252 - Random Book Club - Fight, Magic, Items
RPGFan's Random Encounter
English - October 03, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsLeisure rpg rpgfan role playing games role-playing games random encounter video games gaming Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this episode of Random Encounter, it's Random Book Club again!
Here at RPGFan, we love our JRPGs: Tales, Trials, and everything in between. But to understand where the genre came from, we need to look back almost forty years to two legendary Japanese creators: Yuji Horii (Dragon Quest) and Hironobu Sakaguchi (Final Fantasy).
In the recent JRPG history book, Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West, author Aidan Moher explores not just the origins of the genre but also how it evolved through the 20th and 21st centuries. This week, Jono and Hilary get the opportunity to interview Aidan about his new book, his own history with JRPGs, and where he thinks the video game book publishing industry will be going in the future!
Featuring: Jono Logan, Hilary Andreff; Edited by Jono Logan
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This Episode's Related Links:
Fight, Magic, Items Official WebsiteRandom Encounter 247 – Random Book Club – The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure GamesFinal FantasyDragon QuestFinal Fantasy VII Review (from 1998!)