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This week on PodQuest, Walnut dives into his time with the 1999 Dreamcast classic Shenmue, Chris played through the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Demo, and Walnut also read himself some Amory Wars, the comic series from Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez. We also talk a bit about Chris' thoughts on the 2022 horror thriller X, and Walnut played a little Football Manager. Our next book club wil...

This week on PodQuest we open with some discussion on the recent Xbox Rumors around first party releases on other platforms and what they could mean for the industry. After that, we jump into our latest book club discussion for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Full spoilers!). Then we wrap the episode up with some early impressions of Persona 3 Reloaded! We also chat about the 2023 film Leave...

On this week's episode of PodQuest we chat a bit about the games shown during the January 2024 Sony State of Play, then Walnut started playing the new open world survival game Enshrouded, and Chris finished watching Fringe (full spoilers). Plus a brief tangent on the Hulu docuseries Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People, Chris' thoughts on Dave Grohl's book The Storyteller: Tales of Life and...

This week on PodQuest Chris and Walnut chat about this week's Book Club Annihilation, then Chris talks a bit about Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and Walnut has spent some time with Palworld. We also chat a bit about some of the other games coming out in early 2024. Our next book club will be starting a new theme for Aliens or Extra Dimensional things with the 2023 film Spider-Man Across the Sp...

On this special episode of PodQuest, Chris has a chat with YouTuber Merphy Napier. We chat about how she got started with YouTube, discuss some of the books and manga read during 2023, and plenty of tangents. Some of the titles discussed are below, and may include some spoilers. Coming Back Alive The Gentleman Bastards The Magicians One Piece Naruto Dragon Ball The Wager If A Pirate I Must Be Dand...

This week on PodQuest, Chris talks about some of his favorite runs from the first half of Awesome Games Done Quick 2024. Then Walnut tells us is thoughts on Marvel's What If...? season 2, and Apple TV's Monarch Legacy of Monsters season 1. We also chat a bit about a live show for And That's Why We Drink and My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission, the third movie. Our next book club will be starti...

This week on PodQuest we start with our book club discussion on the 2022 Japanese horror film Re/Member, then Chris chats about the TV comedy series Loudermilk, and Walnut has started playing My Friend Neighborhood. We also hear some of Chris' thoughts on Sky's End by Marc J Gregson. Our next book club will be starting a new theme for Aliens or Extra Dimensional things with the 2018 film Annihilat...

This week on PodQuest Chris talks about some movies including A Haunting in Venice, Drootin read the book Where Are Your Boys Tonight detailing the rise of Emo music in the early 00s, and Walnut has been playing some Subnautica for his newest Let's Play series. We also talk about Quiz Lady, No Hard Feelings, Baldur's Gate, The Long Dark, and Mickey Mouse. Our next book club will finally wrap up ou...

It's our final PodQuest of 2023! This week we have our book club discussion on the 1984 classic Gremlins, then Chris talks about the opening hours of the Super Mario RPG Remake, and we run down our Best of for 2023. You can see our full best of lists below, in no particular order! Our next book club will finally wrap up our time loop theme with the 2022 Japanese horror film Re/Member on our Jan 11...

This week on PodQuest we talk a bit about the hack and leaks from Insomniac, we do not however talk about the games and timelines but of the impact and the issue itself, particularly on the employees. After that, Walnut tells us about playing Tattletail a Christmas themed horror game, and Chris read through the 3 books in The Gentleman Bastards series by Scott Lynch. We also talk a bit about Walnu...

This week on PodQuest we talk a bit about The 2023 Game Awards and some of the issues with the show, then Chris talks about the show School Spirits which recent came to Netflix from Paramount+, and Walnut went and saw Godzilla Minus One. We also have our book club discussion on Groundhog Day (1993), and Chris played the board game Sushi Boat. Our next book club will be holiday themed so we're watc...

We're back with our yearly coverage of PAX Unplugged! This week we talk about the games and experiences from the 3 day convention. Check the timestamps below for the list! Next week we'll be chatting about Groundhog Day (1993) for our book club. With the entertainment strikes mostly over, we're going back to movies for our next book club and picking back up with Groundhogs Day, the 1993 comedy sta...

This week on PodQuest we talk about the new reality gameshow Squid Game The Challenge on Netflix, Walnut watched All You Need Is Kill, the source material for the Tom Cruise and Emily blunt sci-fi action film Live. Die. Repeat. - The Edge of Tomorrow. And Chris read Naomi Novik's 2006 Alternate History Fantasy novel His Majesty's Dragon, the first in the Temeraire series. We also chat about the ne...

