No Time To Grind

Come one, come all, canon or legends, we ask the age old question, "is 'Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy' a game for a busy gamer?" and we join Luke Skywalker, Kyle Katarn, and Max Goof in their adventures a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Use force grip on your podcasting device and force heal by forcing yourself to listen to our first episode of the year.

We also go into the great debate of "Who likes the term 'Dark Jedi'?" and establish a nice little head canon for all you nerds. This is the gaming podcast for anyone who wants to revisit jka or check out what to play after Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Enjoy our imperial, I mean, empirical review of this cult classic. Force jump into it!

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2020 was an insane year, featuring and amongst a global pandemic and politics breaching our comfort zones, we chose the theme “the best games of all time”, from great legacy’s such as Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, to the 2020 Game of the Year The Last of Us Part II. Chrono Trigger, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Witcher III Wild Hunt, Batman Arkham Asylum, Bioshock, Dragon Age: Origins, Crash Bandicoot 3, and Phasmophobia-- takes a deep breath are finally capped off with a game that ascends gamedom, the vehicle, or concept, the king of table top roleplaying games, the patriarch of pen and paper, Dungeons and Dragons, 5th Edition, is our game for December 2020.

We go into depth regarding D&D Beyond, the nuances of the classes and races of Faerun and the Sword Coast, and we even have an excellent supplementary episode, like Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything to the Player’s Handbook, we have a sister episode; The Night of Wintermas, so make sure you’ve subscribed and listened to that episode as well. While it’s hard to discuss such a large game like this, we pretty much nail it and the nuances that come into play regarding Dungeons and Dragons and the modern services it comes with.

We also take a look at what can fill the boots of SotN, OoT, tLoU2, FF7R, Phasmo, and GTA – for the year of 2021 our cult of busy gamers becomes the game of busy cultists (like a “game” of swans). We’re hitting up Cult Classics; and games that have a deep history regarding such niche communities. Jedi January with Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Laugh-Out-Loud February is our 80th special featuring League of Legends, March Madness as in Psycho-Madness Gabriel Knight and his Sins of the Fathers, April lifting up to Monster Hunter: Rise, May objects with Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, June features the renowned cult classic Undertale, July jumps into Psychonauts, August’s game is Nintendo’s Earthbound, September buffaloes us with Bully, October zaps in with Destroy All Humans, sink your teeth into November’s Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines, and finally, tune in to December’s special 90th episode; Rocksmith.

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Join Ooccoo the Aarakocra and Grub the Kobold on their hilarious adventure to "save" Christmas! This Dungeons and Dragons 5e oneshot adventure by Redditor u/Jmanc available via /r/unearthedarcana

Featuring such a lovely cast such as Frosty the Snowman, the Grinch, Rudolph, and Saint Nick himself, all with a generally horrifying twist which is baked further by Michael's wonderful impressions and imagination. Houses made of Candy Canes and Gingerbread, and furniture made of Cigarettes, nothing is as you'd expect.

A little bit of extra detail for that hot SEO; using Dungeons & Dragons Beyond, this Holiday special goes into the powers of a Swarmkeeper Ranger and Battle Smith Artificer, thanks to Volo's Guide to Monsters and Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, they manage to scrape by through their quest!

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YOU CAN STOP AT AROUND 15:00 If you are a beautiful busy gamer! This may be a longer episode but it is well worth it! Welcome to DOUBLE DECEMBER! [SFX: Crowd - Cheering]

Phasmophobia is a wonderful puzzling horror game, but it's still cooking, which leaves the busy boys divisive, from going into future hypothetical ghosts, evidence's (y'all got that EMF?), and hunts. Whether the sub objective is dirty water or just getting a temp below 10 degrees, we explore whether or not Phasmophobia is a game for a busy gamer.

We go into our finale for the wonderful yet absolutely messed up year that has been 2020; Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. We delve into the games we've been playing alongside Phas, featuring such hits as Hades, Red Dead Redemption Online, and... NHL '16? Alright then.

We then, very quickly, didn't take that long at all, talk about the Game Awards Game of the Year, The Last of Us Part II, and we do genuinely enjoy that game, so check out our episode on it, Ep 72.

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WHOA! We revisit the orange rat that made Mario pee his pants. That’s right, Crash Bandicoot is better than Super Mario, Super Sonic, in fact, I would go so far as to say that Crash should be the next Smash Bros fighter so he can take his place as king of all video game mascots. That’s what you get for acting da Mickey, Adrian.

Before Naughty Dog ruined Laura Bailey’s social media inbox and tarnished our eyes, much like The Last of Us 2, the phenomenal gameplay (see, I can compliment tlou2 as well) has led the busy boys to award Crash 3 as the fifth busy boy certified game! Well done!

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The boys have a yarn about all the games they've been playing, their disappointment with Playstation 5, and their own decisions. We talk about whether we should be playing Undertale, Icewind Dale, or The Grinch for our December Episode. Thanks, Cyberpunk. Delaying to a fault. Haunted by Phasmophobia, Old School Runescape's Trailblazer League, and Dragon Age Inquisition, all of that, and more in this episode.

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So there was shocking news, you could’ve found out if you followed us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/notimetogrindpodcast but at least now you know! Microsoft bought out Bethesda, enhancing their Game Pass for Xbox and PC, will Elder Scrolls X Series VI: The Box? Oh darn, Fallout 76 is Xbox exclusive now. We are not gonna be playing PlayStation 5 until March, apparently, so I guess we’re not reviewing that any time soon. In other absurd news, Steve and Alex from Minecraft will be starring in Smash Bros?! Excuse me WHAT?!

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Will the circle be unbroken? The busy boys check out how much of a grind Bioshock is. After all these years the critically acclaimed Bioshock has been shadowed by its successor Bioshock Infinite, and the No Time To Grind Gang explain exactly why or why not you should pick up one over the other, or both?

Long time listeners will see the spoiler ahead, this is indeed a busy boy certified game, however tread carefully, we do spoil Bioshock, and give decent warning ahead of time. Be sure to check out our facebook, @notimetogrindpodcast, and rate highly and subscribe! Thanks for listening!

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This sad episode of No Time To Grind shows the boys stuck in limbo as the PlayStation 5 news dropped, so did their little busy hearts as they were unable to preorder in time.

The boys get into the unlimited possibilities of Port Key Games' Hogwarts Legacy, the surrealism of Final Fantasy XVI, and Monster Hunter Rise.

We talk Super Mario 3D All Stars (64), Legend of Zelda Wind Waker, Dishonored, Age of Mythology, Divinity: Original Sin, and more. Check it out! And check out our facebook on @NoTimeToGrindPodcast.

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