Live Genre Chronicles

May 23 2024 67 ep. 82 mins 66

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A podcast about Japanese RPGs (it's a sequel to our old podcast about Japanese RPGs, which was called Dead Genre Chronicles. They got better)

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Episode 7: The Ones Who Walk Away From Filgaia

May 23 2024 111 mins

We discuss Wild Arms 2! Heroism, tokusatsu, what really makes for a bad localisation, character relationships and much more besides! Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/NotReallyAGenre Join our discord: https://discord.gg/veChUcbK3E

Episode 6: Careful Whispers

Feb 26 2024 122 mins

We discuss the Final Fantasy VII Remake, part 1, just in time for the release of part 2! This was a real challenge to talk about because of how complicated the remake's relationship to the original is on so many different levels. We dug into the combat, the narrative expansions, the mix of underlying philosophies of the remake, and some of the things that make the original a great,

Episode 5: Vocaloid Made This World

Jan 18 2024 163 mins

We discuss The Caligula Effect 2, one of the coolest RPGs qua RPG stuff we've played in a good while. Also a game possessed of a fascinating cast of characters that raised all sorts of questions about representation and meaning, which is why it ended up being such a long episode... Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/NotReallyAGenre Join our discord: https://discord.gg/veC

Episode 4: Where there's Coral, There's Overloaded Metaphors

Nov 07 2023 137 mins

We talked about Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon! We talked mechs, difficulty, the entire intellectual history of the modern western world, 'videogameyness' vs. 'worldiness', how many things can one macguffin be a metaphor for, and more besides. Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/NotReallyAGenre Join our discord: https://discord.gg/veChUcbK3E

Episode 3: Agents and Agency

Sep 10 2023 136 mins

We take a deep, long look at Vagrant Story! We talked about Yasumi Matsuno and his journey to (and from) Square Enix, auteur theory and its vices, Shakespeare and cultural legitimacy, and plenty more besides. Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/NotReallyAGenre Join our discord: https://discord.gg/veChUcbK3E

Episode 2: The Internet of Little Guys

Jun 05 2023 107 mins

We covered Mega Man Battle Network 2! We talked about genre tropes and shonen anime, the limits of 'turn-based' as a description of combat systems, the history of the internet and digital internationalisation, transpacific racism and the legacy of American empire, and more besides. Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/NotReallyAGenre Join our discord: https://discord.gg/veC

Episode 1: Noah's Arc

Apr 02 2023 180 mins

We kick our new show off with a doozy: Xenoblade 3 and all its xenopredecessors! Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/NotReallyAGenre Join our discord: https://discord.gg/veChUcbK3E

Episode 0: Starting Live Again From Zero

Mar 31 2023 102 mins

We're back with a new podcast, and to celebrate April Fools we recorded a whole extra episode! It's about Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, a Bioware-developed DS game from 2008 (it's actually not, it's mostly about us, our background, and what we do). Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/NotReallyAGenre Join our discord: https://discord.gg/veChUcbK3E

M&K #9 - Tragedy is Compulsory

Feb 12 2019 87 mins

In this potentially final episode of the podcast, Val (@SylvanFlux) and Sam (@SamuelHowitt) discuss the first segment of Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, covering the prologue and the Velen part of Act 1. This episode has a CONTENT WARNING for mentions of violence, suicide, homophobia, sexual assault, the brutalization of women, miscarriage, and abortion. "I can do you tragedy and women witho

WR #4 - Beyond Mundane Heavens

Jan 07 2019 42 mins

This is a pretty straightforward episode of rpg criticism, where we discuss Ara Fell by Stegosoft Games. Ultimately the game is pretty typical, even shallow at times. It has a lot of heart and stands out among its contemporaries, but what's that good for? It's also the start of a new year for this podcast, which is exciting. Expect a new level of dedication, probably! Game on! Nex