It's PodQuest time again! We're releasing a little later than usual, mostly because Chris absolutely forgot to schedule it for Thursday...whoops. Anyway this week we talk about Persona 5 Tactica, Chris' time at Anime NYC 2023, and Walnut watched the new Netflix series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. We also chat a bit about YouTube, recent concerts, and Monarch Legacy of Monsters on Apple TV+, and of cou...

We're back with a full episode of PodQuest! This week we talk a bit about what an Indie game is after The Game Award nominees for "Best Independent Game" include games from huge publishers. After that Walnut talks a bit about The Marvel's and dives deep with full series spoilers on Attack on Titan, especially the final season. And finally Chris chats a bit about the 2008 sci-fi series Fringe. Our...

Note - Due to technical difficulties, we lost the majority of Richie's audio. The first 50 minutes are solid, but after that it's just one side of the conversation. Feel free to skip that half, timestamps below mark them! This week on PodQuest we talk about Microsoft's partnership to bring AI dev tools to Xbox, start out book club discussion on World War Z, and that's about it. If you do continue...

We're back with another new episode of PodQuest! This week Drootin talks about some of the ups and downs with EA's latest Hockey Entry, NHL 24. Then Chris has finished up Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and talks about the game in depth, check the timestamps for when spoilers happen! And finally Walnut talks about his early impressions of Cities: Skylines II. Our next book club is Max Brook's 2006 novel Wor...

This week on PodQuest we finish up Ray Didinger's 2021 memoir "Finished Business" for our book club, then Chris talks about his time with Super Mario Wonder and Marvel's Spider-Man 2. We also chat a bit about fun tours in New York City, and Walnut's played some Demonologist. Our next book club is Max Brook's 2006 novel World War Z. We'll be reading the first half, up to chapter "Around the World a...

This week on PodQuest Chris recaps his time at New York Comic Con 2023, including some Dragon Ball news, we find out that Droo enjoyed music, especially the new Beartooth album, and Walnut finished up Dead Island Rip Tide and Dead Island Retro Revenge. We also hear a bit about Droo's appearance on The Sports Trivia Face Off Podcast, Walnut got Baldur's Gate 3, and Chris watched more One Piece (Thr...

This week on PodQuest we start out discussing the new 24 Hour anime channel available from Crunchyroll, then we get into the first half of our latest Book Club discussion covering the first 9 chapters of Ray Didinger's Finished Business before also chatting about book clubs past, then Chris and Walnut go over the second cour of Bleach The Thousand Year Blood War, before wrapping things up with a q...

On this week's episode of PodQuest, Chris talk about Brandon Sanderson's Secret Project 4, the finale of the Year of Sanderson. Walnut tells us about his time playing Dead Island, and Chris also started playing Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion. We also chat a bit about Left 4 Dead as Walnut does his annual spooky game playing for October, dive into the PlayStation 1 era of Final Fantasy game...

It's literary week on PodQuest, we have the second half of our book club discussion on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, then Chris talk a bit about Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy, and Walnut has some more to say about Starfield. Our next book club is the 2021 Ray Didinger memoir "Finished Business: My Fifty Years of Headlines, Heroes, and Heartaches". We'll be talking about the...

This week on PodQuest we talk about last week's Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play, where we learn Walnut is understandably over remakes, we also chat about the rest of Ender Lilies Quietus of the Knights, get into some of the Xbox email leaks, and talk about some of the early impressions of Starfield. Our next book club is going to be continuing, the 1990 Michael Crichton classic 'Jurassic Pa...

This week on PodQuest we have our next Book Club discussion, this time on an actual booK! We discuss the first half of the 1990 Michael Crichton novel Jurassic Park, up to Iteration Four, then we chat about Walnuts time with Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, and Chris put a few hours into Starfield. Around those we also chat a bit about the pricing changes coming to the Unity engine, Walnut pl...

This week on PodQuest we start things off talking a bit about the recent Mario Wonder Direct, then Chris talks the early hours of Sea of Stars and Walnut has some complaints about the Fall Guys season / battle passes. We also derail into some Starfield, briefly talk about books and Spanish Love Songs new album, before Chris wraps things up with Boruto. Our next book club is going to be an actual b...