Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Beat'em Ups and RPGs w/ Matt McMuscles Aug 19, 2024

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On this week's episode Kat, Eric, Nadia and special guest Matt McMuscles discuss the history of beat'em ups, RPGs, and where the twain shall meet! What is the first RPG beat'em up crossover? What even IS Yakuza? How does George Kamitani tie it all together? All these questions and more will be answered in this week's very special Trans Lifeline Charity Livestream episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

Tales of!
The Bouncer!
Legend of Mana!
Shenmue!
All of Victor's favs are here!

Timestamps:

00:00 - Main Topic
50:28 - Random Encounters
52:16 - The Tavern
1:26:08 - Nadia's Nostalgia Pit

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The State of Soulsbornes w/ Alex Van Aken Aug 12, 2024

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On this week's episode Kat, Eric, and special guest Alex Van Aken discuss the current landscape of soulsbornes, the future of soulsbornes, what makes a soulsborne a soulsborne, and please can we call it something else so I can stop saying soulsborne. And no one talks about Code Vein and Stranger of Paradise enough.

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Also in this episode:

Black Myth: Wukong
Kaiju No 8
D23
2XKO

Timestamps:

14:23 - State of Soulsbornes
59:56 - Random Encounters
103:49 - The Tavern
1:36:38 - Alex's Game Informer Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Pirates of Pravoka - [Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin]

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Bungie Layoffs, Game Informer's Closure, and More w/ Saniya Ahmed and Nicole Carpenter Aug 06, 2024

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On this week's episode Kat, Eric, and special guests Saniya Ahmed and Nicole Carpenter discuss recent layoffs in both journalism and development. How will Bungie's layoffs change the future of Destiny? Does Destiny HAVE a future? Should it? All these question and more will be answered in this week's Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

Kat has nice things to say about Final Fantasy XIV
Fast AND Furious? In this economy?
Gathering the Magic
Arranger

Timestamps:

05:04 - Game Informer Layoffs
20:00 - Bungie Layoffs
50:56 - Random Encounters
58:40 - The Tavern
1:19:28 - Eric's Nostalgia Pit

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
rtown0 (Δ Server Aqua Capital Mac Anu) - [.hack//INFECTION]

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Class Conscious - Summoners! Jul 29, 2024

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It's the Summer o' Summoners on Axe of the Blood God! We're celebrating summoners, extoling evokers, and commemorating callers! But first we have to decide who qualifies? Are Pokemon Trainers summoners? Is Ichiban a summoner? Is listening to a podcast not a kind of summoning? That's right, as far as I'm concerned YOU'RE my favourite summoner, dear listener. All this and more on this week's Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

Unionization and strikes!
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Eric watches terrible TV
Twisters!

Timestamps:

13:20 - Main Topic - Our RPG Backlogs
53:52 - Random Encounters
56:32 - The Tavern
1:19:28 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Keepers of the Void - [Final Fantasy Brave Exvius]

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Trails Through Daybreak, Tsukihime, and More! Jul 22, 2024

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By popular demand, it's a long-overdue look at the colossal Trails series! Kat, Nadia, and Eric are joined by Trails expert James Galizio to discuss the latest entry to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary; Trails Through Daybreak. How do you get into a series with a dozen entries in the same narrative? Is Daybreak a good place to jump in? What's the best game in the series?

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Also in this episode:

MAHVEL
Trading military secrets
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Visual novels and ADV games are different things!
Tsukihime is, in fact, a visual novel.
Hijinks!

Timestamps:

13:20 - Main Topic - Our RPG Backlogs
40:06 - Random Encounters
49:54 - The Tavern
1:21:02 - Nadia's BIRTHDAY Nook?!

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
Birthday - [Monster Rancher 2]
Daily Life - [Trails Through Daybreak]

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Our RPG Backlogs of Shame and More Jul 15, 2024

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We've all got one. Some are bigger than others but we can all agree that we can't get enough of'em. No, not opinions. I'm talking backlogs!

Whether it's a real life shelf with a copy of Shadow Hearts you borrowed from your friend 7 years ago and can't quite bring yourself to play but also don't want to give back, or your digital shelf full of game titles you've never even heard of, we've all got games we swear we'll get around to someday. Kat, Nadia, and Victor discuss some of their biggest blind spots and more on this episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

Kat is still working on Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Megami Tensei novels in English for the first time
Nadia has finished Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
Please go play Curse Crackers

Timestamps:

13:20 - Main Topic - Our RPG Backlogs
57:20 - Random Encounters
1:07:40 - The Tavern
1:29:42 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Carnival Subarea - [Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils]

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The Darkest Moments in RPGs Jul 08, 2024

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Sometimes it's not just about the power of friendship.

Even the most friend-shaped RPGs can pull the rug out from under you with a moment that makes your skin crawl. Sometimes they beat you over the head with that rug with moments that make you go "aww jeez, come on, don't do that!" On this week's Axe of the Blood God Nadia and Victor discuss their favourite(?) moments in games that embrace the creepy, the macabre, or the truly depraved. It's not the first episode where we talk about marrying cousins and it won't be the last!

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Also in this episode:

We're playing Dawntrail obvs
The lost Shin Megami Tensei games you can play right now!
More saved feature phone games including Final Fantasy D-d-d-dimensions!
Remembering Mutsumi Inoumata

Timestamps:

6:40 - Main Topic - Darkest Moments in RPGs
57:52 - Random Encounters
1:20:16 - The Tavern
1:32:40 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Pirate Island - [Boktai 3]

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2024 So Far, Dawntrail, and More! Jul 01, 2024

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So long dads and grads; Summer is here and that means pina coladas on the beaches of Tural. And as we soak up that vitamin D we might as well reflect on the year so far. What RPGs have blown our minds, which ones not so much, and what are we looking forward to in the latter half of Anno Domini 2024? Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss all this, plus Shadow of the Erdtree, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and more on this week's Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

1000xRESIST
Hades 2
Dragon's Dogma 2
Demonschool
Tsukihime

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
57:20 - Random Encounters
1:02:00 - The Tavern
1:32:40 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Tuliyollal (Day) - [Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail]

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Shadow of the Erdtree, Nintendo Direct, FFVI, and More! w/ Mitchell Saltzman Jun 24, 2024

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I hope you like your rings elden and your trees erd because this week Kat, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Mitchell Saltzman discuss the much-anticipated Elden Ring DLC. Plus, the latest Nintendo Direct, and Eric's experience with Final Fantasy VI so far. It's a jam-packed episode this week on Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
MAAAHVEL BAYBEE
Fantasian
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Do we need leakers?
Final Fantasy VI is really good

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
4:16 - Main Topic - Shadow of the Erdtree
38:04 - Random Encounters
41:28 - Nintendo Direct
1:00:40 - The Tavern
1:32:48 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Airship Stage - [Marvel Vs Capcom 2]

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Dragon Age Impressions and SGF Epilogue w/ Brenden Groom Jun 17, 2024

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More like Summer Games FEAST. The deluge of news simply doesn't stop. This time Kat, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Brenden Groom focus on Dragon Age: The Veilguard plus a bazillion other games that were announced over the past week.

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Also in this episode: