Burnout-free video game coverage from podcast veterans. Join Garrett and Kyle every week as they get lost in games, pop culture, and everything they’re personally playing.
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Your podcast for all things awesome! We like to talk about things that are pretty cool, like anime, video games, you know. All the good things in life. Not only that, we have a dedicated Final Fantasy XIV podcast called the Carbuncle Chronicle! And sometime we play Tabletop RPGs under the moniker of the OSMquest. And if that's not enough... We also have guests on from various walks of life, from voice actors and actress, to comics creators, and more! All sorts of awesome folks. That's what s ...
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What happens when one must throw themselves to the Aether. Only a van for a lifeboat, a serious drive to get out of it, and a healthy love of Final Fantasy 14 role play. Stories from my life while I work towards stable housing told through the lens of Gwennie, my personality in FF14. I hope you enjoy and stay for the stories. :)
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Fun and casual gaming podcast diving into forgotten gems, retrospectives on our favorite games and consoles—blending fun discussions with in-depth analysis.
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Welcome to Gamer Life where we talk to gamers of all walks of life including streamers, musicians and more! There is much more to gamers than playing games and so we explore many topics in these conversations. You can find all I do at https://www.jonnyplays.live. Enjoy!
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Expedition 33 special with music YouTube extraordinaire, MarcoMeatball is today’s offering! Marco joins the boys to talk not just about the exceptional music of Clair Obscure. But also it’s story and the hot takes that start flying around chat whenever someone gets to the ending. Enjoy this deep dive in Sandfall’s first game as well as our brains’ …
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Will Pokemon save us from the Ai? Stormgate, you remember Stormgate right? Tim Morten had a rather honest rundown of where he feels the post-Blizzard design team went wrong and brings up the changing landscape of Venture Capital. The episode can’t help but get real on the eve of Pokemon’s release. Love em or hate em, Nintendo is about to drop anoth…
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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 33: Grinding the Gears of Final Fantasy I, II, & III and Their Place in XIV
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Hello Adventurers! Did you know that Final Fantasy XIV is the fourteenth mainline Final Fantasy game? It’s true! In fact there were a whole thirteen other games that came before it, if you can believe it. So for this episode, we are talking about the first three. But it’s been a minute since some of us (Basil) has played the first three games, and …
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By Garrett Weinzierl, Kyle Fergusson, Preach, & Jesse Cox
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A day of many trailers, of many announcements. Kojima Productions, Capcom, Star Wars, Silent Hill and more. The Prince of Sweden is giving awards to Split Fiction. Fornite is trying proximity voice chat. The Expedition 33 continues, Garrett’s playing Hollow Knight and Kyle is READING BOOKS?!By Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson
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Nintendo Direct! New HOTS patch! The problem with game music. AND SO MUCH MORE!SupportOurBromance.com or… well we won’t enshittify. So, thanks for the support!By Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson
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The tubes are on fire. Or maybe they have been for a month. In a massive conspiracy turned reality, YouTubers found that they’re views have dropped by half in the month of August due to YouTube’s new features. Indie games don't know how to price themselves in the wake of Silksong’s release. We got the Yoshi P interview round up covering all the tea…
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Expedition 33 talk later, news first. Silksong is only $20 but Monster Hunter Wilds certainly wasn't. Blizzard shuts down Turtle wow, or plans to. Yoshi-P asks people to be nicer. Then our thoughts on the first 3 hours of Expedition 33. Emails and MoreBy Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson
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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 32: The Promise of Talking About Patch 7.3
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Hello Adventurers! Well, here we are again. There has been a brand new patch, and we are here to talk about it all! Well… at least a lot of it, anyroad. We cover some of the less spoiler-y parts of patch 7.3 The Promise of Tomorrow, before really digging into spoilers talking about the MSQ, dungeon, the trial, and more! That more includes a bunch o…
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Video games! More are coming and the ones that are here are under debate. Thats Gamescom 2025 for ya. A few winners grabbed our attention. Kyle is playing Hollow Knight. Crossovers be damned, MTG Airbender is looking real good. World of WarCraft showed off its newest expansion Midnight. Pick your side, because FFXIV mods lovers and haters are at ea…
