Trails in the Pod

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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 journey to play through the entire series in a slow, systematic fashion. Both Colin and Kevin come from an academic background, and apply their scholarly training to the Trails series in their quest to treat video games as the artistic products they are.

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Ep. 81 -- The Melian Dialogue and Crossbell (Part 2)

May 24 2024 56 mins

Kevin and Colin conclude their read through and discussion of Thucydides' Melian Dialogue and discus how it can help us better understand Crossbell's political situation.

Ep. 80 -- The Melian Dialogue and The Crossbell Trade Conference (Part 1)

May 10 2024 62 mins

Colin and Kevin sit down and start a close reading of the Melian Dialogue, Thucydides' master work of political theory, in order to understand better the position Crossbell finds itself in during the Trade Conference.

Ep. 79 -- Trails into Azure: Chapter 2 (Day 3)

May 03 2024 77 mins

Intro 00:00 Pre-Orchis Tower Quests 3:15 Orchis Tower Background and Preliminary Discussions 14:45 Close Readings 28:00 Future of Crossbell 59:00

Ep. 78 -- Trails into Azure Chapter 2: Days 1 and 2

Apr 26 2024 65 mins

Colin and Kevin sit down to discuss the first two days of Chapter 2 in Trails into Azure. Also Colin is tired as shit and Kevin reacts to the fact that he makes shit up sometimes.

Ep. 77 -- Trails into Azure: Chapter One

Apr 12 2024 62 mins

Opening 00:00 Chapter impressions 2:00 Lechter and Shirley 6:40 Sigmund Orlando 17:00 Hidden Quest 23:00 Car 28:45 Ries 30:45 Wazy 34:00 Side quests 38:15 Doll studio 42:40 Abandoned mine quest 46:30

Ep. 76 -- Paradox Games

Mar 29 2024 64 mins

Colin and Kevin sit down to talk about their shared love of Paradox Grand Strategy games.

Ep. 75 -- Trails to Azure: Prologue

Mar 17 2024 41 mins

Ep. 74 -- Trails from Zero: Four Destinies

Mar 10 2024 57 mins

Kevin and Colin sit down to discuss a tie-in light novel that gives more insight into the backstories of Elie, Lloyd, Tio, and Randy. Colin also gives an update on his job search.

Ep. 73 -- Drama CD: Road into the Future (Fixed)

Feb 26 2024 47 mins

Kevin and I sat down to talk about Road into the Future, a drama CD that sets us up for Azure. It's... not great!

Ep. 72 -- Back Alley Dr. Glenn

Feb 04 2024 26 mins

In the shortest episode in Trails in the Pod history, Kevin and Colin sit down to talk about the wet fart that is Back Alley Dr. Glenn.