Trails in the Pod

Intro: 00:00 Overview and Dissent: 3:50 Reviewing a game and issues: 6:45 Unhinged rant versus levelheaded discussion of a perfect game 13:30 2024 game challenge 49:00

Colin and Kevin discuss their 2023, their gaming goals for the new year, and announce a new game challenge!  Please give us your suggestions for classic/foundational games on Twitter (@TrailsInThePod) or via email: trailsinthepod@gmail.com.

In this episode, Colin and Kevin use Aristotle's  Poetics to discuss what makes a good plot twist.

In this episode, Kevin and Colin discuss the intermission to Trails from Zero.  KeA is so adorable!

Kevin and I sit down to discuss the second half of Chapter 3 in Trails from Zero.  This is the fixed version.

Kevin and Colin discuss the side quests and main plot of the first half of Chapter 2, complete with a Homeric rendition of the race at the end of Day 1.

Colin and Kevin sit down to discuss the Great Game, a term used to describe the manipulation of buffer states in central Asia between Britain and Russia in the late 19th century.

Kevin and I talk about the main story of Chapter Two.

Kevin and I sit down to discuss our thoughts about Trails from Zero, Chapter Two.  This first part is us talking general impressions and side quests.

No time stamps because Colin is in a rush and also has a headcold, but here we talk about the main plot of Chapter 1.  Can Kevin call Shizuku by her real name!?  Previous version was broken.

No time stamps because Colin is in a rush to get this edited but we cover our general impressions and the side quests.

What is the Buffer State Project? 1:07 Crossbell's foundation: 4:17 Soveireingty 9:52 Definition of buffer states 15:15 Crossbell's monopoly on violence 31:28 Is Liberl a buffer state? 38:17 What are small states? 43:00 Strategies used by great powers and buffer states to manage each other 48:00

Intro: 00:00 Dream 2:50 Opening 5:00 SSS Members 11:45 New combat 24:45 Bracers vs police 33:00 Crossbell the city 40:00 Downtown 45:00 Side characters 53:00 Predictions 1:00:00

Intro 00:00 Overview 00:30 Story 5:00 Grinding 12:00 Impressions 25:45

This audio drama is bad 00:00 What is it 4:00 Plot summary: 8:43 Joshua's Feelings: 11:00 Ourobouros 14:10 Tita 17:00 Erika fucking Russell 21:13 Estelle and Tita 27:25 What could have been 28:59 Kevin's Predictions 30:18 Announcement of the Buffer State Project 38:30

Colin's Amazon Drama 1:20 Why Attack on Titan? 5:10 Military Competence 7:45 Protagonist Death and Tropes 9:40 Mikasa 12:50 JEAN is fucking cool 16:00 Questions Rather than Answers 18:00 Flashbacks in Media (FINAL FANTASY VII SPOILERS) 24:47 END Final Fantasy VII Spoilers 29:50 Omidirectional movement 31:14 Armin 35:20 Titans can time travel??? 37:58 Intelligent Titans 38:16 Kevin Won 39:12 Captai...

What is Ring of Judgment: 3:00 Cars in Crossbell: 7:00 Erebonia: 9:40 Toval: 11:50 Arts in Reality: 14:00 Bracers and Killing People: 18:00 Toval as Toby from Carnelia: 20:00 Hot Nuns: 22:00 Tila and Kai: 26:10 Digestion/Ring of Judgment: 29:20 The role of Rings in literature: 32:00 Renne: 39:00

Intro and overarching thoughts: 00:00 Kevin Graham: 13:00 Ries: 17:30 Doors 24:45 Gameplay 35:30 Story 42:00 Kevin's predictions 45:00 Rankings 58:00

Intro and plot: 00:00 Gameplay: 7:00 Building final party and bosses: 17:30 Game ending 27:15

Intro: 00:00 Star Door 9: 1:30 Star Door 12: 16:40 Star Door 13: 26:30 Star Door 14: 33:50

Intro and overview 00:00 Joshua and Estelle Moon Door 3:45 Mary/Orphan Moon Door 14:00 Renne's Star Door 22:15 Phantom Thief B 28:45

In this special episode, Colin and Kevin went live on Twitch and reacted to Kevin's first viewing of Star Door 15.  This is a lightly edited version of that.

Intro 00:00 Chapter 6: 2:30 Loewe and Black Ark 20:45 Lord of Phantasma and Rufina 28:00 Chapter 7 46:30

Intro 00:00 Schera's Moon Door 2:00 Ravens' Star Door 34:30 Anelace Star Door 45:00 Orbal Revolution Star Door 55:15

Intro 00:00 Chapter 5 cutscene 2:45 Lord of Phantasma 9:00 Chapter 5 units 12:30 Renne and Richard 17:15 Chapter boss fight 26:30 Agate and Tita's moon door 30:30 Kloe's Moon Door 36:00 Olivier and Mueller's door 55:35