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OSMtable! TTRPGs & the Social Contract
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The OSMtable! returns with a new TTRPG discussion. Dylan, Basil, and Tobias are once again joined by Niko (con co-chair of the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention) to talk about safety tools, session zero, and other elements of the social contract. As people with familiarity with these approaches, how do they play out in different contexts? OSMnotes …
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The merch cluster is under attack. Pokemon Worlds took place in Anaheim this week and it was invaded by SCALPERS. While Garrett and Kyle attempt to fathom this, Japanese McDonald’s was also forced to end their Pokemon Happy Meal tie-in early. Gamescom is tomorrow, and World of Warcraft is set to show its newest cinematic for Midnight. Dandadan, Ali…
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The World of Warcraft news cycle has begun with the approach of their Midnight expansion Cinematic. WoW plans to get rid of Addons, going the FFXIV route and freeing themselves of their ever escalating arms race. WoW has also claimed massive success with their recent One Button rotation option. Final Fantasy XIV has sales down by 23%, but what does…
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We’re back after our collective grass touching. Garrett and Kyle have toured Florida and return to, what ever all this is. Collective Shout is taking down Games with the help of Mastercard? GameStop is getting in to the business of “graded” Pokemon Cards. There was some weird FFXIV drama while we were away, but ultimately the Live Letter did have s…
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Episode 8 - Early Access Games and Stop Killing Games
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On this episode we discuss our issues with early access games and some examples of good and bad ones. We also discuss our thoughts on the stop killing games initiative Follow us on YouTube (@thebonfirenexus), Instagram (@thebonfirenexus), and X (@thebonfirenexus) or email us at [email protected]…
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It’s that slow summer time for gaming news, and the bad news rings loud and clear. The Microsoft layoffs have rocked the industry, stopping some games while they were deep in production. The company claims everything in the 2025 Showcase is safe, but what about the games we didn't see? In good news, Stop Killing Games finds its footing after a rock…
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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 31: Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy
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Hello Adventurers! Over these past couple of months, some of us have reignited with an old collectible card game flame (and some of us are brand new to it)! That flame of a card game is Magic: The Gathering, and we're playing it all thanks to it's latest expansion: Final Fantasy! All sixteen mainline games are represented, which includes the critic…
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Episode 7 - Wow, So Many New Games!
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This episode we discuss the game reveals and announcements that have surfaced and been shown off recently. Follow us on YouTube (@thebonfirenexus), Instagram (@thebonfirenexus), and X (@thebonfirenexus) or email us at [email protected] The Bonfire Nexus
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Why would Nintendo stop fun? Is Leon not scared? Can you play Death Stranding 2 without 1? Will Final Fantasy feel the heat of Expedition 33s success? Most of these questions will be answered, but us! With a sizable discussion about our post savage experience.By Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson
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When the drama is so juicy it summons a guest! Garrett and Kyle are back to run you through this weeks ongoing gaming happenings, but by the time they got to Final Fantasy 14, a frequent guest had appeared in the live chat. After dropping a few choice opinions, might as well have him on right? So Jesse Cox joins the show, to discuss the FF14 fundin…
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A new episode format appears! In this episode, Dylan, Basil, and Tobias are joined by Niko (con co-chair of Middle Tennessee Anime Convention) to talk TTRPGs. Today's roundtable topic: general approaches to world-building when gamemastering. OSMnotes It's an old name, but a new format! Big thanks to Dylan for wanting to spearhead a whole new OSMtyp…
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Not-E3 has concluded. A mad dash through trailers. A dizzying assault of the senses. What stood out? What got lost? Well first, Garrett got a Switch, and we sat down and played a big chunk of Mario Kart World. Sony State of Play, Summer Game Fest and Xbox showcase all tackled in order. Our list might not match yours, but we all walked away with the…
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Episode 6 - A discussion about WOW and FF14
