Unlockables: The Story of Video Games

Welcome to episode 0 of Guiding Keys: The Story of Kingdom Hearts! This series will dive in-depth to the story, lore, themes and gameplay of the Kingdom Hearts franchise as I replay every single game in the series. This episode serves to introduce you into some of the general concepts of the lore. Get ready for an incredible journey through the mind of Tetsuya Nomura. Follow the Unlockables on Blu...

Andrew and Dylan of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers stop by the show to talk about their previous experience in podcasting, their new show and of course video games. Check out Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers! Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky! Follow the Unlockables on Instagram! Subscribe to the Unlockables YouTube Channel! Check out the Unlockables on Patreon! The Unlockables is a video game...

Chris Coplien, herald of the Dick Dragon himself, stops by the Unlockables to talk about the wildly successful Retro Hangover. I talk to Chris about the unique intro sequence of the show, building a community of people who support you, and the state of collecting retro games during the post-pandemic collecting boom. Check out all things Retro Hangover! Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky! Follow the...

Another solo episode for this week, and all of the Generation 1 Pokémon are getting ranked on a tier list from F to S. This surely won't cause any controversy at all. Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky! Follow the Unlockables on Instagram! Subscribe to the Unlockables YouTube Channel! Check out the Unlockables on Patreon! The Unlockables is a video game podcast about people's stories and memories a...

Podcast Veteran Josh Covel joins me on the Unlockables to talk about his incredible show, Still Loading. I get a chance to pick Josh's brain about being in the podcast game for so long and ask his advice for would-be podcasters about balancing life with content creation and how to approach asking guests on your show! Check out the Still Loading website to engage with the show and be sure to follow...

For the 20th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts, we got a surprise early look (emphasis on early) at Kingdom Hearts 4! We break down all the exciting news surrounding the announcement as well as offer a little crash course in Kingdom Hearts history! Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky! Follow the Unlockables on Instagram! Subscribe to the Unlockables YouTube Channel! Check out the Unlockables on Patreon!...

Friend of the show Rick Firestone stops by the Unlockables to talk about the inspiration behind Pixel Project Radio, Rick and Eric's shared love and adoration of Final Fantasy IX, some of their favorite works of music in the video game space and more! Check out all things Pixel Project Radio here! Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky! Follow the Unlockables on Instagram! Subscribe to the Unlockables...

Certified player of games and Pokemon Master Jared of the Play Along podcast stops by the show to talk about the story of how Play Along started, his co-hosts and Jared's personal history with games. The guys have a lengthy discussion about the legendary Pokemon franchise including Legends Arceus, the new announcement of Scarlet and Violet, what their personal six person Pokemon team would be, and...

This week I was joined by the dynamic duo of Brian and Ryan from List Off! We dive into the history of List Off and the epic origin story of Brian and Ryan, as well as some video game talk about their personal favorite games of all time. Other topics include a certain Old Ring game, the current state of the gaming industry, Funky Kong's occupations and many more! Check out all things List Off here...

Friend of the show Dave Jackson stops by this week to talk about his show, Tales from the Backlog. Eric and Dave discuss his inspiration for the show, his other podcast A Top 3, our preferences for video games over movies and television, Dave's personal gaming history, his love of Fromsoft games, and of course a tiny bit of Elden Ring discussion. Check out all things Tales from the Backlog related...

For the first official episode of the podcast, Eric is joined by the man, the myth, the legend himself; Keith of the Main Quest Podcast. Eric and Keith talk at length about Keith's journey to chronicle his gaming journey on his podcast, the state of the modern video game industry, Final Fantasy 7, and plenty of jokes and shenanigans along the way! Linktree to all things Main Quest Podcast! Follow...

Welcome to The Unlockables! The story of video games, the people who play them, and the memories made along the way. My name is Eric, I will be your host and in this podcast project we will talk about the stories of video games, our memories connected to them and how they shaped us! Thanks for listening and there will be many more to come! Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky! Follow the Unlockables...