The Crystal Chroniclers - the History of Final Fantasy

The season finale! Your Crystal Chronicling heroes feel a huge sense of accomplishment at completing the first step in our journey through the Final Fantasy series.

All the outtakes and non-Final Fantasy 1 chat from last week including: Oversharing Knuckles/Norn Iron Pirate Radio Pottery Divas Mark isn’t sure how ID theft works Grand Jason The Greater Good Dissidia NT Promo Cards Trading Card Science! The Zelda Randomiser The Cagnazzo Code Black Mirror Early Internet Cartoons Bouncy Barkeep AGDQFFIV Final Fantasy TCG Opus V and more… Dissidia NT Next week we...

Season 1, Episode 10, in which your Crystal Chronicling heroes are so close to the end of the game they can taste it! We visit the Flying Fortress, our last stop on the way to the final dungeon...

26 weekly episodes in a row... and we've gone and stumbled! Long story short: Mark was far to sick to leave the house to record this week so he did a Let's Play of "Torneko no Daibouken: Fushigi no Dungeon" instead. Follow the link or head over to Youtube and look up The Crystal Chroniclers to watch! We'll back on mainline Final Fantasy 1 play through next week, promise! https://youtu.be/UC1VsB3bx...

It's over 30 years since Final Fantasy first appeared so your Crystal Chronicling Heroes (INCLUDING JON!) discuss the high-points of the series' storied lineage. This episode will drop on New Year's Eve so we hope you all have a grand 2018. This episode was also recorded in a very crowded Fistful of Dice, so the background's a little noisier than usual.

We present a a Christmas Hamper of festive outtakes from last week’s episode! Featuring… No more censorship*! Films What song? Arti goes fast! Love, Actually You’re listening wrong! Forbidden words Bum tattoo More films I am Murloc Lessons in Love Dropping things OOH-AH-AH-AH-AH! Oompa Trump Copypasta The etymology of “naff” Phil Collins Horrible sex An entire website Favourite jokes 1989 *except...

Season 1, Episode 9, in which Christmas is all around us! We play through the Sunken Shrine and have a lot of laughs discussing our experiences.

Five top tips to improve YOUR Final Fantasy Tournament results!

This week we’re joined by JON! FINALLY! Richard, alas, was able only to pop in for a few minutes. We attempted to discuss Opus IV of the Final Fantasy TCG. We managed it, but we did drift slightly at times. But if you’re looking for a podcast that covers topics as diverse as… Bakers’ Dozens Robot necrophilia So many doughnuts Christmas sex New hamsters Free food Dissidia RICHARD! Pingu Accents H2G...

Recorded as part of Episode 8, Andy takes us through the Earthgift Shrine and describes the strategy he used. We also discuss Tekken 7, Dissidia and the Final Fantasy TCG. ENJOY! Make sure to look up The Crystal Chroniclers on Facebook and TheCChroniclers on Twitter!

For some reason, Andy decided to try not to swear this week. He failed. On our way to Final Fantasy TCG discussion we meander through our own histories with trading card games, FFIV and Comrades, whether summons exist, Pokémon (cards AND RPGs), and Andy's Impenetrable Coin-Flip Theory (TM). While on-topic with FFTCG we look at our own histories with the game, the recent World Championship, favouri...

Season 1, Episode 8, in which you Crystal Chronicling Heroes stay on topic for much of the episode. Incredible! We discuss the eighth part of our Final Fantasy 1 play-through.

Season 1, Episode 7, in which you Crystal Chronicling Heroes UPGRAYEDD in the seventh part of our Final Fantasy 1 playthrough. Plus! Lots of tangential chatter covering not just Final Fantasy, but Aliens, Walken, Flaming Candelabra (Candelabrums?) and much more!

We WERE going to cover the TCG… but instead we learned about fighting games from Arti! To make up for not covering segment 7 of Final Fantasy 1, and for lacking a very poorly Andy this week, we present a bumper-length episode! Thanks to friend of the podcast AJ for suggesting we discuss interests outside of Final Fantasy and thus giving us the inspiration for today’s show. We discuss Arti’s histor...

FECC 3: The Sauntering Mark smashes some skeleton skulls, Arti wonders whether he can touch himself, and Andy fails to Elf. A fun round of Final Fantasy/Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition combat in which we learn how it all works.

Season 1, Episode 6, in which your Crystal Chronicling heroes... discover that Mount Gulg really doesn't provide enough material to fill a full-length episode. Hence this week, the out takes are left in. It's an hour and a half of talking toot, Chichester Comic Con, Papa Shango, the Final Fantasy TCG and more, with a modicum of FFI talk sprinkled in.

All the bits from Episode 5 that weren't related to Final Fantasy, but were still fun. PLUS a song about Mark's Final Fantasy TCG deck and sleeves. Voices A Fancy Version of Metroid TV? Naked Attraction American “Comedy” Impenetrable TCG Rules (and Cosplay?) Andy’s Leviathan Shower Songs I Predict Dead People Jamaican Me Crazy Argument There Isn’t No Stopping Mahna Mahna Mike Myers is Doable FMA C...

Season 1, Episode 5, in which your Crystal Chronicling heroes have lots more fun than last time. Plus, a prank on Andy backfires in a fine way. And there's funk.

FECC 2: The Nightmare Continues. The episode where Mark is pleased he decided to hang on to the FECC recordings for times like these! In this episode we finish creating our characters. If you're waiting for part 5 of our Final Fantasy I playthrough, it's being recorded on Tuesday night. Enjoy!

In a departure from the usual release schedule, here's something... different. Enjoy!

All of the non-Final Fantasy talk from last week's episode. Includes such rare gems as: Race Lift Book ‘Em Dan-O Freestylers Marble mouth No. No. Nope. Belch Kingdoms = Good, Empires = Bad, Paris = Syndrome? They cancelled my cartoons Arti’s coping skills “I p*ssed all over Eric’s Dad’s knowledge of Doctor Who” Pokémon or the cure for cancer Prima Donna No, that’s the Princess Bride It WAS Back to...

Season 1, Episode 4, in which your Crystal Chronicling heroes realise that there are things worse than Vampires. We discuss the fourth segment of Final Fantasy 1. Spoiler warning: It's a proper slog!

All the chatter from Episode 3 that was not fit for a serious Final Fantasy podcast. Including... Pepsi Wind Gods Unbroadcastable Where do we go now? Bread Shaven He loves that animal Science, Politics, Statistics, Languages, Theory of Humour The “Meet-Cute” Gerbil Jesus Completely Sequitur Newton was MENTAL TV Meats Beyond FF Wind Cheap TP Dirty Phone Call

Season 1, Episode 3, in which your Crystal-Chronicling Heroes try to make fetch happen.

Tangential chat from last week's mainline episode, including: Babytalk Eric B for President Scary Terry We’re not THAT good at music The Love Lobe TMBG Bob Ross Misophonia, not misophobia Just the tip The Booty Call Haute Cuisine Is it are? The Proto-Chav Chlamydia Mark was completely off-base Release Germans We