Damn Chocobo: Another Final Fantasy Podcast

A continuation of last episodes discussion on collecting habits along with Rich talking about his new acquired Nintendo Switch starts the episode up until about the 19 min mark. From there we return to the land of Ivalice to wrap up chapter 3! Agrais' capability to wreck house, ninja's being both awesome to play as and awful to fight, Rich charging into battle overly aggressively, Ramza butting into some other families business, some hilariously effective boss strategies and MORE await on the latest SPOOOOOOKKKYYYY Halloween spookshow we call DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOOO!!!!!

Happy Halloween, folks!

Intro: Antipyretic (remastered) by Jacob Shrum
Outro: In Remembrance by Tribulation

Rich, as is expected at this point, goes off on a very lengthy tangent about bad buying decisions and falling down a collecting rabbit hole for 32ish minutes so fast forward as you see fit.

Afterwards we rejoin Ramza and Co. as we deal with foolish family members, foolish politicians, foolish shadowy organizations, foolish army deserters and generally all manner of foolish people doing fool stuff leading them to die (like fools). ALL THIS AND MUCH MUCH MORE on the latest incredibly foolish episode of DAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBO!!!!

Intro: Apoplexy (Metal Guitar Cover) by Ferdk

Outro: True Friends by Bring Me the Horizon

After 26 minutes of Rich pontificating various stuff like death and its relation to narrative in games - we get back down to Ivalice and stomp some mud holes in many many fools. Job class planning, sensible politics being ignored in favor of stupidity, super horny demons, and more await on the latest poorly planned but sort of competently executed random battle we call DAAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBO!!!

Intro: Our Hero's Journey Our Hero's Journey by Faseeh featuring Sirenstar

Outro: Stroke by Apocalyptica 

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After 19 minutes of discussion on Snake Eyes (the new GI Joe movie), Masters of the Universe Revelations, and the effects of personal baggage in relation to a fandom perhaps loving a property a bit too much.

Afterwards we jump back into Final Fantasy Tactics where we learn important lessons about presuming things will get easier, recruit a sweet as gun dude, question our team build choices, beat up some more random dudes, and a whole lot more on the latest fan favorite revival of an 80s franchise with a very very passionate fanbase we call DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Intro: Chess Set by Schematist

Outro 1: Duality by Slipknot

Outro 2: Eyeless by Slipknot

After 16 minutes of talking about X-Men and what kind of bad stories are worse we jump back into Final Fantasy Tactics just in time for the plot to really get kicking.  Betrayal, deaths of the innocent, some animal rescue work, more betrayal, and a whole lot of completely wrecking guys who think they know how to fight await on the latest blood drenched battlefield we all know as Daaaaaaaamn Chocoboooooooo!!!

Intro: The Meager by iXyled

Outro: Kirisute Gomen by Trivium

After a short 15ish minute talk about how free time can effect ones enjoyment of a game, Rich and Jake jump back into the GLORY that is Final Fantasy Tactics. Ramza being clueless to how is family truly operates, Delita having a rough time, Argath (or Algus depending on your version of the game) being a complete asshat, and a whole bunch of pricks with good motivations but absolutely awful actions await on the next surprisingly consistently released episode of DAAAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOO!!!

As always if you want to contact us you can reach out at damnchocobo@gmail.com or @damnchocobo on all the standard social media platforms.

Intro: Run Past Through The PlainElectroSymphonicMetal Cover by Ferdk

Outro: Limb From Limb by Skeletonwitch

After 9 minutes of catching up the guys Get RIGHT BACK AT IT in Final Fantasy Tactics beginning the game proper with Chapter 1. Kicking ass and getting asses kicked, meeting shitty brothers and douchey "allies", and the beginning tidbits of an onslaught of DRAMA along with the ever slow progression into an ultimate badass await on the latest carefully thought through and even more craftily executed episode of DAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOOOO!!!

Intro: Formation ~ Roster Tweak My Soul by iXyled

Outro: Stand My Ground by Within Temptation

The beginning of a new era of Damn Chocobo! As an experiment we're going to release episodes of this next playthrough in shorter chunks and HOPEFULLY far more frequently! Can we keep it up? Will we develop a regular and consistent release schedule? PROBABLY NOT but never say we don't take chances!

Fifteen minutes after our usual nonsense we begin this new (and possibly short) era of the show we begin the LOOOOOOONG teased run through the overwhelmingly loved Final Fantasy Tactics. Is it the best game to bare the series name? JOIN US AS WE FIND OUT!  This episode features us discussing our history with this game and play up through the prologue! 

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Intro: Backborn Story - REMASTERED + by Jacob Shrum

Outro: Passion and the Opera by Nightwish

After spending waaaaaay too long (about 38 minutes) talking about some stuff from last episode and "Zack Snyder's Justice League"  - Jake an Rich wrap up our return to Final Fantasy VII. For the last time?

A whole bunch of fetching random stuff, catching birds and makin' them bang out, getting stomped by super-bosses specifically designed to stop asses, and the final descent into hell await on the Noob Fan Favorite thats totally not as great as everyone says and they only like it most because its their first podcast we call DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOOOO!!!!

If you have any thoughts, questions, concerns, or just want to say hey you can reach us at most of the major social media sites or at DamnChocobo@gmail.com

Intro: Birth of a God - GaMetal Remix

Outro: Crow Killer Blues by Rob Zombie

Rich invites honorary Chocobro, the often referenced Jason Pope (and his desperate for attention dogs) to talk about how having kids can dramatically effect ones ability to engage with games, collecting and general nerd stuff.

