Colin Behrens and Kevin Bloomfield
Trails in the Pod
Colin has played all of the Trails (Kiseki) games currently available in English; Kevin is a newcomer to the series and has only played through Trails of Cold Steel 1. Together they embark on a journey to play through the entire series in a slow, systematic fashion. Both Colin and Kevin come from an academic background, and apply their scholarly training to the Trails series in their quest to treat video games as the artistic products they are.
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Colin Behrens and Kevin Bloomfield
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Sep 29, 2024
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Episodes
Trails in the Pod will be a Seasonal Podcast -- Life Update 29.09.2024 31:47
Colin discusses how his life is like in Philly and why the podcast will be changing its release schedule.
Life Update and SHORT Podcast Hiatus 09.08.2024 15:09
Colin explains what is going on in his life and why the podcast is taking a month or so break.
Ep. 89 -- Trails to Azure: Fragments 02.08.2024 1:06:25
Colin and Kevin talk about the Fragments chapter, including the following: The international situation/Crossbellian imperialism. Analyze the factions current present in Crossbell. Talk about the literary effect of having García join your party for the prison break. The revelation about Zeit being a holy beast What he's talking about with Demiourgos (including what the fuck a demiurge IS in rea...
Ep. 86 -- Game Challenge 2024: Dragon Quest 5 05.07.2024 52:16
Colin and Kevin sit down to discuss their experiences playing Dragon Quest 5.
Ep. 85 -- Trails into Azure: Chapter 3 (Main Plot) 21.06.2024 1:18:55
Colin and Kevin discuss the big plot points of Chapter 3.
Ep. 84 -- Trails into Azure: Chapter 3 -- Days 1 + 2 Side Quests 14.06.2024 47:35
Intro 00:00 Chapter overview 5:20 Counterfeit Caper 6:30 Armorica Quest 8:30 Crossbell Dining 27:00 Capua Delivery Quest 33:35 Mishy Quest 39:10 Inside Scoop 43:15
Ep. 83 -- Trails Entry Point Discourse 07.06.2024 57:39
Colin and Kevin have some hot takes about the current state of discussion around the question "Where should I start playing Trails."
Ep. 82 -- Trails to Azure: Intermission 31.05.2024 37:25
Kevin and Colin discuss the beach intermission at MWL.
Ep. 81 -- The Melian Dialogue and Crossbell (Part 2) 24.05.2024 56:04
Kevin and Colin conclude their read through and discussion of Thucydides' Melian Dialogue and discus how it can help us better understand Crossbell's political situation.
Ep. 80 -- The Melian Dialogue and The Crossbell Trade Conference (Part 1) 10.05.2024 1:02:29
Colin and Kevin sit down and start a close reading of the Melian Dialogue, Thucydides' master work of political theory, in order to understand better the position Crossbell finds itself in during the Trade Conference.
Ep. 79 -- Trails into Azure: Chapter 2 (Day 3) 03.05.2024 1:17:37
Intro 00:00 Pre-Orchis Tower Quests 3:15 Orchis Tower Background and Preliminary Discussions 14:45 Close Readings 28:00 Future of Crossbell 59:00
Ep. 78 -- Trails into Azure Chapter 2: Days 1 and 2 26.04.2024 1:05:25
Colin and Kevin sit down to discuss the first two days of Chapter 2 in Trails into Azure. Also Colin is tired as shit and Kevin reacts to the fact that he makes shit up sometimes.
Ep. 77 -- Trails into Azure: Chapter One 12.04.2024 1:02:41
Opening 00:00 Chapter impressions 2:00 Lechter and Shirley 6:40 Sigmund Orlando 17:00 Hidden Quest 23:00 Car 28:45 Ries 30:45 Wazy 34:00 Side quests 38:15 Doll studio 42:40 Abandoned mine quest 46:30
Ep. 76 -- Paradox Games 29.03.2024 1:04:45
Colin and Kevin sit down to talk about their shared love of Paradox Grand Strategy games.
Ep. 74 -- Trails from Zero: Four Destinies 10.03.2024 57:51
Kevin and Colin sit down to discuss a tie-in light novel that gives more insight into the backstories of Elie, Lloyd, Tio, and Randy. Colin also gives an update on his job search.
Ep. 73 -- Drama CD: Road into the Future (Fixed) 26.02.2024 47:56
Kevin and I sat down to talk about Road into the Future, a drama CD that sets us up for Azure. It's... not great!
Ep. 72 -- Back Alley Dr. Glenn 04.02.2024 26:42
In the shortest episode in Trails in the Pod history, Kevin and Colin sit down to talk about the wet fart that is Back Alley Dr. Glenn.
Ep. 71 -- Game Challenge 2024: Ys Books 1 + 2 28.01.2024 1:05:47
Kevin and Colin sit down to discuss their experiences playing their first game challenge game for 2024, Ys Books 1 + 2.
Ep. 70 -- Trails from Zero Retrospective 21.01.2024 1:07:46
Kevin and Colin sit down to discuss their thoughts and feelings on Trails from Zero as a whole.
Ep. 69 -- Trails from Zero: Chapter 5 14.01.2024 59:23
Intro: 00:00 Overview 1:45 Introductory cutscene: 4:15 Hospital 9:30 Crossbell and the coup 22:00 Working inside vs outside the system 23:30 IBC HQ 25:00 Final Dungeon 31:00 Denouement 52:30
Ep. 68 -- Game Challenge 2024 07.01.2024 32:40
Kevin and I sit down to challenge each other to play certain retro JRPGs, as well as taking a challenge from the community.
Ep. 67 -- Trails from Zero: Chapter 4 31.12.2023 1:22:54
In this episode, Colin and Kevin discuss the entirety of Chapter 4. Don't do drugs, kids!
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