Community News – Phoenix Down Radio

This week Klauss, Seyrr, and Chille talk about all things pertaining to Eureka, including the story line and the lore of the zone. We also talk about the upcoming Menphina Madness Blitzball Tournament and fundraiser for the charity To Write Love on her Arms. Links with more info are listed below. Show Notes: Menphina Madness Information: https://bardabouttown.tumblr.com/post/184250297205/its-time-...

Seyrr and Chille have made it back safely from FanFest 2018, and share their experiences from the event. Along with Klauss, they talk about what we learned from the Keynote about the upcoming expansion, Shadowbringers, as well as the live letter information about patch 4.5, A Requiem for Heroes. Enjoy!

This week, Klauss, Chille, and Seyrr talk about the upcoming FFXIV FanFest in Las Vegas. The trio also discuss the recent news regarding Final Fantasy XV, and what this could mean for the Final Fantasy franchise in general. Seyrr focuses on the ever-popular Red Mage in the Lorebrarian’s Corner, and Chille wants to be a waifu pillow! Enjoy! Show News: Extra Life Donations:  https://www.e...

This week, we continue our discussion of the Patch 4.4 story lines by discussing the Alphascape. We bring back the Lorebrarian’s corner as well where Seyrr talks about Ninjas in Final Fantasy, and compares them to their real life counterparts. We also talk about the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV Content Creators’ After Party on November 16th in Las Vegas, and Extra Life Game Day 2018 on N...

This week, Klauss, Seyrr, and Chille break the spoiler embargo on the Patch 4.4 story line. We then speculate what these events may lead to moving forward, and what this means for the lore of the world. Chille gives us an update on the GoFundMe campaign to get him to FanFest in Vegas, and we talk about the upcoming Extra Life Game Day stream. Please enjoy! Show Notes: FFXIV 5th Anniversary Infogra...

This week, we are joined by Brin Zalazar from GamerEscape, Work2Game, and host of his own podcast, Casually Hardcore. We give our spoiler-free impressions of Patch 4.4, as well as talk about the news from the Final Fantasy world. Klauss gives us his review of the A New World concert, and we announce the winner of our #PDR3rdAnniversary contest. Enjoy! Show links: Work2Game on YouTube: https://www....

Patch 4.35 is live, and with it the new Deep Dungeon, Heaven-on-High! Klauss, Seyrr, and Chille talk all about the newest dungeon, as well as go into the story and lore behind it. Enjoy! Information on the Feast Regional Championships:  https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/ranking/thefeast/championship/

This week we are joined by guests Remix Sakura and Emi from MuseCastXIV , who are here to tell us all about the reasons behind the hiatus of their show, as well as to celebrate the upcoming 2 year anniversary of the show! We then discuss what different kinds of content we would like to see brought into FFXIV in future patches, such as mini-games, raids, PvP modes, etc. Disclaimer: The opinions exp...

With the live letter mere hours from when the live show takes place, and a lack of new news to talk about, the PDR crew takes it upon themselves to come up with wild theories and speculate on what may or may not be announced for the upcoming Patch 4.3. Friend of the show Taliz Marvelous joins us to give us an introduction to the Final Fantasy TCG, Klauss gives his recap of Anime Detour 2018, Seyrr...

This week, the focus of the community has revolved around the release of the highly anticipated Eureka. We discuss the story, break down some of the mechanics, and talk about what we like and dislike about it. Enjoy! Show notes: Menphinas Madness Blitzball Tournament info: https://dylanthornexivblog.tumblr.com/post/171966466655/when-youve-got-a-cause-youve-got-to-score-the

In this episode, Luna makes her triumphant return to Phoenix Down Radio! We got our first real life piece of Fan Mail from our friend Taliz Marvelous, and are absolutely excited about it! We talk a bit about the new content coming to Final Fantasy XV December 12th, and the upcoming Producer Live Letter 40 for Final Fantasy XIV on December 15th. Luna leads our discussion topic this week where we ex...

With Final Fantasy celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, we decided to ask the community about some of their favorite things about the Final Fantasy franchise. We read off some of their responses, talk about our own experiences, and reminisce about 30 years of Final Fantasy. In this week’s Lore segment, Seyrr discusses Azeyma the Warden.  

This week the Phoenix Down Radio cast talk about the numerous interviews released by the gaming media, including one from our very own Chille, who was ever so gracious in allowing us to submit a number of questions as well. To our surprise, Yoshida answered all of them! We go in-depth with the psu.com interview, talk briefly about a couple of other interviews released shortly after Paris Games Wee...

The boys are back at it this week! Chille is absolutely wrecked after participating in Extra Life 2017 with the FFXIV Content Creators group, while Paul is extremely hyper. They discuss the 4.1 storyline, dungeon, and talk a bit about the recent world first and second clears of the Unending Coil of Bahamut (Ultimate)!

In this episode, we take the spoiler tag off the MSQ and talk all about the storyline and plot, including our opinions of the direction the writers seem to be taking with characters like Fordola and Yotsuyu. Seyrr opens the book on the lore of Ivalice by talking all about the Lucavi and their Zodiac Stones. We also talk about the upcoming Extra-Life Game Day Charity Stream, which is coming up on N...

On this week’s episode, Klauss, Luna, Seyrr, and Chille discuss the news from Live Letter 39, which seemed to give more information about Patch 4.2 than it did 4.1, but we still try to talk about the upcoming content and changes expected in the newest patch. We discuss what people are doing to either keep entertained within FFXIV or to break the monotony caused by the current content drought...

We start our third year of podcasting by bringing in the masterminds of FFXIV’s trash tabloid, The Crucible: SaferSephiroth and Brohamut. They talk to us about how they got their start, what its like to create their content, and things they’d like to do in the future. Things take a dark turn to Chille’s delight as Saferoth shares his passionate disdain for Estinien and Ishgard. S...

We celebrate our 50th episode by celebrating the amazing content creators in the Final Fantasy XIV community! Many of our listeners contributed to the list, and we take this time to share with you! Show Links: FFXIV 4 Year Anniversary stream info:  http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/89f0c83ba423c0a35a838488d4dc282907922e67 Tales from the Storm Part 2:  http://na.finalfantasyxiv....

After discussing the main scenario storyline in the last episode, Klauss, Seyrr, and Chille decide to delve into the aether with Omega and talk about the current tier of raids, the Deltascape. We give our impressions on the fights and story, and talk a bit about what we would like to see moving forward with the Omega series as well as the upcoming Return to Ivalice series. Seyrr goes in-depth with...

Now that everyone on the show has completed the Stormblood story, it’s time for us to give our thoughts on the storyline, dungeons, and quests that took us from the Fringes, across the sea to Doma, and back to Ala Mhigo. Seyrr discusses the eerie similarities between two nation’s patriotic hymns, and we talk about our accomplishments in game since the last episode. We also discover tha...

Less than a week until Early Access to Stormblood, The PDR crew is joined by FusionX from GamerEscape.com. He is able to talk with us about his experience at the Stormblood Media event held in San Francisco a few weeks ago before he flies out to cover E3. We discuss what having shared Role abilities could mean for players, get a bit of an idea what the new zones are like, and discover there is a w...

We are joined this week by the incomparable Lore legends AnonyMoose and Ethys Asher. They join Seyrr and discuss the lore behind the buildup and through the War of the Magi. We learn a lot about each of the 3 great city-states of the time; Amdapor, Mhach, and Nym, and discover what lead up to the great war, and how it all ended with the 6th Umbral era. Show Notes: YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/Q...

Paul and Chille ramble on (sometimes incoherently) about the quality of life adjustments and relic nerfs from patch 3.57. There isn’t much else to talk about right now, so Chille get’s distracted by his FC mates in the live Twitch chat. Leave it to a Lalafel to forget he’s recording a podcast.

Scar Lit, the FFXIV community every-man, jumps in the guest spot this week as the crew discuss whether Heavensward content was a step forward or backward when compared to A Realm Reborn. Klauss talks about his experience at Anime Detour, and Chille keeps insisting he’s a jacketed potato, even though its not that cold out anymore! Show Links Scar Lit on Twitter: @Scar_Lit YouTube video:  yout...

Paul and Chille have recovered from their sodium overdose, and are joined by Shyntyrr and Flattuss from Maelstrom Radio! The guys discuss the PAX East interviews, preview patch 3.56, and talk about the upcoming NA Datacenter relocation. They also talk about which lala is better, Chille or Flattus’s new alt Thunderbuns.