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This episode we're joined by our good friend and MMO savant Lili! Join us for a discussion about two of the biggest MMO's still active today and a little conversation about the upcoming final fantasy MTG set! Follow us on YouTube (@thebonfirenexus), Instagram (@thebonfirenexus), and X (@thebonfirenexus) or email us at [email protected]…
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We’ve got a big channel update video out over on the Grinding Gear YouTube channel right now. Go give it a watch to see our new studio setup and hear what’s in store for what might be the next ten+ years of our lives. Nightreign is dominating our minds and while it’s not perfect, that’s also what’s great about it. We have ideas, the internet has id…
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Good games are good. And we’ve played some GOOD games. We didn’t know we needed to play Blue Prince but we love it, and must play more. Monster Train 2 is more of the same, which is a very good thing. Final Fantasy XIV unleashed is Field Operation patch and its a solid compliment to the game, though many say they aren’t returning to play it. Elden …
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Grab your briefcase of your biggest words, gaming is doing the thing again. Bungie has been caught stealing art, but it’s not just art, it’s the whole look of Marathon. Ai Vader is dropping F-bombs in Fortnite. WoW housing is real, though they were a bit secretive about what could be shared. Magic the Gathering is doing great though. All this and m…
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Sick hosts, but sick games! GTA 6 has a release date and trailer 2 is out. World of Warcraft is giving players a way to play with a single button. The Final Fantasy Magic the Gathering set is now the fastest selling pre-order ever. Elden Ring Nightreign is looking real good. All this and a big dose of thanks from our sickness addled brains.…
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Episode 5 - Nintendo Switch Retrospective
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On this episode we have our first guest, Pedro, joining us as we take a deep dive into the original Nintendo Switch, its successes and downfalls. We also discuss what we think about the Switch 2 so far and what we hope they do with it. Follow us on YouTube (@thebonfirenexus), Instagram (@thebonfirenexus), and X (@thebonfirenexus) or email us at the…
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OSMinterview! Alexis Tipton @ MTAC Another World
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We’re back from MTAC Another World, and we’ve got a bevy of interviews for you all! Today, we’ve got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast for Alexis Tipton! Here’s what MTAC had on their webpage about her: Alexis Tipton has been voice acting since 2008 and has loved every minute of it! She can be heard in over 450 anime, video game…
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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 30: Chatting With Jason Charles Miller @ MTAC Another World
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This past weekend we got the chance to talk with Jason Charles Miller at MTAC Another World! Not only was he the English voice of Raubahn Aldynn during the MSQ of A Realm Reborn, but he as also provided the vocals to the songs like Close in the Distance, To the Edge, Shadowbringers, and Unleashed! As well as a ton of other things. OSMnotes We want …
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Episode 4 - Our Favorite Game Soundtracks/Songs
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On this episode we chat about our favorite game soundtracks and/or songs. We also talk about games we've been playing recently (Check out Ena's Dream BBQ! Game is amazing). Let us know what are your favorites or ones we might have missed by sending us an email at [email protected] Follow us on YouTube (@thebonfirenexus), Instagram (@thebonf…
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OSMcast! Show #199: Streets of Fire
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Another time, another place. That time? 1984. That place? The movies! Where a rock & roll fable was born, yet no one watched it at the time. In America, anyway. In Japan, someone saw it. A few someones. A few someones, that would go on to make some of the coolest anime and video games around. Now, in 2025? It’s the perfect time to go back to that a…
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The Roundtable assembles once more. All elustrious members have returned: Jesse Cox, Okaymage and Preachgaming. The cloud has lifted and celebrations ring out over the internet as MSQ returns. But who is the real bad of this expansion? Is it the new Calyx or is there a more sinister face in plain view? Will baby king say "I'm in"? Will the crew agr…
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Switch 2 is switching it up, with more expensive games? The line-up is unconvincing, but has some mysterious gems. Our WoW Hardcore adventure is underway with Jocat, Squidsena and Girl_DM. Lots of details on our dangerous adventures. FF14 got hard. We’ve said that before but the expansion keeps getting harder. All this and more.…
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Episode 3 - What Makes A Good Or Bad Game Adaptation?
