Episodes

  • Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Pokopia, and More Nintendo Direct News

    Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Pokopia, and More Nintendo Direct News
    Sep 15 2025
    Pick a god and pray; Fire Emblem is back along with a deluge of news from the latest Nintendo Direct. Slow-life Pokemon, collections of Mega Mans, and remakes of good Dragon Quests. Kat, Nadia, and Victor discuss all this and more on the this episode of Axe of the Blood God! Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.com Also in this episode: You can just play old games. Nothing is stopping you. Super Robot Wars brings us together Timestamps: 3:30 - Main Topic - Nintendo Direct Reactions - Fire Emblem 18:52 - Dragon Quest VII 29:28 - Pokemon Pokopia 35:34 - Virtual Boy 44:02 - Hades 2 45:08 Persona 3 Reload 46:44 - Danganronpa 48:20 - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment 52:00 - Mega Man: Star Force 1:05:12 - Random Encounters 1:10:24 - Remembering the PlayStation on its 30th Birthday 1:36:08 - Nadia’s Nostalgia Nook - 40 Years of Super Mario Brothers Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Lunar Knights] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] Shooting Star - [Mega Man Star Force] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • Ivalice Chronicles is Correcting History w/ Tom James and BowlofLentils

    Ivalice Chronicles is Correcting History w/ Tom James and BowlofLentils
    Sep 8 2025
    The Final Fantasy Tactics you played back on the PS1 is not the real Final Fantasy Tactics. In fact, if you played it in the West you missed out on entire games-within-games that not only flesh out the world of Ivalice, but hold clues to the future of Square Enix. And these secrets are all tucked away in... Sound Novels!That's right, this week Victor and Nadia are joined by experts in the history of Japanese adventure games, Tom James and BowlofLentils, to discuss how The Ivalice Chronicles is steering us back onto the path of understanding the lineage of this misunderstood genre. Visual novels, sound novels, adventures games, point-and-clicks, text adventures, dating sims, oteme games, galge? What do they have in common and what makes them completely different? Find out on this expository episode of Axe of the Blood God! Sorry if you thought this was going to be about like, the nature of remakes or adaptations and the Ship of Theseus or whatever, but we've got sound novels to talk about! Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.com Also in this episode: Eternal Sonata Vanillaware's alternate Princess Maker timeline Doshin the Giant Why Inspector Gadget owes his life to Lupin III We mention Hollow Knight: Silksong purely for SEO purposes 428 Shibuya Scramble Famicom Detective Club FURTHER READING: BowlofLentils Youtube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@bowloflentils Tom James' Blog:https://dateemups.com/ Sharlayan Dropouts - The Veil of Wiyu:https://bloodgodpod.com/sharlayan-dropouts-lore-veil-of-wiyu/ Timestamps: 7:20 Main Topic - Ivalice Chronicles Resurrecting the Lost Sound Novels 1:32:08 - Random Encounters 1:36:08 - Nadia’s Nostalgia Nook Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] Contact - [YU-NO: a girl who chants love at the bound of this world] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • The Best RPG Weddings?

    The Best RPG Weddings?
    Sep 1 2025
    Kat, Nadia, Eric, and Victor discuss their favorite weddings in RPGs, whether they serve the plot or they just think they’re neat! If you get married in FFXIV you get a sick Chocobo mount (the good kind of sick). Does marrying Shane in Stardew Valley fix him? No, girl, run! Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.com Also in this episode: A tier list of Final Fantasy XIII characters. Final Fantasy XIV third party mods controversy. Turning your wedding table into a sovereign nation. Timestamps: 9:41 Main Topic - Weddings in RPGS 1:03:32 - Random Encounters 1:27:08 - The Tavern 1:57:30 - Nadia’s Nostalgia Nook Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Lunar Knights] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] Stand By Me - [Final Fantasy XV] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 hrs and 10 mins
  • Gamescom Announcements, PlayStation Price Hikes

    Gamescom Announcements, PlayStation Price Hikes
    Aug 25 2025
    They grow Geoff Keighleys in Europe too?!A bevy of announcements have poured in from Gamescom so Kat, Nadia, and Eric are here to sift through it all and give you the straight dope.Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.comNote: Microsoft and the Xbox brand remain subjects of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement for their complicity in the ongoing apartheid and genocide of Palestine. In the interest of journalism we've chosen to cover Microsoft but encourage you to visit https://www.bdsmovement.net/microsoft for more information. Also in this episode: BSG but it's FTL! Monster Hunter Wilds x Final Fantasy XIV Performance on Switch 2: Elden Ring, Cyberpunk, and more Bottles of Brownie Batter Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2's development hell Pokemon TCG Pocket Updates Zero Parades Magic: The Gathering Update Lads and Bros playing Footy Bizarre Print Ads Timestamps: 3:28 - Main Topic 56:40 - Random Encounters 1:02:28 - The Tavern - Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, PlayStation Price Increase 1:39:28 - Bonus Mailbag! Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Lunar Knights] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] eScape - [Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • Game Key Cards and the Importance of Physical RPGs

