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A comprehensive podcast covering classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG), chapter by chapter, beat by beat. We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. Yes, we will kill god. Season 1: Xenogears | Season 2: Chrono Cross | Season 3: Final Fantasy VIII | Season 4: Suikoden & Suikoden | Season 5: Xenosaga Episode I
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XenoChat is a podcast that discusses various aspects of everything Xeno: Xenogears, Xenosaga, all the way to Xenoblade! Join hosts Justin (@JusGuillou) and Tyler (@KOSMOSchaos) as they chat about the series with various guests. This is a fan podcast. We are not affiliated with either Monolith Soft, Square Enix, Bandai Namco, or Nintendo.
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To skip the Childhood's End spoilers, move forward in the timeline from 1:54:32 to 1:57:00Thanks to all the guests who joined us on this panel!TJTheEmperor: @TJTheEmperor Keith Comito: https://www.lifespan.io/DavidAidanIn this final episode, we break down the plot and themes for the entire Xenosaga series now that we have finished everything. It is…
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Now there is a podcast I had not thought to find in these wastes! Bathe with us in the muck as we’re learning from Matsuno why Orators get guns, possessing powerful evidence of the church’s misdeeds, staying two steps ahead, acting as expected, dropping spores in the wind, respecting the constitution, only understanding transactional relationships,…
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First, I want to apologize for not grabbing the time codes for spoilers on Childhood's End. I literally have just run out of time and need to go to work. I'll try to get around to it later. It is clearly marked in terms of verbal warning, though.Secondly, I want to apologize for a few audio issues (particularly at the very beginning). It appears ce…
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God is watching, have faith. God is also listening to us assuming the piss position, successfully whistling grass, gaslighting ourselves, flying in from Final Fantasy XII, pursuing beauty, acquiring heroes of myths and legends, ordering dairy from the liquor bar, caring not for coin, remembering Beowulf facts, befriending a dragon, wishing for the …
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Remember that time on XenoChat when we discussed our love for Xenogears, Xenosaga, and the Xenoblade games? I remember! Join Justin, Tyler, Aidan, Robin, Nick, Marie, Anthony and Bee as they relive their favorite memories of the XenoChat podcast for its sixth anniversary. Thank you to everyone who has listened to the podcast over the years! I'm sor…
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Wow, what a great game! We'll have one more episode after this one so please comment with what you want us to talk about next time that we may have missed this time. **We’re Now On Spotify**: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gIzzvT3AfRHjGlfF8kFW3**Listen On Soundcloud**: https://soundcloud.com/resonantarc**Listen On iTunes**: https://podcasts.apple.c…
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Zodiac stones read the metadata of your heart. You ears read the metadata of us narrowing seven to four, making our name shit, waiting for a new dawn, using the auracite for good actually, false fighting the second pervert, citing heaven, campfire’ing next to corpses, killing jobbers off screen, simultaneously referencing U2 + Queen + Jefferson Air…
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On this episode we are going over Chapter 7! It's a blast. Join us!**We’re Now On Spotify**: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gIzzvT3AfRHjGlfF8kFW3**Listen On Soundcloud**: https://soundcloud.com/resonantarc**Listen On iTunes**: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-the-arc-podcast/id1121795837**Listen On Pocket Cast**: http://pca.st/NJsJ…
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All such tales of gods and their miracles are false. But not us, and not when we’re swearing on words that have no honor, realizing scripture is leverage, taking fate into mine own hands, listening to death noises, slaking thirst for revenge, selling out for the lord, perverting into another ghoul, unthinking brains, slaying another pervert, survey…
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The air is thick with death’s foul stench. This episode is thick with sliming rockets, adding another cultural stereotype, invalidating past benevolence with modern action, resolving sibling arguments, allowing a heretic to triumph, opening the orphanage-to-assassins pipeline, becoming conduits of heaven and nether, speaking to a frog, becoming a k…
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After finding herself transported to Miltia 15 years in the past, Shion finds the rest of the group and investigates the area to find out what happened. Along their way, they come across Virgil engaged in combat with U-TIC realians. Seeing that he is badly injured, they decide to help him despite knowing he is the Blue Testament. They soon find an …
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We are all but puppets, dancing as they pull our strings. You are all but listeners, frolicing as we’re taking shelter from the rain, meeting with an outland mage, being honest about forbidden knowledge, refusing to be a puppet, wishing no more need of tears, excavating at the mines, delivering job reports, falling out of Mana Secrets, recruiting a…
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Well, well, well... you don't a much stronger start to a game than that! Xenosaga III REALLY impressed me in its opening act. This is by far the most polished product of this trilogy, and we're excited to share our incites with you on all the great symbolism and strong setups here.Following her resignation from Vector, Shion teams up with Scientia …
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Only with power can dreams be made real. Only with this podcast can we tell you about wishing for the Auto-Face, persisting in a fool resistance, fighting in the book store, confusing opponents by betraying our class, normalizing the battle gauntlet, girding for battle, becoming a thrall of the church, jokerfying yet another would-be ally, living f…
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Two years ago today, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 launched worldwide. We at XenoChat have been stewing on our feelings on the latest entry in the series. The two year anniversary is the perfect time to look back, reflect, and think about the future. Join Justin, Tyler, Nick, Anthony and Bee as they reflect back on the entirety of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, …
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Our team finally reach the resistance group Trinity's headquarters. Surely, they are going to be happy to help us, right?...Right? Support Us On Patreon to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast, the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast, and Radio Manga! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon …
