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Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Kat once again teams up with the crew from 8-4 Play to discuss the progress JRPGs have made over the past 10 years. How has Japanese game development changed, and where is it going? We crack open a chuhai and delve into a tumultuous period in the genre's history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Axe of the Blood God.
0:02.9	Welcome to another episode of Acts of the Blood God, U.S. Gamer's official RPG podcast.
0:21.6	I'm your host, Kat Bailey, broadcasting here from Japan with the 8-4 crew,
0:26.9	and I'm going to allow them to introduce themselves one by one going around the table really quickly.
0:31.4	Hi, I'm John from 8-4.
0:33.9	Hi, I'm Roy, also from 8-4.
0:35.6	I'm J-J from 8-4.
0:36.9	Are you from 8-4. I'm JJ from 8.4, too.
0:39.0	I think so.
0:41.6	Everybody here is from 8.4, except for me.
0:45.1	We have another 8-4 Cross Acts of the Blood God podcast.
0:46.7	We did this last year.
0:49.4	Last year we were talking about translation in games.
0:53.2	This year, we're going to talk a little bit about JRP's then and now,
0:55.2	because I've been kind of reflecting on what it was like 10 years ago when I moved here, which is kind of crazy to think about that it was a
0:59.9	full decade ago. But I mean, the fact that you guys lived here kind of gives you guys a really
1:05.7	particular perspective. And that's why I wanted to pick your brain on it. But first, talking a
1:10.2	little bit about what I've seen in Japan, I've been going around to a lot of arcades,
1:14.1	and I didn't even realize that Decidia is back, and not only is DeCidia back, it's actually in the arcades,
1:21.0	and oh my God, it's the most confusing things that I've ever seen.
1:24.5	It looks good, though.
1:26.1	Graphically, it's pretty impressive. Graphics are, it's like, what, loosely based on those Gundam arena fighting games?
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