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We continue our discussion of the Quintet trilogy with our Illusion of Gaia!

Grandia II is a role-playing video game developed by GameArts originally for the Dreamcast console as part of their Grandia series.Initially released in Japan by Game Arts in August 2000, the game was publishedby Ubi Soft in North America in December 2000 and in Europe in February 2001.Grandia II was later ported to PlayStation 2, where it was released worldwidethroughout 2002, and for Windows exclusively in North America and Europe laterthat year.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaur Blue Sky - @JeffCentaur.bsky.social Mastadon - @JeffCentaur.kind.socialRuss Twitter - @RussMac25 Blue Sky - @RussMac25.bsky.socialChris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor Super Hi Tops - https://www.youtube.com/@SuperHiTopsVGM

It's happening again. Desert Bus for Hope 2025 kicks off November 14th at 5pm CST. (You'll have to figure out your own time zones, sorry).Check it out at http://desertbus.orgAnd thank you, just for being here.

The guys discuss the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, because we are on the cutting edge of jRPG discussions.

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is a 2000 role-playing videogame developed and published by Atlus for the PlayStation. It is a directsequel to Persona 2: Innocent Sin and chronologically the third installment inthe Persona series, a subseries of the Megami Tensei franchise. The game waslater remade by Atlus for the PlayStation Portable. This version, released inJapan in 2012, did not receive an overseas release. In response to this, thePlayStation version was released on PlayStation Network in 2013.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaur Blue Sky - @JeffCentaur.bsky.social Mastadon - @JeffCentaur.kind.socialRuss Twitter - @RussMac25 Blue Sky - @RussMac25.bsky.socialChris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor Super Hi Tops - https://www.youtube.com/@SuperHiTopsVGM

Jeff continues his personal discussion of point-and-click adventure games by talking about the more "mature" themed Leisure Suit Larry series.

Suikoden II is a role-playing video game developed andpublished by Konami for the PlayStation video game console and the secondinstallment of the Suikoden video game series. It was released on December 17,1998, in Japan; on September 29, 1999, in North America; and on July 28, 2000,in Europe. The game features a vast array of characters, with over 100recruitable characters, of which over 40 are usable in combat.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaur Blue Sky - @JeffCentaur.bsky.social Mastadon - @JeffCentaur.kind.socialRuss Twitter - @RussMac25 Blue Sky - @RussMac25.bsky.socialChris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor Super Hi Tops - https://www.youtube.com/@SuperHiTopsVGM

We sit with Chris Taylor and talk about the music of three games we didn't have a music reviewer for. Arcana, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, and Mother 1.

Star Ocean: The Second Story, is an action role-playingvideo game developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix for the PlayStation. Itis the second game in the Star Ocean series and the first game in the series tobe released outside Japan, arriving in North America in June 1999 and Europe inApril 2000, by Sony Computer Entertainment. Taking place in a science fantasyuniverse, the story centers around a young man named Claude C. Kenny, a cadetfrom a space-faring Earth organization who is stranded on an undeveloped,medieval-level planet. There, he meets several companions and must stop a plotfrom an evil organization that spans multiple worlds before finding his wayhome.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

A brief round table discussion of the cozy games we like to play to unwind. Featuring Riley and Jamie.

EarthBound, released in Japan as Mother 2: Gīgu no Gyakushū,is a role-playing video game developed by Ape Inc. and HAL Laboratory andpublished by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The secondentry in the Mother series, it was first released in Japan in August 1994, andin North America in June 1995. A port for the Game Boy Advance developed by PaxSoftnica, bundled with Mother (1989) as Mother 1+2, was released only in Japanin 2003. The game focuses on Ness and his party of Paula, Jeff and Poo, as theytravel the world to collect melodies from eight Sanctuaries in order to defeatthe universal cosmic destroyer Giygas.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

I didn't grow up loving jRPGs. I grew up with point and click adventure games, so let me tell you about one of the greatest adventure game series of all time.

Romancing SaGa 2 is a 1993 role-playing video game developedand published by Square for the Super Famicom. It is the fifth entry in theSaGa series. A 3D remake entitled Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven isplanned for release on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 andWindows in 2024.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Jeff, Russ, and Chris play and review the SNES classic Soul Blazer

Once again Russ and I are heartily advocating Loading Ready Run's annual Desert Bus for Hope fundraiser, to raise money for Child's Play.Starting November 8th at 4pm CST. Russ and I will be watching the whole week. Join the stream, tell them Home on the RNG sent you.http:\\twitch.tv\desertbushttp:\\desertbus.org

Wild Arms 2, known in Japan as Wild Arms: 2nd Ignition, is a1999 role-playing video game for the PlayStation, and the second installment inthe Wild Arms series, developed by Media.Vision and published by Sony ComputerEntertainment.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Join us and musical expert Chris Taylor as we look back at the music of the first three Lufia games

Join us as we look at back on the last 9 games we played, and discuss the tropes, the highs, the lows, and the weirds.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

At Russ's prompting, Jeff encountered this strange obscure adventure game on the NES. So many question about how a kingdom of living vegetables works...and so few answers.

Persona 2: Innocent Sin is a 1999 role-playing video game byAtlus for the PlayStation. It is the second entry in the Persona series, itselfa subseries of the Megami Tensei franchise, and acts as a sequel to theoriginal Persona. The game was re-released in 2011 for the PlayStationPortable. The original version was not localized for western territories;however, the PSP version was released in North America and Europe under thetitle Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2 – Innocent Sin.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor