Hero With 1000 Potions
Join Nate & Tyler as they discuss the storytelling and gameplay of popular and niche RPGs in serial and one-off formats. Season 2 analyzes Final Final Fantasy VII Remake against its equivalent content in the original release, and Season 1 features 29 episodes through a blind playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. Join the adventure by playing these games alongside these episodes as we explore games one chapter at a time. We also have semi-regular video game travelogue audio essays too feat. Resident Evil 2 Remake, Hylics 2, EarthBound Beginnings. Grow with us on Discord here: https://discord.com/invite/7khXT8hdUJ Show your appreciation with a tip here: https://ko-fi.com/gunbladeguys
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Episodes
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Our rendezvous to Avalanche HQ reveals a paternal side to Barret, a promise made to a cocktail-slinging pugilist, and the vast contrast in setting between the two games' Sector Seven slums. Also, Texas is canon.
This episode completes Remake chapter 3 up to entering Seventh Heaven.
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
As Cloud and Tifa imitate water treatment technicians, we meet a variety of Sector Seven weirdos including a the hooded and sickly Marco, the peacocking greaser Johnny, and the Shinra intern Chadley. AVALANCHE begins to schism, pseudo-Yakuzas threaten Cloud, and Jessie's got ulterior motives. Also Tyler's butt goes out of control.This episode completes Remake's chapter 3.
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Jessie's secret mission to the plate is Remake's first chapter-long departure from Original's plot. Two fabulous biker boys do the motordance, the gang discovers Jessie's past and motivation for ecoterror, and the secret mission turns into a full-on firefight.
This episode covers Remake's chapter 4 up to the returning to the Sector Seven slums.
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
OUR 50TH EPISODE! HOORAY TO US!
Before we hop back into the action we discuss the wealth of recent RPG news including the three-minute FFVII: Rebirth trailer, the launch of FFXVI, and Switch Direct announcements for Super Mario RPG remake, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection, and Star Ocean 2: The Second Story remake, and more.
Back in Remake's Midgar, the Sector 7 slums are under attack, and we set out with alternative plans for the next bombing mission. This episode completes Chapter 4 and gets as far as fleeing the train in Chapter 5.
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Plans get complex as Cloud, Tifa and Barret follow a plucky beagle through Midgar's train tunnels as Heideggar berates, laughs, and strokes his beard at computer screens.
This episode completes Remake's Chapter 5.
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
We fear heights, love lamps, roleplay President Shinra, and discover a bird and teddy bear trapped in stone as we cross the Underplate to the Sector 5 Reactor.
This episode completes Chapter 6.
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
In the Sector 5 rector, Barret & Heidegger break the news, AVALANCHE builds a boss, and Cloud loses his footing.
This episode completes Chapter 7.
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Cloud survives a crash course on horticulture, Reno has an electrifying debut, and Aerith knows more than she lets on. Meanwhile 1990s Nate has a dead Cloud theory and Tyler plays his Stratocaster.
This episode covers Remake's chapter 8 up to arriving at Sector 5 slums' residential area.
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Mommy Scarlet makes it all better, Tyler and Nate discover Midgar's age, and Aerith questions Cloud about Tifa. This episode covers Remake's chapter 8 between arriving at the Sector 5 slums and questing in the Sector 5 slums.
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Aerith speaks to the flowers and Cloud gets a Rude awakening after assisting the children, pickpockets, and Shinra interns of the Sector 5 slums. This episode completes Remake's chapter 8.