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Pre-order Nadia's book! From Pixels to Prose: What Video Games Taught Me About Storytelling Once you're done that come back and listen to a nice chill episode on a relaxing slow news week. Victor and Nadia discuss their favourite canine and feline party members in RPG history with plenty of help from our community! All that and so much more

For our $10-and-up patrons; I hope hope you're up-to-date on your vaccines because we're talking INFECTION, MUTATION, OUTBREAK, and QUARANTINE on this extra-special .hack 4-pack episode of Pantheon of the Blood God. Join Victor and special guests Harper Jay and Jean-Karlo Lemus as they unpack this colossal turn-of-the-millenium transmedia project that harkens back a simpler age of the internet. Does

Ride on! Victor and Nadia are joined by special guests David Oxford and Ash Paulsen to discuss the new Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection. Is this the best Mega Man collection yet in terms of raw options? Do we recommend jumping into the Mega Man RPGs from the Star Force series? Did we mention you can probably skip Star

This week in our post show exclusive to our Stars of Destiny and above members, Victor, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Joseph Bradford ask: How bad do we miss the vibes of the Wii user interface?

With takes as hot as the desert sands, Eric, Nadia, Victor, and special guest Joseph Bradford discuss March's hottest RPG Crimson Desert. Does it work as a prequel to hit MMO Black Desert Online? Is it greater than the sum of its many many many parts? Does anyone like the main guy? All these questions and more answered on this

This week in our post show exclusive to our Stars of Destiny and above members, Victor, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Joseph Bradford ask: What are the must-watch video game movies?

For our $10-and-up subscribers, Eric, Victor, Alexi, and special guest Michael Higham dive into The Wired to cover quintessential late-90s anime classic Serial Experiments Lain. We're getting existential, deciding whether what actually happened matters or not, and never forgetting a very special American broadcast.

This week in our post show exclusive to our Stars of Destiny and above members, Victor, Nadia, and Eric ask: Is The Truman Show the most JRPG movie starring Jim Carrey?

Probably a good idea to start learning how to salvage a dead civilization and there's no better teacher than Ditto. Pokopia is here and Eric and Nadia have plenty to share about this new Pokemon spin-off from the developers behind the cult-classic Dragon Quest Builders. Plus, Monster Hunter, Final Fantasy, and a whole lot more on this episode of Axe

This week in our post show exclusive to our Stars of Destiny and above members, listener Galbana asks: Is there any specific work of art or other outside influence important to you you'd really want to see reflected in or influence future RPGs?

Let's A some Qs. From RPGs that deserve a fighting game adaptation to the importance of physical strategy guides; it's a jam-packed extra-long episode as Nadia, Eric, and Victor answer questions from our community and prove themselves incapable of effective time management -- to your benefit!

This week in our post show exclusive to our Stars of Destiny and above members, Eric and Nadia ask: What are your 6 canonical Pokemon?

There's a cavalcade of indie RPG demos fighting for your attention this week and Eric, Nadia, Victor, and special guest Lucas White are here to help you find some of the ones worth wishlisting! From hardcore dungeon crawls, to neon musicals, to impressionistic adventures, and everything in-between! Plus Pokemon, Tales, Ys, and a whole lot more on this jam-packed episode

This week in our post show exclusive to our Stars of Destiny and above members, Eric and Nadia ask: What three game consoles are you taking to a desert island?

It's been a hell of a news week so we're gearing up for an Oops! All Random Encounters. From major pillars of the game industry collapsing in spectacular fashion, to sequels we never thought we'd see; it's a jam-packed week that is sure to have ramifications that we'll be feeling for years on this tumultuous episode of Axe of the

For our $10-and-up patrons; It's be-hee-n five years since the re-hee-lease of Shin Megam-hee Tensei V, ho! Was this Switch hee-xclusive worth the wait upon re-hee-lease or is Vengeance the ho-verall sup-hee-rior experience, ho? Special guest Lucas White and Heidi Kemps join Victor and Nadia amidst the be-hee-auty of the shimmering sands of the apoc-hee-lyptic wastelands to discuss this turning

This week in our post show exclusive to our Stars of Destiny and above members, Eric, Nadia, and Victor ask: Is Konami back and is that good?

The gas leak isn't the only thing in the air; so is love! Whether you spent Valentine's day with that special someone or that special someone is you, we've got an episode full of our favourite romanceable NPCs in RPGs, with a game show twist! Nadia, Eric, and Victor tell on themselves while trying to read each other's minds. All

Eric, Victor, and guest Lucas White discuss and rate the collab cafes of Japan (they’re always just ok). Doughboys pod fans rejoice! Plus: Do performance enhancers at the olympics improve your penmanship? The normalization of gambling Thanks as always for the generous support for our $25 dollar and above Patrons! We record Blood God After Dark every week on Saturday

Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined is here, and so are the hot takes! Nadia, Eric, Victor and guest Lucas White react to the game and the criticism it’s getting out the gate. What is “quality of life” in gaming, and if you could “Click” (2006) your way through life, would you?