A chapter by chapter, beat by beat analysis of classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG). We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. We've covered Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. Yes, we will kill god.
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Bi-Weekly podcast dedicated to the JRPG or Japanese Role Playing Game. Discussions include the games, the culture, and all the fun associated with them. From Final Fantasy to Dragon Quest, Tales to Trails, Persona to Kingdom Hearts, they are all here. Western RPGs with Japanese influences will also be covered. Support us on Patreon! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jrpgreport/support
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The RPG Years is your weekly show covering all things video role-playing games (RPGs), both past and present. From Dungeon Explorer to the Final Fantasy VII Remake, all RPG video games are fair game. Each week, we discuss current news in the video game world and do a deep dive on an RPG-related topic. We also have our famous RPG Club! A book club for JRPG video games! Meanwhile, our hosts do periodic reviews on games from the "Golden Years", which includes games from the 4th, 5th, and 6th ge ...
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Choose the games, beat the backlog, discover and enjoy JRPGs
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Join podcast host Tyler Pointer, an avid JRPG fan, as he discusses and dissects our favorite parts of role-playing games by world renown gaming studios out of Japan.
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The Giant Sword Podcast is here to provide you with the finest recommendations, breakdowns, and banter about the best (and maybe sometimes worst) JRPGs out there.
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RPGY 0075 - T'was The Night Before Christmas...
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Welcome to Episode 75 of The RPG Years! This week, T'was the night before Christmas, and Disgaea 2 was stirring in the house... The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT RPG CLUB GAME IS STAR OCEAN 2! 1 - Segment Ends after you leave Kurik/Clik - Due Oct 13th 2 - Arrive i…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E8: Skyward Frontbangs [Old Hag's Forest]
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What the flippin’ hotdog is going on? Oh, I know, we’re exploring the nature of hags, visiting angelfire, finding an idiot in a dummy trap, twirling a comb, refusing the oxford comma, boiling a cauldron of animals, equating a hag to a witch, detesting backwoods inbreds, failing the ice mace quest, remaining calm while a monster wreaks havoc, fighti…
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JRPG Report Sunday Special TOP 10's Episode 1 - Jake's Top 10
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This edition of the Sunday Special is the start of something new! While the music episodes will still be free and uploaded over on Patreon(Link below), the main feed still needed something to fill that hole. SO! I bring to you a new series, the JRPG Report Sunday Special TOP 10's! Where I will be interviewing friends and listeners alike to hear all…
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RPGY 0074 - Star Ocean Second Story R:pg Club Segment 5
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Frosts opinions are his own and not that of the podcast! Welcome to Episode 74 of The RPG Years!This week, While Bill is having a crisis, Frost and Mike get back to not being in space. The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT RPG CLUB GAME IS STAR OCEAN 2! 1 - Segment En…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E7: Fart Voyage [Saith]
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I don’t wash my hands, so I’m always hungry. Come along with us on a fantastic fart voyage while we’re reeking of fish, becoming the Orca, leaning of Luna’s reputation, filching a chicken, encountering the beastmen, noticing the absence of lore outside of the Four Heroes, hinting at a race war, cruising for a bruising, speaking without dentures, la…
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RPGY 0073 - The RPGY Awards 2024
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Welcome to Episode 73 of The RPG Years! This week, Bill drags Frost out of bed to present our RPGY Awards for 2024! The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT RPG CLUB GAME IS STAR OCEAN 2! 1 - Segment Ends after you leave Kurik/Clik - Due Oct 13th 2 - Arrive in Linga - Du…
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JRPG Report Episode 278 - Everything announced at the Game Awards 2024!
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This episode! We are looking at all the goodness that was announced at the Game Awards 2024, and a few others that didn't quite make the show. Support the podcast here https://www.patreon.com/JRPGReport Patreon support gives you access to the JRPG Report discord channel, and whatever else Dalton and Mik…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E6: All Things Are Real If You Get Enough Food and Rest [Weird Woods]
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That’s that. Do whatever you want, don’t mind me, son. Just start learning what a chow bell is, receiving money from mom, wondering if Nall is a hallucination, dreaming the dark, hearing a song on the breeze, regretting the tone of the official guide, envying the children, razzing Ramus into oblivion, sleeping in the shed, clearing up “rump acne,” …
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RPGY 0072 - Star Ocean Second Story R:pg Club Segment 4
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Frosts opinions are his own and not that of the podcast! Welcome to Episode 72 of The RPG Years! This week, Frost and Bill get back to not being in space! The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT RPG CLUB GAME IS STAR OCEAN 2! 1 - Segment Ends after you leave Kurik/Clik …
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E5: Woke and Crunchy [White Dragon Cave]
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We have somehow earned this thing’s respect. You have somehow earned Episode 005, where we’re touching on some healing stones, washing out a bridge, traversing across the battlefield, grunting at the sight of a human, appreciating bitmap cut-scenes, referencing Mega Man 8 (derogatory), rewarding boys with special turds, baiting baboons into ice blo…
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RPGY 0071 - JRPG Banquets and Thanksgiving!
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Frosts opinions are his own and not that of the podcast! Welcome to Episode 71 of The RPG Years! This week, Frost and Bill give thanks... for some reason, then have a discussion on JRPG banquet's! The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT RPG CLUB GAME IS STAR OCEAN 2! 1 …
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E4: Special Boy Sauce [Burg]
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We know you’re sick with worry, but worry not, because this time we’re CAPITALIZING SELECT DIALOGUE, erecting a monument, putting up with a bean brain, choking the chicken, identifying pigs, failing to speak pig latin, refusing to understand what Nall is, standing in the spring like a cool guy, demonstrating ocarina prowess, plotting to ditch Luna,…
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JRPG Report Episode 277 - Final Fantasy VII Remake part 3 Story is written and done!
