Home on the RNG
What do you get when you combine jRPG veteran Russ McGallian, with enthusiastic jRPG amateur Jeff Hillary, and mix in a healthy dose of video game music expert Chris Taylor? Mostly chaos. But occasionally they produce an in depth analysis of the jRPGs you love, hate, or never even heard of. Listen to them as they play through every jRPG ever made (they may die of old age before they finish).
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 126
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Side Quest: The Music of Uematsu
Jeff, Russ, and Chris discuss the groundbreaking work of Uematsu, with a particular focus on his Final Fantasy scores. Occasionally The Princess will laugh in the background.
The 7th Saga
The 7th Saga is a turn-based role-playing video game
developed by Produce! and published by Enix for the Super Nintendo
Entertainment System in 1993.
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Side Quest: Legend of Heroes Trails Series - Part 3
Jeff and Russ conclude their discussion of The Legend of Heroes Trails series (for now) by discussing the Trails of Cold Steel quadrilogy.
Dragon Quest IV
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, titled Dragon
Warrior IV when initially localized to North America, is a role-playing video
game, the fourth installment of the Dragon Quest video game series d…
Side Quest: Legend of Heroes Trails Series - Part 2
Jeff and Russ continue their discussion of the Legend of Heroes Trails series, this time discussing the Crossbell Duology.
Romancing Saga 1
Romancing SaGa is a 1992 role-playing video game developed
and published by Square for the Super Famicom. It is the fourth entry in the
SaGa series. It was subsequently released for the WonderSwan Colo…
Side Quest: Legend of Heroes Trails Series - Part 1
Part 1 of our discussion of the very long and very excellent Trails series. This episode covers the Trails in the Sky games.
Thousand Arms
Thousand Arms is a cross-genre video game developed by Red
Company and Atlus, and published by Atlus for the PlayStation in 1998. The game
mixes elements of Japanese role-playing video games and dating…
Side Quest: Top 5 Non-jRPGs
A discussion of our top 5 games that AREN'T jRPGs. With special guests Rachel and Chris. We apologize for the length of this episode, but hope you enjoy it.
Secret of Mana
Secret of Mana, originally released in Japan as Seiken
Densetsu 2, is a 1993 action role-playing game developed and published by
Square (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It…
Super Special Desert Bus Announcement
This is not a jRPG review, it's not even a Side Quest, it is an invitation for you to join Russ and Jeff for their yearly ritual of watching Desert Bus for Hope. This year it kicks off on November 12…
Side Quest: Shin Megami Tensei Spinoffs
A discussion of the absolutely ABSURD number of games in the Shin Megami Tensei universe. With special guests Chris and Rachel.
Persona 1
Revelations: Persona is a 1996 role-playing video game
developed and published by Atlus. It is the first entry in the Persona series,
itself a subseries of the Megami Tensei franchise, and the first ro…
Side Quest: Rom Hacking and Fan Translations
Jeff and Cameron tackle the topics of altering a game, including rom hacks, fan translations, and several other digressions.
Trails In The Sky 2
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC is a role-playing
video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is a part of the Trails series,
itself a part of the larger The Legend of Heroes series, and …
Side Quest: Russ and Rachel Talk Mass Effect
With Jeff nowhere to be seen, Russ and Rachel talk about one of their favourite series, the original Mass Effect Trilogy.
So Special, Such Reviews
Join us as we look back on the last nine games we played, and discuss the highs and lows.
Games discussed:
Live a Live
Grandia
Breath of Fire II
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy Adventure
Robot Trek
Final Fanta…
Side Quest: Interview With A Gamer
A visit with a friend of mine who grew up gaming, and worked in a retro video game store.
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Quest 64
Quest 64 (Holy Magic Century in Europe, Australia and New
Zealand, Eltale Monsters in Japan) is a single-player role-playing video game
developed by Imagineer and published by THQ. It was released for …
Side Quest: Modern vs Old School jRPGs
Like anything, the jRPG genre has evolved over time. Let's talk about some of the aspects of jRPGs that have changed as this genre has aged.