Episodes
Friday Apr 21, 2017
Ep 17: Persona 5 (Pt. 1): First Impressions and Overview
Friday Apr 21, 2017
Friday Apr 21, 2017
THIS STORY IS A WORK OF FICTION. We join the Phantom Thieves and set out to steal hearts with our first episode on Persona 5. In this episode we go into our first impressions, mechanics, and talk about how Atlus's latest compares to previous Persona and SMT games.
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Ep 16: Strange Journey (Pt. 4): The Ubergestalt
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Does the Schwarzwelt have an end? To discover this, we delve into the infernal dungeon of Horologium, find out which member of the team is taking style cues from David Bowie, and decide whether god, demons or filthy humans deserve to take control of this burned-out husk of a world.
Friday Mar 03, 2017
Ep 15: Strange Journey (Pt. 3): You Sinful Clumps of Matter!
Friday Mar 03, 2017
Friday Mar 03, 2017
As we delve deeper into the Schwarzwelt, we discover a utopia for teleporter maze fans, meet the hyper-libertarian Captain Jack who is trying to profit off demons, and watch Jimenez and Bugaboo become intimately familiar with one another.
Friday Jan 27, 2017
Ep 14: Strange Journey (Pt 2): The Gang Loses a Corpse
Friday Jan 27, 2017
Friday Jan 27, 2017
We delve further into the Schwarzwelt in this second part of our series on Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. Along the way, we learn why demons would want a Wal-Mart in hell, do battle with an eldrtich pig tank, and get some Randian knowledge dropped on us by a discarnate parasite.
Friday Jan 13, 2017
Ep 13: Strange Journey (Pt 1): What a great thing we demons have done
Friday Jan 13, 2017
Friday Jan 13, 2017
A portal to hell (or somewhere worse) has opened in Antarctica, and some particularly mouthy demons are streaming forth from it. The Megaten boix are joined by Chris to discuss the first section of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, exploring the mysterious Schwarzwelt which threatens to consume the world with bombed-out wargrounds and demonic Red Light Districts.
Wednesday Dec 28, 2016
Episode 12: Megami Ibunroku Persona (Manga)
Wednesday Dec 28, 2016
Wednesday Dec 28, 2016
Hey, remember how we spent the past couple of months playing the first Persona game? And we went through its remarkably convoluted plot about parallel dimensions, and evil girl, and more Makis than we knew what to do with? Well, here's the exact same story, told in an even more convoluted way, in manga form! We talk about the modest ways the manga succeeds, the many ways it fails, and what it fails to get about the concept of Personas or adapting video games to other forms.
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
Ep 11: Persona (Pt 3): Species of Fools
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
In our final episode about the first Persona game, we travel through multiple dimensions to save the one true Maki from her doppelgängers. Along the way, we go psycho diving once again, discover embarassing details about Mark's past, and learn how jealousy can turn you into a mustache-twirling villian.
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Ep 10: Persona (Pt 2): This world is a counterfeit
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
With our friend Ian in tow, we grind through the middle portion of the first Persona. As our heroes enter a parallel world much like their own, they come across a junior eldritch monstrosity, get lost in the mall, and engage in some amateur art criticism.
Thursday Nov 17, 2016
Ep 9: Persona (Pt 1): Roses are Red, Zombies are Blue
Thursday Nov 17, 2016
Thursday Nov 17, 2016
Have you heard of this mysterious game the schoolkids have been whispering about? It's called the Persona game. With the help of our friend Ian, we take on the very first installment in the Persona series. Released for the PSX in 1996, the first Persona is a lot closer to Shin Megami Tensei than what the series would become, but there are plenty of portents of what would come later. You've got teenagers, the Velvet Room, and a shadowy corporation pulling the strings...along with non-sequitirs like a fearsome mouse-tank boss.
Thursday Nov 03, 2016
Ep 8: Shin Megami Tensei (Pt 3): You’ve Arrived, Filthy Apostates!
Thursday Nov 03, 2016
Thursday Nov 03, 2016
In our final trip through the world of Shin Megami Tensei 1, the Law, Chaos, and Neutral paths diverge, and we journey through a giant cathedral for God, Lucifer, or neither. Along the way, we learn the true identity of Yuriko, fight disturbingly sexualized demons, and strangely demonic angels.