Trails in the Pod

By Colin Behrens and Kevin Bloomfield

Colin has played all of the Trails (Kiseki) games currently available in English; Kevin is a newcomer to the series and has only played through Trails of Cold Steel 1. Together they embark on a journ... more

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How many episodes does Trails in the Pod have?

The podcast currently has 91 episodes available.

Trails in the Pod episodes:

April 16, 2023 Ep. 41 -- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Intro 00:00

Story of Path of Radiance 6:45

Laguz and race-relations 12:15

Ike as a character 21:00

Permadeath 23:45

Game mechanics 37:30

Supports 40:15

Best units 44:00

Replayability 49:30

Art style 51:15

Overall impressions 55:15
...more
59min
April 09, 2023 Ep. 40 -- Trails in the Sky the Third: Chapters 3 and 4
Intro 00:00

Rufina: 2:30

Golden Road 5:00

Lying about Weissman 7:45

Golden Road gameplay 10:00

Realm of Phantasma 14:45

End of chapter 5 18:15

Ries, Kevin, Joshua 19:30

Chapter 4 gameplay 26:00

Chapter 4 story 30:00
...more
36min
April 02, 2023 Ep. 39 -- 5 Games To Get To Know Us
Intro 00:00

Pokemon 6:00

What makes games fun? 14:00

What got us into RPGs? 20:00

Social aspects of games 28:30

Fire emblem 34:00
...more
49min
March 26, 2023 Ep. 38 -- Trails in the Sky the Third: Doors of Chapters 2 and 3
Intro 00:00

Josette’s Sun Door: 2:30

Salt Pale 11:45

The Banquet 30:15

Julia’s Day off 37:30

Zin 40:00
...more
51min
March 19, 2023 Ep. 37 -- Difficulty in Video Games
Intro 00:00

Path of Radiance 2:00

What is difficulty and what makes it fair? 3:30

Replayability 10:00

Transparency 17:45

Quantitative and qualitative difficulties 26:00

Accessibility and beatability 29:30
...more
53min
March 12, 2023 Ep. 36 -- Trails in the Sky the Third: Chapter 2
Intro: 00:00

Grancel, asset reuse, and what kind of game is The Third? 3:00

New units 9:45

Bosses 15:00

Lord of Phantasma 24:00

Gilbert Stein 32:45

Predictions for chapter 3 36:30
...more
39min
March 05, 2023 Ep. 35 -- Aidios, The Gralsritter, and State Sovereignty
Intro 00:45 What is a state? 4:00 The Church of Aidios 7:45 Heretics, heresy, and ecclesiastical power 11:45 Why do states operate in other state’s borders? 26:45
...more
39min
February 19, 2023 Ep. 34 -- Trails in the Sky the Third: Chapter 1
Intro 00:00

Hub and dungeoncrawler 1:45

Who/what is Phantasma? 8:45

Gameplay 9:30

New party members 11:45

Star Door 25:00

Demon boss fight 44:00
...more
56min
February 12, 2023 Ep. 33 -- Trails in the Sky the Third: Prologue
Intro 00:00

Overview of prologue 4:00

Airships 21:00

Kevin is absurdly young 37:30

Tita’s mom and Ries’ introduction 38:30

Themes of the game? 52:00
...more
55min
February 05, 2023 Ep. 32 -- Loewe Monogatari
We are back! We got together to discuss the manga series that explores Loewe's backstory and perspective: Loewe Monogatari.

Intro 00:00

Manga overview 1:50

Sack of Hamel 8:00

Recruiting Loewe to Ouroboros 16:00

Grandmaster and Arianrhod 19:45

Weissman is a bad depiction of a schemer 23:00

Manga’s relationship with the games 29:00

Title drop in the manga? 33:00

Whereabouts of Light 36:30

Kevin’s opinion of Loewe 41:15

Lack of orphanage arson and Jenis play scenes 44:15
...more
49min

FAQs about Trails in the Pod:

How many episodes does Trails in the Pod have?

The podcast currently has 91 episodes available.