Earthdawn is one of my favourite TTRPGs that I first played in the 90s, so around the same time that I was originally playing Earthbound. I guess that they're forever tied together as good "Earth" games in my mind.

CORRECTION: In our latest Canadian Thanksgiving episode I referred to "Earthbound" (Mother 2) as "Earthdawn." That's a huge mistake on my part. My bad!

I played this as S.O.S. on the SNES. So memorable! What a delightful use of Mode-7 graphics to flip the ship around. This felt more on-theme than when it was used in Super Metroid or Super Castlevania IV.

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Thanks for joining us, Alex. I'm glad we had your extensive knowledge of the early Final Fantasy games to give us some deeper context. Check out Alex's FF playthrough series at @meepleandthemoose.com and meepleandthemoose.com/2025/04/23/f...

Ivalice Chronicles is also just as addictive since grinding is on demand. I was wrong when I told you that random battles are disabled by default. But you no longer have to rely exclusively on random battles. I wish they didn't hide the ability customization UI behind the equipment menu!

War of the Lions is really solid! Despite Ivalice Chronicles many improvements I kinda miss WotL's animated cut scenes.

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We’re joined by return guest @meepleandthemoose.com to discuss Final Fantasy, both the series' legacy and the debut where it all began. We talk remakes and reinterpretations, monsters and manuals.

Scheduling guests has been tricky, but we just recorded our third in a row and would love to have more people join the club. Let us know if you'd like to guest on the podcast to talk about games, whether classic favourites or new discoveries.

These two love triangles sooooo much!

I only owned a few JPN SNES and GB games back in the day. I don't recall them being so bulky. I think the big Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy manuals were just for the West. Now, Japan has a serious tradition of deluxe printed game guides though. Like the Mario 64 one with hand made dioramas!

Square Soft definitely lacked faith in the English speaking console gaming audience. Ironic since PC RPGs were so entrenched in the West. It was a separate publisher at that point but Enix had to give Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest 1) away with a Nintendo Power subscription.

If the EA and Microsoft news has you dissilliusioned about games, there are plenty of independant creators out there. We explored our local design scene at the Vancouver Game Garden but encourage everyone to dig around and find similar community initiatives in your own cities.

It's like M$ is trying to make every possible mistake. Complicity in genocide, enriching TERFs, Kushner and Saudi Wealth fund, console and game pass price hikes, shuttering studios and laying off thousands of devs, exclusives on PS... I've been an Xbox fan for 24 years but it's officially over!

Microsoft just made it easier than ever to stop putting up with Microsoft

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If you see this, quote with your first anime.

Probably Doraemon or Astro Boy / Atom.

On the latest podcast, we’re joined by @quaidrayn.bsky.social to discuss what sprouted our interest at the @vangamegarden.bsky.social, a showcase of locally made video game prototypes. We talk indie games, idle games, peggle games, picross games and more.

Gone to Gaia from Quinn Brander and Rose Gauntlet is coming soon! We had the pleasure of playtesting the game with Quinn and it's been such a delight to see it evolve. You can hear us chat with him in our episode on Hades

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Ok let's run through some games seen sprouting at the Game Garden. You can catch more impressions on the upcoming episode of @omnigamers.bsky.social, joined by our regular correspondent @quaidrayn.bsky.social

The scenarios and puzzles are simple but they are representative of their time. The original pixel artist was brought back to update the characters for the new context so the history was top of mind. The orchestral music is also amazing. Remasters are an entry for a new gen. The grind is not needed.

Well there's still story and art. I find that older JRPGs share a lot of qualities with adventure games. Lots of puzzles, content gating, getting clues from NPCs, hunting for magic keys. I find that adventure games & RPGS are worth playing even with a guide at very least for their historical value.

Thank goodness for Fast Forward. It's the only thing that's letting me finish these old classic games.

Me right now.

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