The maps are mini but the discourse is maxi!
Kat, Nadia, and Victor embrace their cartographical spirit this week as they discuss the pros and cons of the mini-map; Does EVERY game need them? Do NO games need them? At what point should you meet the game's systems where they are and adapt? Find out on this week's disorientingly good episode of Axe of the Blood God!
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LIVE reactions as the Final Fantasy x Magic: the Gathering cards are revealed!

Sakura Wars 2 fan-translation

Dokyusei

Tokimeki Memorial ~forever with you~ Emotional

Play Maddy Thorson's latest Super Mario World romhack, Masterpiece, with art by friend of the show, darcydee

Miserable Canadian clowns

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07:20 - Main Topic - Do RPGs need mini-maps?

40:44 - Random Encounters

45:20 - Final Fantasy x Magic the Gathering Reactions

1:02:08 - The Tavern: Sakura Wars 2, Dokyusei, Tokimeki Memorial

1:20:20 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

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Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

Pub - [Lunar Knights]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Continuation of the Dream - [Sakura Wars 2]

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The rent is too damn high!
Hey, it's rough out there. But as development costs climb, retail prices skyrocket, and the institutional knowledge of decades of journalism slips out from under us due to corporate greed, Kat, Nadia, and Eric are at least here to explain what this means for the future of RPGs!
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Gameification of Disney World

Chrono Trigger remake - PSYCH!

Fandom is the worst website in the world

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 impressions update!

Final Fantasy Magic: The Gathering hype

Timestamps:

05:50 - Main Topic - What to do about expensive video games

52:08 - Random Encounters

55:24 - Polygon and Giant Bomb's collapse

1:10:28 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update

1:30:16 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

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Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Enjoyment Theme - [Sakura Wars 2]

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Sacre Bleu! Incroyable! Tabarnak! We get to say all these words and more on this week's episode of Axe of the Blood God, which is about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Special guest Kenneth Shepard joins Kat, Nadia, and Eric (they're together again!) on this quest to ask this Paintress lady what her whole deal is.

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How many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

Eric, Nadia, and special guest Lucas White won't find out in the Lunar: Remastered Collection but they'll sure discuss localization choices like it. Find out if the new re-release does justice to these cult classics of the 32-bit era.

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I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down!

Time to put on your robe and wizard hat; we're talkin' Black Mages!

From Vivi to Donald Duck, all your favourite magic missile-slingers are here and ready to nuke Eric, Nadia, and special guest Timothy Monbleau!

Special Thanks to Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong, voice of Black Mage.

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Should've called it the Swiitch.

Kat, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Brian Shea tell you everything you need to know about the Nintendo Direct Switch 2 announcements plus Brian's hands-on experience at the recent press event. There's a slew of RPGs of all stars and stripes heading for the console. Whether you'll be able to get your little hands on them without selling a body part or two remains to be seen. But at least we can talk about them for free!

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This podcast of mine glows with an awesome power!

Its hot takes tell me to treat you! TAKE THIS!

My love, my anger, and ALL my opinions!

Super Robot Wars is joined by some other games also announced in the opening left hook of the Nintendo Direct one-two punch combo.

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Living here in New LA, fighting villains from afar. You got to find first gear in your giant robot car.

The Xenoblade saga on Switch is now complete with the inclusion of Xenoblade Chronicles X (Xenoblade Cross if you're nasty). But it's been 10 years since the original release on WiiU; has it aged well? The very idea of video games "aging well" is a concept invented by tech-capitalists so don't ask me that. Instead ask "How much of the current open-world RPG landscape do we owe to it, do the gameplay elements designed for the WiiU transpose to the Switch well, and exactly how fantastic a game is it?"

All these questions and more will be answered by Kat, Nadia, Eric, and Victor on this interstellar episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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The only two good things to come out economic recession.

Eric, Nadia, and special guest Lucas White are here to give the long-running, cult-classic Atelier series it's flowers. But can the latest entry, Yumia, hang with the Ryzas and the Maries and the Irises and the Eschas and the Logys? Listen up to find out!

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Oscar season has passed but the stars are still out; all 108 of them!

Kat, Nadia, and Eric are joined by a special guest who literally wrote the book on Suikoden; Aidan Moher! They discuss the ups and downs of the recently released remaster and whether they are the versions of Suikoden you should play!

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