Join Arnie, Paul and Ozzy as they discuss the games they have been playing for the month of January. Paul kicks it off by discussing his disappointment in Shin Megami Tensei IV (09:08), his enjoyment of the upbeat Tokyo Mirage Sessions (24:09), and then rounds it out with a discussion on the proto-real time strategy gem that is Herzog Zwei (32: ...…

Join Arnaldo and Paul as they talk about one of their favourite strategy video game series, Advance Wars! We start off with the origins of the series on the Famicom and when the tide shifted towards releasing these kind of games in the West (01:30). The first game in the GBA series is then discussed along with its impact on the genre (12:30) an ...…

Masa, Arnaldo, Ozzy, and Paul celebrate a year of the Region Free Gamers podcast by talking about the 2018 year in videogaming, and their favourite non-2018 releases that they played last year (25:00). The guys move on to their 2018 video game disappointments (1:04:00) punctuated by an epic rant from Ozzy about Red Dead Redemption 2 (1:17:00). ...…

Ring in 2019 with Arnie, Masa and Ozzy as they come together for the inevitable discussion on the Super Mario Bros game trilogy on the Nintendo Entertainment System. The crew discusses the original Mario Bros, and the proceeds to the seminal Super Mario Bros (30:30). The Lost Levels is briefly discussed, but Super Mario Bros 2 (a.k.a Super Mari ...…

Join Paul, Ozzy and Arnie as they are joined by Englishman in the Netherlands, Geoff, who regularly goes by @gspotgaming on the web, as they talk about the (at the moment) looming release of the PS Classic and ponder what games they would have removed and which they would have included in their stead. After digging into the enigma that is Geoff ...…

Anthony, or as he is better known on on Instagram, @Polybits, joins Arnie and Ozzy to chat about the most influential video game of the 21st century, Grand Theft Auto 3. In what is decidedly not a family-friendly episode, a range of topics come up, including those lovely 1up ladies of the night that gave so many parents nightmares about what th ...…

Take in an episode of the Region Free Gamers on this lovely Thanksgiving holiday, as the entire crew gets together to discuss video games they have been playing lately. On this episode, Ozzy talks about the zen-like effect of Tetris and talks about his tragically short space career (06:03), Masa chats about his disdain for Dragon Quest's MIDI m ...…

Arnaldo and Paul are joined by guest host Kelly (@sierranight_gaming on Instagram) and start off talking about the Persona series followed by the setting of Persona 4 and how unique it is relative to other video games in general, and RPGs in particular. We then move on to the colourful cast of characters (33:00), and finish up with a bit of gus ...…

As a supplement to our recent Resident Evil episode, we have a Region Free Radio Halloween special, in which we focus on video game music befitting of the season. Tune in as we go on a macabre journey with tracks that are eerie, spooky and in some cases, quite disturbing. You will listen to songs from games like Silent Hill, Legend of Zelda, Ha ...…

The crew embarks upon their first Halloween special in a big way, as they explore the Resident Evil trilogy on Playstation 1 and on this episode they are joined by the German wunderkind, Dennis Strillinger, better known as @strillivanilli. The team first digs into the horror roots of the series with Sweet Home on the Famicom, then dig into the ...…

In the inaugural episode of Region Free Radio, Arnie takes a look at the music from several games he experienced at different points throughout his childhood. Join us as we explore classic tracks from the Super Nintendo to the Playstation 2, from Donkey Kong Country to Persona 4. Tune in to Region Free Radio! Reach out to us on Instagram @regio ...…

The crew returns for Part 2 of the Nintendo Switch episode. On this episode, the guys start with the summer of 2017 games, then proceed to tackle Super Mario Odyssey and the games released in winter of 2017 (16:50), wonder whether the Switch has had a game drought in 2018 (28:48), look into their crystal ball to divine the future of the Switch ...…

Masa, Arnaldo, and Paul are joined by Australian gaming guru Luke, aka @lukelikesgames on Instagram, to talk about all the games they've been playing lately, including Mega Man 11 and Dragon Quest XI. The guys also discuss Dead Cells, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Aliens: Infestation and talk way too long about Mah Jongg (28:30) before answering some listen ...…

It's all about the Nintendo Switch today as Masa, Arnie, Ozzy and Paul start off the first of a two part Switchstravaganza by first talking about the many ways the Wii-U failed (02:00), before discussing the similarities between Nintendo and child actors (19:00). The guys speculate on how Nintendo embracing the hipster helped their dominance of ...…

Paul, Arnie and Ozzy are joined by Brandon, otherwise known as @supersparkster, to discuss the original Mega Man videogame series on the Nintendo Entertainment System. The crew discusses the series at large (42:04), dives into the origins of the first Mega Man (1:08:53), debate whether Mega Man 2 and 3 is the better videogame (1:40:30), and rou ...…

