We take a deep, long look at Vagrant Story! We talked about Yasumi Matsuno and his journey to (and from) Square Enix, auteur theory and its vices, Shakespeare and cultural legitimacy, and plenty more besides.
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We covered Mega Man Battle Network 2! We talked about genre tropes and shonen anime, the limits of 'turn-based' as a description of combat systems, the history of the internet and digital internationalisation, transpacific racism and the legacy of American empire, and more besides.
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We kick our new show off with a doozy: Xenoblade 3 and all its xenopredecessors!
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We're back with a new podcast, and to celebrate April Fools we recorded a whole extra episode! It's about Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, a Bioware-developed DS game from 2008 (it's actually not, it's mostly about us, our background, and what we do).
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In this potentially final episode of the podcast, Val (@SylvanFlux) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) discuss the first segment of Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, covering the prologue and the Velen part of Act 1.
This episode has a CONTENT WARNING for mentions of violence, suicide, homophobia, sexual assault, the brutalization of women, miscarriage, and abortion.
"I can do you tragedy and women without queerness, and I can do you tragedy and queerness without women, and I can do you all three concurrent or consecutive, but I can't do you queerness and women without tragedy. Tragedy is compulsory - they're all tragedy, you see." - A hypothetical writer at CD Projekt Red
This is a pretty straightforward episode of rpg criticism, where we discuss Ara Fell by Stegosoft Games. Ultimately the game is pretty typical, even shallow at times. It has a lot of heart and stands out among its contemporaries, but what's that good for?
It's also the start of a new year for this podcast, which is exciting. Expect a new level of dedication, probably! Game on!
Next game is Shadows Over Imdahl https://rpgmaker.net/games/5991/
Music used, from Ara Fell
Louise Heaney - Inyuna's Tower
Louise Heany - Ghost of the Forest
Join Devon (@SylvanFlux) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) as they traverse the final Witcher game before the legend they sought! This journey isn't over, but The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is!
This episode has a CONTENT WARNING for sexual assault!
Send us your questions by tweeting us, or via email at witchercast@jrpgsaredead.fyi!
Music used, in order:
Alexander James Adams - Wild Hunt
Yoshino Yuuji - Wakaki Nendaiki Sakka
It took a long break, but our Witcher journey isn't over yet! Join Devon (@SylvanFlux) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) in processing the first Witcher game!
Send us your questions by tweeting us, or via email at witchercast@jrpgsaredead.fyi!
Music used, in order:
Alexander James Adams - Wild Hunt
Yoshino Yuuji - Wakaki Nendaiki Sakka
This was always bound to happen! Join us for the final episode of Dead Genre Chronicles, where we discuss Final Fantasy XIII, the Death of the JRPG incarnate, and all around unfairly maligned game. All it takes is a little change of paradigm to understand its quality!
The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy. Thanks to them for the special final outro tune.
This is the wrap-up and anniversary episode for Dead Genre Chronicles! After the next game, Final Fantasy XIII, the podcast will be done! We discuss the reasons why in this episode.
We mention the Discord, which can be found here:
https://discord.gg/0mBAd1LyCyJFNLUx
The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.
The DGC crew searches for the Reason behind the chaos as we trudge through Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, an Atlus RPG with a twofold reputation for its difficulty and its philosophizing.
The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.
The DGC crew tackles Radiant Historia, an Atlus RPG focused on the exploits of Stocke, a man who is granted the ability to travel through his personal history in order to fix mistakes and, eventually, right the world's course. We're also joined by Ted (@teioh) on this episode!
The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.
The Witcher book series comes to a close on this episode. Join Devon (@invisifool) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) in accepting their mistake, and learn how this trainwreck of a saga ends.
This episode has a general CONTENT WARNING for ongoing Witcher edginess.
Send us your questions by tweeting us, or via email at witchercast@jrpgsaredead.fyi!
Music used, in order:
Alexander James Adams - Wild Hunt
Yoshino Yuuji - Wakaki Nendaiki Sakka
The crew returns from a brief technical-difficulty-induced hiatus to talk about Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for the briefest episode yet!
