Our final (?) discussion of Elden Ring dives so deep your rainbow stone would shatter before it hits bottom, including spoiler-filled endgame zigs and half-assed lore zags. Also: some news.

Running Time: 02:04:14

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Time – Topic Discussed:

01:20 – Nicknames
19:23 – Elden Ring
34:29 – ***ROUND 1 ELDEN RING SPOILER TALK STARTS***
1:01:03 – ***ROUND 1 ELDEN RING SPOILER TALK ENDS***
1:13:20 – ***ROUND 2 ELDEN RING SPOILER TALK STARTS***
1:23:01 – ***ROUND 2 ELDEN RING SPOILER TALK ENDS***
1:27:24 – News: Chip Shortages Continue, Yuji Naka Airs Some Dirty Laundry, Summer Games Fest, and more!
2:00:34 – ***MINOR ELDEN RING SPOILERS START***
2:04:11 – ***MINOR ELDEN RING SPOILERS END***

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***SPOILER WARNING***

Intro: Godskin Apostles – Yuka Kitamura (Elden Ring)
Ending: Wii Shop Channel Main Theme – Kazumi Totaka (Nintendo Wii)

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What better way to celebrate Showa Day than with a smattering of Radical Dreamers, a dollop of Chrono Cross, and most importantly, in-depth analysis of every t-shirt in Uniqlo’s new Final Fantasy collaboration line?

Running Time: 01:13:09

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Time – Topic Discussed:

01:05 – Nicknames
09:34 – Elden Ring
33:02 – Chrono Cross & Radical Dreamers
49:07 – News: Super Mario movie delayed, Variable Refresh Rate coming to PS5 and more!

And now, here’s the music we used in this episode!
***SPOILER WARNING***

Intro: Gale – Yasunori Mitsuda (Radical Dreamers)
Ending: Drive To Work On Instinct – Alan Silvestri (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)

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A whole lotta Gotta Protectors: Cart of Darkness, signs of Elden Ring burnout (yet somehow we still love talking about it for an hour?), and some kind of Kingdom Hearts something or other I dunno I stopped listening at this part. Plus steak updates and more!

Running Time: 01:36:01

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Time – Topic Discussed:

1:30 – Nicknames
6:40 – Gotta Protectors: Cart of Darkness
27:48 – Elden Ring (and some Pokémon Legends: Arceus)
1:02:44 – Our Chrono Cross Remastered plans
1:06:34 – News: E3 2022 Cancelled, Kingdom Hearts 4, and more!

And now, here’s the music we used in this episode!
***SPOILER WARNING***

Intro: Hand in Hand – Yuzo Koshiro (VRC Sound Chip version from Gotta Protectors: Cart of Darkness DLC Pack 3: Japanicom Trax)
Ending: Weal and Woe – Yuzo Koshiro (SFC Sound Chip version from Gotta Protectors: Cart of Darkness DLC Pack 4: Super Wavetable Trax)

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April Fools! We do actually mostly talk about Elden Ring again. Hey, where else on the internet is anyone discussing this obscure indie?! We DO have new opinions, at least, with Mark back and 17-Bit honcho Jake Kazdal joining in. Also, Breath of the Wild 2 delay and Sony’s revamped PS+.

Running Time: 01:44:23

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Time – Topic Discussed:

01:09 – Nicknames
03:48 – Elden Ring
52:34 – Kirby and the Forgotten Land
1:02:36 – Tunic
1:14:45 – Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin impressions
01:24:48 – News: Sony’s Project Spartacus, Breath of the Wild 2 delay.

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***SPOILER WARNING***

Intro: Morpho Knight – Jun Ishikawa (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
Ending: The Knight – Janice Kwan (Tunic)

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Who has time to record a podcast when we’re still neck-deep in Elden Ring? Not us, Tarnished! But all right, we’ll put the twinblades down for an hour, I GUESS. Listen to us talk about our latest ER progress, the new reveals in last week’s State of Play, and (not) much more!

Running Time: 01:13:24

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Time – Topic Discussed:

01:33 – Nicknames
13:36 – Elden Ring
52:20 – News: Sony’s State of Play, Elden Ring Patch Notes, Super Nintendo World, and more!

And now, here’s the music we used in this episode!
***SPOILER WARNING***

Intro: Margit, The Fell Omen – Tsukasa Saitoh, Shoi Miyazawa, Tai Tomisawa, Yuka Kitamura, Yoshimi Kudo (Elden Ring)
Ending: Overworld Theme – Jun Funabashi (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [NES])

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The Dark Souls of Dark Souls successors is upon us in Elden Ring, so unfurl your fingers and join us by the bonfi—I mean, site of grace—for an extended, (mostly) spoiler-free first discussion about our travels and travails throughout the Lands Between.

Running Time: 01:53:48

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Time – Topic Discussed:

00:50 – Nicknames
03:08 – Elden Ring
1:37:04 – News: Street Fighter 6, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, and more!

And now, here’s the music we used in this episode!
***SPOILER WARNING***

Intro: Main Theme – Tsukasa Saitoh, Shoi Miyazawa, Tai Tomisawa, Yuka Kitamura, Yoshimi Kudo (Elden Ring)
Ending: Tristram Village – Matt Uelmen (Diablo)

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We go deep on the latest Nintendo Direct, check in with Tina’s Pokémon Legends-ary journey, Roy’s first foray into Civilization, and welcome Graeme back to yell about Vampire Survivors and why Gabe is wrong about Dark Souls 2.

Running Time: 01:47:42

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Time – Topic Discussed:

01:11 – Nicknames
09:05 – Pokémon Legends: Arceus
23:01 – Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (Minor Spoilers!)
28:02 – Apex Legends
31:18 – Civilization VI
42:06 – Vampire Survivors
51:28 – Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3
1:10:49 – News: The February Nintendo Direct and the 3DS/WiiU eShop announcement

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***SPOILER WARNING***

Intro: Forest – Rik Schaffer (Vampire Survivors)
Ending: Majula – Yuka Kitamura (Dark Souls 2)

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Hold onto your apricorns, because this week we’re talking about everyone’s favorite monsters: Banjo and Kazooie! No, just kidding. There’s a new Pokémon game, or so we hear, plus news, an FF14 check-in, Gabe’s mad dash through the Souls series, and more!

(Btw folks who regularly listen via Spotify — we don’t feel good about being offered on the service atm so we’ve decided to stop posting there for now. Apologies for the inconvenience but, well yeah. Please listen elsewhere for the time being.)

Running Time: 02:05:12

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Time – Topic Discussed:

01:32 – Nicknames
12:58 – Pokémon Legends: Arceus
51:00 – Pokémon Gold and Silver
57:08 – Dark Souls
01:14:20 – Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
01:21:39 – Banjo-Kazooie
01:34:45 – News: Nintendo Switch Sales, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 Rumors, and more!

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***SPOILER WARNING***

Intro: Battle Theme – Go Ichinose (Pokémon Legends: Arceus)
Ending: Rusty Bucket Bay – Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie)

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Mostly news, and okay, yes, we do talk about Microsoft buying Activision, but only in the sense of who we plan to main in the inevitable upcoming Super Smash Dude Bros. IP crossover franchise. Otherwise: PSVR 2, AGDQ, and the Nintendo hotel.

Running Time: 01:33:52

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Time – Topic Discussed:

01:38 – Nicknames
18:02 – OCTOPATH TRAVELER
32:01 – News: Playstation VR2, E3’s Online Only Announcement, Microsoft & Activision, and more!
1:19:06 – ***RESIDENT EVIL: VILLAGE SPOILERS***
1:23:01 – ***END RESIDENT EVIL: VILLAGE SPOILERS***

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***SPOILER WARNING***

Intro: For Redemption – Yasunori Nishiki (OCTOPATH TRAVELER)
Ending: Munsters Season 2 Opening

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Fan favorite Shane Bettenhausen stops by to chat classic games / shoot-them-ups, Steam Deck, and TV Asahi’s top 100 game list, with a hat tip to 2021 faves and what we’re excited about in 2022.

Running Time: 02:04:23

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Time – Topic Discussed:

01:09 – Nicknames
19:51 – G.Darius HD, Cotton 100% + Panorama Cotton, and Nemesis ’90 Kai
25:54 – Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (and general Castlevania talk)
41:04 – Steam Deck impressions
47:34 – Final Fantasy V
56:21 – John’s old-school Sega adventures
1:13:05 – Zelda Game & Watch
1:16:41 – ***SPOILERS*** Unpacking
1:24:44 – Untitled Goose Game
1:32:00 – TV Asahi’s Top 100 Games
1:48:49- 2021 GOTY thoughts
1:54:11- 2022’s most wanted

And now, here’s the music we used in this episode!
***SPOILER WARNING***

Ending: Seeking Treasure – Motoaki Takenouchi (Landstalker)

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