By popular demand, it's a long-overdue look at the colossal Trails series! Kat, Nadia, and Eric are joined by Trails expert James Galizio to discuss the latest entry to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary; Trails Through Daybreak. How do you get into a series with a dozen entries in the same narrative? Is Daybreak a good place to jump in? What's the best game in the series?

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Also in this episode:

• MAHVEL
• Trading military secrets
• Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
• Visual novels and ADV games are different things!
• Tsukihime is, in fact, a visual novel.
• Hijinks!

Timestamps:

• 13:20 - Main Topic - Our RPG Backlogs
• 40:06 - Random Encounters
• 49:54 - The Tavern
• 1:21:02 - Nadia's BIRTHDAY Nook?!

Music Used in this Episode:

• Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
• Birthday - [Monster Rancher 2]
• Daily Life - [Trails Through Daybreak]

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We've all got one. Some are bigger than others but we can all agree that we can't get enough of'em. No, not opinions. I'm talking backlogs!

Whether it's a real life shelf with a copy of Shadow Hearts you borrowed from your friend 7 years ago and can't quite bring yourself to play but also don't want to give back, or your digital shelf full of game titles you've never even heard of, we've all got games we swear we'll get around to someday. Kat, Nadia, and Victor discuss some of their biggest blind spots and more on this episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

• Kat is still working on Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Megami Tensei novels in English for the first time
• Nadia has finished Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
• Please go play Curse Crackers

Timestamps:

• 13:20 - Main Topic - Our RPG Backlogs
• 57:20 - Random Encounters
• 1:07:40 - The Tavern
• 1:29:42 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

• Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
• A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
• Carnival Subarea - [Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils]

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Sometimes it's not just about the power of friendship.

Even the most friend-shaped RPGs can pull the rug out from under you with a moment that makes your skin crawl. Sometimes they beat you over the head with that rug with moments that make you go "aww jeez, come on, don't do that!" On this week's Axe of the Blood God Nadia and Victor discuss their favourite(?) moments in games that embrace the creepy, the macabre, or the truly depraved. It's not the first episode where we talk about marrying cousins and it won't be the last!

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Also in this episode:

• We're playing Dawntrail obvs
• The lost Shin Megami Tensei games you can play right now!
• More saved feature phone games including Final Fantasy D-d-d-dimensions!
• Remembering Mutsumi Inoumata

Timestamps:

• 6:40 - Main Topic - Darkest Moments in RPGs
• 57:52 - Random Encounters
• 1:20:16 - The Tavern
• 1:32:40 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

• Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
• A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
• Pirate Island - [Boktai 3]

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So long dads and grads; Summer is here and that means pina coladas on the beaches of Tural. And as we soak up that vitamin D we might as well reflect on the year so far. What RPGs have blown our minds, which ones not so much, and what are we looking forward to in the latter half of Anno Domini 2024? Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss all this, plus Shadow of the Erdtree, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and more on this week's Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

• 1000xRESIST
• Hades 2
• Dragon's Dogma 2
• Demonschool
• Tsukihime

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 57:20 - Random Encounters
• 1:02:00 - The Tavern
• 1:32:40 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

• Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
• A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
• Tuliyollal (Day) - [Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail]

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I hope you like your rings elden and your trees erd because this week Kat, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Mitchell Saltzman discuss the much-anticipated Elden Ring DLC. Plus, the latest Nintendo Direct, and Eric's experience with Final Fantasy VI so far. It's a jam-packed episode this week on Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

• Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• MAAAHVEL BAYBEE
• Fantasian
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
• Do we need leakers?
• Final Fantasy VI is really good

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 4:16 - Main Topic - Shadow of the Erdtree
• 38:04 - Random Encounters
• 41:28 - Nintendo Direct
• 1:00:40 - The Tavern
• 1:32:48 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

• Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
• A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
• Airship Stage - [Marvel Vs Capcom 2]

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More like Summer Games FEAST. The deluge of news simply doesn't stop. This time Kat, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Brenden Groom focus on Dragon Age: The Veilguard plus a bazillion other games that were announced over the past week.

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Also in this episode:

• Train Station Fist Fights!
• Is Super Monkey Ball and RPG?
• Hyper Light Breaker
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• More Metaphor
• Blumhouse and Sam Barlow
• Demonschool

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 15:36 - Kat and Eric's Dragon Age Impressions
• 1:00:00 - More SGF
• 1:48:08 - Random Encounters
• 1:51:20 - The Tavern
• 2:02:02 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

• Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
• A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
• Jouin High School - [Shin Megami Tensei V]

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We're at the SGF. We're at the Day of the Devs. We're at the Xbox Showcase. We're at the combination SGF, Day of the Devs, Xbox Showcase. Kat and Eric are joined by Michael Higham and Moises Tavares to discuss an absolute deluge of game reveals, announcements, trailers, and news.

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Also in this episode:

• Can Metaphor: ReFantazio bring back fantasy?
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard is here to fill your quip quota
• Starfield: Shattered Space
• Expedition 33

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 00:00 - Main Topic - It's ALL Main Topic, Baby! Good luck!

Music Used in this Episode:

• Tuliyollal Theme - Day - [Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail]

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The season of big summer announcements has begun! Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss the RPG offerings Sony has revealed in the latest State of Play. What do PlayStation-playing RPG-lovers have to look forward to in the near future? Find out on this episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Dragon Quest HD-2D is back!
• 13 Sentinels Pantheon Prologue

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 08:51 - Main Topic - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• 53:51 - Random Encounters
• 59:23 - The Tavern
• 1:25:58 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

• Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
• A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
• Retem City - Day View - [Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis]

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The Mario RPG remakes continue with a Gamecube classic and Kat, Nadia, and special guest Logan Plant are here to talk about it. Does the brilliant script hold up? Is the combat and progression still as fantastic as it's always been? And who is the best companion? That's easy, we all know who it is. Go on. You get one guess. And if it's wrong you need to leave.

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Also in this episode:

• Put Waffle House in Tekken
• This Week in Gekkoukan Continues
• A Doctor Who Primer
• Jenny Nicholson's doing good work

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 03:04 - Main Topic - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• 39:38 - Random Encounters
• 44:00 - The Tavern
• 1:17:28 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

• Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
• A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
• Rogueport - [Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]

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It's letter tiiime, it's letter tiiime!~ Axe of the Blood God's May mailbag is here, and it is loaded with some excellent questions from our listeners. The topics of discussion are, but not limited to:

• What stops so many of us from finishing RPGs?
• PS5 RPG ports we want to see on Switch 2
• Do Dragon Quest Slimes taste sweet or savoury?
• Where's Axe of the Blood God's "Best RPG Soundtrack" segment? Huh? Huh??

Also in this episode:

• Sony has a new CEO, Rest in Pizza Jim Ryan.
• Nier's devs are working on a project that might be Nier, but we don't have Nier-ly enough information yet.
• Jabroni Chocobos
• Childhood cats, bitten and non.

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 04:48 - Letter Time
• 1:07:01 - Random Encounters
• 1:12:09 - The Tavern
• 1:25:57 - Nostalgia Nook

Music used in this episode:

• Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]
• Patty's Pub - [Dragon Quest IX]
• A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
• Lab 16 Ruins - [Chrono Trigger]

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Capitalism continues to function as intended with the closure of several studios by Microsoft. What's the future of Game Pass? What will RPGs on Microsoft platforms look like going forward? And how many lives need to be ruined by rich people before we bring back the thing that rhymes with "creatine'? Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss this and so much more on this episode of Axe of the Blood God! Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod

Also in this episode:

• Animal Well
• Hades 2
• Kat holds her FFXIV playthrough for a $20,000 ransom

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 03:52 - Main Topic - Microsoft
• 47:28 - Random Encounters
• 1:0:0 - The Tavern, More or Less
• 1:32:32 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

• Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]
• A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
• Human - [The Killers]

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