Damn Chocobo: Another Final Fantasy Podcast

After a very short talk about Jake being a total bro during a rough week for Rich the episode proper starts around the 6 Min mark. THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN THIS EPISODE as Rich and Jake and a group of people we kinda like but don't particularly care about really step into some poo as we learn all about the clearly dangerous and not particularly trustworthy Occuria. Shenanigans acquiring chops, hunti...

Rich and Jake have a chat on what the future installments of the Final Fantasy VII Remake have in store for us. What changes do we expect to be made, what changes SHOULD be made, and what things should be left alone.

After a brief MODERATELY SPOILERY talk about FF7 Remake we get to proper FFXII business at about the 14 min mark. Rich and Jake spend a whole lot of time walking. And Fighting. And Walking. And Fighting. And then there's more walking. Followed by even more fighting. So much the same thing we have to debate the order of the areas we walk and fight through. There is little to no plot development. Ja...

Rich and SOMEONE? talk about fan communities on the interwebs. The good, the bad, and the fuckin' nasty. Our histories participating in fandom online from forums to social media to comments sections. 

Rich spends the first 24ish minutes talking about the Final Fantasy VII Remake (minor spoilers!) before getting down to business with FFXII. Jake and Rich continue on as Vaan makes an ass of himself numerous times, we run into a spoiled little turd who is actually quite useful to have around, debate how much like Prince some guy looks like, feel defensive about how Fran is treated by other bunny l...

Jake and Rich hunker down hiding from virus ravaged landscape of the world and have one last pre-release chat about Final Fantasy VII's Remake as we discuss a little bit of history, a bit of news and talk about the recently released demo.

After about 27 minutes of talking about bad financial decisions and reminiscing about how awful Rich's parents can be, the boys finally get down to business and talk Final Fantasy XII. Rich and Jake and Captain Basch continue their journey after escaping from the Nalbina Dungeon. A chase to find Penelo, a meeting of mysterious new kid, some running away like a full on bitch, along with a bit of se...

Rich and Jake take a moment to talk about how gaming has handled crossovers between different properties. Jake putting up with Rich's unabashed adoration of Todd McFarlane and the crew getting some serious love on NBA Jam await on the latest episode of our short discussion series, Bird Droppings.

After 31 minutes of talking about parenthood stress, Batman Arkham games, the recent PsOne era Final Fantasy remasters, and lots of Kingdom Hearts 3: Re:Mind, we finally get down to business and get into the semi controversially received Final Fantasy XII. Does Jake have a problem with it like he does most things? Does Rich STILL think it takes too damn long to do anything in it? FIND OUT in the l...

NOTE: Traditional Episode Format starts around 1:35:00 mark.   Jake and Rich celebrate the end of 2019 and ring in 2020 with the LEGEND that is SquareEnix oft forgotten Ps2 "classic" called "THE BOUNCER." Punching and kicking and awkward dog collar related clothing choices await along with our individual TOP 10 FAVORITE THINGS OF 2019!!!!. All that and a ton more on the last inebriated but not qui...

NOTE: FFV talk begins around the 11 min mark.   A team of 3 rad ladies and one lucky dude roll into the final dungeon of Final Fantasy V and Rich and Jake are right there with them to see ExDeath finally get his. Along they way they meet a whole crew of nasty dickbags whose names we don't remember "BECAUSE IT DOSEN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!!!!" and have to show them just who has THE BIGGEST PYTH...

NOTE: FFV talk beings around the 29 min mark   Butz and crew begin their final approach on the end of Final Fantasy V and Jake and Rich ride along to see them gather the Four Tablets, the Twelve Sealed Weapons, a bunch of summons and some sweet magic. Along the way they get they kick a whole ton of rear ends, find themselves on the receiving end of more than a few whuppings, along with a whole lot...

Superman beloved hero or antiquated icon? Listen us rant and rave about one of the biggest superheroes in all of the comic book universe.

