Sharlayan Dropouts, Episode 19: An Audio Tour of the Lost City of Amdapor

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Put on your Hawaiian shirt and cargo shorts because it’s tourist season in Eorzea! In this episode of Sharlayan Dropouts we’re taking you on a guided tour. Either listen as a standalone episode or follow along in-game for the Ultimate Immersive Gameplay X-perience!™ This month we’re looking at the tragic history of The Lost City of Amdapor and the brain fungus, abstract liminal spaces, and fun facts about the Tokyo Metropolitan Government that await us there. Spoiler Level Green: Assuming you’ve made it the point where you can enter The Lost City of Amdapor (lvl 50) then you have nothing to fear but toxoplasmosis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.5	I'm your guide for today, Victor Hunter, of the Charlene Dropouts podcast, a member of the Ax of the Blood God network.
1:05.6	Check out patreon.com slash acts of the blood god for all sorts of excellent RPG related podcast content none of which
1:13.4	is particularly like this episode this is the kind of thing i make when no one is looking
1:21.2	field studies is a guided audio tour through the many beautiful locales within the world of Final Fantasy
1:30.1	14. What I hope to do with this series is shed some light on the in-game lore as well as the
1:37.0	real world inspirations for the flora, fauna, architecture, and designed elements of these
1:43.7	beautiful digital spaces.
1:46.9	Much like the Hoplology 100 series where I delve into the history behind the weapons of
1:52.8	FF14, these episodes are designed for players and non-players alike.
1:58.2	In fact, I love hearing when someone enjoys these episodes despite not
2:03.2	actually playing FF14. You can either listen to these episodes as stand-alone podcasts, but I'll also
2:10.8	be treating them as a guided tour, where I'll be bringing up landmarks and points of interest
2:16.1	as we encounter them.
2:23.3	In this way, I hope it becomes a fun reason to revisit old locations and a chance to re-contextualize some of the places we visit as the Warrior of Light
2:29.3	and sometimes quickly forget until it comes up five years later in a roulette.
2:35.1	For listeners following along in-game, there are a few different ways you could approach this.
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