A chapter by chapter, beat by beat analysis of classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG). We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. We've covered Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. Yes, we will kill god.
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Chrono Cross Podcasts
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Have you ever wondered how long King Guardia has reigned for? Or wanted to know more about Lucca's (and her family's) crazy inventions? The Zeal Archives explores the world of Chrono Trigger one bit at a time covering the characters, items, mechanics, locales and lore with a dose of your hosts', T and G, personal experiences with the game mixed in. Each episode contains a healthy potion of the above and is bookended by short vignettes of two characters, T and G, who are trapped in the world ...
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No stupid questions here. Join Marissa, Matthew, and Sacco each week for video game discussions. From our favourite all-time video games to games we couldn't finish, we'll be discussing a variety of video games, including Playstation, Xbox, mobile, and PC games. Weekly discussions also include games we're currently playing from all genres – with several tangents for your enjoyment. After all, when there are no stupid questions, every topic is on the table. Genres you can expect we'll talk ab ...
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A podcast where people share their personal journey with video games! Hosted by Jose Eusebio. New episodes twice a month! Check out our website at loadsavegame.com
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Our Predictions For The Video Game Awards
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With 2025 coming to an end the Heathens discuss their predictions for the 2025 Video Game Awards. Matt gets shown up, Marissa nails the segue, and Sacco forgets what games he's playing. Like our content? Find more Crowned Heathens content on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. And make sure you're subscribed to us on YouTube. Also, check out our Disc…
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Sonic 3D Blast (Sonic 3D: Flickies’ Island) – Cane and Rinse No.683
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“TIME TAKEN: TOO LONG” Our latest Sonic series show sees us arrive in 1996, and the azure Erinaceidae’s final outing on the Mega Drive/Genesis – Sonic 3D Blast […] The post Sonic 3D Blast (Sonic 3D: Flickies’ Island) – Cane and Rinse No.683 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.By Cane and Rinse
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E47: People Love Fulfilling Destinies [Grindery, Part I]
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Has anyone told you that you’re gorgeous? It’s true, as obvious as when we’re rolling a turd, suffering a pincer attack, wishing there were anime in an anime moment, yanking off nipples, adapting dragon technology, vowing to stop a cretin, stumbling into a fairy garden, chafing at a wicked manner, laying off the goblin workforce, shopping at Home D…
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Metroid: Samus Returns – Cane and Rinse No.682
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“You must exterminate the Metroids once and for all!” Our third podcast on the second Metroid game, sort of. On this occasion, it’s MercurySteam’s official 2017 remake, […] The post Metroid: Samus Returns – Cane and Rinse No.682 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.By Cane and Rinse
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E46: The Power to Firm and Tone [Vane is Down]
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What kind of hero are you if you can’t protect my balloons? Apparently the kind that likes suppressing emotion, drunken-smacking monsters, witnessing a death plunge, wondering where home is, making wings out of fluffy bugs, committing a modern hate crime, spiraling through Paxton/Pullman delirium, losing the power to firm and tone, moving into an e…
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Video Games We're Indeifferent to | Halo, Doom, Battlefield
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Sometimes you come across a game that you don't hate but you don't like either. This week the Heathens talk about those games. Matt has mixed feelings, Marissa recommends a Zelda game, and Sacco has some hot takes. Games we talk about this week: Halo, The Legend of Zelda, SpeedRunners, Sports Friends, Doom, Assassin’s Creed, Battlefield, Mass Effec…
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Contra: The Hard Corps – Cane and Rinse No.681
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“DON’T SCREW THIS ONE UP!” Our latest Contra (or Probotector) series show is here, and this time we’re all-in on the SEGA Mega Drive (or […] The post Contra: The Hard Corps – Cane and Rinse No.681 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.By Cane and Rinse
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E45: The Time of Getting Freaky [The Grindery Starts]
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This is not the time to get freaky. Ears can’t even do that, but they can hear us resting in a slumber of our design, witnessing a world history event, birthing the Grindery, thinking of the Death Star workers, combining steam with magic, yearning for the True Power of Vane, using a super move reluctantly, testing the limits of forgiveness, working…
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“Everyone’s here! Yes, even that guy!” Joy, creativity, and PlayStation memories abound in Team Asobi’s post-Playroom tour de force. Join Tom, Chris O’Regan and Karl […] The post Astro Bot – Cane and Rinse No.680 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.By Cane and Rinse
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E44: A Hideous Flesh Bag [Ruid]
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This is not a place of contention. It’s a place of listening, and learning while we’re removing the lesbians, damseling workers, assuring the quality of our plumbing, destroying a different black dragon, growing dirt guys, talking to eggs, waiting for a heel to turn face, requiring god juice to live, seeking Althena’s light, understanding the gobli…
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Our Favourite Cooking Games | Venba, Plate Up!, Cookie Clicker
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Matt must have been hungry when he suggested this topic. This week the Heathens discuss their favourite cooking based video games. Matt bails on his segue, Marissa gets annoyed with Sacco, and Sacco stretches the rules. Games we talk about this week: Final Fantasy XV, Minecraft, Cooking Simulator, Cooking Mama, I Am Bread, Breathe of the Wild, Venb…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E43: Victor Ireland Made Me Say a Slur [Talon Mines]
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What’s up pixel perverts? Today we’re blighting the surface for undesirables, rapidly switching discs, realizing the guards can hit, scraping metal out of the dirt, locating the only doctor in the world, experiencing goblin poetry, refusing to serve drinks to miners, dreaming of D Block, goofing into a slur, beating the prisoners, staring down a mo…
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EarthBound (Mother 2) – Cane and Rinse No.679
