Damn Chocobo: Another Final Fantasy Podcast

On a bit of a whim, Rich returns to the world of Final Fantasy XIV to give it a second look and see for himself just how much it has improved since the guys checked it out last on the show!   This episode covers roughly the main story quests for A Realm Reborn levels 1-20!   If you have any thoughts, questions or just want to say some nice shit, reach out to us at damnchocobo@gmail.com or hit us u...

Rich and Jake celebrate 2021 coming to a close by popping some drinks, playing Diablo 2 and talking about their favorite games, movies, tv shows, and other things of the year! As always, if you want to reach us feel free to email us at damnchocobo@gmail.com or at all the usual social media sites @damnchocobo Mid episode break: Twisted Tongues by AFI

Damn Chocobo, the best-worst Final Fantasy podcast in the fandom, celebrating their 10 year anniversary! December 2011 to December 2021 (AND COUNTING!!!!) Shout out to all the listeners! You all are a huge motivation to keep doing this and we owe you all massive thank you. You keep listening and we'll keep doing this shit.

After 26 minutes of holiday talk, some catching up on shows, and Rich discussing the Alan Wake remaster we get right back at it with Final Fantasy Tactics. More Delita scheming, the complete screwing over of Cid, and the rescue of an immense badass who really didn't need it and probably was just waiting for us to rescue him out of a kindness to our ego, and MORE await on the latest triumphant forc...

After opening with some thoughts on the Sephiroth character and how he's been handled (and possibly will be handled in the future) along with some upcoming Disney + announcements - 24 minutes into the episode we finally get to talking about Final Fantasy Tactics. Featuring the questline that leads to the aquisition of most of the optional characters we meet Beowulf, Ries, Construct 8 as well as ki...

A continuation of last episodes discussion on collecting habits along with Rich talking about his new acquired Nintendo Switch starts the episode up until about the 19 min mark. From there we return to the land of Ivalice to wrap up chapter 3! Agrais' capability to wreck house, ninja's being both awesome to play as and awful to fight, Rich charging into battle overly aggressively, Ramza butting in...

Rich, as is expected at this point, goes off on a very lengthy tangent about bad buying decisions and falling down a collecting rabbit hole for 32ish minutes so fast forward as you see fit. Afterwards we rejoin Ramza and Co. as we deal with foolish family members, foolish politicians, foolish shadowy organizations, foolish army deserters and generally all manner of foolish people doing fool stuff...

After 26 minutes of Rich pontificating various stuff like death and its relation to narrative in games - we get back down to Ivalice and stomp some mud holes in many many fools. Job class planning, sensible politics being ignored in favor of stupidity, super horny demons, and more await on the latest poorly planned but sort of competently executed random battle we call DAAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBO!!! Int...

After 19 minutes of discussion on Snake Eyes (the new GI Joe movie), Masters of the Universe Revelations, and the effects of personal baggage in relation to a fandom perhaps loving a property a bit too much. Afterwards we jump back into Final Fantasy Tactics where we learn important lessons about presuming things will get easier, recruit a sweet as gun dude, question our team build choices, beat u...

After 16 minutes of talking about X-Men and what kind of bad stories are worse we jump back into Final Fantasy Tactics just in time for the plot to really get kicking.  Betrayal, deaths of the innocent, some animal rescue work, more betrayal, and a whole lot of completely wrecking guys who think they know how to fight await on the latest blood drenched battlefield we all know as Daaaaaaaamn Chocob...

After a short 15ish minute talk about how free time can effect ones enjoyment of a game, Rich and Jake jump back into the GLORY that is Final Fantasy Tactics. Ramza being clueless to how is family truly operates, Delita having a rough time, Argath (or Algus depending on your version of the game) being a complete asshat, and a whole bunch of pricks with good motivations but absolutely awful actions...

After 9 minutes of catching up the guys Get RIGHT BACK AT IT in Final Fantasy Tactics beginning the game proper with Chapter 1. Kicking ass and getting asses kicked, meeting shitty brothers and douchey "allies", and the beginning tidbits of an onslaught of DRAMA along with the ever slow progression into an ultimate badass await on the latest carefully thought through and even more craftily execute...

