Community News – Phoenix Down Radio

This week, Klauss and Seyrr end 2024 with the sad news that the podcast will be going on hiatus. The pair discuss the past 9 years of the show, share some of our favorite memories and talk about what lead up to this decision. Thank you for your love and support!

This week, Seyrr and Klauss delve into the first disc of the Final Fantasy XVI Original Soundtrack along with all the news happening in the Final Fanatsy world. Enjoy! Show Notes FFVII Remake part 3 “Off to the races” according to director, who also wants to be “Done with this marathon of projects” – by Hope Bellingham: https://www.gamesradar.com/final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3-is-off-to-the-r...

This week, Seyrr and Klauss talk about the news coming from FanFest 2023 in London, new stage shows in production in Japan based on FFXVI and FF:Brave Exvius, and we reminisce while listening to disc 1 of the Final Fantasy XV Original Soundtrack. Enjoy! Show Notes SE is producing stage shows for FFBE and FFXVI – by Liv Ngan: https://www.eurogamer.net/square-enix-is-producing-another-final-fa...

In this week’s episode, Klauss and Seyrr talk about the new content from FFXIV’s Patch 6.25, including the new Manderville Weapons, Variant and Criterion Dungeons, and new Omicron Tribe quests in Ultima Thule. The pair also discuss the announced end of service for FFVII: The First Soldier, the new FFXVI trailer, and the FFXIV annual All Saints Wake event. Enjoy! Show Notes: FFVII: The...

In this episode, Taliz, Seyrr, and Klauss talk about the new Pixel Remasters for Final Fantasy I – III. The trio also discuss the recent 4Gamers interview with FFXIV Lore God Banri Oda among other Final Fantasy news. Enjoy! Also, this month is Extra Life’s Tabletop Gaming Appreciation month. Help us raise $150 during the month of August for an amazing charity, and Klauss will continue...

We celebrate 150 episodes with the amazing and incomparable Kali aka Eskalia, making her return as a guest host after 5 years. We discuss the recently released Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters 1 – 3, the leaked release date for FF 4 – 6, talk about the success of the online FFXIV fan celebration LunarCon, and the upcoming Moogle Market hosted by friend of the show Kei at the Moogle Cafe....

In this episode, Taliz and Klauss talk about the FFXIV 14 hour broadcast and Live Letter held earlier this month as well as a lot of Final Fantasy-related news. Taliz also had the pleasure of interviewing Kei from The Moogle Cafe ( https://twitter.com/mooglecafe ) about how she got her start, challenges she faced, and some of the fun things she was able to create. Check out the Prep Station channe...

After a month-long break, Klauss, Seyrr, and Taliz discuss ALL THE FF NEWS, and there is a ton! So much, in fact, that we had to push our discussion of the FFXIV 14-hour broadcast to the next episode! We also go through the entries to our Final Fantasy video game genre contest. We received some amazing entries, we hope you like them as much as we did. Enjoy! Show Notes FFVII News Final Fantasy VII...

This week, Seyrr, Taliz, and Klauss give their spoiler-free impressions of Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.3. Taliz and Seyrr talk about the interesting concept of Archon loaf. The trio also discuss the latest news in the Final Fantasy universe. Show news: Final Fantasy VII Special 2 part interview with Motomu Toriyama – Part 1: https://na.finalfantasy.com/topics/201?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_me...

In this week’s episode, Klauss, Taliz, and Seyrr finish their discussion on the Final Fantasy V Original Soundtrack, including their best track of the game, Clash on the Big Bridge. Seyrr discusses the story of the Bozja Incident, Taliz gives us 3 different versions of Salmon Meuniere, and Klauss kept things from going too far off the rails! Enjoy! Show Notes: New Final Fantasy XI Story: htt...

In this episode, Taliz and Klauss dive into the soundtrack of Final Fantasy II, bringing Taliz back to his early days playing Japanese imported cartridges. The pair also talk about the cancellation of the NA FanFest in November, the PS5 reveal, and the FFXI Anniversary event. Enjoy! Show Notes: FFXIV Community fundraiser supporting ACLU: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ffxivcommunityfundrai...

The world has become a very different place in the past few days. Klauss and Taliz take a few minutes to talk about how the current global situation has affected us, and we invite our listeners to share their stories as well. We then talk about the latest news with FFXIV, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and mobile FF games. Taliz then shares with us his thoughts on Cockatrice meatballs, an Ishgardian st...

This week, there was a ton of Final Fantasy news to discuss. Seyrr, Taliz, and Klauss talk about the recently released Final Fantasy VII Remake demo, give their opinions on the gameplay, story and mechanics. We then go through a number of top ten Final Fantasy lists for game, character, boss/summon, and music. We then discuss the story of Eden’s Verse, the second part of the Eden 8-man raid...

