This week, Jared and I return to the wild world of 2008 when a fantastic JRPG was an Xbox360 exclusive. (Yes, there were multiple, and yes, most were good.) Since Tales of Vesperia got its definitive release recently, Jared and I talk about our respective first play throughs, what’s changed in the definitive edition, the voice actor controversy, how a dreaming pianist snuck his way into this game, and how Yuri Lowell just wants to make sandwiches for his ragtag group of adventurers.
Leave a CommentMonth: January 2019
Sometimes on the SAC OVA, Jared and I get a little educational! Since it’s Jared’s birthday today, we decided to talk about a project he spent an entire semester working on (and it’s so rad!). Jared created a college course on manga! So we talk about how he structured his course, the way that manga is currently treated in academia, which manga was relevant and important for the course, and why a course like this matters so much.
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Last September, Jared and I started watching Pop Team Epic (well, Jared watched it on the original Japanese run too), and we decided that we should finally talk about it. We talk about the show itself and its format, which jokes were the best, how referencing Chrono Trigger and Your Name in one episode made me fall hard for it, and that we both really want to watch Hoshiiro Girldrop.
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After giving this game one of the supplementary GOTY awards on the podcast, Jared and I decided to talk at length about the first game in the Trails of Cold Steel series. We talk about the characters, the twists, the similarities and differences to Tokyo Xanadu, and how jazzed we are to continue this amazing series. Also, Crow is ridiculous, as shown in the image.
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