Lightning Strikes Thrice is a JRPG games club podcast. Play along with us as we discuss the people and events that take place in the myriad series in the genre.
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XenoChat is a podcast that discusses various aspects of everything Xeno: Xenogears, Xenosaga, all the way to Xenoblade! Join hosts Justin (@JusGuillou) and Tyler (@KOSMOSchaos) as they chat about the series with various guests. This is a fan podcast. We are not affiliated with either Monolith Soft, Square Enix, Bandai Namco, or Nintendo.
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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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Semi-pretentious thoughts on gaming!
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We are a retro video game Podcast, that dives deep into games, comics, movies, and TV seasons. We make new content weekly, you never know whats going to pop in our feed.
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Xenosaga Episode 2: Jenseits von Gut und Bose - GMMF 364
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1:41:07Its been a few months but its time for us to dive back into the Xenosaga Series. This time we take a look at the second Episode in the series. The one that is known as the black sheep of the trilogy. Now I understand why, people didn't like this game. It takes everything that worked throws it out the windows and we get a strange RPG with a lot of q…
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XenoChat Special: We Review the Xenosaga - Chrono Cross Concert
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45:32In this bonus episode of XenoChat, three people who attended Wayô Records' Chrono Cross and Xenosaga piano concert in Paris, France on November 29th discuss their experience! Justin, Jessi and Valkyrie XY discuss the highs and lows of the concert that was born from the Across the Kosmos - Xenosaga Piano Collection album's successful Kickstarter cam…
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Phantasy Star IV | E9: A Fluid Town [Nalya, Aiedo]
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1:08:03We're ex-convicts, no one will marry us now. We're doomed to a life of observing the need to fix bridges, inhabiting a dead town, fearing dentist technology, bowling alone, refusing to trust the neighbors, Wet Banditing our own house, vomiting all over the wall, observing a fluid town, stealing husband's secret savings, losing a lot in translation,…
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As i said at the end of last year that we would cover God of War 3 also, and here we are. We wrapped up the trilogy of God of War. We still have two entries in this timeline, but we take a look at the first PS3 one, which is super Epic. I had never played this before and was surprised how awesome and good this game looks in 2026. This was the culmi…
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Robotech The Macross Saga (Mini 101) - GMMF
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39:03We take a look at the last Robotech game that we haven't covered from that small golden era in the early 2000s. This is the GBA Shootem up and that also got an HD version for switch in the last few years. Join us as we fly high discussing this interesting game. Starring Mike Albertin, and Dominic. A Gamer Looks at 40 - https://agamerlooksat40.com/ …
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To finish out the year we look at a 2019 horror film, that is all about isolation and what it does to the brain. Funny how accurate this became less then a year later. Join us as we discuss The Lighthouse. Starring Mike Albertin, Joe Butler, Kenneth Sanity, Bill Tucker and Phoebe Stanton. A Gamer Looks at 40 - https://agamerlooksat40.com/ Phoebe's …
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After many years of meaning to do it wanted to go out with a bang for our 100th Comic Episode. We take a look at the Scott Pilgrim Comic, all 6 volumes. We talk all about this comic and dive deep into what makes Scott Pilgrim special. Come hear what we have to say. Starring Mike Albertin, Phoebe Stanton, Joe Butler, Hurricane Colby, and Kyle. Kyle'…
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Episode 146: Wizardry IV - The Cosmic Cube
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1:43:09Folks: it's here, the final boss of Wizardry IV: a three-floor megachallenge known as the Cosmic Cube. We also include some host backtracking for items which are needed to find your way out of this three-dimensional disaster, and movie reviews with a side of musical critique! Get ready for an extravaganza. Support Us On Patreon to hear Chris and Ry…
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Phantasy Star IV | E8: Bubblegum Crisis [Bio-Plant]
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1:01:45What on earth are you, and what is this place? To figure that out, we're doing it in the Birth Valley, re-entering the Techno Drome, expanding Chris' vocabulary, touring the Porsche factory, mixing monsters with machines, creating a bioactive environment, enjoying the Professor Holt bit, referencing Nei, citing sexy lady anime, determining the cat …
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One Magic Christmas (Film 195) - GMMF
