Live Genre Chronicles

Ah, we're back. Somehow, in some way! In round 2, we're talking about a rpgmaker game that inspired John as a kiddo, which led to a candid discussion on dorky games, dev communities, and what any of this is for anyway.  Music used, from slime&co itself Some Chrono Trigger Song in Midi Some Castlevania Song in Midi

In this very subtly named episode of Dead Genre Chronicles, we discuss Treasure of the Rudras (Rudra no Hihou), a Squaresoft RPG for the SNES that was never released in the west until a fan-translation made it available! It's on our Don't Play list! The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

Our journey through the Witcher saga carries on, through Baptism of Fire, the third novel. Join Devon (@invisifool) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) for the discussion of Geralt's misadventures through a warzone! This episode has a general CONTENT WARNING for general edginess and a specific one for a mention of miscarriage and abortion. Send us your questions by tweeting us, or via email at  witchercast@jr...

Join us in our most brief episode yet to discuss an equally brief tactical RPG by a now-defunct studio! Luminous Arc is something you can probably pass on. Note: somehow we didn't touch on how basically every enemy NPC pulls from really weird tables for their random names, and Sprunt was definitely a human unit's name. Who would subject their child to that? The music tracks used have been commissi...

Our journey through the Witcher series continues with the second novel, Time of Contempt! Devon (@invisifool) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) carry on through technological difficulty to bring you this discussion of the first substantial entry in the saga! This episode has a CONTENT WARNING for mentions of suicide and sexual assault. Send us your questions by tweeting us, or via email at witchercast@jrpgs...

Toss another one in the "Don't Actually Play" pile, folks; on this episode, we discuss the generally unfortunate Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete!  The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

In tracing the Witcher series' lineage through the first novel, Devon (@invisifool) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) discover little of substance to discuss at length! This episode is short and not terribly negative in comparison to the first; the first novel seems to be setting up for the rest of the saga, and as such, is a bit less interesting, but has fewer problems to dive into as well. Send us your qu...

A human, a mutant, a monster, and a robot walk into a bar; it's time to chat about SaGa 1 & 2! These two old Game Boy games, known to most folks in the west as Final Fantasy Legend 1 & 2, make for a short but dense episode! The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

The Witcher is now a well-known RPG series in the west, with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt being lauded as the newest and highest bar for all other RPGs to compete with. But Geralt of Rivia began, as many legends do, with something much simpler. Join Devon (@invisifool) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) as they work their way through the series, from the short stories to the Wild Hunt, on Myth & Kin. This episod...

The first episode of a new Dead Genre Chronicles series covering independent and underground RPGs, hereto known as World Revolution! World Revolution is LeeRoy Lewin (as always at @wasnotwhynot) and, in their debut, John Thyer (@farawaythyer). This month we're talking about Middens, something of a cult-infamous surreal rpgmaker game. It's easy to think of it as like Yume Nikki with combat; we disc...

This month, we played a pair of games from the early GameBoy Advance library, Golden Sun and its sequel, Golden Sun: The Lost Age! They were fundamental to my (Devon's) development as a player of JRPGs, and they led to an interesting discussion! The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

In the now-established tradition of anniversary episodes, this anniversary also saw us record for double our normal time! As such, we've split it in two; this is the second half, on our game of the month, The Legend of Dragoon! The first half of this episode can be found here. The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

In the now-established tradition of anniversary episodes, this anniversary also saw us record for double our normal time! As such, we've split it in two, and this first segment, focused on reflecting on our last year, is its own episode for ease of consumption.  The second half of this episode can be found here. The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

We ended our first year with a formative game for one of our hosts, so we repeated that for the end of our second year! Final Fantasy XII is the reason Becky's interested in the genre, and it's the topic of this episode! The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

We played Final Fantasy V as part of the Four-Job Fiesta for this episode of the podcast! A short but sweet episode follows! The Fiesta runs until the end of August if you want to try it for yourself: fourjobfiesta.com The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.  

In this episode, we take on the finals for Year 2 of Dead Genre Chronicles, in the form of Rogue Galaxy! While our intro suggests we invite you to join us in playing games, we all advise against it for this game! The next few episodes are the show's summer vacation of a sort, so definitely join us in playing some less wild-card games in the near future! The music tracks used have been commissioned...

The eponymous skies of Arcadia open up our sky pirate double-header! What lies beyond the skies? Not much, it turns out! We end up not recommending this game to anyone except extremely specifically SEGA JRPG nerds, who probably don't need our recommendation, so don't worry much about spoilers! The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

From the depths of our soul, a new episode of Dead Genre Chronicles appears! Listen as we discuss the first game with the Persona name! The music tracks used at the start and end have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy; the intermission is "Battle - Tesso" from the Persona OST.

In this episode, we're joined by Robert (@bloodyhoney_) to discuss Earthbound, a quirky and beloved SNES game with quite an impact! You guys can't envision the final collapse of genre? Incredible! The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

[Severe spoiler warning for Tales of Berseria.] The Takes of series of minisodes returns with opinions on the latest entry in the Tales franchise, Tales of Berseria! Alongside Becky and myself, our guest Coleen (@MadameColeen) joins us to chat about this very good game! The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

It's here! People paid for us to cover a Pokemon game for the podcast, and this is what came out. Listen to us discuss the most popular JRPG franchise. The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

With this episode, we close out 2016 by talking about Suikoden 2. I'm gonna level with you: we didn't like it, and we spend two solid hours talking about why. Please do not worry about spoilers; the game is 18 years old, quite basic, kinda bad, and also we don't talk about any of the plot points in order so if you're stubborn and/or don't believe us you can, against our recommendation, play this v...

We took some time to revisit a question we got in November of last year with another year of dense genre experience under our belts just in time for the holidays! Your assignment is to play some dang video games!  The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

This episode of Dead Genre Chronicles is about a gen-7 game that you might own, probably haven't beaten, and really don't need to. Take it from us: The Last Remnant should remain dormant to the last. The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.

In this episode of Dead Genre Chronicles, we cut straight to the core of our mission as we engage with Dragon Quest V as part of our own quest to record and interpret the history of JRPGs. The music tracks used have been commissioned from Fuzzy Proxy.