Mass Effect Returns, Tabletop Talk, and Much More w/ Austin Walker

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

What an eventful week. Nadia's wayward Xbox Series X showed up on her doorstep (well, it showed up in the Walmart pick-up area), and we have a very special guest: Austin Walker of Waypoint and Friends at the Table! He talks to us about his one true love, Mass Effect, and gives us his thoughts on the upcoming remaster (23:20). He also talks about the different feelings JRPGs evoke versus Western RPGs (32:40), and goes over the joys and disappointments of Final Fantasy XV (35:00). There is also a Final Fantasy XIV discussion featuring a rant by Nadia (37:10), a debate about RPG systems versus story (42:00), a talk about the importance of good character development (45:30), another debate over whether or not Nioh 2 is an RPG (49:00), a chat about how gaming discourse has changed over the past five years alone (51:40), and an observation about how modern politics can alter game stories (1:00). Finally, our meeting with Austin wraps up with discourse on tabletop RPGs (1:04), and an all-important discussion about robots and Super Robot Wars. (1:10). Whew! It's a meaty episode, all right. Meatier than Castlevania's walls. Enjoy the pod? Check out our Patreon! New episodes are available a week early and ad free to subscribers at the $5 level and up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Acts of the Blog God an independent RPG podcast. I'm your host,
0:19.0	Kat Bailey. Join me as always my lovely co-host, Nadia Oxford.
0:23.1	Hello, Kat. Guess whose Xbox Series X came wandering home?
0:27.7	What? You actually got it?
0:29.6	At the time of this recording, I got a message saying, yeah, your Xbox is here at Walmart.
0:35.3	And I'm like, excuse me. And I checked my bank account and sure enough,
0:39.3	they took the money out again. Thank God it was there. So yeah, I guess after this is done,
0:44.9	I will go and pick up my Xbox. Braving COVID to go get your Xbox. You're a braver lady than I am.
0:52.1	Yeah, I've been I've been braving a lot.
0:54.7	I probably shouldn't, but sometimes I have no choice.
0:57.0	I'm actually in one of Toronto's hotspots, which doesn't make it good.
1:00.6	But you got to do what you got to do unfortunately.
1:02.7	No, it doesn't make it good, Nadia.
1:04.8	Take care and stay safe.
1:06.6	I am actually going out a lot less than I was.
1:09.3	Like, I'm getting delivery whenever possible.
1:11.5	Well, Nadia, we have a special guest today.
1:14.0	We do.
1:14.7	And I am very excited about this guest.
1:17.3	Yes, our special guest this week is Austin Walker.
1:20.4	We're bringing him on to have a very chill and relaxed conversation about a whole mess of topics.
1:25.6	We talk about Mass Effect, Final Fantasy 14, and tabletop RPGs.
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