The Giant Sword Podcast: JRPG Discussions, News, Tangents, and More!

The spirit of meme machine Michael Jordan is in the house this episode as we dive into the latest JRPG news and discuss the difficulties of going back to play older games.

The year is half over and the crew reflect on what they felt about this year in gaming so far. Everyone picks their most disappointing, most surprising and favorite games overall. Oh and Nick and Taylor got Switches.

The summer is upon us and games are being played! By some, at least... The crew talk about being in a game funk and how to get yourself out.

Timestamps:

5:45 - News

23:35 - What We've been Playing

47:00 - Topic: How to get out of a gaming funk

56:30 - Horror Game Ramble

Gaming's biggest show of the year has come and gone, but did it deliver the goods? The Crew breaks down the good, the bad, and the ugly that was E3 2017.

The smell of E3 is in the air! The crew catches up on the latest slew of news and shares their wildest expectations for the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo.

We are back with Ben Moore to talk about what we thought about the highly anticipated game, Persona 5. How much did we like it compared to the previous Persona games? Listen to find out!

*Minor Spoiler Warning* We talk about certain Persona 5 confidants that might be in the spoiler range and we talk about a lot of story parts for Final Fantasy 7 during the news discussion. Just click the timestamps to skip those talks *

On this week's episode we discuss the most recent news including the FF7 and Kingdom Hearts 3 news. We also went to Fanime 2017 so we discuss our experiences! Also we talk about what we want to happen during the Tales of Festival that is coming up.

Timestamps:

4:30 - Persona 5 cosplay talk

6:35 - *Possible Persona 5 Spoilers End*

19:20 - News

30:40 - FF7 News

34:40 - FF7 Discussion *Minor Spoilers*

44:00 - * FF7 Spoilers End* Tales of Festival

This week we're joined by the lovely Vanessa "Fruitcake" to talk all things cosplay, streaming, and of course JRPGS. There's a healthy helping of Tales series discussion as well so come hungry!

It's been a long road, but Taylor FINALLY beat Trails of Cold Steel! There will be words spoken. Many many words. The crew also combs through the latest news and debates the future of a prominent JRPG series.

Our first spoilercast is now here! Listen to us ramble on about Falcom's Trails of Cold Steel and I mean ramble! What do Nick, Maddie and Kathleen thing about the first Cold Steel game? Listen to find out!