that can be played on classic hardware. Dragonborne is a brand new NEW Game Boy game!
Ys Origin is familiar but reliable and really, need anyone ask for more from a JRPG honoring long and rich series traditions?
On this Vagrant Story podcast, we handle one of Square’s most difficult games with care. Having trouble beating Vagrant Story? Have a listen!
Innovation is a mere buzzword. Changes happen in a microcosm. Mortal Shell enjoyably drives that point home, like a sword in a monster’s gut.
Are we living in the golden age of gaming right now? The Infernal Accountant Mage makes a point via Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen.
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition brings one of the most underrated modern classics in the JRPG genre back to life.
Sakura Wars skirts the line between visual novel and mech combat, and while some continue to ask “what is a game?”, fans of visual novels will eat this up.
How does the Super Mario franchise handle a mash-up between traditional RPG elements and golfing sports game? How does Arcade Mage remember it?
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA) joins the Super Mario Multiverse for MAR10, 2020: celebrating the history, inspiration, imagination, and joy of Super Mario!
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS) joins the Super Mario Multiverse for MAR10, 2020: celebrating the history, inspiration, imagination, and joy of Super Mario!
Super Paper Mario (Wii) joins the Super Mario Multiverse for MAR10, 2020: celebrating the history, inspiration, imagination, and joy of Super Mario!
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (DS) joins the Super Mario Multiverse for MAR10, 2020: celebrating the history, inspiration, imagination, and joy of Super Mario!
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN) joins the Super Mario Multiverse for MAR10, 2020: celebrating the history, inspiration, imagination, and joy of Super Mario!
In this Monster Hunter World podcast: absurd weapons, magic dinosaurs, missing Jhen Mohran, real life hunting and “animal cruelty” allegations.
Part 1 of “Intergalactic January” with the very first entry in one of the greatest RPG series of all time: Mass Effect!
“Exchange information, learn to talk sensibly about any subject, learn to express your thoughts, accept…
On this Final Fantasy podcast, @AncientLitDude and I discuss what is arguably the most important game to The Well-Red Mage as a concept.
“Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor.” -China Mieville
Dogs kind of default to making friends unless provoked. Cats seem to default to making enemies unless convinced otherwise.
-Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick
The epic conclusion of our Chrono mini-series is finally here!
“This time, The Warrior of Light must become The Warrior of Darkness.”
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, maybe the most controversial Zelda game, but does it deserve the bum rap or is that just internet noise?
“Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.”
-Khalil Gibran
This episode we dive headfirst into the horrors of a cult classic: Shadow Hearts, discussing how to win a game of hangman, the definition of cult classic, our take on Lovecraft’s works and Lovecraftian themes present in Shadow Hearts, purple prose and classic literature, anti-anthropocentrism and cosmic horror, the technical word for fear of dolls (never use it, please)…
Octopath Traveler is about convictions and traditionalism painted with heavy strokes and a new coat of paint.
If you like JRPGs or are a fan of mind-bending stories and Japanese culture, give this a shot, just be prepared to lose a significant chunk of your life to this video game epic.
