Trails in the Pod

Intro 00:00 Story of Path of Radiance 6:45 Laguz and race-relations 12:15 Ike as a character 21:00 Permadeath 23:45 Game mechanics 37:30 Supports 40:15 Best units 44:00 Replayability 49:30 Art style 51:15 Overall impressions 55:15

Intro 00:00 Rufina: 2:30 Golden Road 5:00 Lying about Weissman 7:45 Golden Road gameplay 10:00 Realm of Phantasma 14:45 End of chapter 5 18:15 Ries, Kevin, Joshua 19:30 Chapter 4 gameplay 26:00 Chapter 4 story 30:00

Intro 00:00 Pokemon 6:00 What makes games fun? 14:00 What got us into RPGs? 20:00 Social aspects of games 28:30 Fire emblem 34:00

Intro 00:00 Josette's Sun Door: 2:30 Salt Pale 11:45 The Banquet 30:15 Julia's Day off 37:30 Zin 40:00

Intro 00:00 Path of Radiance 2:00 What is difficulty and what makes it fair? 3:30 Replayability 10:00 Transparency 17:45 Quantitative and qualitative difficulties 26:00 Accessibility and beatability 29:30

Intro: 00:00 Grancel, asset reuse, and what kind of game is The Third? 3:00 New units 9:45 Bosses 15:00 Lord of Phantasma 24:00 Gilbert Stein 32:45 Predictions for chapter 3 36:30

  Intro 00:45  What is a state? 4:00 The Church of Aidios 7:45 Heretics, heresy, and ecclesiastical power 11:45 Why do states operate in other state's borders? 26:45

Intro 00:00 Hub and dungeoncrawler 1:45 Who/what is Phantasma? 8:45 Gameplay 9:30 New party members 11:45 Star Door 25:00 Demon boss fight 44:00

Intro 00:00 Overview of prologue 4:00 Airships 21:00 Kevin is absurdly young 37:30 Tita's mom and Ries' introduction 38:30 Themes of the game? 52:00

We are back!  We got together to discuss the manga series that explores Loewe's backstory and perspective: Loewe Monogatari. Intro 00:00 Manga overview 1:50 Sack of Hamel 8:00 Recruiting Loewe to Ouroboros 16:00 Grandmaster and Arianrhod 19:45 Weissman is a bad depiction of a schemer 23:00 Manga's relationship with the games 29:00 Title drop in the manga? 33:00 Whereabouts of Light 36:30 Kevin's o...

Intro 00:00 Data crystals 1:30 Doll Knight 18:00 Gambler Jack 24:00

Intro 00:00 Release dates of OVA and games 1:45 Plot summary 2:45 Estelle's characterization 7:15 Schehera 8:30 Klose 10:30 Localizing terms 11:00 Redeeming qualities 14:00 Hot springs scene 15:00 Renne 17:55 Walter 22:00 Josh false flag 24:00 Dream sequence 26:30 How to adapt the Liberl games? 28:00

Plot of SC 2:00 Characters, characterization, and character arcs 19:30 Gameplay 32:30 Soundtrack 38:15 Ranking the game and predictions for Trails the Third 39:45

Intro 00:00 Plot summary 2:00 Apex Tower 9:30 Liberl Ark and Weissman's plan 22:00 Joshua and Estelle's relationship 46:30 Loewe 50:00 Kevin's reveal 54:45 Technology and decline 1:01:00 Final scene 1:06:15 Impressions of epilogue 1:12:00

Intro 00:00 Structure of Chapter 8 00:30 Should chapter 8 have taken place after a timeskip? 6:00 Invasion of Grancel 12:00 Richard and Kanone 18:00 Olivier/Olivert Reveal 21:00 Mundane and the Fantastic 37:00

Intro 00:00 Hamel and moral debates 4:45 Party and the difficulty spike 14:15 Mandatory party members in gameplay and arcs 21:10 Renne 29:30 Dungeon design 35:00 Introduction of more fantastical, magical elements 44:30

Intro 00:00 Jedi as police 2:00 Jedi and accountability 6:30 Jedi and political realism 8:00 Jedi and mysticism 16:10 Jedi and chastity 18:20 Jedi as generals 24:15 Jedi vs normal people 27:00 Jedi and Sith 29:00 Different Jedi orders? 32:30 Jedi and sexual activity 37:45 The Force and society 39:15

Intro 00:00 Open World games 2:45 Linear games 7:15 Bethesda and Pokemon 13:00 Assassin's Creed Progoms 18:00 Playing fatigue in open world games 19:00 Mass Effect and Dragon Age 25:30 Positive elements of open world games 32:00 Replayability and/vs memorability 39:15

Intro 00:00 Chapter 6 introduction 1:30 Lila sidequest 8:00 Valleria lake 11:20 Infiltrating the facility 23:15 Onboard the Gloriosus 35:20 Loewe explains Hamel 41:30  Joshua and Estelle reunite 50:00

Intro 00:00 Rolent sidequest 3:20 Airship conversations 9:20 Missing Girl sidequest 24:30 Main Quest 33:30

Intro 00:00 Listener feedback 1:30 Parties in RPGs from story perspective 7:30 Deconstructions and reconstructions 10:30 Intraparty relationships 12:30 Romance in parties 27:30 Customizable parties 34:30 Parties in RPGs from gameplay perspective 36:30 Passive EXP gain 45:00

Intro 00:00 Listener feedback 00:45 Capua dungeon 5:45 Airship ride to Rolent 13:00 Fog in Rolent 25:30 Schera's backstory and relationship with Estelle 32:30 People fainting 40:30 Fog monsters and fight in Mistwald 43:00 Estelle's dream and Luciola 53:30 Bayonetta 3 controversy 1:08:15

Intro 00:00 Listener feedback 00:20 Definition and goals of combat system 7:45 What makes combat system satisfying 19:30 Real-time combat and/versus turn-based Active combat systems 28:45 Turn-based systems 35:15 Hybrid systems 49:00

Intro 00:00 S-Rank Bracers 1:50 Chapter Two Sidequest 9:00 Zeiss 12:45 The Non-Aggression Pact 31:00 Grancel 39:30 Does Falcom try to escape consequences? 57:30 Question of the week? 1:04:00

Intro: 00 Trails soundtrack 1:00 Music in games 4:00 Fire Emblem Three Hopes Soundtrack 9:20 Yoshi's Wooly World Soundtrack 22:10 Trails on the Steam Deck 25:00