Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Akira Toriyama died on March 1, leaving behind a legacy that includes Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, and an incredible impact on both games and anime. With Eric out, Kat and Nadia are joined by Victor Hunter and Ash Paulsen to break down he changed RPGs, our memories of watch Dragon Ball, and more. Also in this Episode: Kat is obsessed with Unicorn Overlord! Still more Final Fantasy VII Rebirth chatter! Game rentals and puzzle solving! And much more Timestamps:00:00 - Intro5:00 - Main Topic - Paying Tribute to Akira Toriyama45:00 - Random Encounters50:00 - The Tavern1:35:00 - Nadia's Nostalgia NookMusic Used in this Episode:Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]Melancholy - [Dragon Quest VI] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're going to mosey you might as well mosey with the best.The cast of Final Fantasy 7 has always been a fan favourite; does Rebirth give these characters more room to breathe or just a lot of filler? And what other FF cast compares to them? Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss the best ensembles of the series and more in this character-driven episode of Axe of the Blood God!Also in this Episode: Napster Unicorn Overlord I'm a Dune, he's a Dune, she's a Dune, we're all Dunes More layoffs! Timestamps:00:00 - Intro3:44 - Main Topic - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth1:00:00 - Random Encounters1:15:16 - The Tavern1:34:56 - Nadia's Nostalgia NookMusic Used in this Episode:Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]The Run Around Part 1 - [Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the spoiler-free Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spectacular! The panel has had plenty of time with Rebirth, or as I like to call it "Final Fantasy VII-3". Does it improve upon Remake? Does it stand on it's own? Do you need to play the lost mid-200s Japanese feature phone game Before Crisis to fully grasp the importance of the character of Cissnei? Kat, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Nick Limon talk about all this and more on A Very FF7 episode of Axe of the Blood God!Also in this Episode: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance Eric's Unicorn Overlord Experience Kat's Stardew Valley Dating Recap Timestamps:00:00 - Intro3:04 - Main Topic - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth1:11:16 - Random Encounters1:22:22 - The Tavern1:44:40 - Nadia's Nostalgia NookMusic Used in this Episode:Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]Final Fantasy VII Main Theme Jazz Arrangement - [Final Fantasy VII Jazz] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's letter tiiiiime, it's letter time!!It's everyone's favourite time of year; Letter Time!Join Kat, Nadia, and Eric as they tackle some hard-hitting questions like "what's your favourite juice?"If you'd like to submit questions for our next mailbag episode be sure to join our discord at patreon.com/bloodgodpod!Also in this Episode: Helldivers 2 What roles do the hosts like to play and why Because Nadia got high, Nadia got high, Nadia got high Timestamps:00:00 - Intro3:30 - Letter Time3:44 - Levelling14:56 - Juice20:10 - Potion or Food?22:24 - Shiren and Unicorn Overlooked?27:50 - Nintendo Direct Rumors35:12 - Minigames42:45 - Sicko Mode48:40 - Fav Pantheon53:40 - Happiness59:50 - Random Encounters1:10:40 - The Tavern1:27:40 - Nadia's Nostalgia NookMusic Used in this Episode:Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]The Runaround Part III - [Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love is in the air; as long as the project roadmap has made allowances for it in the overall budget! Kat, Nadia, and Eric talk about the best and worst relationships in RPGs. How do you write a natural relationship in a videogame? Should relationships just be a means to an end? Will anyone bring up Sakura Wars?It's an S-rank Support Conversation on this week's episode of Axe of the Blood God!Also in this Episode: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Demo out now! The flames of the console wars are fanned once again Do platforms even matter anymore? The Last of Us theme park She Who Became The Sun book club! Dungeon Meshi / Delicious in Dungeon Timestamps:00:00 - Intro10:248 - RPG Romance49:04 - Random Encounters1:07:32 - The Tavern1:40:20 - Nadia's Nostalgia NookMusic Used in this Episode:Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]My Blue Sky - [Sakura Wars] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Three Musketeers, 3 Ninjas, Persona 3. Just a few examples of franchises that began with 3. And here to celebrate the remake, Persona 3 Reload, are Kat, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Kenneth