The Region Free Gamers go full hardcore gamer, as they dive into the history of the Contra series. The crew starts off with a recap of the Week of Controllers, then explore the beginnings of Contra and the NES game including reminiscing about cakes, guns and first love (21:03), explore why Paul never played Super C and vehemently disagree about ...…

Arnaldo, Masa, Ozzy, and Paul start the show with the video games they've been playing lately, including Octopath Traveler, Danganronpa, and some playtesting of Fist of the North Star by Masa before he realized.. he was already dead. The guys resume the videogame controller discussion (1:00:30) starting with the Phillips CDi and our preferred m ...…

Arnaldo, Masa, and Paul get the ball rolling with the video games they've been playing lately, including Owlboy, Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright and Metal Gear Solid 2, the best game Paul has fallen asleep during. Then Arnie lays the ground rules for the videogame controller discussion (41:00) and immediately gets off topic (43:30) with dru ...…

Ozzy, Arnaldo, and Paul start off the show talking about what video games they've been playing lately, including Parasite Eve, Metal Gear Solid 2 and Need For Speed. Then they move on to the king of third party videogame developers, Squaresoft, and their rise through the 16-bit era, followed by a shocking and baffling defence of Tommy Tallarico ...…

Masa, Arnaldo, Paul, and newcomer and British sensation, Geoff, discuss all the video games at E3 they loved, and some of the video games they didn't, starting with Nintendo's E3 offerings, followed by Sony (55:00). The discussion is rounded up with Microsoft's E3 (1:25:00) and everything else (1:47:00).Talk to us on Instagram! @regionfreegamers…

The Region Free Gamers take on the Donkey Kong Country series. Join them as Masa supernaturally restrains himself from talking about Yakuza for longer than 10 minutes, the crew talks about the circumstances that gave rise to Nintendo entrusting Shigeru Miyamoto's first baby to a British studio (36:41), rail against the blatantly wrong opinion t ...…

Masa, Arnaldo, and Paul start off the show discussing what video games they've been playing lately, including fetch quest juggernaut Ni No Kuni 2, Yakuza Kiwami, and Masa finally finishing Yakuza 6 after 1000 hours. The guys then discuss the humble origins and design philosphy of fabled JRPG developer Nihon Falcom (38:00). The video games thems ...…

Masa, Arnaldo, Ozzy, and Paul talk about what videogames they've been playing recently including Masa's run on Chatroulette simulator Yakuza 6, as well as Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright, Persona 5, and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Then the guys dig into Street Fighter 2 and its effect on the video game industry (43:00). Clones such as Fatal Fury ...…

Masa, Arnaldo, Ozzy, and Paul talk about what videogames they've been playing recently, including Arnie's penchant for competitive Pit Fighter as well as Ni No Kuni, Trails of Cold Steel, Soul Calibur 2 and Final Fantasy XV. Then they go over party games, starting with the 8-bit era and Salaryman Simulator '91 (30:00), and moving to the 16-bit ...…

Join Arnaldo, Paul and Ozzy as they journey to Wallachia in search for Dracula's legacy. Actually, that's not true, but they do talk about the originaly Castlevania trilogy for the NES and the Famicom Disk System. The crew digs into their Castlevania origin stories, tells the strange tale of Hitoshi Akamatsu (11:15), wonders whether Castlevania ...…

Join Arnaldo, Masa, Ozzy and Paul for the first episode of RFG Pocket, a series of not-quite full length episode that address a wide array of topics from within the world of videogames old and new. In this episode, the gang talks about the March 8, 2018 Nintendo Direct. In this episode, the gang learns about Masa’s fascination with Captain Toad ...…

Arnie, Ozzy, Masa and Paul discuss what they have been playing recently and discover Masa’s secret career calling grooming dominatrixes. They then delve into the arcane world of RPG battle systems as they (33:20) learn about Masa’s RPG impoverished childhood, (50:12) dive into the early days of RPGs and 8-bit battle systems, (1:04:04) expound u ...…

NOTE: this episode wasn't going to be released because of poor audio, but it was salvaged enough to be listenable, though not ideal. Ozzy, Masa, Arnaldo and Paul break down what games they've been playing lately followed by their memories of beatemups (33:00), the infamous Battletoads Turbo Tunnel (55:00), their top beatemup picks (1:04:30) and ...…

Join the Region Free Gamers - Masa, Arnaldo, Ozzy and Paul - as they talk about their own histories with video games and what they’ve been playing recently, (0:25), Masa and Paul’s 2017 Game of the Year (36:35), Ozzy’s Game of the Year (1:00:01) and Arnaldo’s Game of the Year (1:09:20). Then they discuss 2017’s gaming worsts (1:26:29), pleasant ...…