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On this episode of The Bonfire Nexus, we chat about the new Nintendo Switch 2 news and pricing. We also dive into some games we have been playing recently and a cool discussion on game adaptations on different mediums. What makes a good or bad game adaptation? You can send us your favorite ones or what you think makes a good or bad adaptation by se…
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Mrhappy joins us for a look at the 7.2 FFXIV Patch and a history lesson!SupportOurBromance.com or we’ll make you job simpler!By Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson
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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 29: The Little Things Hiding in the 7.2 Patch Notes
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Hello Adventurers! We hope that this 24 Hour Maintenance of Final Fantasy XIV is treating you well. To help pass the time as we while away the hours for the game to come back online, we have a new episode covering the little things in latest Patch Notes for 7.2: Seekers of Eternity. Not the MSQ or the Combat Job revisions, or even the new raids… Bu…
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Episode 2 - Game Franchises That Should Be Revived
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Sit alongside us at The Bonfire Nexus! On this episode we explore the franchises we believe really needed to be dug up from the grave. Let us know if we missed any you really think should be revived! Follow us on YouTube (@thebonfirenexus), Instagram (@thebonfirenexus), and X (@thebonfirenexus) or email us at [email protected]…
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OSMcast! Show #198: Brave Bang Bravern!
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Giant robots… What a concept! Who would have thought? Well, sure, lots of people have. In fact, we have talked about those great big ol’ hunks of metal in animation a few times on this podcast before! Now? This time is no different. Okay, maybe a little bit different. But that’s just the kind of show that Brave Bang Bravern! is. Different. Or maybe…
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Jesse Cox returns to the show and we have a big deep dive on the upcoming 7.2 patch named “Seekers of Eternity”. An intense three months of content are lined up ahead of us, including the Occult Crescent field operation, which Jesse is keen to explore the lore gravatas of. Naturally eyes turn to the MSQ on the horizon, with cooks a’ plenty on a mom…
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Wilds and Wyoming! Garrett and Kyle return from giving a lecture at the University of Wyoming and tell stories of their journey. Garrett got touched by snow, Kyle praises Steamdeck. Wilds Chapter 3 spoiler warning! We have a passionate chat about the story so far in Wilds and it’s hits and misses. T-rex doesn’t want to be fed, he wants to hunt. Yos…
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Episode 1 - Best Video Game Protagonists
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Humble beginnings for The Bonfire Nexus! Join us in our talk about Monster Hunter Wilds and our dive into the best video game protagonists of all time! Follow us on YouTube (@thebonfirenexus), Instagram (@thebonfirenexus), and X (@thebonfirenexus) or email us at [email protected] The Bonfire Nexus
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OSMcast! Show #197: Wave, Listen to Me!
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Well it only took us one hundred and ninety seven episodes, but we have finally done it! Our internet radio show has talked about actual radio. Kinda. We talked about an anime based off a manga that’s about actual radio. Er, well okay, not an actual radio station, it was a fictional one. But the anime is real! It’s called Wave, Listen to Me!, based…
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The Carbuncle Chronicle Issue 28: Characters Welcome
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Hello Adventurers! As Valentione’s Day has just passed us by, we thought now would be a great time to show some of the characters in Final Fantasy XIV some love. As it just so happens, GPOSERS had kicked off the month with a post on Bluesky that links to a FFXIV character Tiermaker. And thus, after recording for three or so hours… and many… many mo…
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Long time requested guest Rurikhan joins the episode for a massive Monster Hunter breakdown. New players Garrett and Kyle get a glimpse at the development history and evolution of the franchise as we approach the much anticipated Monster Hunter Wilds release. Pack with tips, tricks and stories for Hunters of every level (in particular for the World…
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