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1:11:04Merry Christmas from Games My Mom Found. We take a look at a true Christmas movie for our Christmas Day Episode. Here is s forgotten Disney Christmas movie. Its a sweet movie and I feel it nails down that Christmas spirit from the 80s. Come hear us discuss one of Tiffany's Favorite Christmas films. Starring Mike Albertin, Tiffany Albertin, Bill Tuc…
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XenoChat Holiday Special 2025 - Fantasy Xeno
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1:28:59We at XenoChat might not be the best sports ball watchers, but we do like making teams! Inspired by the fantasy draft episodes of RPGFan's Retro Encounter podcast, our latest holiday episode has us choosing our own teams consisting of Xenogears, Xenosaga, Xenoblade and other Monolith Soft related characters! Instead of football, our teams start bus…
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We bring you this Month's Patreon Winner. We take a look at a Christmas movie you didn't expect, Eyes Wide Shut. You might say that's not a Christmas movie.... it isn't family friendly but it does take place at Christmas in NY. This is if you want more nudity and orgies in your Christmas Fun. We dive deep into Stanley Kubrick's last film. Come hear…
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What Are Ya Playing?! December 2025 - GMMF
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2:21:56We bring you our Last What Are Ya Playing for the year 2025. As we do each month I am joined by a few friends to talk about what games we been playing, and movies we been watching. You never know what we will mention. You might hear about something you didn't know existed that grabs your attention. Come hear what we been up to. Starring Mike Albert…
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Phantasy Star IV | E7: Idiots are Special [Tonoe, Tonoe Basement]
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59:47Somehow the body has become lighter. With your new carbon fiber ears, listen to us fading white, hiding Grandfather in the back, favoring the monger, reading lady numbers, deploying a custom animation, separating charge and information, making dirt wet for too long, accepting a Motavian party member, resolving the stone mustache, separating tears f…
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Spider-Man Miles Morales - GMMF 363
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1:13:17We bring you our annual Christmas Game Episode. For the holiday spirit we take a look at Spider-Man Miles Morales which takes place on Christmas. Also a super fun game that is a smaller experience of what we had in Spider-Man but really works. Something about this game just flows perfectly. Come hear how we felt about Spider-Man, and Merry Christma…
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Tokyo God Fathers (Film 193) - GMMF
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1:16:08We bring you our first of three Christmas Films we are looking at this year. First we are taking a look at another Satoshi Kon film, Tokyo God Fathers. A Japanese Anime Christmas movie, something you don't see a lot. This movie is a heart warming movie, thats also has that Satoshi Kon weirdness his movies are known for. Come join us to discuss this…
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Sonic The Hedgehog Vol 5. Crisis City (Comic 99) - GMMF
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45:46We bring you another Sonic comic. This time we take a look at Volume 5, crisis city. We take another step into the depressing Metal Virus arc. A story that is definitely not hopeful for our heroes. Come hear what we thought. Starring Mike Albertin, and Phoebe Stanton. A Gamer Looks at 40 - https://agamerlooksat40.com/ Phoebe's Twitch - https://www.…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 GBA (Mini 100) - GMMF
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45:33Took us years but we have finally hit 100 Mini Episodes. We take a look at a game that i remember really enjoying back in the early 2000s, but haven't experienced it in years. Its a short license game, but sometimes thats all you need. Come join us as we discuss The game and some TMNT. Starring Mike Albertin, Dominic, and Kyle F. Dominic's Podcast …
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Episode 145: Wizardry IV - The Maze of Wandering
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1:04:14Editor's note: This podcast was recorded during November 2024. Don't @ us about how weird some of it reads in hindsight. This week gives us what your humble editrix describes as "the worst dungeon crawler map in the history of the genre". You wanna hear what that's like, right? 'Course you do. Support Us On Patreon to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 pod…
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Phantasy Star IV | E6: The Invention of Sephiroth [Krup, Valley Maze, Tonoe]
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1:06:02What a pig this dog is! Before experiencing canine pork, we're finding Krup stuck in our teeth, lying about our academic career, telling people where I hurt myself today, spreading religion, leaving the cabinets open, embracing orange soda genericism, disinheriting a son, harnessing the power of CRBN, teaching kids in the home, figuring out if we'r…
