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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We are a book club style podcast focused on story driven video games. Each episode we do a deep dive into a different game.
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Home of the Video Game Logic Podcast. A podcast recorded by Gaming Psychologist and Caffeine Rage, where we talk about many things in the video game industry. Some good, some bad, and then we give in depth thoughts, feelings, and analysis of how to deal with them.
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Join Mark, Irv, Gary and Craig every someday to discuss the world of gaming - past, present, future and fourth dimension. Uncut. Unspecific. Unrelated. Undeterred. "THE GREATEST GAMES PODCAST IN THE GALAXY." - Chad Fett, 2166.
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Hello everyone and welcome. We are the Split Screen Synics and we love video games. We love playing them, arguing about them, reading into them way more than any normal person really should and also talking about them. Split Screen Synics is a show by fans for fans where we talk the industry while also providing a little bit of creative flair with our commentary. It may get a little out of hand at times, but we feel that this is where the magic will happen. Give it a listen and join us as we ...
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VGL Podcast Ep 348: Tesla Effect, A Tex Murphy Gameclub
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1:12:18This week detectives Shrink and Rage are on the case with Tex Murphy for a late, but present, gameclub episode. Enjoy! Topics list: For Show Date: 04/15/2025 Gameclub: Tesla Effect Next Gameclub: Balatro 58% Of PC Gaming Revenue In 2024 Came From Microtransactions Switch 2? News Items and sources: 58% Of PC Gaming Revenue In 2024 Came From Microtra…
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VGL Franken Episode: Beastmasters and Nuclear War
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35:14This week a member of Jared's family had a medical emergency, and so he had to go help deal with that. So, we bring you Franken content from the most recent recording. We will see you for Belatro next week!By Video Game Logic Podcast
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CtrlAltNoob and I gather our friends for the best LARP game ever! Game: Lil Gator Game Release Year: 2022 Developer: MegaWobble Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S More information on CtrlAltNoob: Bio Link Twitch YouTube Contact information: TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E25: My Weirdo Secret [Exploring the World]
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57:30It’s painful when the memories return too suddenly. It’s less painful when we’re stealing villagers for mining work, blowing up a tombstone, revealing Chris’ ultimate weirdo secret, counting action figures, seeding rumors of a beautiful singer, shaking the faith of the faithful, extracting lore from the library, taking over the world for non-sexual…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E24: These Unsettled Times [The Magic Emperor Revealed]
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1:12:22I have so many frightening dreams these days. You have so many Lunar podcasts. This one’s got us getting villainously angry at Dyne’s Monument, locating a prescient Burg resident, being last beheld, refusing to forgive a loss-causing world, sending in the clowns, executing the perfect anime betrayal, speculating jokerification points, staring a dra…
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Video Game Logic Episode 65: VGL Game Club: Life is Strange (Update)
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4:16:46There once was a time when we questioned podcasts taking long hiatus periods or doing old re-releases on this show. How nieve we were! Life once again stands in the way. Rage's new job and work schedule combined with my own major career changes again makes it hard to record. We believe next week's schedule hold solid promise for recording, and we c…
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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage - Tape 1
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1:34:03It's the summer of 1995 and Swann Holloway has made new friends. Together they have fun and begin to uncover mysteries about their hometown. Game: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Release Year: 2025 Developer: Don't Nod Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S Contact information: [email protected]…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E23: The Trolley Scenario [Traveling with Ghaleon]
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1:11:03Once more into the poopy pit. Inside that mess we’re aspiring to the rank of Dragonmaster, misunderstanding Jessica’s social cues, hijacking the seas, letting Jessica cook in Silver Star Harmony, blowing up food, sleeping on the floor, getting my dinghy wet, better concealing the evil in our hearts, hitting Alex with a Trolley Problem, refusing to …
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Video Game Logic Episode 61: VGL Game Club: Valkyria Chronicles (update)
