Region Free Gamers: The Podcast Fluent in Gaming!

Masa, Arnaldo, and Paul start off the show discussing what video games they've been playing lately, including fetch quest juggernaut Ni No Kuni 2, Yakuza Kiwami, and Masa finally finishing Yakuza 6 after 1000 hours. The guys then discuss the humble origins and design philosphy of fabled JRPG developer Nihon Falcom (38:00). The video games themselves come next with the Ys series (1:07:00) followed by The Legend of Heroes featuring Trails of Cold Steel (1:36:30).

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Masa, Arnaldo, Ozzy, and Paul talk about what videogames they've been playing recently including Masa's run on Chatroulette simulator Yakuza 6, as well as Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright, Persona 5, and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Then the guys dig into Street Fighter 2 and its effect on the video game industry (43:00). Clones such as Fatal Fury 2 and the Mai Shiranui bounce are discussed (1:31:00) followed by a brief discussion on Street Fighter 3 and what came after (1:42:30).

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Masa, Arnaldo, Ozzy, and Paul talk about what videogames they've been playing recently, including Arnie's penchant for competitive Pit Fighter as well as Ni No Kuni, Trails of Cold Steel, Soul Calibur 2 and Final Fantasy XV. Then they go over party games, starting with the 8-bit era and Salaryman Simulator '91 (30:00), and moving to the 16-bit era headlined by Bomberman (44:40). Then they discuss the party game king, the Nintendo 64, and how Paul reacted after getting whupped by a girl at Mario Kart 64 (53:30).

Join Arnaldo, Paul and Ozzy as they journey to Wallachia in search for Dracula's legacy. Actually, that's not true, but they do talk about the originaly Castlevania trilogy for the NES and the Famicom Disk System. The crew digs into their Castlevania origin stories, tells the strange tale of Hitoshi Akamatsu (11:15), wonders whether Castlevania II: Simon's Quest has the best soundtrack of the trilogy (28:52), and indulges in some Shakesperean theater (39:00). So get your whips and holy water ready for another pocket sized episode.

Join Arnaldo, Masa, Ozzy and Paul for the first episode of RFG Pocket, a series of not-quite full length episode that address a wide array of topics from within the world of videogames old and new. In this episode, the gang talks about the March 8, 2018 Nintendo Direct. In this episode, the gang learns about Masa’s fascination with Captain Toad Treasure Tracker (07:01); Ozzy breaks rank to talk about Mario Tennis Aces (11:29); Arnaldo devises a perfect decision flowchart for buying Switch games (15:50); the crew swoons over Octopath Traveler (23:50); Ozzy wonders whether there will be a new Wario Land game in store for the future (36:00); Detective Pikachu makes an appearance (38:09) and the crew rounds out the episode with Smash Bros (46:58).

Arnie, Ozzy, Masa and Paul discuss what they have been playing recently and discover Masa’s secret career calling grooming dominatrixes. They then delve into the arcane world of RPG battle systems as they (33:20) learn about Masa’s RPG impoverished childhood, (50:12) dive into the early days of RPGs and 8-bit battle systems, (1:04:04) expound upon the 16-bit evolution of RPG battle systems (1:32:00) and then have divisive opinions about the 32-bit era of RPG battle systems; (1:53:26) rounding out the episode with their favorite RPG battle systems.

NOTE: this episode wasn't going to be released because of poor audio, but it was salvaged enough to be listenable, though not ideal. Ozzy, Masa, Arnaldo and Paul break down what games they've been playing lately followed by their memories of beatemups (33:00), the infamous Battletoads Turbo Tunnel (55:00), their top beatemup picks (1:04:30) and WELCOME TO DIE! (1:14:25). Then they discuss whether Streets of Rage 2 is the GOAT (1:14:45), their ideal beatemup for the future (1:21:30) and answer a listener question (1:29:45).

Join the Region Free Gamers - Masa, Arnaldo, Ozzy and Paul - as they talk about their own histories with video games and what they’ve been playing recently, (0:25), Masa and Paul’s 2017 Game of the Year (36:35), Ozzy’s Game of the Year (1:00:01) and Arnaldo’s Game of the Year (1:09:20). Then they discuss 2017’s gaming worsts (1:26:29), pleasant surprises (1:36:00), and new years gaming resolutions (1:47:35) - even though Paul doesn’t know what year it is (1:48:58).