The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.
The cast that comes out whenever decided that whenever is today. Standstill Girl is a very realized, curated, put-together tragedy... which maybe made it harder to talk about than what we've covered so far! Enjoy a lot of waffling and strained discussion and maybe some good points and maybe some other kinds of points.
Content warning: Standstill Girl depicts or otherwise implies parental abuse, self-harm, sexual assault, and suicide.
Next... time's game is Ara Fell, which can be found on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/440540/Ara_Fell/
Music used, from Standstill Girl
Sildra Company - The Hand Guiding Alice
Extra Ocean - Goodbye, World
Listen in as we discuss Exist Archive, a tri-Ace game burdened with being the spiritual successor to Valkyrie Profile! Marvel as we tear it apart! Discover who calls Yamatoga "daddy" first!
The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.
Our prophesied journey through the Witcher novel saga reaches its penultimate stage as we discuss The Tower of the Swallow(s), a book about a tower named after either one or two birds! Devon (@invisifool) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) discuss... a lot of things, as this book contains Plot! So much Plot.
This episode has a general CONTENT WARNING for general edginess and a specific one for drug use.
Send us your questions by tweeting us, or via email at witchercast@jrpgsaredead.fyi!
Music used, in order:
Alexander James Adams - Wild Hunt
Yoshino Yuuji - Wakaki Nendaiki Sakka
This month, we handle discussing Shadow Hearts, a rather stupid game that has its heart in the right place. And given that the monster designs include organs in the very wrong place, that's a feat!
The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.
Ah, we're back. Somehow, in some way!
In round 2, we're talking about a rpgmaker game that inspired John as a kiddo, which led to a candid discussion on dorky games, dev communities, and what any of this is for anyway.
Music used, from slime&co itself
Some Chrono Trigger Song in Midi
Some Castlevania Song in Midi
In this very subtly named episode of Dead Genre Chronicles, we discuss Treasure of the Rudras (Rudra no Hihou), a Squaresoft RPG for the SNES that was never released in the west until a fan-translation made it available! It's on our Don't Play list!
The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.
Our journey through the Witcher saga carries on, through Baptism of Fire, the third novel. Join Devon (@invisifool) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) for the discussion of Geralt's misadventures through a warzone!
This episode has a general CONTENT WARNING for general edginess and a specific one for a mention of miscarriage and abortion.
Send us your questions by tweeting us, or via email at witchercast@jrpgsaredead.fyi!
Music used, in order:
Alexander James Adams - Wild Hunt
Yoshino Yuuji - Wakaki Nendaiki Sakka
Join us in our most brief episode yet to discuss an equally brief tactical RPG by a now-defunct studio! Luminous Arc is something you can probably pass on.
Note: somehow we didn't touch on how basically every enemy NPC pulls from really weird tables for their random names, and Sprunt was definitely a human unit's name. Who would subject their child to that?
The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.
Our journey through the Witcher series continues with the second novel, Time of Contempt! Devon (@invisifool) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) carry on through technological difficulty to bring you this discussion of the first substantial entry in the saga!
This episode has a CONTENT WARNING for mentions of suicide and sexual assault.
Send us your questions by tweeting us, or via email at witchercast@jrpgsaredead.fyi!
Music used, in order:
Alexander James Adams - Wild Hunt
Alexander James Adams - Balance of Nature
Yoshino Yuuji - Wakaki Nendaiki Sakka
Toss another one in the "Don't Actually Play" pile, folks; on this episode, we discuss the generally unfortunate Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete!
The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.
In tracing the Witcher series' lineage through the first novel, Devon (@invisifool) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) discover little of substance to discuss at length! This episode is short and not terribly negative in comparison to the first; the first novel seems to be setting up for the rest of the saga, and as such, is a bit less interesting, but has fewer problems to dive into as well.
Send us your questions via email at witchercast@jrpgsaredead.fyi!
Music used, in order:
Alexander James Adams - Wild Hunt
Yoshino Yuuji - Wakaki Nendaiki Sakka