RPG Backtrack – Episode 41: “Xenophobic Cutscenes”
The Xenosaga series may be justly accused of many issues, but a lack of ambition is definitely not one of them. For good and for...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 40: “Have Gun, Will Travel by Dragon”
In its last rush of games for the Saturn, Sega’s localizers put forth a title that has seen its value rise to a stratospheric level....
RPG Backtrack – Episode 39: “Crystal Frontier Tierkreis Remnant”
It’s not so much when compared to March 2011, but March two years ago was stuffed with releases. Comprehensive coverage of these games would require...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 38: “The SaGa Begins”
What were RPGamers looking for Game Boy RPGs in the early ’90s to do? The answer involves carnivorous monsters and the deaths of deities, as...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 37: “I Caught ‘Em All, and the Pain Won’t Stop”
Vicious beasts are kept confined inside tiny balls, released by their masters only to do battle. Strangely, the creatures seem perfectly okay with this, and...
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation Review
You say you want some revelations well you know, we all wanna save the world. You tell me that they’re evolution well you know, we all wanna save the world. But when you talk about destruction, don’t you know that you can count me out (in)! Don’t you know it’s gonna be all right.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 36: “Witch Hunt”
What ties the Witcher together with a surprisingly large number of games released in February 2009? Not much, except for the fact that they share...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 35: “Bewitching Witches”
Theoretically, games starring beguiling witches should be fascinating and fun to play. Our frequent divergence onto the subject of manatee mangling would appear to belie...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 34: “The Ballroom Blitz”
A strange land called Spira features outlandish Tetsuya Nomura outfits and a propensity for group hallucinations. Take a trip with us through this oddly captivating...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 33: “Peaceful, Productive Planting of Produce”
Death, destruction, and world-threatening crises will not be found within. Relax and enjoy some idyllic farm life while looking for love, content in the knowledge...
Final Fantasy X Retroview
People try to put it down (talkin’ bout this game), just because it’s been around (talkin’ bout this game), things it does look real pretty (talkin’ bout this game), I hope it dies before it gets old (talkin’ bout this game). This isn’t my generation, baby!
Final Fantasy X-2 Retroview
Some boys roam and some boys know that that’s alright with us, if they can’t raise some interest then we’ll have to let them be, some boys try and some boys lie but we don’t let them play, only boys that save their pennies make our rainy day! Cause we are living in a material world, and we are material girls! Madonna should’ve had a song in here.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 32: “A Whale of a Tale About the Tail’s Tall Tales”
Do Tales games and excessively long podcasts go together? If you answered in the affirmative, definitely listen to this episode. (Tales of…, part 2).
Chaos Seed Retroview
I feel the earth move under my feet, I feel the sky tumbling down, I feel the planet trembling, whenever the energy’s not around. Oh baby when I see your face mellow as the month of May, my darling I can’t stand it, the planet’s fading away.
People who have actually played this one, hands up!
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Review
Whoa, a storm is threatenin’, their very lives today, if they don’t get some shelter, Weyard’s gonna fade away. War, children (of the Warriors of Vale), it’s just a spell away, it’s just a Djinn away!
RPG Backtrack – Episode 31: “Vyse the Legend”
Today we’re flying through the skies in ships powered by Moon Stones, fighting with and alongside the other denizens of the airways, and competing with...
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift Retroview
I met a gin-soaked, bar-room queen in Ivalice, she tried to take me upstairs for a ride, she tried to heave me right across her shoulder, cause I just can’t seem to drink the quests off my mind. It’s the honky tonk tactics, gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk combat! Brown sugar? No, wrong song.
RPG Backtrack – Episode 30: “The Mighty Mighty Magics”
Hunting dragons while drunk is not a wise proposition, but a certain series allowed it once upon a time, with the risk of eradication as...
RPG Backtrack – Episode 29: “The Deity Is Unhappy”
Playing God can be entertaining, and many years ago Enix created a game that allowed players to be the supreme being. How it feels to...
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light Review
Was your favorite Final Fantasy released before or during 1992? If so, this game was made with you in mind. If not, read this review carefully before rushing after a copy.
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