Schöne Grüße. Xenogears is a Japanese role-playing game, which means we have to wind up in a church. After poking around in Nisan we spend some time in its cathedral. Here we learn incest is an aspirational fantasy, contemplate the morality of genociding the Gonzales clan, and speculate Gnosticism's influence on Sophia, the Ethos, and Nisan. Later, we discuss Solarian abductions, conduct operations for an all-out assault against to recapture Aveh, and what happens when we meet characters with names...but not portraits. Don't call me son cause you ain't my pops.

00:40 - Intro 02:26 - Exploring Nisan (music sample: "Singing of the Gentle Wind") 10:25 - Is Fei really an artist 13:02 - Entering the Cathedral (music sample: "The Wounded Shall Advance into the Light") 16:28 - Gallery gazing at the top of the cathedral 22:15 - Gnostic aeon breakdown 28:30 - Observing the painting of Sophia 33:35 - Checking in with Sister Agnes in the scroll room 36:05 - Old Mason rented a house in which Sigurd and Citan dump lore (music samples: "Nature", "The One Who is Torn Apart" , "The Jaws of Ice") 41:10 - Chris' Solaris quiz-down spectacular 45:23 - Bart storms off (music sample: "The Bonds of Sea and Fire (20th Anniversary Concert)") 47:02 - Talking about our feelings on a bridge instance #2 48:18 - We have a town hall and a table and a plan 52:02 - Predeployment on the Yggdrasil 54:50 - We're controlling Citan 57:40 - Xenogears' Lunar cycle speculation 58:20 - Outro

Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at [email protected].