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

Are you a fan of heated discussions? Then this week's episode is for you! Taylor shares his grievances with a certain game's story and the group discusses what makes a great video game story work.

On this week's Giant Sword Podcast, Kathleen Abbott joins us to discuss all the JRPGs that never made it over from Japan and everyone's favorite game Back of the Box makes a very Falcom return. We're almost done talking about Persona 5...almost.

On this week's Giant Sword Podcast we're joined by guest Bryan Koppelmann to talk about which JRPG endings hit us the hardest. There may or may not have been a tear or two shed.

Persona 5 is finally here! On this episode we share all our thoughts thus far on Atlus' latest RPG. We give our general opinions before going full on spoiler mode for the first 2 dungeons. (Don't worry we give a heads up) Enjoy!

Timestamps:

General Persona 5 Talk - 11:20

Spoiler Persona 5 Talk - 40:00

The eve of Persona 5's release we catch up on what we've been playing, break down the Radiant Historia remake news, and of course get hyped for The Phantom Thieves debut.

Want an off the rails episode? Well you got it! This week Nick, Taylor, and Maddie talk about Persona, anime and everything else in between... And we mean everything. Enjoy!

Spoiler Warning: We talk about a lot about Persona 3 and 4!

The Nintendo Switch is nearly upon us! The crew are joined by a friend across the pond, Katy Ellis, to discuss the Switch. Nintendo's JRPG Legacy and the never-ending topic of whether Zelda is an RPG of not.

If you're a fan of Ys then this is the episode for you! Friend of the show Kathleen Abbott returns to help us discuss all things Falcom from Ys to Legend of Heroes. Taylor also shares his thoughts on Final Fantasy X and much more on this week's Giant Sword Podcast!

Nioh is upon us and boy is it deep! The group also encounters one of the toughest random battles yet and discusses the pros and cons of randomized item stats.

You like hot takes? You like discussion about the Tales series? Well this week's episode has both is spades! The crew is also joined this week by Ben Moore and Brad Ellis of the Easy Allies. Ready your Apple Gels, this episode's a wild one.