The Death of the JRPG with Ben Witter

This week, Cody is sick. So they talk about that. And then they talk about about news! Black Ops 3 : Steve wrote an article over at GameZone about some upcoming eSports stuff with the upcoming Call of Duty installment. Also, Black Ops 3 won't have a campaign on last-gen consoles (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3). [ via Polygon ] The Dwarves : An indie developer is on Kickstarter to get some funding for their upcoming game exploring the lore and culture of dwarves. The game looks exciting. Go throw some money at it. [ via Kickstarter ] Rainbow Six: Siege : The upcoming installment in the Rainbow Six series won't have a single-player campaign because...why would anything have single-player anymore, right? [ via Polygon ] Then the gang sits down to discuss the death of the JRPG. JRPGs were in their prime in the early 90s throught the middle of the 2000s and then...something just kind of happened and they suddenly became less of the dominating culture force that they were. In the United States, at least. With the rise of first person shooters and the increasing quality of Western RPGs ( Skyrim , Dragon Age , Fallout ), the JRPG sort of fell of the radar for a lot of gamers. Now there are even Japanese companies, known for their own RPG styles that have started creating Western RPGs ( Dragons Dogma , Bloodborne ) that have found tremendous success in the US market. Do you think JRPGs are a dying breed in the US? Can they rise back to dominance? What is your favorite JRPG? Have an idea for a future episode of Additional Pylons ? Want to be a guest on the show? Want to tell us we’re super handsome? Shoot us an email at additionalpylonspodcast@gmail.com! Like Additional Pylons on Facebook and

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This episode was published on Sep 28, 2015.

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