Drive your old man's convertible out to lover's leap with your crush because it's time for a steamy neck-fest; all the neckin' you can handle but nothing past first base!
And once you've driven your date home by curfew it's time for Steam Next Fest!
There are a ton of RPGs to sift through so Victor is saving you some of the hassle! Then once you've had enough of his questionable taste in games, Nadia is here to tell you all about The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales! A terrible name to be sure, but is the game much better? Listen to find out on this steamy episode of Axe of the Blood God! Also, I think I say Veritas Tales has 600 illustrations? It's actually 300+. Oops!

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Also in this episode:

• R-Type Tactics is finally here

• Final Fantasy Tactics gets a new patch

• What is the role of a review? And is it rude to be mean?

• Phantasy Star Online 2's AI chatbot survey: https://pso2.com/players/news/i_20260617_2/

Timestamps:

12:44 - Main Topic - Victor's Next Fest RPG Demo-palooza

17:32 - Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle

28:16 - Apathema

42:00 - Rizz Dungeon: Skeleton Key to My Heart

52:28 - Culdcept The First

53:28 - LarsGadiel

1:02:02 - Random Encounters

1:09:30 - Tavern - Nadia's Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales Impressions

1:45:24 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Every Day Is Night - [VA-11 HALL-A]

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Nintendo's Summer Direct has come and gone, and with it a slew of announcements. Upgrades we expected, leaks we saw coming, and some exciting news that blindsided us all! Nadia, Eric, and Victor gather to discuss what we should be excited about and what has left us wanting. All that and more on this episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

• Why Shadow the Hedgehog is a Good Game

• Should we be worried about Kingdom Hearts?

• Muramasa is baaaaack

• Why on God's green Earth are we remaking Ocarina of Time?

Timestamps:

9:56 - Main Topic - Nintendo Direct

9:56 - Xenoblade Genesis

18:28 - Pokopis Expansion Pass

24:28 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

31:08 - Final Fantasy Resonance

49:52 - Tales of Eternia Remastered

54:40 - Atelier Karia

58:40 - The Duskbloods

1:02:04 - Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World

1:07:20 - Kingdom Hearts

1:21:44 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

1:35:20 - Random Encounters

1:45:24 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Duel! - [Final Fantasy Brave Exvius]

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ummer feels like it starts earlier and earlier every year. Is it climate change or because all the hottest games are arriving at Summer Games Fest?!
Nadia, Victor, and special guest Lucas White are here to drop all the spiciest takes on the biggest games and the dorkiest hosts in this pre-equinoctial episode of Axe of the Blood God!!

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Also in this episode:

• Visit the Vancouver Game Garden June 13th and 14th! https://vangamegarden.com/

• Dancing Mad with Kefka

• Nadia sees The Amazing Digital Circus

Timestamps:

5:20 - Summer Games Fest Announcements

14:40 - Virtua Fighter

18:56 - Guild Wars 3

24:00 - Star Wars Zero Company

26:28 - Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascension

28:16 - Stellar Blade: Blood Rain

31:24 - Street Fighter VI

34:16 - Stranger Than Heaven

50:00 - Final Fantasy VII Revelation

1:28:08 - The Tavern - Mina, The Amazing Digital Circus, Starbites, Atelier Marie, Final Fantasy XIV's latest Ultimate Raid; Kefka's UMAD

1:57:04 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

Pub - [Lunar Knights]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Brandished Blade - [Atelier Sophie 2]

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Summer Games Fest is nearly upon us and Eric will be in attendance. What do we expect to see and why does Keighley control so much of what we are expected to care about? Nadia's been playing Mina the Hollower, Victor has a one-two punch of Y2K a e s t h e t i c games, and every one has some level of experience with James Bond, junior or otherwise, all on this freshly-picked rosy episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

• Visit the Vancouver Game Garden June 13th and 14th! https://vangamegarden.com/

• Restoring an abandoned house in the Japanese countryside with https://www.youtube.com/@maigomika

• A new Sakura Wars stage show has been announced!

• The sacred Gen X IPs that turn our brains off immediately

• Automaton Heart

• Labyrinth.os

• Dissida Duellum Update

Timestamps:

14:28 - Summer Games Fest Predictions

49:28 - Random Encounters?

57:08 - Random Encounters

1:10:24 - The Tavern - Mina the Hollower, Automaton Heart, Labyrinth.os, Dissidia Duellum, 007 First Light

1:42:56 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

Faerie Battle - [Final Fantasy IX]

Pub - [Lunar Knights]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Alchemists on a Ship - [Atelier Shallie]

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Reunited at last and it feels so good.
Eric returns to complete the Hydra of the Blood God and before any of our heads can be lopped off we gotta talk about what we've been playing lately. Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, Pokopia, Tokimeki Memorial 2, Final Fantasy XI's anniversary, and so much more on this episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

• Remembering ball pits

• No kings, yes queens

• Nadia's K-pit

Timestamps:

10:16 - Main Topic - Trails in the Sky

24:24 - Pokopia

35:24 - Tokimeki Memorial 2 EVS Append Discs

42:24 - Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

1:05:20 - Final Fantasy XI 24th Anniversary

1:12:16 - Random Encounters - Destiny 2

1:20:48 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

Hometown Domina - Jazz Arrange- - [Legend of Mana]

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Something's coming, something good -- a podcast all about musicals, RPGs, musical RPGs, and RPG musicals. Featuring a uniquely qualified guest; director of People of Note, Jason Wishnov! He joins Victor and Nadia as they talk about the parallels of these two "love-it-or-hate-it" mediums and how to transpose the world of musical theatre into digital space. All that and more on this episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

• The thing that holds up great music AND great RPGs: math!

