A Closer Look at the State of JRPGs in 2020

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Having chosen the best RPGs of the 2010s, Kat and Nadia conclude by taking a closer look at where JRPGs stand as the new decade gets underway. They talk about what the return to consoles have meant for the genre; the proliferation of cheap and accessible graphics technology, and the sneaky importance of Steam. Plus, Kat has some hot takes about the Vita. Check it out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Music Welcome to another episode of Acts the Blug God, US Gamer's official RPG podcast.
0:49.5	I'm your host, Kat Bailey, joining me as always, my lovely co-host, Nadia Oxford.
0:54.6	Hello, Kat. We are recording a bit early this week, aren't we?
0:58.0	Yes, we are, because I'm going to be in L.A. tomorrow for an event, and then I'm busy with some
1:04.6	other meetings on Friday, so I guess we have to record on Wednesday instead of our usual
1:08.7	Friday slot. Yes, it feels a little bit strange. I feel like I'm about to start the weekend, but no, I'm
1:13.3	actually in the middle of the weekend. I'm a little salty about it. Is this been the slowest week?
1:17.8	It has. It really has. I just, I feel like I'm in limbo. It'll never get out.
1:22.7	I swear to God, yesterday was Tuesday, and I felt like Thursday. If only.
1:28.1	I don't know why either.
1:29.8	It's just the last couple weeks I have felt like they've taken years off my life.
1:34.4	Yeah.
1:35.2	I understand America's going through a lot of crap right now, so I understand where you're coming from.
1:41.2	Well, thankfully, whoever's listening to this podcast can have at least a little bit of an escape from the ongoing horror.
1:48.5	That is, our news headlines.
1:51.0	But yeah, let's talk about some RPGs.
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