A week or so late but this quater's Patreon poll episode is here! I'm joined by Adam from The Good The Bad and The Backlog to talk about the Astral Chain from Platinum Games. Astral Chain is an action-adventure hack and slash game that was came out in 2019. Adam and I discuss what charms us about this game, how the story is bonkers but kind of good? and how the gameplay mechanics are deeper than we expected. This was a really fun game to cover for the show so I wanna send a big thank you to the patrons who voted for it!

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Shout-out Song: Getting Ready Artist: Dj Cutman Album: Mii Tomo https://djcutman.bandcamp.com/album/mii-tomo-grooves

End Song: Welcome To My Room Artist: Dj Cutman Album: Mii Tomo https://djcutman.bandcamp.com/album/mii-tomo-grooves

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Hey Paisanos! It's another episode of Still Loading all about the Super Mario Bros. Super Show! My co-host with the mo-host Dexter Morrill is back and we are discussing episode 3 of the super show "Butch Mario and the Luigi Kid". In this episode we learn all about King Koopa's grandfather, the depths of Mario's hunger and the fine art of smoke signal art. You won't want to miss this one!

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Shout-out Song: Piranha Plant Lullaby Artist: Helynt Album: Mario & Chill https://gamechops.com/mario-and-chill/

End Song: Dire Dire Docks Artist: Noknient & BessoO Album: N/A https://gamechops.com/diredocks/

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Part two of the 10th anniversary special! Five more guests and a Q&A! Make sure you listen to part 1 first and thank you again for 10 years of Still Loading!

Erika from Monster Madness! https://linktr.ee/monstermadness

Chris AKA the British Bond Addict! https://www.instagram.com/britishbondaddict/

Dave from Tales From the Backlog and A Top 3! https://linktr.ee/realdavejackson

Andrew from The EXP Point! https://twitter.com/theEXPpoint

Justin! https://twitter.com/kitsuninjya

End Song: Gusty Garden Galaxy Artist: The Icarus Kid Album: N/A https://gamechops.com/gusty-garden-galaxy/

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10 years and still loading.... The show is a decade old now! In this 2 part celebration I'm joined by friends who have helped shape the show to what it is now. In part one you will hear from 5 guests and in part 2 you will hear the another group of 5 (plus a Q&A). 10 guests for 10 years of Still Loading. Thank you all for the support over the last 10 years and I'm so excited to see what the next 10 will bring.

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Dexter Morrill! https://twitter.com/DexterMorrill https://www.instagram.com/dexter_morrill/

Eric from the Unlockables! https://linktr.ee/unlockablespodcast

TJ from the Hodder Show and Tapes of Trepidation! https://linktr.ee/thehoddershow https://linktr.ee/tapesoftrepidationpodcast

Bill from Gaming & Collecting, The 3DO Experience and Geek Addicts! https://linktr.ee/Thebarberwhogames

Chris from Retro Hangover! https://linktr.ee/retrohangover

Shout-out Song: Gusty Garden Galaxy Artist: Helynt Album: Mario & Chill https://gamechops.com/mario-and-chill/

End Song: Windmill Isle Artist: Akosmo Album: N/A https://gamechops.com/akosmo-windmill-isle/

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Toriyama Month is coming to an end and I could not think of a better way to cap off this series than to talk about Chrono Trigger. Considered one of the best games ever made, Chrono Trigger is an impressive achievment for it's time and is genuinley one of my favorite games. I'm joined by author Aidan Moher to discuss this dream team crafted game. What do I mean by Dream Team? You will have to listen to find out!

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Shout-out Song: Secret of the Forest Artist: Coffee Date Album: N/A https://gamechops.com/secret-of-the-forest/

End Song: Protector in Green (Frog's Theme) Artist: MkVaff Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04367

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Rounding out my coverage of Dragon Quest for Toriyama month, I am joined by friend of the show Daniel Greenberg to talk about the third installment for the Dragon Quest series, Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation. How does it stack up compared to it's predecessors? What does it try new? What does it bring back? Dan and I talk about all of this and more. 

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Shout-out Song: Battle Theme Artist: Koichi Sugiyama Album: Dragon Quest 3 OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwCMoeaXSlU

End Song: Adventure Theme Acoustic Cover Artist: Tommy Norris Album: N/A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-iyBmKDo78

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Episode two of Toriyama month is here and this week I am joined by Marc "Try4ce" Duddleston to talk about the second Dragon Quest game. Coming out less than a year after the original, Dragon Quest 2 was an insanely ambitious game that tried some cool new things and some not so cool new things. Try and I talk a lot about how the game plays and feels, it's story and it's vast open world Does this game hold up all these years later? Try and I do our best to answer that.

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Shout-out Song: Joyous Song Artist: Koichi Sugiyama Album: Dragon Quest 2 OST https://youtu.be/9yaNd6O5AfA?si=helAXMyy-nxUHypc

End Song: A Lonley Youth Remix Artist: Broomietunes Album: N/A https://youtu.be/6eiHsgfJRcA?si=02wxFsqugVZOdanB

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In honor of Akira Toriyama passing away this year I am dedicating a whole month of the show in his honor. The next 4 episodes of the podcast (including this one) will be dedicated to the legendary mangaka who helped shape so many childhoods all throught he lens of the games he worked on. I'm joined by Andre from Fine Time to kick it all off grand fashion by exploring the OG of all JRPGs, Dragon Quest. Does this game hold up all these years later? Is it a good entry point for those uninitated with the series? Check out this first episode for Toriyama Month to find out!

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Shout-out Song: Alefgardian Ambience Artist: Vurez Album: N/A https://www.vurez.com/

End Song: Dragon Warrior (Overworld Remix) Artist: Kail200x Album: N/A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5HlDfzXcx0

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Ganon is at it again in this new Zelda episode and this time is evil dasardly plan is to distract Link and Zelda with castle cleaning while he steals the Triforce. Will he suceed? Dexter Morrill is back to talk some more Zelda cartoon and boyyyy is this one something.

Shout-out Song: Ballad of the Goddess Artist: Mikel Album: Zelda & Chill https://gamechops.com/zelda-and-chill/

End Song: Legend of Zelda Artist: Mikel Album: Smooth McGroove Remixed https://gamechops.com/zelda-and-chill/

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You're a guard for the kingdom of Herana, a bloody coup is happening and you narrowly escape through the sewers. You now need to meet up with your family by travleing west to a place called Yerdan. This is Grand Soul Story, a new indie RPG from solo developer Jeremy Reineck, and to break this whole thing down I am joined by my good friend Chris Coplien from the Retro Hangover podcast.

For full disclosure we did recieve review copies of this game for review and overall? We had a good time! We talk about the battle mechanics, the visuals, the music, what it was like playing a game in early access and much more. There is a spoiler section in this episode which begins at 1:29:19.

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Shout-out Song: The Southern Jungles Artist: Jeremy Reineck Album: Grand Soul Story OST https://youtu.be/WWI566bDgdE?si=z4ttNNx87dyu6O1C

End Song: Madame Felix Artist: Jeremy Reineck Album: Grand Soul Story OST https://youtu.be/H2LphSP4nvs?si=0UFF0KGscGE8oLIz

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