• What musicals would make great RPGs

• What RPGs would make great musicals

• Eternal Sonata, Rhapsody, Tokyo Mirage Sessions, Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XIV, and many others

Timestamps:

It's just all interview, man

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

Whirls Generation - Big Giant Circles - [People of Note]

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We're going to the only place where people can agree on what an RPG is... SPACE!
Victor and Nadia, with a little help from the listeners, discuss their favourite RPGs set in space, RPGs that feature space stages, and RPGs that feature space travel regardless of how much of the game is played in the void of space. Three very important distinctions. All that and pretty much just that on this out-of-this-world episode of Axe of the Blood God. Except we don't discuss the game Out of This World because we all agree, not an RPG. Right?

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Also in this episode:

• What does space mean to us?

• The After Years Appreciation

• When does a game NEED to be set in space?

• Live-A-Live's perfect chapter

• We love people from The Moon

• Xenosaga, Bravely Second, Star Ocean, Phantasy Star, the most anyone has discussed Lunar Knights, and so many more games!

Timestamps:

8:48 - Main Topic - RPGs in space!

54:13 - Random Encounters

1:34:16 - Community Mailbag

1:40:20 - Nadia’s Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Laplace [Lunar Knights]

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Victor is back from Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest in Anaheim and he brought a lot of thoughts and even more interviews from listeners, friends of the show, friends of himself, and new friends! Look forward to appearances from Harper Jay, Fusionx, CrystAAHHL, and many more! It's an honourary episode of Sharlayan Dropouts as Victor and Nadia discuss what they're excited about from the announcements of EverCold, and why the Blood God has the best community around. Look, I know the sound on this one might be off in some spots; I made a lot of work for myself. But I hope you can forgive some sound quality for what I think is a wonderful cross-section of our community. I had a wonderful time making this episode and I hope you enjoy listening whether you're a Final Fantasy XIV or XI player or not.

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Also in this episode:

• Fusionx and 20 years of podcasting about Final Fantasy MMOs

• EmUnArum and the importance of Final Fantasy XI

• Many, many interviews with wonderful people

• If you never warmed up to XIV's combat, EverCold might have what you want

• We just scratch the surface of new character customization options like Action Skins

Timestamps:

6:08 - Main Topic

11:08 - Harper Jay not quite predicting the expansion title

25:28 - CrystAAHHL being absolutely delightful

32:20 - Fusionx on podcasting for 20 years

1:03:16 - Ash Paulsen on not knowing anything about FFXIV

1:04:58 - Derek Heemsbergen and I busting each other's chops like true friends

1:15:44 - Em on the Importance of Final Fantasy XI

1:31:28 - Sena Bryer being the most charming person on the planet

1:41:12 - Axe of the Blood God / Sharlayan Dropouts Community Meet-Up

And that's it, man. It's aaaall XIV talk today.

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

Ride the Rhythm - [The Primals - Dark Decades - Final Fantasy XIV]

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Eric is joined by guest Austin Walker on a solo run to discuss Austin's upcoming TTRPG Realis.

Topics include:

• Viewing Realis through the Shonen lens, (or Boss Babying Realis, if you prefer).

• World-building in a tabletop space vs game dev space.

• The art of creating a bunch of freaky little guys for your players to spec into.

Contribute to the Kickstarter for Realis, (up until April 30,) or preorder it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crum/realis

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Also in this episode:

• An Xbox rebrand of sorts
• Clair Obscur celebrates its one year anniversary with a free haircut update
• Sega promises the return of “many Sega series” in 2026. (Sakura Wars??)
• The Expanse: Osiris previews are out
• The Elden Ring movie confirms some of its cast 
• Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest is underway! Lots to talk about, and we’ll get more in-depth about this later
• Eric's island of freaky little guys and women who are mean 

Timestamps:

9:18 - Main Topic

52:45 Random encounters

1:10:36 The Tavern

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

Pub - [Lunar Knights]

The Boy in Green (Hunter x Hunter) - [Jack de Quidt]

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It's a very special episode this week as Victor interviews Bradly Halestorm, the founder of LionWing Publishing, a team that specializes in localizing Japanese tabletop RPGs both old and new. We learn all about his history with RPGs and what it's like to license and localize Japanese books from 20+ years ago. It's a real treat and we get into the weeds, especially when we discuss LionWing's upcoming release from their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, Wares Blade; a fantasy mech tabletop from the 80s. I hope you all enjoy this episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

• The challenges of working through snail mail

• The future of Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Conception

• Finally, another guest that respects 7th Dragon!

Timestamps:

6:08 - Main Topic - Interview w/ Bradly Hale of LionWing

1:10:33 - Wares Blade

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

VITALITY - [Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne - Incense Disc]

LUCK - [Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne - Incense Disc]

STRENGTH - [Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne - Incense Disc]

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Pokemon Champions is here and we have expert guests Casey DeFreitas and Kallie Plagge to get you up to speed.

We get deep into the tall grass of Pokemon competitive battling, and ask the question: How do the gatcha components of Pokemon Champions affect players new and old? The tension between serving the new player and fulfilling the seasoned player runs high!

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Also in this episode:

• Pokopia 
• Slay the Spire 2
• Monster Hunter Stories 3
• The funniest moment of Nadia's life

Timestamps:

00:07:40 - Main Topic

01:02:40 - Random Encounters

01:03:53 - Tavern

1:26:42 - Nadia’s Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Axe of the Blood God Theme - [Lena Raine]

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

Pub - [Lunar Knights]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Champions Music - [Pokémon Champions]

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