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The Expedition explores the Paintress' continent by sea, memorializes the fallen at The Forgotten Battlefield, and meets an ally that tends to a very unusual collection of trophys. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #113

As forces clash over stony cliffs to bring us Act 1's thrilling conclusion, Tyler and Nate draw storytelling parallels between Clair Obcur and Final Fantasy VIII, a favorite of Sandfall Interactive's creative director. This episode completes the events of Stone Wave Cliffs and explores other newly accessible areas beforehand. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #112

The expedition discovers a village of combat-prone creatures, a card-playing stranger competes in a tournament, a nightmarish vision issues a deadly warning, and a jolly bag of air leaves no stone unturned. This episode begins at the start of the Ancient Sanctuary and ends at completing Esquie's Nest. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #111

A suspicious note about Maelle leads Gustave and Lune to a beautiful and treacherous underwater environment. Tyler reports on Clair Obscur's Steam Deck-verified patch, and Nate has a close encounter with an arachnid.    This episode completes the story between leaving Spring Meadows and the campsite after crossing Falling Waters. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #110

As Sandfall Studios sweeps The Game Awards 2025, Expedition 33 toasts to a successful campaign and sails to The Continent. When we make landfall, all expectations are off, and Lune reminds Gustave of the expedition's fearless motto. This episode completes the Prologue and progresses through Chapter 1 to the end of Spring Meadows. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #109

WELCOME TO SEASON 3 FEATURING CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33. Tyler and Nate embark on Sandfall Interactive's irresistible character-driven quest that reinvented the turn-based RPG in 2025, beginning with developer history and staff, critical acclaim, and progression into most of the game's Prologue. This episode begins the game and progresses the Prologue until the gommage cutscene.  Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #108

Our coverage of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth comes to a close as we analyze the game's final scenes, make predictions on the plot of the remake series' third installment, share final thoughts, and announce the game Nate and Tyler will review for the podcast's next season. This episode completes Chapter 18: The End of the World.  Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #107

Timelines crash together at the Ancient Capital where Aerith confronts Sephiroth's steel, Jenova clings to life, and our boy in black builds a Gundam of himself. This episode reviews Chapter 18: The End of the World from Cloud arriving at the Forgotten Capital to the storyline's final bosses.  Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #106

A pack of wild Stamps run loose across the remakequelbootverse as Aerith walks Cloud through a dream that could save the world. This episode begins Chapter 14: End of the World. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #105

Plot threads converge on the Ancient Temple where everyone descends into an introspective nightmare, Sephiroth reveals his master plan for the remakequelbootverse, and the team bets their lives on the strength of a robotic cat. This episode covers Chapter 13: Where Angels Fear to Tread. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #104

Katarina learns the truth of the Child of Destiny, pursues a secret abyss gate protected by a foreign empire, and takes the Archfiend's war to the dark moon itself. This is ... My Name is Katarina: A Romancing SaGa 3 Travelogue | Part 4 of 4: Rebirth by Shadow This miniseries is an audio storytelling adventure featuring the JRPG Romancing SaGa 3 developed by Square in 1995 for the Super Famicom and Square Enix in 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows, Xbox One, Android, and iOS.  Music by Kenji Ito. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #103

Katarina blunders into the remote East, shutters Abyss Gates in their terrible lairs, and brings justice to the Divine Order atop its obscene tower in the sand. This is ... My Name is Katarina: A Romancing SaGa 3 Travelogue | Part 3 of 4: Let the Portcullises Fall This miniseries is an audio storytelling adventure featuring the JRPG Romancing SaGa 3 developed by Square in 1995 for the Super Famicom and Square Enix in 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows, Xbox One, Android, and iOS.  Music by Kenji Ito. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #102

Katarina facilitates peace between warring magic academies, settles the riddle of a seafaring city, and meets her darkest hour at the bottom of the ocean. This is ... My Name is Katarina: A Romancing SaGa 3 Travelogue | Part 2 of 4: Vanguard, the Matriarch's Justice This miniseries is an audio storytelling adventure featuring the JRPG Romancing SaGa 3 developed by Square in 1995 for the Super Famicom and Square Enix in 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows, Xbox One, Android, and iOS.  Music by Kenji Ito. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #101

In world tortured by a deathly curse, an enchanted sword of legend goes missing, and a noblewoman in exile gets entangled in a centuries-old prophecy. This is ... My Name is Katarina: A Romancing SaGa 3 Travelogue | Part 1 of 4: The Missing Masquerade This miniseries is an audio storytelling adventure featuring the JRPG Romancing SaGa 3 developed by Square in 1995 for the Super Famicom and Square Enix in 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows, Xbox One, Android, and iOS.  Music by Kenji Ito. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #100

IT'S DATE NIGHT/FIGHT NIGHT! Tyler and Nate break down romantic scenes with Aerith and Tifa, and then become the main event at the Musclehead Colosseum where the fate of the Keystone and Gold Saucer itself is at stake. This episode ends Chapter 13: A Golden Key. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #099