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This episode! New news from Square Enix, Nippon Ichi Software Inc., and some exciting news about Final Fantasy VII Remake part 3, and a possible new HD-2D remake? Tune in to find out! Support the podcast here https://www.patreon.com/JRPGReport Patreon support gives you access to the JRPG Report discord chan…
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RPGY 0070 - Star Ocean: Second Story R:pg Club Segment 3
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Frosts opinions are his own and not that of the podcast! Welcome to Episode 70 of The RPG Years! This week, Frost and Bill return to discuss the first annual RPGY awards plus how to crash in Star Ocean 2: Segment 3!. The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT RPG CLUB GAME…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E3: Sufficient for My Advent [Prologue]
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I am not embarrassed to be anime. Neither is Lunar, as we’re wondering when Chrono Trigger will cease its powers of inspiration, defying fantasy/anime archetypes, reading the strategy guide promo, marveling at the Sega CD vocal intro, swerving into the PSP prologue, trapping Althena in an undersea base, summoning clip art demons for a covenant, bre…
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RPGY 0069 - News And Audio Only Lets Plays
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Frosts opinions are his own and not that of the podcast! Welcome to Episode 69 of The RPG Years! This week, Frost and Bill return to discuss the latest news and Bill treats everyone to an Audio only Lets Play.... sorry everyone. The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT R…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E2: Turd-Smoking Coward [Development & Localization, Part II]
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We’re still talking about the Lunar before we play it. You know what that means: we’re altering game code for the reality of commerce, smoking turds like a coward, slandering Shannen Doherty, dubbing in dubious farts, artificially adjusting the difficulty, cringing at the worst magazine ad of all time, giving away a demo disc, choosing kindness ove…
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RPGY 0068 - Star Ocean: Second Story R:pg Club Segment 2
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Frosts opinions are his own and not that of the podcast!Welcome to Episode 65 of The RPG Years!This week, Frost and Bill return to discuss the latest news and dig into the next part of our Star Ocean 2 journey, the road to Linga.... my balls. The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play alo…
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Lunar: Silver Star Story | E1: Working Designs Is Me [Development & Localization, Part I]
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Hello and welcome to season 7! We’re covering Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, which entails going over which version(s) of Lunar’s Silver Star Story we’re playing, outlining every Lunar that exists, figuring out how many dollars games cost, wondering what the situation is with Studio Alex, designing a cold world, spreading democracy on the moon,…
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RPGY 0067 - Golden Sun Review!
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Scott opinions are his (and all of Florida's) own and not that of the podcast! This week, Frost, Bill and even Scott returns to discuss one of few GBA worth playing but not finishing... its the long awaited Golden Sun review!!! The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT RP…
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JRPG Report Episode 276 - Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Announced!
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This episode! Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, Fairy Tail 2, Tales of Graces f Remaster, Ys Memiore: The Oath In Felghana? We JRPG fans are eating GOOD right now! Support the podcast here https://www.patreon.com/JRPGReport Patreon support gives you access to the JRPG Report discord channel, and whate…
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Final Fantasy Tactics E29: Thong, For Some Reason [Endgame, Part II + Epilogue]
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To enter Season 6’s final episode is to bid goodbye to the light of day. If you accept, we’re referencing other Final Fantasies games in bullshit missions, letting someone else explore Midlight’s Deep, slaying the hell magician, fighting in fart gas, destroying more jobbers, bending knees to demons, trying to kickstart Virgo, wanting for blood, ide…
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RPGY 0066 - News And Pez
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Frosts opinions are his own and not that of the podcast! This week, Frost and Bill return to once again discuss the latest news and look at RPG Pez dispensers. The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT RPG CLUB GAME IS STAR OCEAN 2! 1 - Segment Ends after you leave Kurik/…
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Final Fantasy Tactics E28: The Complete Aura of This Package [Sidequests + Endgame, Part I]
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You know nothing, Beowulf. You know we’re inventing additional antagonists for unnecessary sidequests, re-dragoning someone for a kidnapping plot, walking into an obvious trap, treating with steel, literally casting doubt, stealing a lady back from a pervert priest, debating belief vs fornication, nervously crafting a birthday scheme, overdoing the…
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RPGY 0065 - Star Ocean: Second Story R:pg Club Segment 1
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Welcome to Episode 65 of The RPG Years! This week, Frost and Bill return to open up the first segment for the SO2 RPG club and take deep dive into the folly of a life of crime... The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT RPG CLUB GAME IS STAR OCEAN 2! 1 - Segment Ends aft…
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JRPG Report Episode 275: The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II coming to the West!
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This episode of the Report, The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II coming west! Plus, Metaphor: ReFantazio releases, Dragon Quest III HD-2D remake news, and more! Been light on news the past few weeks in the wake of TGS 2024, So its a short episode. Therefore, I won't be adding ads to this. Please support the show if you'd like over on Pa…
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Final Fantasy Tactics E27: The Three Main Shitheads [Murond Holy Place]
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Lives and levels, or men and boards? How about pods and casts, featuring us dropping in on perverts, murdering clergy members, slingin’ blood off a sword, remaining lawful, observing an indoor turd river, picking up a book, exposing craven cowards, returning to the father, serving death by steel, reborning a brother, re-killing a brother, pumping a…
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Frosts opinions are his own and not that of the podcast! This week, Frost and Bill return to pick through even more RPG NEWS!!! The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! THE NEXT RPG CLUB GAME IS STAR OCEAN 2! 1 - Segment Ends after you leave Kurik/Clik - Due Oct 13th 2 - Arrive i…
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