Deep Listens

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Billy discuss Chrono Trigger, entertaining NBA teams, and return to environmental allegories. We talk about our favorite Chrono Trigger characters, the depth of the combat system, and all of the sidequests that are easily miss-able. 

In this episode Gino and Kyle discuss the cards and mechanics of Guilds of Ravnica and plant their flags on some of the over and underrated cards of the set.

In this episode Gino, Billy, and Pete take some listener emails, fix their terrible oversight from the Castlevania podcast, and discuss Minit!

In this episode Gino and Magic Master Kyle discuss the two dominant forms of online Magic: The Gathering and compare and contrast MTG Online and MTG Arena. We break down the accuracy of the software's reproduction of the paper game, the barriers to entry, the sustainablity of the in-game economies, and the level of competition on each platform.

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Billy are joined by super-fan Grandon to discuss Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. We discuss the game's many paths to brokenness, campy dialog, and drop charts. Oh the drop charts. We also take one of the most absurd emails ever sent to the show by man or beast.

In this episode Gino, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED- and, Screened/ Giantbomb's own Matt Rorie discuss the opening hours of Final Fantasy XII, true Ape Escape cannon, game guide writing, and the differences between original FFXII and the new Zodiac Age re-release. We go very deep on systems this time! Also, someone please teach ZP about if, else statements!

In this episode Gino, Billy, and Pete discuss what animals they could survive an attack from, the dollar value of games, and the charming story of Flipping Death.

In this episode Gino is joined by his wife, Jen, and Emily of the Worst Friends Forever podcast to discuss this year's Lollapalooza, music festivals, weird concert experiences, and the Ninja controversy that no one is talking about.

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Billy take some listener emails, discuss Sisyphus Reborn and Port of Call, and debate whether games can replicate the experience of a short story.

In this episode Gino, Billy, and Devin discuss the upcoming fantasy mashup: Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica. We discuss how MTG and D&D might blend in this upcoming D&D expansion. We also guess D&D spell or MTG spell and talk about our favorite guilds.