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Assassin's Creed Syndicate - GMMF 362
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1:11:00We continue our Assassin's Creed journey, this time with Syndicate. The last of the AC games before the franchise takes a drastic change with Origins. Here is a game that takes what they learned and perfects the style of the previous games. A game that is also the farthest we have ever gotten into the time line so far. Come hear what we thought abo…
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Its time for us to do one more Year In Gaming before we wrapped up the year. This time we go back 10 years to look at 2015. Come hear what games came out during this year and what we have to say. Starring Mike Albertin, Phoebe Stanton, Kyle K, Kyle F, and Kerry. Kerry's Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/kerooseta Kyle F's Podcast - https://open.spotif…
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The Return of The King 1980 (Film 192) - GMMF
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1:05:35Due to watching the other two animated Lord of The Rings film, decided it wanted to see Return of the King. This is something I didn't expect. Its a sequel to Hobbit, but they make the third book of the trilogy, somehow its own thing. Come listen to this very strange film. Starring Mike Albertin, Robbie Sherman, and Joseph Larrey. A Gamer Looks at …
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Dragon Ball Z Legacy of Goku (Mini 99) - GMMF
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46:06We take a look at the one Legacy of Goku game we skipped, the first one. Always wanted to go back to it, and we finally made it happen. Here is a perfect example of a game having to crawl so the others could run. Come hear what we thought about this GBA game. Starring Mike Albertin, Dominic, and Kyle K. Dominic's Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@…
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Phantasy Star IV | E5: Stoned After Dinner [Mile, Zema, Birth Valley, Molcum]
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1:06:59Well, Chaz, your brain seems to work a little bit. At least enough to listen as we're speaking with the beardy-guy-vestman, swallowing a town with quicksand, adding morality to terraforming, pounding Zima, performing a community raking service, experimenting with macros, stoning everyone in town, refusing to help orphaned children, discussing musta…
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We bring something new to the show. We take a look at our first Real Time Strategy game on the show. Wanted to start this off with a bang, so we take a look at the classic Star Craft. This is also my first time ever really digging into this game. I am joined by two fans of the series. Come hear what we have to say about Star Craft. Starring Mike Al…
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DBZ Dead Zone / The World's Strongest (Film 191) - GMMF
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1:07:40Due to finished up the 4 recent DBZ movies decided to start at the beginning of the DBZ Films. We take a look at Dead Zone and The World's Strongest. Two very early Dragon Ball Z films that are refreshing to see lower power levels again. Come hear what we thought about these 2 films. Starring Mike Albertin, Joe Butler, John, and Barry Carenza. Barr…
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Sonic The Hedgehog: Tangle and Whisper (Comic 98) - GMMF
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55:09We take a look at the first Spin off from the Sonic IDW run. Here is a mini series about two new characters, Tangle and Whisper. Come hear what we thought about this mini series. Starring Mike Albertin, and Phoebe Stanton. A Gamer Looks at 40 - https://agamerlooksat40.com/ Phoebe's Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/theletsplayprincess Phoebe's Podcast…
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Star Wars The Clone Wars (Mini 98) - GMMF
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1:13:30Due to Treys suggestion we take a look at the Episode 2 tie in, The Clone Wars. A game I have known about for years, but never got around too. A game that at one time was part of the canon for the story between the 2 movies. One of those games i am sure you walked by a thousand times in a game store. Come hear what we thought about Star Wars The Cl…
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Episode 144: Wizardry IV - Creatures of Light & Darkness
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1:23:21Editor's note: This podcast was recorded during November 2024. Don't @ us about how weird some of it reads in hindsight. This week is... actually probably the nicest episode we're going to have for a while. Learn about pleasant nerds from yesteryear and have a laugh at some of the funniest "why did I do that" item tricks the game throws at you. Don…
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Phantasy Star IV | E4: Another Brain [Academy Basement]
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1:06:52This monster business is no mystery after all. As we uncover the secrets, we're wondering if manga can be in color, installing headquarters in the basement, dropping multiple fishies, fingering to win, sweating to lose, producing the Venn diagram of veins and ticklers, conducting numerous brain activities, breeding monsters in the basement, telepor…