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2:56:05This week, Rage is busy with work, and Jared is busy at a marriage and family therapy conference getting to learn and talk all about sex! Due to those pesky adult scheduling conflicts, we were not able to get together again. A few weeks ago a re-release and old episode where the RSS feed from how we used to upload the show has broken. So we have an…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E22: The Satan-Althena Pipeline [Post-Crystal Tower]
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1:11:42Enough with the googoo eyes, you geek. All you need is googoo ears to hear us forcing Mia to take control of the Magic Guild, sequence breaking a heel turn, addressing a problem but refusing to solve it, sniffing Mia’s bed sheets, beating the shit out of Lemia, using knowledge of the past to deal with the present, seeking to get railed, ogling at a…
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Greetings all! We have a short little franken episode this week, as continued work and personal issues prevented us from recording. We have talked shop and adjusted/updated the gameclub list and have made plans for late but truncated VGL awards to discuss some gameclub games. We hope you all are having a good week, and hope to be back soon.…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E21: You Can't Bring Guns to Church [Crystal Tower]
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1:00:43Show all the true soul of this imposter. Show your ears the tales of us demonstrating bravery, wearing underthings on the dome, prohibiting weapons at church, restoring memory with song, kidnapping singers for occult rituals, going Full Mom, predicting anime, desiring evil mommy punishment, blinging the dragon ring, passing back through the Cave of…
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This week, continued work tumolt for Rage ensured no recording was possible. So, we bring you a story about fixing houses, and some other stuff. We wish you all well this week, and hope to see you again very soon!By Video Game Logic Podcast
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E20: It All Goes Back to Golgatha [Return to Magic Guild]
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1:03:03Screaming will achieve nothing. That's why we're speaking at normal volume about lamenting the loss of democracy, getting weirdly nationalist about fish and chips, committing to a Ghaleon bit, doubling down on menopause jokes, finding ourselves incarcerated, taking Luna to Golgotha, spitting up dots, wondering if mom’s soul has been poisoned, smell…
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VGL Podcast Ep 347: Infinite Garbage
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1:13:56Topics list: For Show Date: 03/13/2025 Games We Played Monster Hunter Wilds locks character editing behind microtransactions. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remake reportedly set for imminent reveal Disco Elysium is being "reimagined" for mobile devices to "captivate the TikTok user" Discord Enshitification Time Stamps will be in the show notes foll…
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INFINITE PERFECT 003: British People [Wipeout & Wipeout XL]
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1:15:28In the past, British People were responsible for the future. What a time to have never been alive. 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:35 Hackers 00:06:03 Techno 00:11:41 Wipeout Demo 00:26:36 Wipeout 00:35:50 The Prodigy 00:44:17 Wipeout XL 01:02:07 Wiped Out 01:09:14 OutroBy Retrograde Amnesia
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E19: Blowing On My Nevermind [Lann Island]
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1:11:23Real men can pitch tents in the blink of an eye. Real listeners will know when we’re threatening to zap men to the Frontier, steering a boat, deploying pipe organs in a fetid swamp, avoiding poisonous wa-wa, guessing dragon colors, regretting infernal curiosity, performing a sexual attack, promising not to use magic for evil, wondering if Phacia is…
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Video Game Logic Episode 38: VGL Game Club 5 Path of Exile (Update)
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3:06:39This week, Rage is busy with work, and Jared is busy repairing his roof after a massive storm blew part of it off. Looking at old Archives, there are a lot of old episodes that have never been viewed, as PodBean seems to have broken their RSS import Support. So an episode appears with no Audio. I've taken the time to find as many of these as I can,…
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Suikoden | E66: War Touches Everyone [The Legacy, the Remaster, and Aidan Moher's New Book]
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1:26:38Surprise! We’re back to season four with a very special 66th episode. We’re joined by Aidan Moher to discuss his upcoming book on Suikoden and Suikoden II and listen to some of Aidan’s thoughts on Suikoden I&II HD Remaster. In finer detail, that includes: accepting Suikoden pronunciations, measuring Suikoden’s place in RPG history, wondering if RPG…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E18: Girl Power Statement [Lann]
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1:04:35That freakin’ kid has no appreciation for capitalism. You freakin’ kids have appreciation for defining the rules of a cave, becoming the Chad of socialism, landing on Star Search, casting spells on the lake, tossing fireballs at fishermen, recording three distinctive la la la songs in Lann, playing booger barter, appointing a tormenter, using rage …
