Episode 208’s a thrift store pickups including: Remember Me (PlayStation 3), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PlayStation 2), Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox), Recore (Xbox One), and a used Xbox and PlayStation 2 console. At the end, I share a brief update of my ongoing playthroughs of Xenoblade X and Dragon Quest Swords. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 207 is a Dragon Quest, Akira Toriyama themed pickups including: Dragon Quest I & II HD2D Remake (Nintendo Switch), Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 (Nintendo DS), Dragon Quest V (PlayStation 2), Dragon Warrior: Legend of the Hero Abel (Blu-ray), and Sand Land (PlayStation 5). “But thou must!”….enjoy!

Episode 206 is a big Nintendo Switch themed pickups including: Fire Emblem Warriors, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Dark Deity, World of Final Fantasy: Maxima, Harvestella, Reverie - Sweet As Edition, Oneshot - World Machine Edition, and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. As always, hope you enjoy!

Episode 205 is a discussion on Ghostwire Tokyo on Steam Deck. This one’s all over the place, but I talk about story and characters (with minimal early game spoilers), gameplay, sound, visuals, and performance running portably on the Steam Deck. Hope you enjoy and Happy Halloween!

Episode 204 is a Nintendo Switch themed pickups episode. Included: Monark, Tales of Graces F Remastered, Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles, Moonlighter, & Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 203’s a discussion of Tokyo Dark: Remembrance on Nintendo Switch. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 202’s a discussion on Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King on Nintendo 3DS. I look at my copy, share about my experience buying the game back when I was first getting into the Dragon Quest series, and then talk about the differences between the 3DS & PS2 versions and the story, characters, gameplay, graphics, and sound. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 201’s a discussion on ESPN NFL 2K5 on Xbox. I look at my copy of the game, the manual, and talk through a bit of its legacy, features, and my experience playing through a full season in franchise mode. Hope you enjoy!

This bonus episode is an addendum to episode 200 where I provide a few more noteworthy shout-outs to some of the podcasts biggest supporters as well as tie up a few loose ends by sharing more memories about a few systems (Sega Genesis, N64, & GameCube) & stand-out games in my early years that I failed to mention in the previous episode. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 200 is quite the milestone! I take a moment to reflect, sitting in my childhood house, on my gaming life over the years and share some nostalgic memories. Then I look back at starting the podcast and how it’s become what it is today over the last 5 years. At the end, I shout out and thank a few notable names that have been a huge encouragement throughout. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 199 is the delayed discussion of Chrono Cross - The Radical Dreamers Edition on Nintendo Switch. It’s a non-spoiler talk of the characters, story, gameplay, graphics & art, and the OST & sound design. Afterwards, I share a written interview, adapted for audio (& read by me), with John Paul Hayward — most known for his Cross Symphonic: Symphonic Tribute to Chrono Cross album. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 198 is a pickups, games I’ve been playing, and personal/podcast update all-in-one. Pickups discussed include: SaGa Frontier Remastered, Chernobylite: Complete Edition, Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition, Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack, and Trials of Mana on Nintendo Switch. I share about the two games I’ve been playing in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition and Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, and then provide a brief update on the podcast. Hope you enjoy!

Welcome to episode 197! I discuss my experience playing through FAR: Lone Sails on the Nintendo Switch by developer Okamotive. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 196 is a pickups entirely themed around “collections” including: Arc the Lad Collection (PS1), Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection, and The Silver Case 2425 - Limited Edition (Switch). As a bonus, I share three recent anime collection pickups: Samurai Troopers (Blu-ray), Ergo Proxy, and S-Cry-Ed (DVD). Hope you enjoy!

Episode 195’s another pickups where I share several more games I’ve recently added to my collection: Relayer, Vampyr, King’s Quest: The Complete Collection (PS4), and The Orange Box (PS3). Hope you enjoy!

Episode 194’s recent pickups are all themed around Konami — Castlevania: Dominus Collection (Nintendo Switch), Metal Gear Solid, and Vandal Hearts I & Vandal Hearts II (PlayStation). As always, I take time to pour over these copies, share why I added them to the library, and a few facts about each. I close the episode out by providing a brief update on playing Chrono Cross and Metro Exodus. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 193 is a pickups covering: La Pucelle Ragnarok / Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles, and The Plucky Squire on Nintendo Switch. I close the episode by sharing about my experience and thoughts playing Chrono Cross - The Radical Dreamers Edition so far 7 hours in.

Episode 192 is a pickups where I take time to pour over the contents of HyperPlay RPG Issue #2 & #4 and share a bit about the history of this nostalgic retro RPG fanzine and how I discovered it. I also talk about three recent Nintendo Switch RPG-related pickups in West of Loathing, Shadows Over Loathing, and Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition & Rise of the 3rd Power. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 191’s a Japanese import themed pickups! Join me as I talk a bit about Fuga: Melodies of Steel 1, 2, & 3 and their respective novella books that came as bonuses, as well as Front Mission 2 Remake, and Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, all on Nintendo Switch. | Towards the end, I also briefly share about my experience playing Trails to Azure and Undertale and share some upcoming gaming plans. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 190 is a full-on, non-spoiler game discussion of Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete on Nintendo Switch. Story, characters, visuals, sound, gameplay,…comparisons between the first and the sequel and where they rank for me.. it’s all here! Hope you enjoy!