My Hill To Die On

Recorded September 4, 2021 Summer is officially over. Nate was (un)aware that the Olympics happened. Ryan thinks about his flight, his quarantine, and his return. They also both are reminded that 0 is equal to nothing. For his game corner, Ryan talks about his not so honorable Samurai lifestyle in Ghost of Tsushima and as a period of reflection, the two think back on examples of great animated mov...

Recorded July 27, 2021 Fully vaccinated! Nate and Ryan celebrate their fully vaccinated status with a couple of small (masked) trips with their respective families. Then Nate talks about his struggle to organize his photos and Ryan talks about a game with creatures that are part bug and part snack — Bugsnax. After reminiscing about some of their most influential teachers and drinking a honey lemon...

Recorded July 1, 2021 Summertime in COVID-times is exactly as exiting as that sounds. Ryan talks about the minimal outside activities he was willing to do post-vaccination and Nate grieves over the nature of the rainy season in Japan. Thinking back, they reminisce on some of their favorite hiking journeys- both the successes and those that were... less so. For the snack corner, they brought forwar...

Recorded June 23, 2021 Ryan is back in America and had to do his favorite activity - flying. So Nate and Ryan talk about his trip and the small thing of the ongoing pandemic, human nature, and vaccinations. Ryan also made a sudden splurging purchase in the middle of this episode as Nate reminded him of prime day. Then they talked about food from various cultures they loved before talking about the...

Recorded June 12, 2021 Ryan is leaving on a jet plane. And the process hasn't been kind. Ryan then introduces Nate to a life of crime in a tabletop RPG Blades in the Dark. After that, they both talk about some of their favorite strategy games, and ones they'd love to play more of in the future. Finally, they think about character development, unanswered questions and how everything is a lie in the...

Recorded May 23, 2021 We all look hesitantly hopeful that the world is on it's way back to a new sense of 'normal'. As such, Nate talks about his most recent excursion to Disney and Ryan talks about his attempt to fly back to America to see his family. After that, Ryan objected to moving on before getting a chance to talk about Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney. Then, as they partook in a Grape Calpis a...

Recorded May 2, 2021 What happens when you mix a cobbler, a copper penny, a catfish, and a rosebush with no roses? Find out in this episode of My Hill To Die On, where Nate and Ryan have "invited" a few of their friends to play another parsely game with them. Even a Dragon can't stop Nate Gibson, Zach Smoker, Angie Hall, and Nash Bridges from finding their true destiny and interacting with fully f...

Recorded May 1, 2021 If we told you we were trying to take over the world, would you believe us? No? Good. Because instead of that, Nate and Ryan spent their time this week talking about doorbells, student loans, Moon-icorns, and Banana Caramel Kit-Kats. Then they turned their conversation to some of the best villains they've ever known. Finally, for the main media this week, they focused on one s...

Recorded April 3, 2021 Nate and Ryan decide to reflect on some of the things happening in their own lives at this point in the year. Nate went to Fuji-Q for Spring Break with his family, where Ryan was able to get one of his videos posted to his 2-bit Storyteller YouTube channel, while he has also had some difficultly getting a ticket back to America for the Summer. After that, they decided to tal...

Recorded March 27, 2021 This week we are looking to the future. At first, Nate and Ryan talk about their spring break. Then, Ryan talks a bit about his side project making a small channel to talk about games. Then after trying and orange cola and ume Kit-Kats, they discuss their dreams for the future. Finally, they turn the discussion towards their main media of the day, This is How You Lose the T...

Recorded February 27, 2021 There's been quite a bit of looking back on memories lately eh? After some small updates about their side projects, Nate and Ryan think back on some of their memories that bring them some measure of happiness and joy in looking back on them. Then, after an actually decent Kit-Kat and an abnormally pink Cola, they moved onto the main media of the day. For the main media,...

Recorded February 6, 2021 This week, Nate and Ryan took a trip back to their younger days. After talking about things happening in their lives, Ryan started by reminiscing about a game he played in his youth, Shadow of the Colossus. Following that, they drank a present from Scott which led to some rather strong feelings and divergent opinions. Then, Nate and Ryan thought about TV shows they watche...

