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Chris has his mind blown with Nep-nep lore. Robert develops his random Neptunia game launcher. And Kelley rolls off a balcony. RIP. Question of the Week What is your favorite immersive puzzle/adventure game? Check out the show notes here!

May is a great time for celebrating critter catching games! Our first entry for Monster Menagerie May takes us to the land of Hisui, where David and Cassandra come to talk about Pokemon Legends: Arceus .  Just make sure to watch out for the red-eyed Bidoof.  

Kelley risks her life trimming her cat’s nails. Chris optimizes Eiyuden Chronicle live on stream. Robert plays dental roulette. Question of the Week What’s the funniest way you can think of to stop Chris playing Path of Exile? Check out the show notes here!

This week in Q&A Quest, we discuss the release of SaGa Emerald Beyond . We also begin to dig into the massive backlog of questions.

Atelier April continues, as we celebrate the first part in the trilogy starring Reisalin Stout, or as we know her, Ryza.  Sam, Chris, and Ryan all join the show to talk about this fresh take on the series.

Chris force feeds people desserts to make people like each other. Ryan likes bad games, just like Chris. Kelley has a penchant for losing pendants. Matt throws some garbage in the pot and suddenly it’s pizza. Now let’s grow old and lose stats together. Question of the Week When was your personal RPG Golden Era? Check out the show notes here!

Q&A Quest returns after a two week break to discuss everything from WrestleMania to SaGa Emerald Beyond . We also dig into the growing backlog of questions.

Chris gets ready for his favorite part of FFXIV, the benchmark. Kelley complains about her hotel bed while waiting for a tow truck. Josh is force feeding his army desserts. Meanwhile…wait…Robert…wake up, Robert! Question of the Week Tell us about your vacation disasters. Check out the show notes here!

Kelley gets bored and cleans her bathroom. Memories of the Virtual Boy make Josh’s eyes hurt. Robert can’t stop singing about Albuquerque. Chris, meanwhile, decides to make his own farming sim with coffee shops and old people. Question of the Week What was your favorite game in the triple-i initiative showcase? Check out the show notes here!

Break out the cauldron and polish that philosopher’s stone, because it’s Atelier April on RPG Backtrack! For this week’s show, we discuss the four games set in Arland along with Sam and Josh.

Chris confesses to being a French Karen. Kelley is consumed by the Lego mimic freebie. And Robert gets an anime pretzel robot roommate. Question of the Week If you were a game director and could make a game collaboration with any property, which property would you choose? Check out the show notes here!

This week in Q&A Quest, we discuss impressions from a PAX East demo of  Visions of Mana . We also answer your latest hard-hitting questions.

Chris gets cheesecake from rats. Kelley punches worms to get her Tifa back. And Josh funds a re-dub of Yakuza with Mark Hamil. Now excuse us as we go attend tonight’s brawl at the local Waffle House. Question of the Week How do you handle DLC in a game? Wait for the full season pass? Play it as it comes out? Skip it entirely? Check out the show notes here!

Yakuza fans rejoiced when Sega remade the original PlayStation 2 game for modern consoles in 2016.  Now we have Josh, Pascal, and Ryan to tell us if this remake was an improvement.  We are also on the lookout for Majima.  He’s everywhere.

This week in Q&A Quest, we discuss some demos from PAX East. We also discuss the depth of  Unicorn Overlord. 

Chris is hunting bears, because of course that’s what you do. Kelley hangs out with Chadley and the massively annoying individual. Robert is all about that exquisite fraisier cake. Question of the Week Share a funny international travel story. Check out the show notes here!

Persona 3 defined the series as we know it today with its social links and high-school inspired setting.  Now that Persona 3 Reload is out, we thought it was time to dust off the Evokers and don our S.E.E.S. armband again. Mike and David both agree that Koromaru is the best boy on this week’s RPG Backtrack.

This week in Q&A Quest, we mourn the loss of the great Akira Toriyama. We discuss his vast influence on manga and beyond.

Kelley wonders how you fight a pillow. Chris adopts a sentient Sephiroth noodle. Ryan plays XCOM with a bear. Now everyone, go finish your Turkish Star Wars homework. Question of the Week What Toriyama-adjacent project influenced you the most? Check out the show notes here!

This week in Q&A Quest, we discuss  Final Fantasy VII Rebirth . We also dig into the mountain of backlog questions.

Chris sits in a time loop watching Vegeta backhand a guy. Kelley buys solar panels for her Red XIII werewolf. Were you into RPGs before they were cool? Now slide, slide, baby, slide. Question of the Week How do you play open world games? Explore everywhere? Mainline the story? Tell us. Check out the show notes here!

With the newly announced DLC set to release this summer, now is the perfect time to have an Elden Ring retrospective.  Both Chris and Pascal were summoned to the show, but despite their high intelligence stats, they’re still unclear just how much George R.R. Martin was involved.

This week in Q&A Quest, we discuss  Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island . We also prepare for the coming of  Final Fantasy VII Rebirth .

Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, and Kelley Ryan join Pascal and Chris as they go through the best and worst of 2023. See how many categories Baldur’s Gate III wins and Diablo IV loses. Question of the Week What were your picks? Check out the show notes here!

In this episode of Q&A Quest we remember the works of Suikoden creator Yoshitaka Murayama. We also pull a number of questions from the backlog.