Square Roots - THE Classic RPG Podcast Spotify Feed
Square Roots is like a Let's Play for your ears, or a book club but instead of books it's video games! Join Vanessa, Matt, Johnny and Jim as they play your favorite classic RPGs one chunk at a time!
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Disc 2 of Mistwalker's Lost Odyssey has a lot going for it: there's Resident Evil mansions, bizarre magic abilities, a ton of Thousand Years of Dreams stories, a possible dragon, and of course underwear.Also:- Jansen's sketchiness gets to even Vanessa- Fillibust In Me: The Many Songs of Marina- A very beautiful lullaby that is also a tuneless dirge- Vanessa the Sand Witch- Johnny says Composite in a Canadian way- Vanessa says Puma in a fascinating wayThis Week: Kaim rescues the old sorceress!Next Week: We finish Disc 2!Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcastContact Square Roots!Twitter: @squarerootspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) comThis Season's Theme by Javagore
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
We finish Disc 2 but still don't know for sure if Aneira is a dragon, or a bird man, or something, but we do know one thing: Gongora isn't interested in those HAMS. Also:- Vanessa Versus Sydnee McElroy- Need for Speed: Hot for Soup- Buying Items From a Crow- Stories about shoes, deadly flowers, and sticking with your wife- Hot Supernatural Gossip
This Week: We finish Disc 2!Next Week: We return to Uhra!
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
We're barrelling through Disc 3 like a freight train into a glacier in this catastrophic episode of Square Roots. Running at almost 50% cutscenes this chunker features that kind of Disc 3 FMV destruction we all love!Also:- Michael Emmerson Fan Club- Matt Talks About A Weird JRPG For Ten Minutes- More on the Magic Hyphen Industrial Revolution- Matt demands an explanation of Goatse- A slanty castle!- Giving Matt a Burn Notice- Kaim's Poly Relationships- Vanessa's Small TV
This Week: We return to Uhra (as Seth)!Next Week: We finish Disc 3!
Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcastContact Square Roots!Twitter: @squarerootspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) comThis Season's Theme by Javagore
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Jim is lost in a flower mound this week but the rest of the podcast crew is here! We're finishing Disc 3 of Mistwalker's Lost Odyssey, and it's some real Final Fantasy VI style split path fun times! We've got the children Cooke & Mack freezing to death, Seth bonding with the relectant King Tolten and reuniting with her 65 year old baby boy Sed, and Jansen and Ming starring in a 1990s love ballad music video.Also:- Do Not Let Your Easily Started Dog Listen to the Podcast- Nap Queer- Member Hit- Toadmore, Frogmore, Stompingham- Gongora Blood Guzzle- GRAPPLE TANKS!- MOMMA!
This Week: We finish Disc 3!Next Week: We prepare to head to Grand Staff!Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcastContact Square Roots!Twitter: @squarerootspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) comThis Season's Theme by Javagore
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
We all head to the garage to become certified stoneologists like Jansen in this penultimate episode of Mistwalker's Lost Odyssey! There's a lot of content in this chunker as we start exploring bonus areas, do a Final Fantasy VI style minigame, and fight our... Personas? Topics covered include:- What Gongora's Deal is- Is Ming the real villain of the game?- Wine Time!- Matt's Stand Up Shower- Gongora's Grace Jones Outfit- Kirk Cameron's Fireproof
This Week: We prepare to head to Grand Staff!Next Week: We finish the game!Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcastContact Square Roots!Twitter: @squarerootspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
We found it! We found the Odyssey, and truly, the real lost odyssey was the friendships we made along the way. On this big ol' chonker episode of an episode we chop through most of the end game content, from Cooke getting proposed to by the Kelolon King to Prince Sparklepony learning the true value of bravery. But that's not all! - Vanessa tries to trick Jim into dressing like a magician- Yellow is wind? Or should it be brown? Or should it be Bronwyn?- Gongora's Celebrity Roast- Johnny's secret Christian musical theatre past- Towers of Annoy- Mister Potato Head Made Fun of Me- You may hear hints about what the next next game is
This Week: We finish the game!Next Week: We complete the event Path of the Blacksmith in Legend of Mana!Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcastContact Square Roots!Twitter: @squarerootspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) comThis Season's Theme by Javagore
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Alright, now we move on to a new game: Squaresoft's bonkers Legend of Mana! If you're expecting Secret of Mana 2, it's not that, it's more like... a complicated board game that doesn't tell you how to play it combined with fun side-scrolling brawler. On this episode:- We get an exclusive 30 second celebrity interview!- Placing a Mailbox: a complicated decision- Johnny licks his foot- Jim and Matt's Legend of Mana Punishment- Diddle's Nightmarish Form- Is a plant a robot?- Why the Square Roots House smells like smoked meats
This Week: We complete the event Path of the Blacksmith in Legend of Mana!Next Week: We finish the Murmuring Forest!Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcastThanks to Steven Morris for his awesome new theme!Contact Square Roots!Twitter: @squarerootspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
We're really getting into Legend of Mana now as we make our way through this complicated but simple action RPG. A lot happens, we think? There's incredibly depressing junkyard toys, pinglings, a walrus man and... a turtle?! Also:- Terrifying Nightmare Cactus- Matt's hot Jojo take- Johnny and Jim's Bunk Beds- Dubba Baba Dud- Trying to Politely Describe the Necklace Pearl Has
This Week: We finish the Murmuring Forest!Next Week: We finish The Guardian of Wind!Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcastThanks to Steven Morris for his awesome new theme! You can find him at: https://twitter.com/BeigeOnBeige and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrisstevenContact Square Roots!Twitter: @squarerootspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Content Warning: Suicide
We're descending into the underworld and making some strange allies in this chunker of Squaresoft's 2000 cult classic Legend of Mana. Also:- Vanessa's Magician Crush Origin Story- "I Thought He Should"?- Legs That Go Right Into His Feet- Big Mouth Billy Bass- Diddle's dark descent- Stars Spin As They Fall When You're Trying To Catch Your Breath
This Week: We finish The Guardian of Wind!Next Week: We finish Catchin' Lilipeas!
Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast
Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome new theme! You can find him at: https://twitter.com/BeigeOnBeige and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrisstevenContact Square Roots!Twitter: @squarerootspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Vanessa leaves early so you night what that means: BOYS NIGHT. We're getting into the back half of Legend of Mana, and starting to wrap up some plotlines. Aren't you curious about Matilda and Irwin? Valerie and David? Also:- Johnny and the Horrible Nightmare Beach- What does Ayn Rand have to do with it?- THE BONE FORTRESS! YEEEEEAH!- Tell Me More!- What is Pig like?- Next game announced!
This Week: Catchin' LilipeasNext Week: The Wimpy Thugling
Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast
Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome new theme! You can find him at: https://twitter.com/BeigeOnBeige and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrisstevenContact Square Roots!Twitter: @squarerootspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com