FFV talk starts around the 23 min mark.   Rich and Jake return to the many lands of Final Fantasy V to help Galuf and friends rock ExDeath's world. Power leveling jobs versus character levels, Galuf being a badass, Gilgamesh being a huge chump, Bartz's family drama, a sad little girl, a sick dragon, a dickbag tree, and a whooole lot more await on newest creepy crawly and most definitely haunted ep...

Final Fantasy V content starts around the 13 minute mark!   Jake and Rich continue their journey through the surprisingly great gem of the 16 bit era, Final Fantasy V. Bumbling around the world, finding a boat, getting lost at sea and nearly stuck because of it, losing that boat, getting another one, flying I think (?), traveling through time and space, Jake probably dies at some point and its fun...

A variety of subjects come into play...Tool nonsense, the digital media vs physical media discussion, the gripe for lack of space, stupid laziness, Final Fantasy VIII artistic intent, Game DLC Evolution, Minor Game Development chat, and other ridiculous in the next drop out of the sky called Damn Chocobo Bird Droppings!!!!

FFV talk starts in full force around the 26 min mark but we get into some SquareEnix FF talk in the build up.   Jake and Rich take a trip to the distant past to once again visit a game on the more retro side of Final Fantasy's history with the oft forgotten FFV. Discussion of silly Japanese vs English names, character sprites not matching character art, bad attempts at hiding ones sex, how badly w...

What constitutes a real and terrible villain? One that is both likable in a sense yet despicable. Listen to Rich and Jake rant, ramble, rave, and agree that British Villains are the best in the very first Episode of Damn Chocobo's Bird Droppings!!!

FFXV talk starts after 30 minutes of Marvel Comics talk!   Jake and Rich and Gladio and Prompto and Ignis and our boy Ardyn all return to wrap up the DLC portion Final Fantasy XV. Surprise at just how good the DLCs are, how excessively masculine Gladio is, Promto's concerns about his origins, Ignis stepping up in a HUGE way, Ardyn finally being revealed to actually be awesome, and more hotness awa...

FFXV Talk starts at around the 28 minute mark after a lengthy talk about Kingdom Hearts III (SHOCK!!!), Spiderman for Ps4, and Game of Thrones.   Plot continues taking off at a rapid pace as Rich and Jake roll with Noctis and his dude bros while they roll on the finale of the controversial FFXV. Talk of Ignis' new character development, Noctis having a whoooooole lot of dramatic moments, Gladio be...

After a lengthy discussion of music - FFXV talk starts up art the 22 min mark.   After 30+ hours of game time with no forward momentum in the plot Noctis and crew are finally about to make plot happen. What the game have could have done to make the middle chunk less uneventful, a few more dungeons, a detour for mythril for some reason, the return of everyone's favorite busty dragoon, a whole lot o...

Episode starts around the 28 min mark after a lengthy semi spoiler-ey talk about the Resident Evil 2 Remake and one potentially off putting detail about Kingdom Hearts 3.   Rich and Jake ride shotgun with the super stylish crew of Final Fantasy XV as they continue their road trip and screwing across across the countryside. Lots of bumbling about, some relatively boring side quests, a huge letdown...

For those that want to skip the live play-through portion and the top 10 lists, the normal show format section begins around the 2:07:00 mark.   Jake and Rich say goodbye to 2018 and whats up to the New Year the only way they know how - by playing a classic game that they cuss a lot at - this year with the legendary Megaman III. As tradition for the holiday episode, listen to the guys talk about t...

Final Fantasy XV talk starts after the 19 min mark after OTHER kind of game related talk!   Jake and Rich continue with Noctis and crew's quest to get Noct laid. Or married. Probably both. Discussions of how much Prompto loves Chocobos, how much Noct probably digs Iris, how absurd it is the guys don't recognize Arden, how much Arden himself is annoying, how much Jake straight up knows way too many...

Final Fantasy talk starts around 27 min mark (after some actual video game talk!).   Rich and Jake check out what at this time is the most recent numbered entry in the Final Fantasy series with Final Fantasy XV! How essential is the prequel movie and anime? Does Noctis show any emotions whatsoever? Who has the best hair of the main boys? Is there any plot to talk about whatsoever? Who, if anyone,...