Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast by Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks where the duo will be playing Persona 5 Royal in real time, playing along with P5R's in-game calendar. Join Tom and Jonathon for episode 21 as we pick up with the personal lives of the Phantom Thieves for the week of August 23 - 29.  

We discuss the week following the end of Futaba's palace deadline, as the gang wants to help Futaba be better at interaction with people. These lessons take up the bulk of the week, with each day offering a new scenario for the Phantom Thieves to discover Futaba... is pretty good at being a person. We also discuss what we do in all our free evenings, including Confidant rank ups, some hangouts with the Velvet Room twins, and much more.  

Plus, we offer another Persona Pseudonym and Pop Quiz question, and more.  Be sure to write in with your thoughts to [email protected], or tweet at Jonathon (@jmdornbush) and Tom (@tomrmarks).

Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast by Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks where the duo will be playing Persona 5 Royal in real time, playing along with P5R's in-game calendar. Join Tom and Jonathon for episode 20 as we wrap up the Futaba's palace section of the game for the week of August 16 - 22.  We discuss how we spent the rest of our free time in this arc of Persona 5 Royal, as we've both completed Futaba's Palace and are just waiting for the deadline to come. 

We dive into how we surprisingly spent some days doing exactly the same thing, Tom's latest Mementos trip, and how Jonathon is still discovering so many new things about a game he loves. Then, we discuss the events of the palace deadline, including whether Futaba stops Medjed, the resulting fallout, and what teases are introduced for our next chapter.  

Then we discuss the full Yoshida Confidant storyline, including our feelings on his story and how it connects to Joker, our criteria for ranking Confidants going forward, and more!  

Plus, we offer another Persona Pseudonym and Pop Quiz question, and more. Be sure to write in with your thoughts to [email protected], or tweet at Jonathon (@jmdornbush) and Tom (@tomrmarks).

Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast by Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks where the duo will be playing Persona 5 Royal in real time, playing along with P5R's in-game calendar. Join Tom, Jonathon, and special guest Barrett Courtney from Kinda Funny for episode 19 as we continue the fourth palace's section of the game for the week of August 9 - 15.

We discuss the full extent of Futaba's Palace, including the layout, Will Seeds, boss battle, and more. Barrett joins us to discuss his love of the palace, why we think it works so well on a gameplay level, and how strongly it ties into Futaba's storyline. We explore the new revelations about the cognitive world, Futaba's relationship with her palace, and the truth of her backstory as we explore the palace Pyramid floor by floor. Breaking down what does and doesn't work mechanically, we also discuss how we feel this palace works on a difficulty level, whether its puzzles are better than past palaces, and how it feels to be rattled.

Of course, we don't ignore the rest of the week, so we discuss what we did in our free time throughout this span of the game, and Barrett even clues us in on how his week was back when he last played P5R.

Plus, we offer another Persona Pseudonym and Pop Quiz question, and more.  Be sure to write in with your thoughts to [email protected], or tweet at Jonathon (@jmdornbush) and Tom (@tomrmarks).

Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast by Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks where the duo will be playing Persona 5 Royal in real time, playing along with P5R's in-game calendar. Join Tom and Jonathon for episode 18 as we continue the free time portion of the fourth palace.  Tom and Jonathon are holding palace discussion for next week, but still have plenty to discuss as we offer some updates on what we do in our free time for the week of August 2 - 8.   

We discuss how we spent our free time during this continued Futaba's palace era, including some of our Confidant rank changes, differences in events that were offered based on our current spots in the story, and more. We look at some of the oddities of school-set scenes happening during summer break, what that breaks limits, and a look at Tom's nail biter of a quest to max out a Confidant chain with Ryuji. And speaking of, we spend the end of the episode discussing the full Ryuji confidant line, including our favorite story beats and how it ties into the larger story.  

(If you'd like to skip the Ryuji section once we begin spoiler warnings, skip to 01:05:48.)  Plus, we address some listener and viewer questions, offer another Persona Pseudonym and Pop Quiz question, and more.  Be sure to write in with your thoughts to [email protected], or tweet at Jonathon (@jmdornbush) and Tom (@tomrmarks).

Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast by Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks where the duo will be playing Persona 5 Royal in real time, playing along with P5R's in-game calendar. Join Tom and Jonathon for episode 17 as we enter the free time portion of the fourth palace.

Tom and Jonathon are holding palace discussion for a later week, but still have plenty to discuss as we offer some updates on what we do in our free time for the week of July 26 - August 1. We dive into some of the shopping options of Persona 5 Royal, our preferences for maximizing time with Confidants and to rank up our social stats, and much more about Persona's mechanics.

We also want to hear from you about what you want to hear about in free time portions, so be sure to comment on YouTube or email us and give us your thoughts on when and how you'd like us to dive into Confidant storylines and more.

Plus, we address some listener and viewer questions, offer another Persona Pseudonym and Pop Quiz question, and more.  Be sure to write in with your thoughts to [email protected], or tweet at Jonathon (@jmdornbush) and Tom (@tomrmarks).

Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast by Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks where the duo will be playing Persona 5 Royal in real time, playing along with P5R's in-game calendar. Join Tom and Jonathon for episode 16 as we head learn more about our 4th palace!  

Tom and Jonathon discuss a surprising and revelatory week for the Phantom Thieves, as the plot with Medjed increases, and a mysterious figure named Alibaba invades our texts. With little free time this week, we spent the majority of our focus on Sojiro and his personal life, the new character named Futaba, what Medjed is demanding now, and the Fox medical drama House. It'll make sense in content, somewhat.   

But, hey, we've got our fourth palace quest officially, with the revelation of our next palace's setting, its leader, and much more, alongside some more discussions with Akechi.  Plus, we address some listener and viewer questions, offer another Persona Pseudonym and Pop Quiz question, and more.  Be sure to write in with your thoughts to [email protected], or tweet at Jonathon (@jmdornbush) and Tom (@tomrmarks).

Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast by Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks where the duo will be playing Persona 5 Royal in real time, playing along with P5R's in-game calendar. Join Tom and Jonathon for episode 15 as we head the Phantom Thieves' summer break!  T

om and Jonathon discuss the events of finals week, as finish up our exams and celebrate a bit in between palaces, before learning about the next big threat to the Phantom Thieves. We take a look at the newly added Royal scenes, and what they mean for Maruki and Kazumi's stories, as well as the fireworks festival, and the rise of the menacing Medjed!  

Plus, we address some listener and viewer questions, offer another Persona Pseudonym and Pop Quiz question, and more.  Be sure to write in with your thoughts to [email protected], or tweet at Jonathon (@jmdornbush) and Tom (@tomrmarks).

Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast by Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks where the duo will be playing Persona 5 Royal in real time, playing along with P5R's in-game calendar. Join Tom and Jonathon for episode 14 as we head into the end of Kaneshiro's Palace chapter!  

Tom and Jonathon discuss final week before the Kaneshiro deadline. As we both beat the palace last week, we use this week's discussion to offer updates on our Confidant and Skills progression. But we also dig into the big story beats of the week, including Makoto's progression, what the principal of their school really knows, and some Royal-specific updates on Kasumi and Akechi!  

Plus, we address some listener and viewer questions, offer another Persona Pseudonym and Pop Quiz question, and more.  Be sure to write in with your thoughts to [email protected], or tweet at Jonathon (@jmdornbush) and Tom (@tomrmarks).

And, to read the article by Laura we mentioned, check it out here: https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/31/21199516/persona-5-royal-edits-changed-scene-ryuji-homophobia-controversy

Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast by Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks where the duo will be playing Persona 5 Royal in real time, playing along with P5R's in-game calendar. Join Tom and Jonathon for episode 13 as we head into Kaneshiro's Palace!  

Tom and Jonathon discuss the entirety of Kaneshiro's Palace, running through our thoughts on the palace layout, the new enemies we encounter, and the puzzle design of the area. We also address some of the new Royal additions, like the Will Seeds and the boss battle differences, while also looking at things like Showtime attacks and the Fusion Alarm system. We also run through what we did in our free time during this week, including skill updates and Confidant relationships.  

Plus, we address some listener and viewer questions, offer another Persona Pseudonym and Pop Quiz question, and more.  Be sure to write in with your thoughts to [email protected], or tweet at Jonathon (@jmdornbush) and Tom (@tomrmarks).

Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast by Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks where the duo will be playing Persona 5 Royal in real time, playing along with P5R's in-game calendar. Join Tom and Jonathon for episode 12 as we head into the first full week of Kaneshiro's Palace.  

Tom and Jonathon discuss what we've been doing in our free time for the week, including leveling up Confidants, exploring new neighborhoods, and more. We discuss a bit of Shinjuku, as well as more of Mementos, but don't worry, if you haven't attempted the palace yet, we're holding discussion of that until next week!  

Plus, we address some listener and viewer questions, offer another Persona Pseudonym and Pop Quiz question, and more.  Be sure to write in with your thoughts to [email protected], or tweet at Jonathon (@jmdornbush) and Tom (@tomrmarks).