IT'S DATE NIGHT/FIGHT NIGHT! The team returns to Gold Saucer for the Keystone to the Ancient Temple, race chocobos, take in an interactive VR opera, and discover Zack's sidestory may actually be going somewhere. This episode begins Chapter 13: A Golden Key and ends after Aerith's performance of "No Promises to Keep." Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #098

A SOLDIER revs up for his final ride, Nibelheim region is choco-gliding playground, and Nate one-shots Chadley while riding a six-legged horse. This episode begins at the fight with Roche and ends at the scene where Glen Lodbrok hacks a message into Midgar. This chapter completes Chapter 11: The Long Shadow of Shinra. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #097

Cloud's hometown of Nibelheim experiences a hasty recovery, Cloud recalls a long-forgotten friend, a cartoon cat tumbles through the Shinra Mansion, and Matthew Mercer emerges from a coffin. This episode begins at the start of Chapter 11: The Long Shadow of Shinra and ends after battling Galian Beast. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #096

Zach and Biggs find hope in the slums, the Gi explain the Black Materia, and the Canyon Region is ours to explore. This episode completes Chapter 10: Watcher of the Vale. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #095

We feel spiritual fulfillment at Cosmo Canyon, get high on Chocobo gliding, and claw our way through the Trial of the Watcher. Did anybody remember to bring a Soft? This episode begins Chapter 10: Watcher of the Vale and ends at finding Seto. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #094

A jungle brandishes a whale-shaped WEAPON, Tifa earns a scar for not having one, Whispers clash in Lifestream, and Rebirth's Cid loses his temper. This episode completes Chapter 9: The Planet Stirs. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #093

OUR FIRST LIVE AND IN-PERSON EPISODE! Nate and Tyler record their first podcast episode while in the same room (Don't get used to it) and beef on Rebirth's revision of Corel Prison and Dyne, plus the storytelling consequences of things like modular reactors and Palmer's butt. This episode completes Chapter 8: All That Glitters. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #092

We discover Gold Saucer's wealth of revised and suspiciously familiar mini games and discuss Rebirth's baffling betrayals of the spirit of Corel as presented in the original game. This episode covers Chapter 8: All That Glitters between being cut loose to explore the resort independently and arriving at Corel Prison. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #091

By mine cart and grappling hook we cross the Corel mountains to a village of impoverished Barret haters which lies in the shadow of heaven on earth, the amusement park Gold Saucer ... except it's gray now? So, Gray Saucer? A fitting name for its fresh take on virtual, disembodied, not-actually-happening funtimes. This episode covers Chapter 7: Those Left Behind and Chapter 8: All That Glitters up to resting at the Gold Saucer hotel. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #090

Take the segue to horny jail at Rebirth's most glowed up town. We review our preconceptions of Rebirth's Costa Del Sol, make comparisons to the original game, review each mini game, and more. This episode covers Chapter 6: Fool's Paradise. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #089

Glorious Upper Junon unfolds before us, where Cloud wears a familiar uniform and gathers gaming's greatest gang of redshirts. This episode covers the second half of Chapter 4: Dawn of a New Era and Chapter 5: Blood in the Water. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #088

We see how Mithril Mines expanded from a four-screen dungeon, feel the maritime wonder of the greater Junon Region, and go underneath the anchovy pizza at Lower Junon. This episode covers Chapter 3: Deeper into Darkness and half of Chapter 4: Dawn of a New Era. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #087

From Queensblood to World Intel, the city of Kalm and the Grasslands beyond introduce the gameplay loops that will set the tone for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's open world segments. This episode covers Chapter 2: A New Journey Begins. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #086

SEASON 2.5 BEGINS! Nate & Tyler kick off a spoiler-rich review of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with a look at Chapter 1: Fall of a Hero, covering Zack arriving at Midgar, Cloud's account of the Nibelheim incident, and a conspiracy about Tifa. Thank you Youtube.com/SoundBiter for a sound effect. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #085

YUFFIE QUEST! Nate & Tyler conclude their coverage of Final Fantasy VII Remake by playing through the downloadable extra mission featuring Yuffie's mission to infiltrate the Shinra building and steal its top secret materia. We also announce the game we will be covering next season. This episode begins and ends INTERmission chapter 2: Covert Ops. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #084

YUFFIE QUEST! Nate & Tyler conclude their coverage of Final Fantasy VII Remake by playing through the downloadable extra mission featuring Yuffie's mission to infiltrate the Shinra building and steal its top secret materia. We also announce the game we will be covering next season. This episode begins and ends INTERmission chapter 1: Wutai's Finest. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #083

Tyler narrates and reacts to the story and gameplay of Nier Replicant ver.122474487139... in a blind playthrough. Nier Replicant is a genre-shifting action RPG produced by Toylogic and published by Square Enix in 2020. It is an upgraded version of the original release that published in 2010 under the name Nier Gestalt. Music by Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, and Takafumi Nishimura. Sound effects by youtube.com/justsoundfx and www.youtube.com/@AudioLibrary69. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #082

