Episode 439: Dawn of Ys – Q&A Quest
This week in Q&A Quest, we discuss upcoming releases. We also delve into comments from a new listener. The post Episode 439: Dawn of Ys R...
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20 of 45 episodesRPG Backtrack 360 – Sophie and the Alchemy All-Stars
Atelier April continues with a duology of titles, Atelier Sophie and Atelier Sophie 2 , bringing mystery to books and dreams all around. The...
RPG Backtrack 228: Hedgehog Age
BioWare was on top of the world in the late 2000s. Then it got the bright idea to make a portable game with a certain blue hedgehog, and the...
The Active Topical Banter Show: Episode 41 – Mature Subject Matter
The roundtable returns where they left off, with a recording from last year. The team tackles the question of mature subject matter in RPG,...
Episode 40: Answers and Questions
We get back into the action with a slew of listener-submitted questions, learn about our gameplay habits, soundtrack preferences, kickstarte...
Episode 39: Nostalgia and Cloning
Scott is supremely suspicious of nostalgia, Mac is losing his voice, Sam and Trent had it easy as kids all come up in on retrospective on re...
Episode 38: Hard Mode
Game difficulty is a lot like whiskey, in that most people are going about them wrong. Our panel examines what and how RPGs are hard where t...
Episode 37: Meaningless Dialogue and Role Play
Dialogue in games is a bit like the Jazz music in a few ways, mostly in that Scott is way more interested in it than the kids these days, bu...
Episode 36: Retrospective on Final Fantasy
We examine our personal experiences with the Final Fantasy franchise, how a major anniversary is half gone without publisher support and som...
Episode 35: Transparency in Game Critique
The panel goes behind the curtain to explain the RPGamer review process in detail, from solicitation through to comment section. Inside base...
Episode 34: Nonlinearity
Our discussion this month is entirely self directed. Scott tries to throw down a glowing trail for questors to follow but it gets off tangen...
Episode 33: Nintendo Has Always Been Doomed
Nintendo has always done it's own thing, and for that we've always seen that less than successful. Apple Computers analogies, Swiitch predic...
Episode 32: Upgrade This
We stand at the cusp of having to buy new consoles (maybe) to get the most of "core gamer lifestyle." But is that worth anything? The post E...
Episode 31: As for the Qs
No year-end navel gazing here. Just coasting the through the season on some user-submitted content. The post Episode 31: As for the Qs appea...
Episode 30: Get a Job
We yell about class systems, job boards and mid-game specializations. Scott sneaks two tabletop rants in. The post Episode 30: Get a Job app...
Episode 29: Adopting Adaptation
The Game of the Book of the Movie is finally out. We examine the peculiarities of confronting tie-in rpgs. The post Episode 29: Adopting Ada...
Episode 28: I Quit
Sometimes the only winning move is not play, and then try to eke some trade-in value out it. The panel delves into what makes us walk away f...
Episode 27: The Zen and the Art of RPG Grind
The word 'grind' gets thrown around too often with a clear meaning. We spend an episode trying to unpack the term for our own benefit, maybe...
Episode 26: Don’t Buy Day One
Does spending money on games before they are out even make sense anymore? We delve into the business and cultural factors of the pre-order p...
Episode 25: Localization Woes
The panel tackles the nature of localization and the methods behind it. The post Episode 25: Localization Woes appeared first on RPGamer .