Tag Archives: Final Fantasy IV

Ep. 39: A Lot of Bird Stuff (is Going On)

  • Amorous olds
  • I rehash the plot of FF4 for some reason
  • “To be a true paladin, you must not fight now!” *fights*
  • This episode’s hot take: After Years was bad
  • The merits/demerits of random encounters
  • Cosmic Star Heroine and its beautiful pacing
  • Eagle Island: it’s bird-themed!
  • The tragic servitude of Pokemon (with a brief detour into monkey personhood)
  • Matt really likes Mega Man 11
  • Air Man, Crash Man, Metal Man, Bubble Man, Wood Man, Heat Man, Flash Man, Quick Man
  • Skye continues to not like roguelikes/play video games
  • Hardspace: Shipbreaker and watching people perform manual labor
  • Darren P. vs. Darren C.
  • The mundane joys of House Flipper
  • Surprisingly, ASMR doesn’t work on Skye
  • ok then there’s a weird little ASMR cul-de-sac for a while
  • Left 4 Dead is basically Destiny (?)
  • Matt assuages my palpable fear that he wouldn’t like The Outer Wilds
  • You guys I *love* The Outer Wilds (AND SO DOES MY KID!)
  • Skye worries it might actually be *too* good

Ep. 14: That’s How You Move a Sex Unicorn

  • The monster hunting science of The Witcher
  • E3 demos are a sham
  • Ubisoft’s mission to make open world game design as boring as possible
  • Interesting voyeuristic vignettes in Watch Dogs
  • The historical timeline approach to sequels
  • Padded game lengths and pacing
  • Suikoden is completely delightful
  • Is mobile gaming really just different?

Ep. 11: Donald Has $0.17

  • Adventures in cross-linguistic semiotics
  • The containment and storage of paranormal entities
  • Recreational construction and economic theory
  • Privacy concerns in modern retail environments
  • Zoning restrictions in late-20th century Detroit
  • Access to education and social mobility
  • The impact of meteorology upon urban horticulture
  • International missing persons investigations
  • Contemporary travel and cosmopolitanism
  • The citizenship of Testudines
  • Destination desirability among privileged tourists
  • Determinism and chaos in chrononautics
  • Applied transportation methodology for nuclear materials
  • Fabrics appropriation and apparel design transmission
  • Evidence comparison and robotic redecoration
  • Receipt of baked goods
  • Elevated asset recovery
  • The imprisonment of mythical spirits
  • Maritime luxury vessel operation
  • Communication in the digital age