The Game Exchange

Wade and Kaiya almost save a prince and allegedly save the world! Along the way, they debate sumptuary laws for women's swimsuits, observe the rise and fall of a love triangle, discuss the finer points of baby naming, witness speedruns for both romance and shipbuilding, and finally agree on the very best strategy for optimal hostage-taking.

Wade and Kaiya are busy cooking up an extra-long episode 20 for you, as well as busy dealing with a sick baby and moving, respectively. In the meantime, please enjoy some bonus outtakes from episodes 16, 17, and 18! Episode 20 will be released on November 25th.

Wade and Kaiya overestimate their strength, lose their first party member, aid an exhibitionist carpenter, take notes on effective snappy retorts, and shake their heads sadly at a profound tangle resulting from the Dunning-Kruger effect crossing with Adlerian psychology - with further notes on optimal hostage-taking.

Wade and Kaiya continue to build their party in Lufia 2! This week they also discuss optimal hostage-taking strategy, shake their canes, justify a scam by falling back on neoclassical economical principles, ponder the value of a woman's tears, and... split the party. (And it isn't a disaster!)

Note: In this episode we stated that the Camu Armor heals each member of the party by 75% of the wearer's max HP. This is incorrect. It actually heals each member of the party by 25% of the wearer's max HP. The values cited for the Holy Wings are still correct.

Wade and Kaiya deal with hilarious amounts of incompetence in romance, rulership, and robbery. Along the way, they also demonstrate their Boy Scout credentials, terrify a small child, and exchange union cards with a guy.

Wade and Kaiya are back with the beloved 1995 SNES classic Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals! Embark on a new adventure with them as they navigate the dangers of dramatic economic inflation, small-town nosy neighbors, a dinner date with a Machiavellian mogul, hostile tectonic forces, and an unusual abundance of fish.

Wade and Kaiya are on hiatus this week! We will return on September 2nd with the first episode of our season 2 game - Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals. In the meantime, please enjoy a bonus outtake from Episode 8 (wherein Kaiya's husband becomes an Uber driver), check out our brand new FAQ page (and contribute some questions if you have any!), read about the EarthBound cartridge that went into space, and drop a comment or like on this fantastic piece of EarthBound fanart by @jackfruitchips_ on Twitter!

Wade, Kaiya, and special guest Marshall get together to talk about all things EarthBound! They discuss their childhood memories of the game, swap some crazy conspiracy theories, go on a hunt for twenty-year-old fanfiction (condensed into a montage for your convenience), suggest some baby names, attempt to reform society... and reveal what game will be played next!

Thank you for following us through this wonderful journey so far! We will be taking a brief hiatus between games, so there will be no full-length episode on August 19th. Instead you can look forward to a few extras, including a newly revamped FAQ page and a bonus clip from Episode 8. We'll see you again on September 2nd with a brand-new game to exchange!

Wade and Kaiya become monsters in order to fight monsters, and gaze into the abyss which gazes also back at them.

This is the last gameplay episode of Earthbound, but don't go anywhere! We have a special retrospective episode coming up for you next time, and a lot of exciting things planned for the future!

Wade and Kaiya help Ness with the deepest introspection, take a world-spanning shopping tour, and confront the most polite siege ever undertaken. It's the second to last gameplay episode of EarthBound!