83 episodes
Trails in the Pod Colin Behrens and Kevin Bloomfield
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5.0 • 7 Ratings
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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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Ep. 83 -- Trails Entry Point Discourse
Colin and Kevin have some hot takes about the current state of discussion around the question "Where should I start playing Trails."
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Ep. 82 -- Trails to Azure: Intermission
Kevin and Colin discuss the beach intermission at MWL.
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Ep. 81 -- The Melian Dialogue and Crossbell (Part 2)
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.
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Ep. 80 -- The Melian Dialogue and The Crossbell Trade Conference (Part 1)
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.
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Ep. 79 -- Trails into Azure: Chapter 2 (Day 3)
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
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.
Customer Reviews
Best way to enjoy the trails games
I recommend playing the games along with them. It’s great!
Fantastic podcast for a niche topic
This podcast is perfect for anyone who is a fan of the trails series and the way you two look at it academically makes me appreciate the series even more. Keep at it guys!
Would listen again
0/10 pronounced “aureole” wrong.