Ep. 240 - Get On The Centaur, with The Night Sky Prince
The Insert Credit Show
English - June 13, 2022 07:42 - 1 hour - 72.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsVideo Games Leisure Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Final Fantasy and JRPG streamer The Night Sky Prince pals around with the panel for an RPG-focused episode covering wily game mavens, Bush doing 9/11, and the Lynchian madness of Kingdom Hearts.
Questions this week:
Brandon Sheffield asks: What is the “Play it again, Sam” of video games? (05:46)
What would make Final Fantasy XVI not just the best game in the series, but a game that even Frank and Brandon would want to play immediately? (12:44)
What are some RPG mechanics from a bygone age you’d like to see make a comeback? (20:54)
Rename Creative Business Units 1 through 4 (26:24)
MoxBagel asks: If Chunsoft continued to make all eleven main Dragon Quests, how would they be different? (37:21)
Is the practice of grinding a fundamental flaw in RPGs, or can it be additive to the experience? (43:38)
What are the qualities of a party member you’ll always keep in your party? (50:44)
Establish a canon of worthy 2D successors to Final Fantasies IV-VI (56:32)
LIGHTNING ROUND: RPGeography (01:03:07)
Recommendations & Outro (01:09:29)
Use Discussion on the forums! It’s super effective!
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin Cartridge
Everything we learned from Final Fantasy XVI’s new trailer
The World Ends with You series
Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest series
Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
Meet Shinra, Square Enix’ powerful cloud processing tech
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is FINE, And Here’s Why
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Seiya Monogatari: Anearth Fantasy Stories
Recommendations:
Brandon: Wishlist Necrosoft’s new game Demonschool on Steam, check out the website
Frank: Our Flag Means Death
Tim: Buy a nice pair of shoes
The Night Sky Prince: The Night Sky Prince on Youtube, Twitch and Twitter
Support on Patreon
Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and The Night Sky Prince. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.