After 29 minutes of Rich Talking about Fortnite (FRIGGIN SNAKE-EYES!), reading old Transformers comics and nearly freezing to death the guys get going on the penultimate episode of their Final Fantasy VII run. Hojo being a massive piece of Trash, Cid being less of a piece of trash but still a prick, The Turks deserving to die, going into outer space, Shinra doing one thing that isn't actually evil, Bugenhagen holding court, and anticipation for our talk about Chocobo breeding next episode ALL AWAIT on the most recent FREE DLC for the ongoing pop culture mashup we call DAAAAAMMMN CHOCOBOOOOOOO!!!

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Intro: Weapon Raid (Metal Cover) by Infinity Tone

Outro: Last One Standing by Icon For Hire

After 17 minutes of build up Jake and Rich return to the very sad place we left off at in Final Fantasy VII. A quest for revenge, several questionable decisions, the dumbest prison escape ever, some Kaiju, and one of the trippiest/weirdest/best parts in the game await on the latest jam we call DAMN CHOCOBO!!!!!

Intro: FF7 Who...Are You Music Remake by Enrico Deiana

Outro: Basket Case by Greenday

Bringing 2020 to a close and looking forward to 2021 - Rich and Jake talk about cool shit they bought, played, and experienced over the last year all while getting tore up and playing Minecraft for the first time ever.

First Break: "My Ex's Best Friend" by Machine Gun Kelly.

Second Break: "Hydrochloride" by Ghostemane

Somehow against the odds these two dipshits made it to episode 100! Taking a brief break from talking about their replay of Final Fantasy VII, Rich and Jake take a chance to look back on the last 9 years of recording this nonsense. Talk about failures, successes, and how much longer are we going to be able to keep this up await on the latest nostalgia stricken look back at the past we call DAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOO!!!!

OUTRO: Over the Mountain by Ozzy Osbourne.

Thanks to cutting the intro nonsense to be its own Birth Droppings Episode we get right into the FFVII action almost immediately! Cloud having issues of varying types, Yuffie showing us just how much of a pain she can be, creepy pricks showing back up, NUMEROUS betrayals, and some really nasty bosses await on this MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE episode of DAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOOOOOOO!!!!.

Intro: City of the Ancients Remix by jollypls

Outro: Vagabond by Ghostemane

In an attempt to record Episode 99 of the main show we accidentally stumbled into a lengthy discussion about Crunch Time in game development and our own experiences with Crunch and bad management.

After 21 minutes of talking about time spent over the Thanksgiving break and things we're thankful for we get right back to action with Cloud and the raddest bunch of cool lookin' video games dudes.

Lots of douchebags being douches, the Turks being chill as fuuuuuuuck, Rich making very poor choices as far as difficult battles, babies needing diaper changes, robbing sad fools blind aaaand a whole lot more on the latest barely out the door under the wire as a tight deadline approaches and shit clearly isn't all the way together but its close enough episode of that thing we call DAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOOOO!!!!

As always if you have any question comments or concerns hit us p at damnchocobo@gmail.com or @damnchocobo on various social media.

Intro: Cosmo Canyon Remake by Enrico Deiana

Outro: Popular Monster by Falling In Reverse

After 17 minutes of nonsense Rich and Jake begin our loooong teased return to Final Fantasy VII. 

Once again we go back to the original Final Fantasy VII to give a proper look, this time with the context of playing and talking about faaaar more Final Fantasy games as well as just becoming far better podcasters than we were 9 years prior. Nostalgia about the game (both from playing it as teens and playing it for the initial episodes of the show) , admiration of the ambition of the Squaresoft team, adoration of the overall weirdness, some straight up shit talking greedy power hungry dickwads AND MORE await on the latest retro throwback to happier but less experienced times podcast we call DAAAAAAAAAAAMMN CHOCOBOOOOOO

Intro: Mako Reactor TRAP REMIX by Clément Picart

Outro: Stabbing in the Dark by Ice Nine Kills

Rich and Jake READ A BOOK! But first we walk about OTHER books for 17ish minutes before getting started on the Final Fantasy reading content.

Follow along as we recount the novel detailing an alternative ending to Final Fantasy XV originally intended to be released as DLC. New characters, old characters returning, some getting FAR more development, some just being cool as hell, others becoming the greatest, others becoming massive piles of trash worthy of an ass kicking. All this as MORE await on the latest long awaited but highly anticipated and feared we might die before completing but trust us we won't let that happen or HBO totally spoil the end of our story becasue we took too many goddamn years to just write two more damn books (yes I'm venting about Game of Thrones) show we call DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Intro: Home Sweet Home Piano cover by Ilia Pavlov

Outro: Surrender the Night by My Chemical Romance

Buckle up for near 4 hours of Chocobo goodness as the duders wrap up the epic that is Final Fantasy XII.

After 30 minutes of talk about music and cancer, Jake and Rich get on topic to talk about the game wrap-up for this legendary run. The most obnoxiously long dungeon in a game full of excessively long dungeons, a whole bunch of bosses (some super, most pretty forgettable), some EXTREME gear gathering coupled with some EXTREME dungeon spelunking, along with some EXTREME butt kicking, and some EXTREME power-leveling, along with some unexpected character turns, and a much anticipated conclusion await on the latest super powered mega jacked 'roided to the friggin' max shredded show we called DAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOOOOO.

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Intro: Revenge of the Lucavi (Esper Battle Rock Remix) by MasterLefty

Outro: When Worlds Collide by Powerman 5000