Recorded January 9, 2021 This week, Nate challenged Ryan to watch a show related… to sport. Yes, feel free to show your shock and indignation along with us. However, it is not at all a bad thing. In fact, due to the content of the main media, Nate requested the help of our special guest John Moltz (best known for his writing on Crazy Apple Rumors and several podcasts including The Rebound and Biff...

Recorded January 2, 2021 2020 is over. Welcome 2021! We decided to play a game as our intro into the new year. As such, we gathered up a few friends and asked them questions from each of their own fandoms. Nate and Ryan are joined this week by Keith, Scott and Jamie for a lovely War of the Fandoms, which included questions from Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Sci-Fi Literatu...

Recorded December 17, 2020 We've reached the end of 2020 and it was… a year. However, it was also the first full year of My Hill To Die On and thus, Nate and Ryan have a lot to celebrate. First they decide to reflect back on their year thinking about all the many things that happened and the things they got to experience through the show. Then, they had a Premium Peach drink provided by Scott Ponz...

Recorded December 5, 2020 "Outatime". An iconic Delorian license plate. Also the center of most of Nate and Ryan's discussions today. No, they are not talking about back to the future but other things that are "Out of time". However, they first they talk about what is happening in their lives and try some rather interesting flavored foods. Then, Ryan talks about a game called the Sexy Brutale wher...

Recorded November 22, 2020 Nate loves Sci-Fi. However, Ryan found out that Nate had never seen Farscape. Seeking to remedy this, he decides to have Nate and a friend of theirs watch the first few episodes of it. In this episode, they introduce their friend, special guest Scott Ponzani, who among other things asks Nate for a conclusion to his Synology tale. Then, the three of them decided to talk a...

Recorded October 31, 2020 This week Nate and Ryan show off another look into their lives with a look at their home screens and how they organize their phone lives. Then they talk about various games and the new hip things all the younglings are playing these days. After that they had… an experience. An experience named Caramel Punch Pepsi. For the main media of the episode Nate had Ryan watch the...

Recorded October 24, 2020 The episode this week opens as Nate is grieving over the loss of his Synology and the hoops he is finding that he needs to jump through for it to come back to life. Since the main media today opens with a boy travelling to Tokyo looking for a job, Nate and Ryan decide to talk about a few of the jobs they've held down in the past. This includes everything from Web-developm...

Recorded October 3, 2020 Returning to an illusion of normalcy, this week, Nate and Ryan are back with your regular programming. They start by deciding to not talk about politics all together. Having avoided that minefield, Ryan talks about the completely not contentious topic of his opinion on his favorite Final Fantasy game. Then they both talk about some of their favorite tasks and drink one of...

Recorded August 11, 2020 We played another game! This week, Ryan and Nate blackmailed a few of their friends into joining them to play a game called Space Station. Space Station is a Parsely game* made by Jared Sorensen of Memento Mori Theatricks. The members of this expedition show the world the resilience of a couple of red shirts with a save state. Through the adventure, they learn how pod bay...

Recorded August 18, 2020 Japan. Our place of residence. There are many things that set it apart from other places. Together, with very special guest Casey Liss (one of the hosts of both the Accidental Tech Podcast and Analog(ue), and the creator of Peek-a-view app on the AppStore, all projects that are far more successful than this one), they discuss many things that are unique about Japan. First,...

Recorded August 15, 2020 Summer was ending for everyone involved. In response to another season passing, Nate and Ryan talk about how their summers shaped up and the beginning of the school year. Then, they shift to the differences between American Disney+ and Japanese Disney+ Japan and Ryan talks about Kingdoms of Amalur, a game that starts with your death. They decide to pick two meals that fill...

Recorded July 27, 2020 Time for the obligatory musical episode! Nate and Ryan start by talking about what has been happening in their lives— Nate's vacation and Ryan's attempt to find peace of mind. Then, Ryan introduces the change to the game corner and he discusses why he likes the Legend of Heroes games. Then, as an alteration on C.C. Lemon is drunk, they talk about some of their favorite music...

Recorded July 11, 2020 Arrr!!! It finally be the time where Nate and Ryan talk about pirates. First those landlubbers talk about what be happening in their lives, including Nate's programming projects and Ryan's health anxiety. Then they revel in the past conquests of old computer games from when they were but lads. They drink a rather paltry replacement for grog and finally they talk about the ma...