Turn Based, The Koalition's RPG Podcast

Welcome back to Turn Based, the dedicated RPG podcast. This week we welcomed back a previous guest and fellow member of The Koalition team Jakejames Lugo. This week our spotlight discussion was all about Virtual Reality, and how it could potentially impact the RPG genre. The topic was obviously inspired by the recent acquisition of Oculus by Facebook - with such a huge acquisition, and Sony also stepping into the VR industry - it's clear that Virtual Reality is going to become a big deal in gaming. So how about an Elder Scrolls game built for Oculus? Could it work? We delve deep into all the possibilities on the show. Also discussed this week are our thoughts on both Final Fantasy X & X2 HD, and Dark Souls 2. Also we speak on upcoming PS4 RPG Bound by Flame, The new release date for The Witcher 3, and lots more. Other games discussed include: Diablo III - Reaper of souls.The Elder Scrolls 20th AnniversaryThe Elder Scrolls OnlineMonster HunterGuild Wars 2

This is a special episode of Turn Based, The RPG Podcast as we respond to an open audition from Bioware to be cast in Dragon Age: Inquisition. The audition is called "Take your place in the Inquisition" and its open to all fans, so feel free to submit auditions of your own. On the show both me and David Jagneaux read both of the scripts posted on the audition page. One script is focused on a villager, and the second one script is focused on someone known as Sceneschal. Me David even took it a step further and even read the Inquisitor's lines to make each audition a fully fleshed out piece of dialogue. You may cringe at how terrible we are, or bust out laughing, but either way we'd love to hear your feedback.

We thank our regular listens for their patience as we finally bring you episode 30 of Turn Based, The RPG Podcast. Our main spotlight discussion this week is based on the question "What makes the perfect RPG Sequel?". RPG's are different to other genres, because creating a sequel to an RPG presents a much bigger challenge for developers. Some RPG series' have been heavily criticized by comments below.

We're back with another Turn Based, The RPG Podcast and this time we had to bring back some old guests from The Koalition team. Not only do we have The Koalition Editor-in-chief Richard Bailey Jr. but we also brought back Mr. AKQ (a.k.a) Asad Quadri. Join us as we discuss some very intriguing RPG related discussions such as The Banner Saga suffering from King's trademark trolling. They are trying to block The creators of The Banner Saga from using the word Saga, as they believe this threatens their Candy Crush Saga property.

Christmas is right around the corner, but before the holidays kick in we wanted to hit you with the last Turn Based episode of 2013. This week we had an in depth spotlight discussion on game length when it comes to role-playing games (RPGs). How long should an RPG be? What are some good examples of games that balance out story, grinding and exploring? Is there a different standard between a Western and a Japanese RPG? Let us know your thoughts on the discussion below.

This week on Turn Based, we are trying out something very special and new. Since we upgraded The Coop with Google Hangouts webcam view, we wanted to upgrade Turn Based as well. Instead of copying The Coop, we want to do something a bit differently. Instead, we will feature gameplay of a game throughout the episodes for now on, so feel free to give a shoutout of a game you want to see us playing in a future episode!

Welcome to another episode of our RPG podcast Turn Based. We've been having guests appear on the show pretty frequently, but this is a very special episode as we have our first RPG developer appearing on the show. Tethys Interactive is the company behind voxel-based fantasy RPG Astral Terra, which currently has a kickstarter campaign active. It is also on Steam Greenlight.  We interview Chris and Amy Wightman from Tethys to learn more about the game and the experience it will offer to gamers. We also delve into the background of Tethys Interactive and how they came to exist. Chris and Amy even reveal what other game franchises they love playing, and what inspires them.

This week on Turn Based we welcome back our fellow Koalition writer, Jakejames Lugo. Our main topic was centered around HD updates and collections for RPGs specifically. Do they always improve upon the original game? Or can they sometimes hurt the original nostalgia of playing the game? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

This week on Turn Based, The RPG Podcast we put the spotlight on the Pokémon series. Pokémon X and Y released last Saturday and was well received by both veteran Pokémon fans and new adopters, so it was the perfect time for us to bring on Tom Skidmore and breakdown the Pokémon series as a whole.

This week we welcome an old friend (and Guild Wars 2 guild master) Xeridian Darkmoon. Xeridian is in charge of an upcoming content production brand known as E1337cm. This week as our main discussion we posed the question What is the difference between AAA and Indie RPGs? Indie RPGs are far more creative these days, where-as AAA RPGs are continuously trying to reinvent themselves to stay relevant. Let us know your thoughts in the comments.