The Talkthrough
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTwo best buds diving deep into the world of video games, having fireside chats about our experiences along the way. Join us for our current season or latest one-shot and play along!
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Mass Effect 2: Miranda and Jack's Loyalty
April 04, 2022 10:55 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBBuckle up for some conflict mediation, because the Normandy SR2 has interpersonal drama and Commander Shepard is the only one with the mojo to deal with it. This week we tackle Miranda and Jack's loyalty missions, try out a new format, and finally discuss the role of sexy demons on the battlefield. Timestamps for the missions: Miranda's Loyalty - 10:00 Jack's Loyalty - 33:00 Thanks for listening!
Mass Effect 2: Loyalty with Garrus and Tali
March 28, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBTime to win back some friends in this episode of The Talkthrough! We're talking mass panic in a shopping mall, cocktail hour on the flotilla, and wondering why we're always wondering what the hell is going on! Pull up a controller and play along. Thanks for listening!
Mass Effect 2: Tali and the Collector Ship
March 21, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 85 MBAnother week, another round of Galactic heroism for our boys at the Talkthrough. This week, we discuss the recruitment of a Mass Effect mainstay, Jordan gets grossed out by some pods, and we finally learn why it's all so hard all the time. We also dive into our feelings about Mass Effect's morality system for what will not be the last time. Timestamps for missions covered: Tali's Recruitment - 7:00 The Collector Ship - 42:00 Thanks for listening!
Mass Effect 2: The Assassin and The Justicar
March 15, 2022 01:06 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBThis episode is a long one, but oh boy is it full of juicy codex content! You all like that, right? ....right? Oh and we recruit a lizard and talk Keanu in deep V's. Thanks for listening!
Mass Effect 2: Horizon, The Citadel, and Jacob's Loyalty
March 07, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBSet course for Horizon at maximum warp, and...engage! This week on the Talkthrough we're continuing our journey through Mass Effect 2, and seeing comparisons to everyone's favorite scifi show (sorry Stargate) everywhere. Join us as we finally come face-to-face with the Collectors, say hi to familiar faces, and confront some dark happenings on a so-called garden world. Timestamps for each section: Horizon Mission - 4:20 Citadel/Captain Anderson - 30:00 Jacob's Loyalty - 39:15 Also...
Mass Effect 2: The Convict and The Warlord
February 28, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBIt's a trash world, and we're just livin' in it, baby! Today we're taking Bioware to task for forced helmets, springing from jail the galaxy's crankiest baldie, and getting a grunt in our happy meal when we specifically asked for The Warlord. Play along with us (that's the idea!) Thanks for listening!
Mass Effect 2: The Professor and the Archangel
February 21, 2022 15:53 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBIt's time for a visit to the Milky Way's favorite hive of scum and villiany to find more recruits for Commander Shepard's fight against the Collectors. Join us as we discuss the recruitment missions "The Professor" and "The Archangel", as well as various goings-on aboard the Normandy. Plus! Wilson acts out and Jordan gets uncomfortably hot. Thanks for listening!
Mass Effect 2: The Prologue, The Awakening, and Freedom's Progress
February 14, 2022 21:39 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBThe playthrough has begun! Shepard goes humpty dumpty but with enough resources from shadow patrons to put him back together again, we start blastin', and we get our first taste of them nasty Collectors. Thanks for listening, and article referenced in the episode linked below! https://gcml.org/miss-leading-characters-the-hyper-sexualization-of-females-in-video-games/
Mass Effect 2: The Preview Episode
February 08, 2022 03:54 - 57 minutes - 61.4 MBOur apologies, the earlier version of this episode did not contain any audio. The problem has been fixed! For real this time! Welcome to Season 3 of the Talkthrough! This season, Jordan and Wilson will be assuming direct control of Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy in their mission to save the galaxy from the looming Reaper threat. If that didn't make any sense to you, don't worry! This preview episode will tell you everything you need to know before we start our playthrough o...
What Remains of Edith Finch
January 24, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBTime for a one-shot. This time we're checking out the Trauma Simulator known as What Remains as Edith Finch! Join as we become the monster, say the word "cool" way too many times, and fully expect a jump-scare around every corner. Fair non-spoiler warning (more spoiler-y warning at the top of the episode), this game involves some pretty brutal/dark subjects. Thanks for listening!
Halo: Combat Evolved - The Wrapup
January 17, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes - 54.2 MBJoin us for the finale of Season 2, where we share our final thoughts on Halo: CE. Learn the answers to such burning questions as: How is Marty O'Donnell so good? What makes Cortana so memorable? How much butt-touching is in Halo? All this, plus we award our Top Nine Plus One Levels of Halo: CE. Thanks for listening!
Halo: Combat Evolved - The Maw
January 10, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes - 42.7 MBVroom vroom baby, we're high-tailing it to the last Longsword off this ring-shaped rock! Join us as we retread some old-yet-fiery stomping grounds, rage against the vent machines, and crash one to many times in the final escape sequence. It's the final gameplay episode of the season! As always, thanks for listening.