Tyler narrates and reacts to the story and gameplay of Nier Replicant ver.122474487139... in a blind playthrough. Nier Replicant is a genre-shifting action RPG produced by Toylogic and published by Square Enix in 2020. It is an upgraded version of the original release that published in 2010 under the name Nier Gestalt. Music by Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, and Takafumi Nishimura. Sound effects by youtube.com/justsoundfx Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #081

Tyler narrates and reacts to the story and gameplay of Nier Replicant ver.122474487139... in a blind playthrough. Nier Replicant is a genre-shifting action RPG produced by Toylogic and published by Square Enix in 2020. It is an upgraded version of the original release that published in 2010 under the name Nier Gestalt. Music by Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, and Takafumi Nishimura. Sound effects by youtube.com/justsoundfx Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #080

We realize the extraordinary consequences of breaking with fate, Aerith's melancholic farewell gets patched out,, and Tyler and Nate give their final thoughts on Final Fantasy VII: Remake before the unknown journey continues to INTERMISSION and beyond. This episode completes Chapter 18. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #079

We draw comparisons to Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children as we pass through The Singularity, the Whisper Harbinger blows our minds, a showdown with Sephiroth takes us into outer space, and Square Enix rapidly completes its checklist of obligatory series-defining moments. This episode begins at passing through The Singularity and ends after the scene at the Edge of Creation. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #078

After junking Motorball we arrive the end of our coverage of the original game, meanwhile a showdown in the wastelands makes us scratch our spiky-haired heads, and Aerith issues a grave warning on the consequences of taking Sephiroth's bait. This episode begins at the start of Remake's chapter 18 and ends before entering The Singularity. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #077

We decompress the history of Jenova, meet Rufus Shinra, battle the Arsenal, and flee the Shinra building. This episode completes Chapter 17. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #076

We navigate a labyrinthine lab, two bigshots taste the Masamune, and a strange interstellar specimen gets spicy. This episode begins after Chapter 17's first cutscene and ends after the Jenova Dreamweaver encounter. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #075

Nate drops a totally spoiler free review of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, covering what to expect from gameplay, combat, and the world of Rebirth. Nate shares his opinions on the nature of the direction that Square Enix's developers have taken in their approach to this game and the greater "VII Remake" series and the current state of the games industry surrounding those choices. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #074

Red XIII explains the meaning of the Whispers. Nate & Tyler discuss theories, review every instance of a Whisper encounter thus far, the dual-meaning of Remake, and what the Whispers may represent outside of the game. This episode covers the first scene of Chapter 17. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #073

We storm Hojo's Lab, destroy flesh monsters, recover Aerith, and meet Red XIII. This episode completed FFVII Remake's Chapter 16. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #072

We meet the Midgar mayor, battle in VR, and infiltrate a Shinra executive board meeting. But the real question on everyone's mind is ... what's that &^#$# smell!? Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #071

Cloud, Barret and Tifa tour the Shinra Building museum with exhibits on President Shinra, Shinra Corp's five major business divisions, the city of Midgar, and the Cosmos Theatre, whose IMAX-caliber presentation reveals the ruinous company's horrific master stroke. This episode completes Final Fantasy VII Remake Chapter 16's museum tour and the brief scene between Palmer and Sephiroth afterwards. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #070

Night falls on Midgar as Cloud, Barret, and Tifa ascend elevators and stairwells to reach the Shinra Building's upper floors. This episode covers Final Fantasy VII Remake chapter 16 up to the start of the museum tour, and Final Fantasy VII original up to meeting Deputy Mayor Hart and Mayor Domino. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #069

By wire and grappling hook Cloud, Tifa and Barret climb a pile of garbage to break into the Shinra Building. In FFVII original, Tyler covers breaking into the lobby and Nate covers climbing the side stairs. This episode completes Remake's Chapter 15 and begins Chapter 16, finishing at entering the Shinra Building's lobby after "infiltrating" the parking garage. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #068

A tomboy bandit causes mischief in the Sector 5 slums, Tifa compels Avalanche to help the people, and Leslie helps us get topside after we help him find Don Corneo's hidey-hole in the sewer system. This episode completes chapters 13 and 14. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #067

Barret and Tifa plumb the Underground Test Site, witness people in tanks, honor the memory of Biggs and Jessie, and Cloud speaks with a special someone in the gardens outside Aerith's house in the wee hours of the night. This episode completes chapter 13 and begins chapter 14, ending after a tender conversation with either Aerith, Tifa, or Barret. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #066

Following the Sector 7 plate collapse, we search for a missing Marlene, explore a stunned Sector 5, and learn about Aerith's childhood in flashbacks with Elmyra. This episode covers Chapter 13 up to arriving at the Underground Test Site. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #065

Cloud gets Pizza-TSD, Reno and Rude show us the Turks Two-Step, and a cartoon cat weeps in horror. This episode completes chapter 12. Discord | YouTube | Twitch | Email | Show your appreciation #064