Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

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Summer Games Fest, Xbox Showcase, and More! Jun 11, 2024

Show notes

We're at the SGF. We're at the Day of the Devs. We're at the Xbox Showcase. We're at the combination SGF, Day of the Devs, Xbox Showcase. Kat and Eric are joined by Michael Higham and Moises Tavares to discuss an absolute deluge of game reveals, announcements, trailers, and news.

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Also in this episode:

Can Metaphor: ReFantazio bring back fantasy?
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is here to fill your quip quota
Starfield: Shattered Space
Expedition 33

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
00:00 - Main Topic - It's ALL Main Topic, Baby! Good luck!

Music Used in this Episode:

Tuliyollal Theme - Day - [Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail]

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State of Play, Summer Games Event Preview, and More! Jun 03, 2024

Show notes

The season of big summer announcements has begun! Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss the RPG offerings Sony has revealed in the latest State of Play. What do PlayStation-playing RPG-lovers have to look forward to in the near future? Find out on this episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

Monster Hunter Wilds
Dragon Quest HD-2D is back!
13 Sentinels Pantheon Prologue

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
08:51 - Main Topic - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
53:51 - Random Encounters
59:23 - The Tavern
1:25:58 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Retem City - Day View - [Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis]

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Review w/ Logan Plant May 27, 2024

Show notes

The Mario RPG remakes continue with a Gamecube classic and Kat, Nadia, and special guest Logan Plant are here to talk about it. Does the brilliant script hold up? Is the combat and progression still as fantastic as it's always been? And who is the best companion? That's easy, we all know who it is. Go on. You get one guess. And if it's wrong you need to leave.

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Also in this episode:

Put Waffle House in Tekken
This Week in Gekkoukan Continues
A Doctor Who Primer
Jenny Nicholson's doing good work

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
03:04 - Main Topic - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
39:38 - Random Encounters
44:00 - The Tavern
1:17:28 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Rogueport - [Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]

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Mailbag! Why Persona 5 Got Mad Popular in the West, and Does Kiryu Make Sweet Love? May 20, 2024

Show notes

It's letter tiiime, it's letter tiiime!~ Axe of the Blood God's May mailbag is here, and it is loaded with some excellent questions from our listeners. The topics of discussion are, but not limited to:

What stops so many of us from finishing RPGs?
PS5 RPG ports we want to see on Switch 2
Do Dragon Quest Slimes taste sweet or savoury?
Where's Axe of the Blood God's "Best RPG Soundtrack" segment? Huh? Huh??

Also in this episode:

Sony has a new CEO, Rest in Pizza Jim Ryan.
Nier's devs are working on a project that might be Nier, but we don't have Nier-ly enough information yet.
Jabroni Chocobos
Childhood cats, bitten and non.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
04:48 - Letter Time
1:07:01 - Random Encounters
1:12:09 - The Tavern
1:25:57 - Nostalgia Nook

Music used in this episode:

Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]
Patty's Pub - [Dragon Quest IX]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Lab 16 Ruins - [Chrono Trigger]

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We're Very Worried About Xbox RPGs Now May 13, 2024

Show notes

Capitalism continues to function as intended with the closure of several studios by Microsoft. What's the future of Game Pass? What will RPGs on Microsoft platforms look like going forward? And how many lives need to be ruined by rich people before we bring back the thing that rhymes with "creatine'? Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss this and so much more on this episode of Axe of the Blood God! Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod

Also in this episode:

Animal Well
Hades 2
Kat holds her FFXIV playthrough for a $20,000 ransom

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
03:52 - Main Topic - Microsoft
47:28 - Random Encounters
1:0:0 - The Tavern, More or Less
1:32:32 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Human - [The Killers]

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Can Square Enix Be Saved and Does It Need Saving? May 06, 2024

Show notes

A slew of un-announced titles from Square Enix have just been skewered by the masamune in a grand restructuring. In the wake of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's sales, where does our beloved JRPG machine go from here? The odds of getting a Various Daylife 2 seem slimmer than ever. Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss the future of the house that Final Fantasy built and more on this week's episode!

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Also in this Episode:

Starfield Update!
9S' Therapist
Knock-knock it's Knuckles!
This Week in Gekkoukan continues!
Stay off the Jibanyan couch

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

04:16 - Main Topic

55:52 - Random Encounters

1:02:56 - 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]

Wait for Truth - [Live-A-Live]

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Fallout 4 Mini-Pantheon, Metaphor GOTY '24? Apr 29, 2024

Show notes

Let's re-litigate like it 2015! Does Fallout 4 deserve the hate that it gets in certain circles? With the current-gen update and the TV series bringing Fore-out back to the Fall-front it's time for Kat and Eric to go head-to-head and determine if Fallout 4 is one of the greats of the genre or deserves to be cast into the Pandaemonium pit.

Also in this episode:

Eiyuden Chronicles' bumpy patches
Metaphor ReFantazio
Kat rides a rollercoaster and finishes Unicorn Overlord in that order
This Week in Gekkoukan Reload continues!
Hades 2 tech test impressions

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
08:16 - Main Topic - Fallout 4
42:04 - Random Encounters
1:02:24 - The Tavern
1:26:24 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Crawl Out Through the Fallout - [Sheldon Allman]

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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Review w/ Lucas White Apr 22, 2024

Show notes

When you consider inflation that's really only gonna get you as far as seventy-ish heroes.

Either way the spiritual successor of Suikoden has arrived! Is it worth the wait? Did they manage to fit all them heroes into the Switch version? Eric, Nadia, and special guest Lucas White discuss this much-anticipated crowd-funded torch-bearer of the late Yoshitaka Murayama's legacy.

Also in this episode:

Class of Heroes
Nier: AutoNadia
Hades 2
Turtle Power

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
05:52 - Main Topic
56:32 - Random Encounters
57:36 - The Tavern
1:26:24 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
MEGALOMANIA (RF Remix) - [RF]

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Is The Fallout TV Show Any Good? Apr 15, 2024

Show notes

Did you know Walton Goggins has his own distillery? You can buy Walton Goggins-branded gin if you want. And if you, like me, happily embrace any opportunity to see beloved character-actor Walton Goggins on screen then boy howdy the new Fallout show is for you! A veritable overpour of Goggins -- much like how one might make a generous cocktail with the fine spirits from Walton Goggins' distillery! How many more times can I type 'Walton Goggins'?! At least once more; Walton Goggins! Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss what makes a good video game adaptation, if Square can make a hit movie, and whether there's beef between Bethesda and Obsidian!

Also in this episode:

More Slay the Spire
Why tipping for video games is a CEO grift
Possibility Space's bizarre and tragic shutdown
Final Fantasy's difficult position
Kat played Warhammer
Eric's return to Chrono Trigger

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
08:00 - Main Topic
46:00 - Random Encounters
1:08:00 - The Tavern
1:34:40 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Guardia Millennial Fair - [Beer SQ]

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RPGs and Fighting Games w/ Mitchell Saltzman and Brenden Groom Apr 08, 2024

Show notes

They share more than just fireballs! Kat and Eric are joined by special guests Brenden Groom and Mitchell Saltzman to discuss why these are two genres that taste great together! What fighting games would make a great RPG? What RPG would make a great fighting game? Where is there already plenty of crossover? And why is 2B in all of them anyway?

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