Gunblade Guys

Hero With 1000 Potions

Leisure EN ↓ 117 episodes

Join Nate & Tyler as they discuss the storytelling and gameplay of popular and niche RPGs in serial and one-off formats. Season 2 analyzes Final Final Fantasy VII Remake against its equivalent content in the original release, and Season 1 features 29 episodes through a blind playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. Join the adventure by playing these games alongside these episodes as we explore games one chapter at a time. We also have semi-regular video game travelogue audio essays including Romancing SaGa 3, Nier Replicant, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Hylics 2, and EarthBound Beg...

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Xenoblade Chronicles 11: Eryth Sea & the High Entia Capital (2 of 2) 02.05.2022 50:40

Part 2 of our discussion of our arrival at Eryth Sea. We're going tomb raiding! Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #016

Xenoblade Chronicles 10: Eryth Sea & the High Entia Capital (1 of 2) 25.04.2022 1:06:15

At last! Eryth Sea: Home to the technologically advanced High Entia. We meet several new characters, discover schemes, meddle in rituals, discover ancient legends, and keep from drowning in a torrent of side quests. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #015

We’ll be back next week! 04.04.2022 0:18

Title says it all. Thanks for your patience everybody!

Xenoblade Chronicles 09: Monsters of Makna Forest 28.03.2022 1:10:02

Dreadful creatures big and small stalk our expedition through a primordial wilderness. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #014

10 Hour Impressions: Triangle Strategy (2 of 2) 22.03.2022 35:08

Part two of our first game review! We share our first impressions of Square Enix & Artdink's 2022 HD-2D tactical RPG Triangle Strategy after playing it for 10 hours. Part 1 focused on gameplay, and this this much-delayed Part 2 focuses on story. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #013

10 Hour Impressions: Triangle Strategy (1 of 2) 20.03.2022 31:15

Our first game review! We share our first impressions of Square Enix & Artdink's 2022 HD-2D tactical RPG Triangle Strategy after playing it for 10 hours. Part 1 focuses on gameplay. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #012

Xenoblade Chronicles 08: Mystical Satorl Marsh 20.03.2022 1:18:33

We move carefully through the Satorl wetlands, home to mysterious ruins, hostile beasts, and beautiful (but treacherous!) natural phenomena. Elsewhere, Colony 6 rebuilds from scratch and a sinister laboratory is hard at work. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #011

Xenoblade Chronicles 07: Ether Mines of Colony 6 (2 of 2) 14.03.2022 50:49

A cascade of confrontations and surprises trail our heroes from the bottom of the mines back to the surface and beyond. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #010

Xenoblade Chronicles 06: Ether Mines of Colony 6 (1 of 2) 07.03.2022 55:23

We arrive at Colony 6, now occupied by mechons, to save Juju and discover the fate of the settlement's militia. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #009

SIDEQUEST! Nintendo Direct 2022 Hypetrain 28.02.2022 1:10:03

The Feb. 9, 2022 Nintendo Direct was packed with RPG announcements. Join us as we review the highlights, including Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, Live A Live, Triangle Strategy, Earthbound, Earthbound Beginnings, and more. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #008

Xenoblade Chronicles 05: Gaur Plains 21.02.2022 1:32:16

The world opens up to a vast grassland packed with wildlife, Hom and Nopon refugees, and a tribe of barbarian turkeys. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #007

SIDEQUEST! Our Top 10 Quarantine Games (2 of 2) 10.02.2022 57:05

Part two of Nate & Tyler's discussion on the games that got us through 2020 and 2021. In this episode we discuss Heroes of the Storm, Death Stranding, Stardew Valley, and World of Warcraft. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #006

SIDEQUEST! Our Top 10 Quarantine Games (1 of 2) 05.02.2022 1:03:36

Nate & Tyler discuss the games that got us through 2020 and 2021, including Slay the Spire, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Earthbound, the Tomb Raider classic series, Spiritfarer, and Streets of Rage 4. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #005

Xenoblade Chronicles 04: Navigating Tephra Cave 05.02.2022 1:12:01

Visions, premonitions, and flashbacks mark our way to Bionis' Knee. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #004

Xenoblade Chronicles 03: Attack on Colony 9 05.02.2022 1:20:59

The call to adventure comes with a heavy price. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #003

Xenoblade Chronicles 02: The Monado Stirs 05.02.2022 1:07:39

We get to know Shulk, Reyn, Fiora, and the denizens of Colony 9. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #002

Xenoblade Chronicles 01: Intros & Introductions 05.02.2022 45:50

Tyler & Nate begin their blind playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation Show #001