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This is an episode dedicated to young Mike who found this game in the early 2000s and was never able to complete it. Thanks to having it on the schedule I was finally able to complete it. We take a look at a Square Soft RPG that never crossed the ocean to America. Its a very different magic system and a very interesting Story. Come hear how this SN…
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Street Fighter Alpha The Movie (Film 190) - GMMF
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1:06:02Due to loving the Street Fighter Movie, I decided I wanted to take a look at the 2nd animated film they did, Street Fighter Alpha....... Sometimes I regret my decisions on this show. We take a look at this 2nd animated Film, which does somewhat of an adaptation of the Alpha Series but not really. Come hear what we think about this Movie. Starring M…
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XenoChat Episode LXXII: Ranking Blades in Xenoblade 2
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1:42:02Need dessert after celebrating Thanksgiving? Don't celebrate Thanksgiving and just need more XenoChat? We have you covered! Join Justin, Tyler, Nick, Robin, Marie and Anthony as they rank their favorite and least favorite Rare Blades from Xenoblade Chronicles 2! Do you agree with our rankings? Disagree? Please let us know!The episode contains some …
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What Are Ya Playing?! November 2025 - GMMF
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1:00:27Its time for this month's What Are Ya Playing, where each month we talk about what games we been playing. We tell you what Tv, and movies we been watching too. You never know what were going to mention. Come hear what we have to say. Starring Mike Albertin, Mario, Jody, and Rohn. Mario's Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/7Dj782USKkNpDWa2jmN21…
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Star Wars Episode 1 Racer / Star Wars Racer Revenge (Mini 97) - GMMF
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1:16:06We bring you a 2 part Star Wars Episode of the two Pod racing game. I bet you didn't even know the first one had a sequel, because I didnt. Here are two fast racing Star Wars game one for N64 and one locked to the Ps2. We go deep into the Star Wars lore for this one. Starring Mike Albertin, Vincent Goodwin and Kerry. Vincent's Podcast - https://som…
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Phantasy Star IV | E3: Beyond Rudy [Piata, The Town of Learning]
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1:08:40I've always wanted to go to a Town of Learning, so we can learn to make a podcast of listening. We're talking about throwing away a cake, tolling the bell, fearing The Computer, Chaz'ing a Rudy, erecting character sprites, rendering a world beyond the Genesis, locking up books, flipping through options, buzzing off, measuring the dew point, learnin…
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Is this game a prequel, is this a reboot? Both of those are questions I asked myself as we started this game. After a Great first game in this series, EA decided to reboot this franchise with a younger version of the main character. They make her younger in this dystopian world. Something about this game off... it try's to keep what made one specia…
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I finally get to keep one of my Patreon Promises and bring you our review of The Final Girls. A comedy making fun of the tropes from the 80s Slasher films but somehow also has a lot of charm and heart. Come hear what we thought about this 2015 film. Starring Mike Albertin, Tiffany Albertin, Joe Butler, and Kyle F. Kyle's Podcast - https://podcasts.…
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Sonic The Hedgehog Vol 4. Infection (Comic 97) - GMMF
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51:16We take a look at Volume 4 of the IDW Sonic and this one starts a new saga, the metal virus saga. I made comments about this comic being dark so far... but learning very quickly i ain't seen nothing yet. Come hear us talk about more sonic. Starring Mike Albertin, and Phoebe Stanton. A Gamer Looks at 40 - https://agamerlooksat40.com/ Phoebe's Twitch…
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Since the last animated LOTR movie starting going down a rabbit hole of the Lord of The Rings Animated films. Now we take a look at the first one that came out, The Hobbit. A shorter tale, and a more complete story. This movie takes the original Hobbit adds music and it quite close to the book. Come hear what we thought about this 1977 Movie. Starr…
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Phantasy Star IV | E2: Genesis Mystique [Contemporary Reception & Legacy]
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1:43:16On the second episode of our Phantasy Star IV background info, we're watching commercials in Japanese, realizing "cels" and "panels" are not interchangeable, looking at print ads, riding for Rick, revealing the dark phallus, appreciating the work of Boris Vallejo, speaking perfect french, traveling beyond history, citing The Cutting Room Floor, pac…
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