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Retronauts Episode 355 Preview: Xenogears Revisited

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Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Parish and patron Matthew Salisbury band together with Andrew Vestal to bare their fangs at God by reconsidering Squaresoft's epic Xenogears. Listen to the full episode (and dozens more!) at patreon.com/retronauts

Transcript

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0:00.0

You do up your seatbelt and check your rearview mirror. You've got airbags and anti-lock

0:06.4

brakes. Everything in your car is designed to protect you, but none of that will protect

0:11.5

you from this.

0:14.3

The Air You're Breathing According to research, one of the most polluted areas in London

0:19.6

is inside your car. That's why the U-Lez is expanding across all London burrets. Search

0:24.9

U-Lez 2023 to find out about the support available. Let's clear the air.

0:54.9

In the other hand, the other guest of this episode, Andrew Vestel, formerly of the Gaming

1:02.3

Intelligence Agency, and founder of the official Squaresoft homepage, which is now RP Gamer,

1:07.1

was a huge Zenogear's fan and proponent. In fact, he was the guy who launched the American

1:12.3

petition to have the game localized back in the day when it seemed like it wasn't going

1:16.5

to come to the US. So what happens when you put these two polar opposite opinions together

1:22.8

in a podcast? Well, it turns out we've both grown up a lot since those days, and our

1:27.3

opinions have become a lot more nuanced. So the result is actually one of the best

1:31.2

retronauts conversations we've ever recorded. It's nuanced and interesting. So if that's

1:36.3

your kind of thing, having thoughtful talks about big messy RPGs, you'll definitely want

1:41.3

to subscribe to the Retronauts Patreon at patreon.com slash Retronauts at the $5 a month

1:46.5

little or higher. We'll gain immediate access to this episode, as well as every other patron

1:51.8

exclusive episode we've recorded over the past year, as well as a year's worth of columns

1:56.6

by Diamond Fight and little mini podcasts to go with them. So please enjoy the preview

2:01.1

and then head over to patreon.com slash Retronauts and join today. It's even better than the

2:06.6

Fudden Club Mac. It's really hard to express if you haven't played this game just how

2:19.3

many personalities this game has. It's wild. It's a wild ride. And I just kind of jump

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