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VGL Franken Episode: New Office, New Illness
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14:36Jared is very sick this week, a lot of people in his orbit have had both the Flu and Covid. Hopefully it isn't that, but we aren't sure yet. Enjoy! We hope to see you next week.By Video Game Logic Podcast
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E17: Reflective People Mucus [Nanza Barrier]
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1:19:20Cool, man. We cool men and a robot are socking a cheater in the gut, suffering a honker punch, getting duped by a lying treasure chest, allowing the fascists to pass through, teeming with the criminal element, moving drunk Kyle around the map, sleeping on a rock bed, building a jail in the basement, eating bugs, appreciating milfs, wondering if mou…
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This week responsibility got in the way again, but we have new Franken Content since we were able to record a few weeks in a row. Enjoy the show, and we should be back next wee to talk Tex Murphy!By Video Game Logic Podcast
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E16: Pegging a Dragon Master [Magic Guild, Part II]
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1:05:18Luck had nothing to do with it. You made the choice to listen as we’re applying Goku logic, admiring fashionable mage robes, ticking a clock, cosigning a case to a charge, going back to the pool, hearing rumors of a fake dragon master, leaving some dragon master business unfinished, falling asleep in class, letting Luna meet Mia, imagining Ghaleon …
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VGL Podcast Ep 346: The Sims Repeat Review
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1:07:16Topics list: For Show Date: 02/13/2025 This week we talk a lot about The Sims, partly because Jared played it a good deal, and partly because its in the news again! We talk about some other stuff too. Enjoy! Games We Played Valve Seemingly Bans All Steam Games That Require Watching Advertisements To Play Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor hits out at RP…
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December 1993. Kasio has returned to her small hometown of Achill Island. Join Kate (No Small Games) and I as we discuss Kasio's journal and her experiences. In our discussion we referenced this article "How Two Video Games Helped Me Come Out As Transgender" by friend of the show (and previous guest) Flora. Check it out! Game: If Found... Release Y…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E15: A Wretched Soul [Magic Guild, Part I]
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1:06:12Are you prepared for your journey of discovery? Learnings must include debating parlor admission, playing a lute like a weird asshole, conceiving destiny music, dreaming the same dream every day, going through the change of life, suffering provincialism, smelling of sea salt and dragon dung, freaking out the corrections officers, literally pulling …
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VGL Podcast Ep 345: Terra Invicta (December Gameclub)
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1:11:39Topics list: For Show Date: 02/06/2025 VGL Gameclub: Terra Invicta Next Gameclub: Tesla Effect, a Tex Murphy Adventure Sim’s Legacy Edition Releases, and we have a few thoughts. Steam Now Warns You If an Early Access Game Hasn't Been Updated In a While News Items and sources: Steam Now Warns You If an Early Access Game Hasn't Been Updated In a Whil…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E14: Dark as Hell, Brown as Shit [Cave of Trials & Vane]
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1:15:38May the goddess Althena shower you in her blessings. May you take a shower while blowing up Affleck’s head, mastering skills through perseverance, erasing exhaustion with magic, sucking off a healing stick for free, gaining testicles in Spanish, dropping an anal probe reference, beating up fungus, realizing only Vane may have electricity, loathing …
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VGL Franken Episode: The Covid Impossible Nugget
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30:28Greetings friend. Jared had a fight with his two greatest Nemeses at the same time: His ISP and his dishwasher. Service outages and FTD errors prevented him from being able to record this week. So we've gone back into the archives, and pulled out another old Franken Episode. Hope you all have a lovely week!…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E13: Dots of Hesitation [Leaving Meribia & Althena's Shrine]
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1:26:56Still your tongue, cat. And activate your ears, as this time we’re receiving Japanese turd confirmation, roughing up Dross with kicks and pows, self-realizing limitations, sassing up “driveway,” getting ripped off on Black Rose Street, deploring a PMS joke, exposing beastwoman babes, talking on the world map, blowing the Vane reveal on PSP, strokin…
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On this episode of the VGL Podcast, we discuss why we've been gone so long, the state of the US in this moment, and some random video game things. There wasn't a format this time, but the goal as stated in the episode, is to do December/January Gameclub in our next recording, and the VGL Awards the one after that. We hope you enjoy!…
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