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“It will only cost you your life, and you got that for free!” A notable cult classic, an idiosyncratic game, a commercial failure and a […] The post EarthBound (Mother 2) – Cane and Rinse No.679 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.By Cane and Rinse
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E42: Pooter Retained [Embarking to the Frontier]
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You’re prisoners of foolish ambition. You’re consumers of the pod, an episode in which we’re smelling so sweetly, waiting for Kyle to say it, finally realizing what we should have known, using ass-beating thoughts as a coping mechanism, fighting out of duty, living in the present, becoming a character, deploying a maximally appropriate sound effect…
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INFINITE PERFECT 004: Performance Violence [Mutant League Football + Mutant League Hockey]
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Mutant League Football and Mutant League Hockey were convergence points across gross out children’s toys, gratuitous video game violence, and those who dared to dream up sports games for kids who weren’t especially interested in sports. But is it bad when the toilet produces more than it consumes? Eric thought about this for the last five months. I…
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Favourite Vintage Video Games | Army Men 3D, Windows 3D Pinball, 007 Golden Eye
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Video games have been around for so long and the Heathens have been playing games for long enough that they have some opinions on vintage games games, yikes! Matt is disappointed with Square, Marissa defines vintage, and Sacco has games that don't count. Games we talk about this week: Rampage World Tour, Windows 3D Pinball, Arkanoid, Super Mario Br…
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Chrono Cross – Cane and Rinse No.677
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I’ll kick yer sorry arse so hard you’ll kiss the moons! Time jumping, legendary dragons, and an arsenal of playable characters. Join Brian, Chris Worthington, […] The post Chrono Cross – Cane and Rinse No.677 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.By Cane and Rinse
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E41: Her Ass-Butt in the Water [Dragonmaster World Tour, Part II]
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I wanna see some skull. Down in that bone zone, we’re coming up with magic city protection spells, wearing villain attire, contemplating infinity, making mother look so afraid, seeking the emasculation of self, crying in baby poop, dropping trou, becoming an honorary citizen of Lann, wearing an everybody magnet, loving Whitney Houston, building mac…
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LSG 019: Ralph Miranda talks opening doors in Gyromite with Nintendo’s infamous R.O.B. robot, jump kicking punks with SEGA sneakers in Streets of Rage, and whipping vampires while wearing a leather loincloth ...
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Welcome to Episode 19 of Load Save Game, a podcast where I talk to people about their personal journey with video games. I am your host Jose Eusebio. My guest today is my wonderful friend Ralph Miranda. Ralph is an illustrator, a production artist, and storyboarder. Ralph has worked on marketing campaigns for big brands, movies, tv shows, and sever…
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“What friendly little guys!” Pikmin skipped a full generation as Miyamoto and co. bided their time before unleashing the third instalment on the Wii U […] The post Pikmin 3 – Cane and Rinse No.676 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.By Cane and Rinse
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E40: A Rubber Band and a Stick of Butter [Dragonmaster World Tour, Part I]
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Shut your sass hole, buddy. From our sass holes we bequeath denying god’s light from the Frontier, showing off our new clothes to everyone in the world, learning more about Alex’s Dad’s Son’s Sister Girlfriend, failing to show love in action, doing weird shit with butter and rubber bands, foreshadowing Nash via doomerism, continuing the denture sag…
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Favourite Puzzle Video Games | Portal, Blue Prince, FEZ
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Because one of us is obsessed with a certain puzzle game, this week the Heathens are discussing their favourite puzzle video games. A lot of games have puzzle elements but few games are full on puzzle games. Matt doesn't understand math, Marissa loves puzzles, and Sacco has some deep cuts. Games we talk about this week: Portal, Tetris Effect Connec…
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Pseudoregalia – Cane and Rinse No.675
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“Not really the kind of person you wanna hang out with, right?” Caprine capers with Sybil in rittzler’s love-letter to the fifth generation of games […] The post Pseudoregalia – Cane and Rinse No.675 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.By Cane and Rinse
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E39: Elemental Nostrils [Black Dragon Fortress]
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What man who desires to be a hero would let that happen? Us, obviously. We’re bleeding out of the neck, dealing with Not My First Mind Control, tempting in the desert, saying Alex and Luna over and over, screaming into Dragon Master gear (in anime), wearing an invisible sprite hat, indulging in dragon controller irony, supposing dragons are real, c…
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“Drop it!” So how could a 40-year-old film about a dystopia in which capitalism has run amok and the overreach and militarisation of the police […] The post RoboCop – Cane and Rinse No.674 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.By Cane and Rinse
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E38: Please Understand, Pray Until You Find the Answer [Forest of Illusion + Pao + Black Dragon]
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Graveyard duck, give me the bag. Inside of this bag you can find us feeling the magic, repeatedly getting lost in the forest, spriting a tree differently, receiving PSP-exclusive Nash backstory, dreaming bloody murder, parting bushes like the red sea, debating the existence of god with children, learning of the nomadic lifestyle, spreading disease,…
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Walkabout Mini Golf – Cane and Rinse No.673
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“Put away your irons and wedges.” Put away your irons and wedges. Ryan, Chris O’Regan, James and Jesse talk Mighty Coconut’s Walkabout Mini Golf, both […] The post Walkabout Mini Golf – Cane and Rinse No.673 appeared first on Cane and Rinse.By Cane and Rinse
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E37: A Turd-Sick Gnat [Myght's Tower]
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The time is at hand to prove the worth of your way. We’ll do that by wishing Laike was plausibly nerfed, fearing a bad lore tower, navigating pipes and catwalks, throwing shit out of a magic hat, playing fart sounds, bullying our way into a second airship, buzzing around like a turd-sick gnat, yanking on a face, foreshadowing a betrayal, enforcing …
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