In this chunker of BioWare's Dragon Age II we start with a heartfelt apology to Sweden. We promise to never again mention The Normal Chef. It's a two hander with Johnny trying his best to host as they tackle Varric's Tale. Also:

- The Hottest Hot Gaming News in a Decade - Gum Songs - Everyone's a Celebrity in England - Aveline's Dating Skills - Eluvian Repair Kits - A Lot Of Stuff Happening, Also Nothing Happening

This Week: We complete The Long Road, Mirror Image, Dissent, Black Powder Courtesy, and Prime Suspect! Next Week:  We finish Act II. Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome new theme! You can find him at: https://twitter.com/BeigeOnBeige and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven Contact Square Roots! Twitter: @squarerootspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/ Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

In this chunker of BioWare's Dragon Age II we start with a heartfelt apology to Sweden. We promise to never again mention The Normal Chef. It's a two hander with Johnny trying his best to host as they tackle Varric's Tale. Also:

- The Hottest Hot Gaming News in a Decade - Gum Songs - Everyone's a Celebrity in England - Aveline's Dating Skills - Eluvian Repair Kits - A Lot Of Stuff Happening, Also Nothing Happening

This Week: We complete The Long Road, Mirror Image, Dissent, Black Powder Courtesy, and Prime Suspect! Next Week:  We finish Act II.

Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome new theme! You can find him at: https://twitter.com/BeigeOnBeige and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven Contact Square Roots! Twitter: @squarerootspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/ Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

Jim and Vanessa talk to Dragon Age II's executive producer, Mark Darrah on the creation of Dragon Age II as well as the state of the industry.

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Get Deep Roads deep into Dragon Age II with us in this spelunking episode of Square Roots! We recruit Isabella, don't recruit the Qunari mage, and at least for one of us a party member dies! Also:

- I want sonic to help me put on underwear - Vanessa's Felicia Day Beef and Felicia DayLC - A 10 Minute Cullen Chat - Croissandra With A Side of Sour Cream - A man with some kind of gutters - It Was Sassy Frassy

This Week: We complete the Deep Roads Expedition! Next Week: We complete The Long Road, Mirror Image, Dissent, Black Powder Courtesy, and Prime Suspect

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Everyone is here for the start of Dragon Age II, a game that is still widely available to play but figuring out how to get the DLC to work takes some doing. Still, has BioWare's divisive installment of Dragon Age improved with time? Or are its limits still as frustrating as ever? Who is Ted Donker? Find out the answers to these and much more on this week's Square Roots! Also: 

- Maybe Too Much Hot Gaming News? - No One Knows What Ever Crisis Is - I'm Here To Kill Chaos - We Just Rag On Neelix For Like Ten Minutes - Adam Scott Chat - An Embarassment Of Floppy Haired Woobies For Vanessa

This Week: We recruit all five extra party members in Dragon Age II! Except Isabella! Next Week: We complete the Deep Roads Expedition!

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Hi! COVID wrecked our efforts to put out a Dragon Age II episode this week, but we do have a very special end of the year episode for you all to enjoy instead!

This Week: We celebrate the end of 2021! Next Week: We recruit all five extra party members in Dragon Age II!

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NOW WITH 90% LESS CHIPMUNK VOICES! You probably saw this one coming: it's a two hander! Johnny and Matthew dig through the second disc of Metal Gear Solid, with Johnny finding it brisk and fun and poor Matthew feeling like it takes forever. But you've got some iconic boss fights, weird jokes, and completely reconstructed cut scenes between the original PlayStation version and the GameCube Twin Snakes. Also this episode:

- Muscle Milkers - Metal Gear as Metroidvania - Matthew Can't Handle The Master Miller Twist - Gemome Soldiers - Johnny Can't Stop Saying Les Enfants Terribles - Two Games In A Row With A Shirtless Wrestling Match - So Many Fake Outs - This Game Is Twins and Liquid Is the Danny DeVito

This Week: We finish Metal Gear Solid! Next Week: We recruit all five extra party members in Dragon Age II!

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Sure, it's not an RPG, but Konami's Metal Gear Solid IS a classic. And on this special holiday season of Square Roots we venture with Snake to Alaska, pretty close to where Santa lives. We try to make sense of the metal gear lore, talk about neuropeptides like we know what they mean, and Vanessa writes in an analysis of Meryl's big acting scene. Also this week: - Trashing the PS Classic - Twin Snakes Versus The Original - Has Kojima Ever Talked To A Woman? - Those Legs Are Connected To A Butt - "Nanomachines" - Boomer Tigersoft

This Week: We finish Disc 1! Next Week: We finish Metal Gear Solid!

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For some reason Tales of Vesperia decides to squeeze about twenty hours of content into five hours of game, meaning there's a lot of reveals, narrative shifts, insane twists, and the most homoerotic wrestling match ever. But will Yuri and pals save the world? Is there really a final Necron? Who is the actual Sephiroth of the game? Also this week: - Can you vore a ghost? - Noted floppy haired boy Brian Doyle Murray - The The Doctor Is A Woman Twist - Yuri and Flynn Play Wrestle - The Insane Patty Reveal - Poople - The Last Real Boss Fight of the Game

This Week: We finish the game! Next Week: We blow up the Hind D in Metal Gear Solid!

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Oops! It’s all Sephiroths when we try to figure out just who will be the big bad of this chunker. Will it be the white haired Sephiroth with the magical sword? Or the other white haired Sephiroth with a magical sword? Or will it be that one guy who looks like Ginger Spice? There’s some apocalyptic action as we dive through this penultimate chunker! Also this week:

• Johnny & Vanessa Breakout Episode: Oops All Bad Games
• Aloysius, Frank Miller, and Dinosaur
• Entelexeia Cellphone
• Julia Louise-Dryfus’s Apartment in Troll
• LeTrack, Campbell Soup and Sparnod
• The Gender Buffet

This Week: We finish Zaude! Next Week: We finish the game!

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Alright, let's start off by saying I'm sorry for derailing this episode with increasingly cursed and horny acrostics. I made a mistake, and I'm sorry. Please put your little ones to bed before playing this episode. Also, things start getting dramatic on this spicy talkthrough of Namco's Tales of Vesperia. Betrayal! Twists! A bad guy is revealed! Also this week: - Estelle's Hamster Ball - Zap! It's News Time! - Cowboy Beep Boop - Hey, So What Happened Next? - There's A Bell Up On A Dais - Everyone Is Into Vincent D'onofrio!

This Week: We... at least get to the Heracles, I'm not sure Next Week: We finish Zaude!

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