Halo: Combat Evolved - Keyes
January 03, 2022 10:00 - 48 minutes - 54.1 MBWe're getting near the end. Before we can blow up Halo and finish the Flood threat forever, Master Chief needs to go to the thing to get the thing from the thing. That's right! We're headed for a Covenant vessel to rescue Captain Keyes, who is totally alive and not turned into a Flood at all. Plus, we reveal our next Talkthrough game and discuss goop. Thanks for listening!
Halo: Combat Evolved - Two Betrayals
December 20, 2021 08:38 - 54 minutes - 41.6 MBHappy Holidays y'all, and welcome to our final episode of the year! We'll talk our favorite game we played in 2021 real quick-like, then it's time to get navel-deep in the snow with Two Betrayals. We're mucking up generators because reasons, dying repeatedly because it's a warzone, and having one hell of a time because this level is fun (debatable on the rocket-flood). Thanks for listening!
Halo: Combat Evolved - The Library
December 13, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 54.2 MBGet your shotguns ready and fire up your favorite podcast (this one, right?) because we've got hordes of Flood to kill and dozens of corridors to walk down. Plus, we hear what Halo's developers think of this little slice of gaming heaven and Wilson imparts some questionable knowledge. Thanks for listening!
Halo: Combat Evolved - 343 Guilty Spark
December 06, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 33.5 MBOnly a few months late for spooky season, we're ready to face off against one of gaming's most infamous forms of space zombie! Get ready to get anxious, blast that anxiety in the face with a new weapon, then get lost as hell trying to find a functional elevator. Small reco: Play this level solo if you want the fully immersive experience. Thanks for listening!
Halo: Combat Evolved - Assault on the Control Room
November 29, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 50.8 MBAI orgasms, banshee theft, and vehicular mayhem abound in this episode of The Talkthrough. It's time to figure out what this "Halo" is all about- join us as we discuss Assault on the Control Room. Thanks for listening.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: A Link to the Manual
November 24, 2021 00:36 - 9 minutes - 6.45 MBWell, y'all, looks like we goofed! Due to a slight mix-up, we've decided to take a break for Thanksgiving, and your regularly scheduled Halo content shall resume next week. As an (arguably thorny) olive branch, we've decided to release a short, b-side bit of content from our Link to the Past season that got cut for time. Just before our first gameplay episode, Jordan dives deep into the game's manual, and we all learn something about ourselves along the way. Fair warning, the audio is ...
Halo: Combat Evolved - The Silent Cartographer
November 15, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 43.6 MBIn this episode, Master Chief explores an island, all the marines die, Cortana reads alien and Jordan blows up a car. Join us as we discuss The Silent Cartographer! Thanks for listening.
Halo: Combat Evolved - Truth and Reconciliation
November 08, 2021 10:00 - 51 minutes - 53.7 MBBuckle up, marines, it's time for a rescue mission that none of you will survive. This week we're taking on the task of extracting the one and only Captain Keyes from his involuntary vacation aboard a Covenant battle cruiser. But first, we have to figure out how to get on board, because the Corps issued us a rifle, not wings. Thanks for listening!
Halo: Combat Evolved - Halo
November 02, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 39.5 MBHey Cortana, play "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses. That's the vibe we're looking for as we touchdown on the ring planet, definitely the only one alive in our escape pod. In this episode of The Talkthrough, we're the exploratory committee, the rescue party, and the alien exterminators all wrapped up in one big green suit. Let's rock and roll. As always, thanks for listening!
Halo: Combat Evolved - Pillar of Autumn
October 25, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 35.9 MBTime to bring out the big guns, and the big guns are... one gruff guy in a big green suit? That's right, baby, and he's kicking in some Covenant mandibles! In this episode we marvel at voice work done well, crouch in the dark, and watch a captain go down with his sink. Thanks for listening!
Halo: Combat Evolved - The Preview Episode
October 18, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 23.2 MBWelcome to the second season of our podcast! So good of you to join us at the beginning of a new journey. Once again, we'll take an episode to break down the history of our game for the season, dip into our past experiences with Halo, and talk expectations for our return to (formerly) Bungie's biggest franchise. Thanks for listening!
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
October 10, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBJoin us for a special one-off episode about a very Zelda-like game: Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. Topics covered will include (but are not limited to): vegetable nomenclature, missed opportunities, setting oneself on fire, and our thoughts on getting horizontal. Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: Season Finale
October 04, 2021 15:18 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBOn this week's episode, we look back on the Hyrulian highs and lows *cough* the Ice Palace *cough* of our adventures with Link! It's a retrospective, and we've got some final thoughts before heading into turnip boy and our next season. Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Ganon and the Pits
September 28, 2021 04:01 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBWe did it! We (well, one of us) died a lot, but dang it if we didn't make it there in end! In this episode of the Talkthrough we fall, fall again, and then fall a third time, and at some point we just stopped falling and the credits rolled. Ganon had no chance against *checks notes* unlimited lives! Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Turtle Rock Resort and Casino
September 21, 2021 00:47 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBHey all, First and foremost, apologies for the unannounced hiatus! Fear not though, as more of The Talkthrough has arrived, and still more to come. A few quick announcements: After wrapping up our first season, we'll be dropping a one-episode Talkthrough of Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. We'll then transition the following week into episode one of Season 2: Halo: Combat Evolved, starting with our preview episode. Here are the expected dates: Final Episode of Season 1: 10/4/21 ...
