Hero With 1000 Potions
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Join Nate & Tyler as they discuss the storytelling and gameplay of popular and niche RPGs in serial and one-off formats. The 2026 season explores Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and prior seasons featured Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition and the Final Fantasy VII Remake series. Join the adventure by playing these games alongside these episodes as we explore games one chapter at a time. Hero with 1000 Potions also features video game travelogue audio essays including Romancing SaGa 3, Nier Replicant, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Hylics 2, and EarthBound Beginnings.
Episodes
Mar 20, 2022
Mar 20, 2022
1hr 18 min
We move carefully through the Satorl wetlands, home to mysterious ruins, hostile beasts, and beautiful (but treacherous!) natural phenomena. Elsewhere, Colony 6 rebuilds from scratch and a sinister laboratory is hard at work.
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#011
Mar 20, 2022
Mar 20, 2022
31 min
Our first game review! We share our first impressions of Square Enix & Artdink's 2022 HD-2D tactical RPG Triangle Strategy after playing it for 10 hours. Part 1 focuses on gameplay.
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#012
Mar 22, 2022
Mar 22, 2022
35 min
Part two of our first game review! We share our first impressions of Square Enix & Artdink's 2022 HD-2D tactical RPG Triangle Strategy after playing it for 10 hours. Part 1 focused on gameplay, and this this much-delayed Part 2 focuses on story.
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#013
Mar 28, 2022
Mar 28, 2022
1hr 10 min
Dreadful creatures big and small stalk our expedition through a primordial wilderness.
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#014
Apr 4, 2022
Apr 25, 2022
Apr 25, 2022
1hr 6 min
At last! Eryth Sea: Home to the technologically advanced High Entia. We meet several new characters, discover schemes, meddle in rituals, discover ancient legends, and keep from drowning in a torrent of side quests.
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#015
May 2, 2022
May 2, 2022
50 min
Part 2 of our discussion of our arrival at Eryth Sea. We're going tomb raiding!
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#016
May 8, 2022
May 8, 2022
2hr 31 min
Is it an audio book? A travel journal? … For a video game!? In this special episode Tyler narrates and reacts to the story and gameplay of EarthBound Beginnings (aka Mother), a quirky and postmodern RPG released on the Nintendo Famicom in 1989. Join us for moment-by-moment descriptions, commentary, jokes, in-game music, and some surprises along the way. Fans of the Mother series, Undertale, or retro role playing games will not want to miss this.
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#017
May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022
1hr 32 min
As a mechon assault besieges the High Entia homeland, Emperor Sorean sets out to awaken the secret captive of Prison Island. This grim oubliette floating above the Eryth Sea becomes the setting for an ominous and fateful showdown.
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#018
May 31, 2022
May 31, 2022
47 min
Nate and Tyler break down the cutscenes that play out before the group departs the Imperial Capital.
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#019