The beginning of a new era of Damn Chocobo! As an experiment we're going to release episodes of this next playthrough in shorter chunks and HOPEFULLY far more frequently! Can we keep it up? Will we develop a regular and consistent release schedule? PROBABLY NOT but never say we don't take chances! Fifteen minutes after our usual nonsense we begin this new (and possibly short) era of the show we be...

After spending waaaaaay too long (about 38 minutes) talking about some stuff from last episode and "Zack Snyder's Justice League"  - Jake an Rich wrap up our return to Final Fantasy VII. For the last time? A whole bunch of fetching random stuff, catching birds and makin' them bang out, getting stomped by super-bosses specifically designed to stop asses, and the final descent into hell await on the...

Rich invites honorary Chocobro, the often referenced Jason Pope (and his desperate for attention dogs) to talk about how having kids can dramatically effect ones ability to engage with games, collecting and general nerd stuff.

After 29 minutes of Rich Talking about Fortnite (FRIGGIN SNAKE-EYES!), reading old Transformers comics and nearly freezing to death the guys get going on the penultimate episode of their Final Fantasy VII run. Hojo being a massive piece of Trash, Cid being less of a piece of trash but still a prick, The Turks deserving to die, going into outer space, Shinra doing one thing that isn't actually evil...

After 17 minutes of build up Jake and Rich return to the very sad place we left off at in Final Fantasy VII. A quest for revenge, several questionable decisions, the dumbest prison escape ever, some Kaiju, and one of the trippiest/weirdest/best parts in the game await on the latest jam we call DAMN CHOCOBO!!!!!   Intro: FF7 Who...Are You Music Remake by Enrico Deiana Outro: Basket Case by Greenday

Bringing 2020 to a close and looking forward to 2021 - Rich and Jake talk about cool shit they bought, played, and experienced over the last year all while getting tore up and playing Minecraft for the first time ever. First Break: "My Ex's Best Friend" by Machine Gun Kelly. Second Break: "Hydrochloride" by Ghostemane

Somehow against the odds these two dipshits made it to episode 100! Taking a brief break from talking about their replay of Final Fantasy VII, Rich and Jake take a chance to look back on the last 9 years of recording this nonsense. Talk about failures, successes, and how much longer are we going to be able to keep this up await on the latest nostalgia stricken look back at the past we call DAAAAAM...

Thanks to cutting the intro nonsense to be its own Birth Droppings Episode we get right into the FFVII action almost immediately! Cloud having issues of varying types, Yuffie showing us just how much of a pain she can be, creepy pricks showing back up, NUMEROUS betrayals, and some really nasty bosses await on this MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE episode of DAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOOOOOOO!!!!.   Intro: City...

In an attempt to record Episode 99 of the main show we accidentally stumbled into a lengthy discussion about Crunch Time in game development and our own experiences with Crunch and bad management.

After 21 minutes of talking about time spent over the Thanksgiving break and things we're thankful for we get right back to action with Cloud and the raddest bunch of cool lookin' video games dudes. Lots of douchebags being douches, the Turks being chill as fuuuuuuuck, Rich making very poor choices as far as difficult battles, babies needing diaper changes, robbing sad fools blind aaaand a whole l...

After 17 minutes of nonsense Rich and Jake begin our loooong teased return to Final Fantasy VII.    Once again we go back to the original Final Fantasy VII to give a proper look, this time with the context of playing and talking about faaaar more Final Fantasy games as well as just becoming far better podcasters than we were 9 years prior. Nostalgia about the game (both from playing it as teens an...

Rich and Jake READ A BOOK! But first we walk about OTHER books for 17ish minutes before getting started on the Final Fantasy reading content. Follow along as we recount the novel detailing an alternative ending to Final Fantasy XV originally intended to be released as DLC. New characters, old characters returning, some getting FAR more development, some just being cool as hell, others becoming the...

Buckle up for near 4 hours of Chocobo goodness as the duders wrap up the epic that is Final Fantasy XII. After 30 minutes of talk about music and cancer, Jake and Rich get on topic to talk about the game wrap-up for this legendary run. The most obnoxiously long dungeon in a game full of excessively long dungeons, a whole bunch of bosses (some super, most pretty forgettable), some EXTREME gear gath...