Final Fantasy 8 Was Good, Blizzard's Uncertain Future, Top 25 RPGs: Ultima 7

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Last week's Activision Blizzard layoffs cast a pall over Blizzard, developer of the most successful MMORPG ever made. Kat and Nadia discuss what it all means, why the layoffs were especially brutal, and more. After that, Kat celebrates Final Fantasy 8's anniversary by reminding everyone that it was good, and the pair take a look at the recent Nintendo Direct reveals. Finally, guest Rowan Kaiser returns to talk about #6 on our Top 25 RPG list: Ultima 7! Find out how it revolutionized the open world RPG genre, and why it's still a remarkable game nearly 30 years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Music Welcome to another episode of Acts of Blood God, US Gamer's official RPG podcast.
0:48.6	I'm your host, Kat Bailey, joining me.
0:50.8	Well, welcoming her back, I suppose, is Nadia Oxford, my lovely co-host.
0:55.0	Hi, good to be back, and thank you to Mike for filling in with his smooth, jazzy voice.
1:00.8	He does have a smooth jazzy voice, doesn't he?
1:03.2	Yeah, it's like I told him, I'm surprised people aren't clamoring on Twitter for him to replace me,
1:07.0	because it just has that really pleasant sort of manner about him.
1:10.0	Yeah, he does bring a nice,
1:12.0	uh, kind of relaxed and chill vibe to the podcast into our staff meetings in general, right?
1:17.6	He does. He really keeps things calm. He's a, he's a very much good asset in that regard.
1:22.7	Well, we got a lot to talk about on this podcast. We're going to be kind of talking a little bit about
1:27.8	the anniversary of Final Fantasy 8. We're going to talk about all of the news that happened,
1:32.1	including Final Fantasy 9 being out on the Switch and various other things. We're going to be
1:37.8	continuing on with our top 25 RPG countdown with special guest Rowan Kaiser.
1:44.2	Before that, as usual, there are many ways to connect to acts of a blood god.
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