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Join Nate & Tyler as they discuss the storytelling and gameplay of popular and niche RPGs in serial and one-off formats. Season 2 analyzes Final Final Fantasy VII Remake against its equivalent content in the original release, and Season 1 features 29 episodes through a blind playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. Join the adventure by playing these games alongside these episodes as we explore games one chapter at a time. We also have semi-regular video game travelogue audio essays too feat. Resident Evil 2 Remake, Hylics 2, EarthBound Beginnings. Grow with us on Discord here: https://discord.com/invite/7khXT8hdUJ Show your appreciation with a tip here: https://ko-fi.com/gunbladeguys read less

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Xenoblade Chronicles 01: Intros & Introductions

Xenoblade Chronicles 01: Intros & Introductions

Tyler & Nate begin their blind playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

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Xenoblade Chronicles 01: Intros & Introductions

Xenoblade Chronicles 01: Intros & Introductions

Tyler & Nate begin their blind playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

Xenoblade Chronicles 02: The Monado Stirs

Xenoblade Chronicles 02: The Monado Stirs

We get to know Shulk, Reyn, Fiora, and the denizens of Colony 9.

Xenoblade Chronicles 03: Attack on Colony 9

Xenoblade Chronicles 03: Attack on Colony 9

The call to adventure comes with a heavy price.

Xenoblade Chronicles 04: Navigating Tephra Cave

Xenoblade Chronicles 04: Navigating Tephra Cave

Visions, premonitions, and flashbacks mark our way to Bionis' Knee.

SIDEQUEST! Our Top 10 Quarantine Games (1 of 2)

SIDEQUEST! Our Top 10 Quarantine Games (1 of 2)

Nate & Tyler discuss the games that got us through 2020 and 2021, including Slay the Spire, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Earthbound, the Tomb Raider classic series, Spiritfarer, and Streets of Rage 4.

SIDEQUEST! Our Top 10 Quarantine Games (2 of 2)

SIDEQUEST! Our Top 10 Quarantine Games (2 of 2)

Part two of Nate & Tyler's discussion on the games that got us through 2020 and 2021. In this episode we discuss Heroes of the Storm, Death Stranding, Stardew Valley, and World of Warcraft.

Xenoblade Chronicles 05: Gaur Plains

Xenoblade Chronicles 05: Gaur Plains

The world opens up to a vast grassland packed with wildlife, Hom and Nopon refugees, and a tribe of barbarian turkeys.

SIDEQUEST! Nintendo Direct 2022 Hypetrain

SIDEQUEST! Nintendo Direct 2022 Hypetrain

The Feb. 9, 2022 Nintendo Direct was packed with RPG announcements. Join us as we review the highlights, including Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, Live A Live, Triangle Strategy, Earthbound, Earthbound Beginnings, and more.

Xenoblade Chronicles 06: Ether Mines of Colony 6 (1 of 2)

Xenoblade Chronicles 06: Ether Mines of Colony 6 (1 of 2)

We arrive at Colony 6, now occupied by mechons, to save Juju and discover the fate of the settlement's militia.

Xenoblade Chronicles 07: Ether Mines of Colony 6 (2 of 2)

Xenoblade Chronicles 07: Ether Mines of Colony 6 (2 of 2)

A cascade of confrontations and surprises trail our heroes from the bottom of the mines back to the surface and beyond.

Xenoblade Chronicles 08: Mystical Satorl Marsh

Xenoblade Chronicles 08: Mystical Satorl Marsh

We move carefully through the Satorl wetlands, home to mysterious ruins, hostile beasts, and beautiful (but treacherous!) natural phenomena. Elsewhere, Colony 6 rebuilds from scratch and a sinister laboratory is hard at work.

10 Hour Impressions: Triangle Strategy (1 of 2)

10 Hour Impressions: Triangle Strategy (1 of 2)

Our first game review! We share our first impressions of Square Enix & Artdink's 2022 HD-2D tactical RPG Triangle Strategy after playing it for 10 hours. Part 1 focuses on gameplay.

10 Hour Impressions: Triangle Strategy (2 of 2)

10 Hour Impressions: Triangle Strategy (2 of 2)

Part two of our first game review! We share our first impressions of Square Enix & Artdink's 2022 HD-2D tactical RPG Triangle Strategy after playing it for 10 hours. Part 1 focused on gameplay, and this this much-delayed Part 2 focuses on story.

Xenoblade Chronicles 09: Monsters of Makna Forest

Xenoblade Chronicles 09: Monsters of Makna Forest

Dreadful creatures big and small stalk our expedition through a primordial wilderness.

We’ll be back next week!

We’ll be back next week!

Title says it all. Thanks for your patience everybody!

Xenoblade Chronicles 10: Eryth Sea & the High Entia Capital (1 of 2)

Xenoblade Chronicles 10: Eryth Sea & the High Entia Capital (1 of 2)

At last! Eryth Sea: Home to the technologically advanced High Entia. We meet several new characters, discover schemes, meddle in rituals, discover ancient legends, and keep from drowning in a torrent of side quests.

Xenoblade Chronicles 11: Eryth Sea & the High Entia Capital (2 of 2)

Xenoblade Chronicles 11: Eryth Sea & the High Entia Capital (2 of 2)

Part 2 of our discussion of our arrival at Eryth Sea. We're going tomb raiding!

No Crying Until the End: An EarthBound Beginnings Travelogue

No Crying Until the End: An EarthBound Beginnings Travelogue

Is it an audio book? A travel journal? … For a video game!? In this special episode Tyler narrates and reacts to the story and gameplay of EarthBound Beginnings (aka Mother), a quirky and postmodern RPG released on the Nintendo Famicom in 1989. Join us for moment-by-moment descriptions, commentary, jokes, in-game music, and some surprises along the way. Fans of the Mother series, Undertale, or retro role playing games will not want to miss this.

Xenoblade Chronicles 12: The Secret of Prison Island

Xenoblade Chronicles 12: The Secret of Prison Island

As a mechon assault besieges the High Entia homeland, Emperor Sorean sets out to awaken the secret captive of Prison Island. This grim oubliette floating above the Eryth Sea becomes the setting for an ominous and fateful showdown.

Xenoblade Chronicles 13: The Valak Mountain Expedition (1 of 2)

Xenoblade Chronicles 13: The Valak Mountain Expedition (1 of 2)

Nate and Tyler break down the cutscenes that play out before the group departs the Imperial Capital.