This week, we reach our fifth and final episode in our Dragon Quest IX Deep Dive! We start off the episode by discussing our recent fun times with co-op mode over the holidays, including some legacy boss maps, random grottos, and exploring the Tower of Nod. After...
Dragon Quest FM, Episode 33: Dragon Quest IX Deep Dive (Episode Four): Let's Talk About the Gittish Empire, Grottos, and Our Favorite Games of the Year!
Welcome to the fourth episode in our deep dive of Dragon Quest IX! In this episode we talk about the Gortress and all the Gittish Empire goodness we loved. Then we discuss grottos, treasure maps, and a bunch of the online stuff IX used to offer. It's officially the...
Star Ocean: First Departure R (Video Game Review)
Quick View Release Date: December 5, 2019 Price: $20.99 Rating: T (Teen) Platforms: Nintendo Switch/Playstation 4 What's It All About? Star Ocean: First Departure R is a Switch/PS4 remake of a PSP remake of a Super Famicom game. The story follows a small group of...
[Keywords] A Certain Scientific Railgun and Designated Protagonists
Stock characters are, generally, delightful. The exception tends to be protagonists, and for all I love anime, it suffers a lot from lead characters being the flattest members of their casts.
Dragon Quest FM, Episode 32: Dragon Quest IX Deep Dive (Episode Three): Let's Talk About Monsters, Bosses, and the Krak Pot!
Welcome to our third episode of our deep dive into Dragon Quest IX! This week, we're talking about crafting with the Krak Pot. Austin and B.J. share their stories of crafting in other Dragon Quest games, too, and find out how the Krak Pot stacks up against the likes...
Dragon Quest IX: Quester’s Rest, Krak Pot, and the Starflight Express
Last week, I mostly talked about the Dragon Quest IX's Vocation system, the story set-up, and how themes and locations remind me so much of Dragon Quest VII. This week, I'd like to talk about some of the mechanics that make IX feel unique and different from other...