    Game Key Cards and the Importance of Physical RPGs
    Aug 18 2025
    More like Lame Key Cards. Kat, Nadia, Eric, and Victor discuss the pros and cons of physical vs digital and what it means specifically to the history and culture of RPGs. Could it be that sometimes BOTH approaches are appropriate and that instead of pitting them against each other we should be addressing the underlying corporate systems that prevent us from experiencing art as anything other than consumers? Probably!Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.comNote: Microsoft and the Xbox brand remain subjects of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement for their complicity in the ongoing apartheid and genocide of Palestine. In the interest of journalism we've chosen to cover Microsoft but encourage you to visit https://www.bdsmovement.net/microsoft for more information. Also in this episode: The joy of getting a map with a game The frustration of downloading mandatory patches EA really is the worst What Tales game needs a remaster Hernias and Ronald McDonald Timestamps: 6:30 - Main Topic - Game Key Cards and the Importance of Physical Game Releases 1:05:14 - Random Encounters 1:11:04-ish - The Tavern - Dragon Age and Mass Effect Remasters, Tales of Xillia Remaster 1:34:00 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Lunar Knights] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] The Hollow City - [Tales of Xillia 2] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • The Adventures of Elliot and The Future of HD-2D

    The Adventures of Elliot and The Future of HD-2D
    Aug 11 2025
    To HD-2D, or not to HD-2D? That is the question Eric, Nadia, and special guest Timothy Monbleau are asking on this week's episode.From retro revivals like Live-A-Live and Dragon Quest to brand-new throwbacks like Octopath Traveler and The Adventures of Elliot, Square sure loves its depth-of-field-and-bloom-filled pixel-art dioramas! But should EVERY mid-budget RPG be adopting this style or is there a time and place for this look? All that and more on a very anachronistically aliased episode of Axe of the Blood God!Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.com Also in this episode: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Super Smash Bros Beach Volleyball He Is Coming Eric's in his Movie Era Nadia hates Casablanca Timestamps: 8:48 - Main Topic - Adventures of Elliot and the Future of HD-2D 57:36 - Mailbag 1:03:20 - Random Encounters 1:04:28 - The Tavern 1:28:10 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Lunar Knights] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] One With Hope I - [OCTOPATH TRAVELER: Champions of the Continent] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Switch 2 Partner Direct Reax

    Switch 2 Partner Direct Reax
    Aug 4 2025
    Elliot is killing the adventurer industry.Big Switch 2 RPG news as we react to the announcements coming out of the latest Nintendo Direct! Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss the pros and cons of digital storefronts, the impact tariffs are having on video games, and more Magic: The Gathering talk!Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.com Also in this episode: The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales Octopath Traveler 0 Monster Hunter Stories 3 Persona 3 Reload Game Key Card Controversy Switch Price Increases Monster Hunter Wilds Eeveelution Tier List Why Fast-Travel is Killing RPGs Magic: The Gathering Pre-release My Girl spoilers Timestamps: 5:36 - Main Topic - Switch 2 Partner Direct 58:08 - Random Encounters - Monster Hunter Wilds 1:12:32 - The Tavern - Eric's Magic Pre-release Report 1:31:20 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Lunar Knights] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] Bestower of Wealth - [OCTOPATH TRAVELER Arrangements Break & Boost Vol.2] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Class Conscious: Knights

    Class Conscious: Knights
    Jul 28 2025
    As The Bee Gees once said, "Give me that knight fever!"Polish up your plate mail, pledge fealty to your lord of choice, and prepare to get chivalry wit it; we're talking knights!Eric, Nadia, and special guest Len Hafer discuss Paladins, Dark Knights, Pegasus Knights, Dragon Knights, Onion Knights, and more on this deep dive into the archetypes and mechanics that make characters sing. It's Class Conscious: Knights!Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.com Also in this episode: Is Donkey Kong Bananza an RPG? No but we're talking about it Should you have a Switch 2 yet? Eric's Final Fantasy IX Update! I thought Donkey Kong wanted to kill me Timestamps: 8:06 - Main Topic - Retro Handhelds 58:08 - Random Encounters 1:00:56 - The Tavern - Donkey Kong Bananza 1:26:16 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Lunar Knights] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] Rose of May - [Final Fantasy IX] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 39 mins