This week, there is a plethora of Final Fantasy news for Seyrr, Taliz, and Klauss to discuss. In FFVII news, we go through the newest theme song trailer, discuss the behind-the-scenes making of the theme song “Hollow” by Nobuo Uematsu, and have Taliz give us his take on the FFVII event at the Tokyo Skytree. For FFXIV, we go through the information given to us in Live Letter 57, talk ab...

This week, Klauss is joined by guest hosts Chille from Moogle-Go-Round, and Yelta from Gather Together. The group discuss the FFVII Remake delay, upcoming Live Letter 57, and the new Valentione’s Day event. We continue our discussion on mods in Final Fantasy games, including Tactics, 9, and 10, as well as the more controversial topic of modding in MMO’s like 11 and 14. We also announce...

In the first episode of 2020, Klauss, Taliz, and Seyrr go over a bit of post holiday Final Fantasy news. We discuss the Final Fantasy modding community, give a brief history of modding, and go through some of the good, the bad, and the grey areas modding falls under. Taliz steps away from the culinary station and puts his weaver cap on to tell us all about his recent real life experience in workin...

This week, Seyrr, Taliz, and Klauss discuss FFXIV’s Letter from the Producer Live 56 from the 14-hour Broadcast on December 13th, including new information on Patch 5.2. We talk about the new FFVII trailer dropped at The Game Awards, as well as FFXIV getting snubbed by the judges. In the Lorebrarian’s Corner, Seyrr gives us the rundown on what we know about Ascians. Happy Holidays! Sho...

After a holiday break, Klauss, Seyrr, and Taliz are joined by Justin Blasdel, author of Final Fantasy VII – Old World of Darkness, a fan-created adaptation and scenario using the Old World of Darkness tabletop role-playing system and based on the world of Final Fantasy VII. We talk about his love of both FFVII and the Old World of Darkness system, what prompted him to combine the two, and wh...

This week, Klauss, Seyrr, and Taliz are joined by Wanderer Sabaku, Emi, Anonymoose, and Dexee from A Stage Reborn, a 501(c)(3) charity supporting the arts, and making it more accessible to everyone. The group recently performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream within Final Fantasy XIV, and we learn about the process of performing a play within a virtual world, as well as what it takes to put the sc...

In this episode, Seyrr, Taliz, and Klauss discuss all of the Final Fantasy news from Tokyo Game Show, including a new trailer and stage presentation for Final Fantasy VII Remake as well as FFXIV’s Live Letter 54. We give our thoughts on the announced content coming in patch 5.1, and talk about the upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by A Stage Reborn on September 27 &#8211...

In this episode, Klauss, Seyrr, and Taliz are joined by guests Rubicon Vale ( @rubiconvale ) from Gather Together as well as Pixie Nook ( @pixie_nook , aka Luna Vox) and Chille ( @mgr_chille ) to celebrate 4 years of podcasting. The topic this week is Community, and the group discusses how strong the Final Fantasy XIV community is, from its many amazing creators to the generous and selfless player...

This week, Klauss and Taliz finish their discussion on the Shadowbringers Main Storyline, from the end of the Crown of the Immaculate through The Tempest and into Amaurot. We also talk about the Final Fantasy news coming out of Gamescom this week, and the upcoming FFXIV anniversary event, The Rising. Enjoy! Show Notes: The Rising 2019: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/fabe428...

The hype for the upcoming expansion Shadowbringers is reaching a fever pitch! We have PSU.com game journalist Tim Nunes ( https://twitter.com/timberelli ) join us to talk about his time at the Media Event held a couple weeks ago, his time spent hands-on with the new jobs and new dungeons, and ask about his interview with Yoshida. We discuss the changes outlined on the latest Live Letter, and a lot...

This week, Klauss visits a strange new land, filled with characters role-playing a magical game called Blitzball! We visit the Balmung server to talk with special guests Keio and Cagi, members of the Kugane Koban Crushers team; as well as Aegir, one of the organizers of the Menphina Madness Blitzball tournament. The group helps explain how Blitzball is played within FFXIV, why the tournament was s...

This week, Klauss, Chille, and Seyrr are joined by Neil Bolt, video games editor at bloody-disgusting.com and new adventurer in Final Fantasy XIV. We discuss his experiences so far, and talk about whether or not this game is still accessible to new players. Seyrr gives us a remedial lesson on the history of the Crystal Tower. Show notes: Bloody Disgusting Video Games: https://www.bloody-disgusting...