Shepard! They discuss differences between the original, the perfect starting off point for players new to the series, and why there's never been a Persona 1 or 2!Also in this Episode: Vote Princess Maker 2 for the Pantheon Granblue Fantasy: Relink The Year of Shadow the Hedgehog Linda³ Again! LETS GO! YOU DONT EVEN KNOW, DUDE! Xbox drama Suicide Squad kills the Justice League and so do the Teen Titans Timestamps:00:00 - Intro05:20 - Persona Talk!52:45 - Random Encounters1:10:24 - The Tavern1:40:20 - Nadia's Nostalgia NookMusic Used in this Episode:Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]Spring Breath - [Linda³] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian chart-topping darlings BNL once said "If I had a million dollars I'd buy you a house." Unfortunately with inflation being the way it is a million dollars can hardly get you a downpayment anymore. No my friend, what you need to get anywhere in this world is wealth. INFINITE WEALTH. And Ichiban is bringing it in his latest adventure. Come join Kat, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Jesse Vitelli as they discuss the equal parts madness and heart of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth as the onslaught of massive 2024 RPGs begins.Also in this Episode: Games starring adults of drinking age Palmer getting hit by a truck More layoffs! Palword... Tekken 8 Timestamps:00:00 - Intro04:48 - Main Topic - Developer Quest: RGG54:32 - Random Encounters1:20:32 - The Tavern1:40:20 - Nadia's Nostalgia NookMusic Used in this Episode:Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]ATLANTICA - [7th Dragon III VFD] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You down with RGG? Yeah, you know me!From Super Monkey Ball to Infinite Wealth, our prestigious panel covers the history and key players of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Eric, Nadia, and special guest Michael Higham discuss the runaway success of the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series, the charm of 1988 Kamurochō, and the role these games have played in their own personal lives and careers. Much like Like A Dragon itself, this episode is full of heartfelt sentimentality contrasted with borderline absurdist comedy!Also in this Episode: Great tattoo ideas BuT Is iT An RpG?!?!? Visions of Mana! Eric has been playing Palworld... The Art of Fare Evasion Timestamps:00:00 - Intro07:00 - Main Topic - Developer Quest: RGG1:02:28 - Random Encounters1:13:12 - The Tavern1:26:58 - Nadia's Nostalgia NookMusic Used in this Episode:Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]Pure Love in Kamurocho - [Yakuza 0] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2024's RPG landscape is already being defined by a handful of big titles. But those games aren't made in a vaccuum. They're made by people! People who work at studios! And those studios have names.Listen as Kat, Eric, and special guest Ethan Gach discuss the 5 biggest studios that are already shaping the present and future of RPGs.Also in this Episode: Final Fantasy V Recap! Games Done Quick! Granblue Fantasy! Timestamps:00:00 - Intro06:10 - Main Topic - Top RPG Studios of 202406:16 - CD Projekt Red09:56 - ATLUS13:28 - Square Enix19:04 - FromSoftware27:50 - Larian54:44 - Random Encounters57:12 - GDQ1:02:56 - The Tavern1:21:58 - Nadia's Nostalgia NookMusic Used in this Episode:Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]The Day Will Come (From Final Fantasy V) - [Final Fantasy XIV - Endwalker] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are some questions we as a species will always be asking; Is consciousness inherent to our universe? Is time a construct? What cool new video games will come out in 2024?10 hard-hidding questions will be asked of our intrepid panel and you'll hear Kat, Nadia, and Eric dole out answers like it's their job. What can we look forward to? What surprises are in store that we don't even know we want to look forward to? The Switch 2, acquisitions, the GaaS event horizon; all this and more in this interrogatory episode of Axe of the Blood God!Also in this Episode: Sonicshortergamesmeme.jpg Axe of the Blood God officially endorses Metaphor: ReFantazio for 2024 Eric has played a bunch of Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth and didn't tell us! This episode is sponsored by Factor. For 50% off head to factormeals.com/axerpgadventure50 and use code: axerpgadventure50Timestamps:00:00 - Intro05:36 - Main Topic - 10 Big Questions for 202451:15 - Random Encounters57:04 - Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth Preview1:21:58 - Nadia's Nostalgia NookMusic Used in this Episode:Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]Headquarters - [Skies of Arcadia] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices