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In honor of Akira Toriyama passing away this year I am dedicating a whole month of the show in his honor. The next 4 episodes of the podcast (including this one) will be dedicated to the legendary mangaka who helped shape so many childhoods all throught he lens of the games he worked on. I'm joined by Andre from Fine Time to kick it all off grand fashion by exploring the OG of all JRPGs, Dragon Quest. Does this game hold up all these years later? Is it a good entry point for those uninitated with the series? Check out this first episode for Toriyama Month to find out!
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Shout-out Song: Alefgardian Ambience
Artist: Vurez
Album: N/A
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End Song: Dragon Warrior (Overworld Remix)
Artist: Kail200x
Album: N/A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5HlDfzXcx0
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Ganon is at it again in this new Zelda episode and this time is evil dasardly plan is to distract Link and Zelda with castle cleaning while he steals the Triforce. Will he suceed? Dexter Morrill is back to talk some more Zelda cartoon and boyyyy is this one something.
Shout-out Song: Ballad of the Goddess
Artist: Mikel
Album: Zelda & Chill
https://gamechops.com/zelda-and-chill/
End Song: Legend of Zelda
Artist: Mikel
Album: Smooth McGroove Remixed
https://gamechops.com/zelda-and-chill/
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You're a guard for the kingdom of Herana, a bloody coup is happening and you narrowly escape through the sewers. You now need to meet up with your family by travleing west to a place called Yerdan. This is Grand Soul Story, a new indie RPG from solo developer Jeremy Reineck, and to break this whole thing down I am joined by my good friend Chris Coplien from the Retro Hangover podcast.
For full disclosure we did recieve review copies of this game for review and overall? We had a good time! We talk about the battle mechanics, the visuals, the music, what it was like playing a game in early access and much more. There is a spoiler section in this episode which begins at 1:29:19.
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Shout-out Song: The Southern Jungles
Artist: Jeremy Reineck
Album: Grand Soul Story OST
https://youtu.be/WWI566bDgdE?si=z4ttNNx87dyu6O1C
End Song: Madame Felix
Artist: Jeremy Reineck
Album: Grand Soul Story OST
https://youtu.be/H2LphSP4nvs?si=0UFF0KGscGE8oLIz
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What happens when you design a whole game around secrets? How do you make those secrets accessible but fair and challenging to discover? How to you pace out those discoveries to keep the player interested the whole way through? This week on the show I am joined by games journalist Jill Grodt of the Indie Informer to talk about a game that not only answers these questions but sets the standard for how to answer them. We are discussing the indie game Tunic, a wonderful action adventure game from solo game developer Andrew Shouldice and the Tunic Team. Jill and I break down this incredible game over 2 hours and still barely scratch the surface of what it has to offer. I don't normally say this in the episode description but this game is VERY much worth playing before you listen to this episode.
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Shout-out Song: Memories of Memories
Artist: Lifeformed x Janice Kwan
Album: Tunic Soundtrack
https://lifeformed.bandcamp.com/album/tunic-original-game-soundtrack
End Song: Cheese Brickwall
Artist: Malmen
Album: Fakebit World
https://malmenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fakebit-world
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Welcome to Cramalot! This month's look at the Super Mario Super Show features a sad eyed orphan, golden plungers and some wizard named Mervin. My co-host with the mo-host, Dexter Morrill, joins me to talk about the 2nd episode of the super show and it is a wild one.
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Shout-out Song: Underwater (Super Mario Bros)
Artist: Helynt
Album: Super Lofi World 2
https://gamechops.com/super-lofi-world-2/
End Song: Mushroom Bounce (Super Mario Bros)
Artist: bLiNd
Album: NESteryears
https://gamechops.com/nesteryears/
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Some games you play because they make your heart race in excitement, others are played to scare you out of your pants, but there are also a ton that are played because they relax you. I like wearing pants so I prefer the last one. This week on the show I am joined by author and games journalist Ryan Janes to discuss his recently released book "The Most Relaxing Video Games". We talk about his inspiration for the book, his selection process and also what his preferred medium to color with is! Make sure you go check out Ryan and his book in the links below.
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https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Most-Relaxing-Video-Games-Hardback/p/49034
Shout-out Song: Azalea Town
Artist: Helynt
Album: Super Lofi World 3
https://gamechops.com/slw3/
End Song: Welcome to KremKroc Industries
Artist: Joshua Morse
Album: Chip Funk
https://gamechops.com/chip-funk/
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