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Misery Mire Madness
August 30, 2021 21:06 - 1 hour - 48 MBFly, you fools! No really, it's the only way you're getting into that darn swamp. In this week's episode, we forget that "sconce" has been removed from accepted lexicon, acquire the ultimate button presser, and squish some slimy eyeballs. In more general podcast news, next week we'll be announcing our 2nd Talkthrough game. Hopefully you'll have enough time to prepare and keep playing along with us. Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - The $&@# Palace
August 23, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 39.3 MBOn this episode of The Talkthrough, we descend into the icy depths of hell. Over and over. Backtracking puzzles, magic-metered boss barriers, and slick floors prove more than enough to push our patience to its limits. This place really is the worst. Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Blind's Bachelor Pad
August 16, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 34 MBThis week's a bit odd. We wanted to try and squeeze two dungeons into one episode. It didn't happen. I stand by what I said though. !$@% the Ice Palace. Gargoyle's Domain's alright though, and yes that really is what it's called. Today we'll shed some light, temper our swords, and put the beat down on a poser princess. Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Skull Woods Dungeon
August 09, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBWhatever you do, don't die in the woods. Die in the dungeon. You'll thank me later. Oh, and for the love of all that is holy, look at the pretty flowers if you can't get West. In this episode, we get West (eventually), check out the Village of Outcasts, dodge the hand of fate, and wonder at the names of crystal maidens. Please join us on this journey, and thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - The Swamp Palace
August 02, 2021 22:48 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBWater rises. Water falls. Waterfalls. I just came up with that. Not bad. Anyway, we're getting up inside that good good palace-dungeon thingy in the swamp this week. Watch out for that switch on the left. It's just bombs. Unless it's the switch on the right that's just bombs. I really can't be entirely sure as my memory is quite poor. (Apologies for the odd echo-y sounds, had some audio bleed from one of our headsets.) [Oh and before I forget yet again, the censor sound we've been...
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - The Dark World and The First Maiden
July 26, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBWe made it! The boys take on the Dark World, where things get weird. Extortionist monkeys, hammer-time, tourism boards, and more in this episode of The Talkthrough. Listen, play, join the adventure!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - The Sword and the Wizard
July 19, 2021 16:17 - 57 minutes - 42 MBWelcome to The Talkthrough, where we bring a special sword to a magic fight and it turns out pretty okay, almost, because destiny! The Lost Woods are lousy with Master Swords, Hyrule Castle is lousy with baddies, and Jordan is lousy at thinking of an appropriate replacement for the word "sconce." Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: The Mountain and Hera's Tower
July 12, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBThe only thing worse than being crushed by a boulder is not listening to our latest episode of The Talkthrough! In which we: ruminate on Hyrulian plumbing, take a dip in a dark world, and grab our last pendant from the Tower of Hera before someone realizes they've entrusted the fate of the world to a 10 year old boy. Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - SideVentures and the Desert Palace
July 05, 2021 09:30 - 56 minutes - 49.1 MBWe're knee deep in grass, waist deep in sand, and up to our eyeballs in Rupees on this episode of The Talkthrough. Join us as we continue our exploration of Hyrule and conquer the Desert Palace faster than you can say "is that sentient flying tile trying to kill me?" Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Beginnings and the Eastern Palace
June 28, 2021 09:00 - 58 minutes - 31.8 MBIt's a dark and stormy night in Hyrule, and the journey begins. Join us as we rescue Zelda from her own castle and brave our first (or possibly second if we're splitting hairs here) A Link to the Past dungeon, the Eastern Palace! (What's that funny clicking sound? It's a pen, sorry about that, we'll have it [mostly] rectified by our next episode.) Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Beginnings and the Eastern Palace
June 28, 2021 09:00 - 58 minutes - 31.8 MBIt's a dark and stormy night in Hyrule, and the journey begins. Join us as we rescue Zelda from her own castle and brave our first (or possibly second if we're splitting hairs here) A Link to the Past dungeon, the Eastern Palace! (What's that funny clicking sound? It's a pen, sorry about that, we'll have it [mostly] rectified by our next episode.) Thanks for listening!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - The Preview Episode
June 21, 2021 03:22 - 46 minutes - 21.6 MBWelcome to the very first episode of our podcast! In the Preview Episode, we'll set the scene for our playthrough by diving into the history and creation of A Link to the Past, share some fun facts, touch on our experience with the game/franchise, and talk through our expectations going in. (Apologies for the rough sound quality, you'll notice significant improvement in this department with our next episode.) Thanks for listening!