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Rather than taking advice from a Chad philosopher like Diogenes, we'll instead be diving into the deep end of virgin Friedrich Nietzche's thoughts. This is essential if one wants to understand the underlying meaning of Xenosaga, particularly this final entry in the series.By Resonant Arc
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What nonsense is this? Well, it’s an audio variety show where we’re playing Dycedarg’s theme for a meeting with Zalbaag, wondering if Zalbaag is dumb, failing to avoid Alma, proving truth words, fighting a heresy examiner, perverting into the Lucavi, profaning the gods, cutting a deal with Alma, rumoring Elmdore’s death, storing books underground, …
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a monumental work of art. Both the book and the film. The movie came out in our early teen years and we read the books shortly thereafter. In this podcast, we attempt to understand and explain some of the differences between the book and the film, as well as where the film really shines and where…
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Summer is heating up! The XenoChat gang are back to discuss important fashion to any summer: swimsuits! Join Justin, Tyler, Aidan, and Kat as they discuss the various swimsuits throughout Xenogears, Xenosaga, and the Xenoblade Chronicles games! Beach not included.The episode contains some spoilers from each Xeno series. Viewer discretion advised. T…
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Mentally, are you becoming a coward? Vocally, we’re entering a pope meeting, pronouncing “Orlandeau,” feeling lost in the sauce, using a prisoner’s confession as an excuse to kill a guy, recognizing Orlandeau’s prowess, showcasing multiple councils, haggling over war logistics, closing the borders, going against the big tide, performing the forbidd…
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Today, we'll be covering the story of how Shion finally got fired from Vector.While Jin Uzuki investigates Gnosis Terrorism—a new phenomenon in which Gnosis under a person’s control attack high-population centers—he finds a mysterious young Realian girl being taken care of by the Subcommittee on Close Encounters and Juli Mizrahi. The Subcommittee l…
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Think of us simply, as allies. Allies who are not touching our supper, expressing a shit head belief system, revealing a princess as false, laying out different scenarios, figuring out scenes were added to the PSP release, swearing vengeance to killers, granting Wiegraf a second act, finally 1v1’ing Gafgarrion, feeling cold, thrice damning Gafgarri…
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Today, we're bringing on an amazing panel of guests, including TJTheEmperor, Keith Comito, and David Garcia Abril, to discuss the execution of Xenosaga II's story and gameplay, what it was like playing this game for European audiences, how changes to voice direction made a big impact, and the philosophy of life extension.…
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Stop looking at girls, stop looking at rocks. Instead, look at us with your ears as we’re warning Ramza off the criminal conspiracy, reading six books, wondering who pilled Delita, realizing the nobles and the clergy are united in corruption, sniffing out a fake, losing another princess, preferring Dragoon to Samurai, falling for a gallows-based sw…
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We all playing with our worm men at the mall. Support Us On Patreon to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron and their solo work as Catastrophizer Read Matt's yuri reviews on Okazu Support Lightning…
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Just when I thought this fen could grow no fowler, we’ve cast another pod. Indulge us as we’re believing in god to get through a gate, identifying the manipulator, vexing with such worryment, listening to myths and legends, understanding auracite as everything magic, listening to the church’s perfect pitch, murdering the dead, appearing clergy and …
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Despite attempts by many of you to convince us otherwise, we still really like this game!While visiting her brother, Jin, Shion blames his absence for the deaths of their parents during the Miltian Conflict. Meanwhile, during a procedure to analyze the Y-Data MOMO possesses, a virus implanted by Albedo activates, and MOMO fragments her own personal…
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Those who live by deceit are the first to die by it. Those who listen to this episode will hear tales of jumping in first-person, rescuing a pony-tailed squire, blinging the magic rocks, climbing walls and talking shit, bringing a gun to a wizard fight, realizing we’re in Final Fantasy XII’s future, losing patience with Mustadio, finding Christ wit…
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Today we'll be turning the entire Xeno fanbase against us by defending Xenosaga II's character redesigns and story. This game is actually pretty good!Xenosaga Episode II opens amid the Militian conflict, fourteen years before the events of Episode I. Canaan and chaos are sent on a mission to investigate what is happening there and discover that Rea…
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The day grows lovelier by the hour. Just like us, as we’re eavesdropping on a conspiracy, threatening a heretic brand, wonder which magic spell hurts the worst, rescuing a large bird from goblins, gouging eyes out, climaxing at a waterfall, realizing Gaffgarion’s true nature, writing the scenario in real time, refusing to step over dead guys, under…
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We run into some Certified Freaks(TM) in the Industrial Area and talk a lot about worm men (not covered in this episode) Support Us On Patreon to hear Chris and Ryan's FF14 podcast and the Boku No Stop Premium anime podcast! Check out Garrett, Matt, and Chris discussing anime on Boku No Stop! Listen to Ryan's band at Cannon & DeVaron and their solo…
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Set 100 years before the events of Xenosaga Ep.1, Xenosaga: Pied Piper tells the story of cyborg Ziggurat 8 in his former life as human counter-terrorist agent Jan Sauer working for the Galaxy Federation. It centers on Sauer’s team as they track a serial killer known by the hacker alias "Voyager," who stalks and murders his victims, mostly children…
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This week, have another bonus episode of our patreon series Radio Manga (in which Matt and Sibyl alternate deep-dives on single works with shotgun spreads of what each has been reading), but this time with a guest! Grant (of various podcasts across the years) joins the crew to take a look at Masamune Shirow's The Ghost in the Shell manga, a brief l…
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