Episodes
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Longtime listeners of SMTN may remember Ross Brierley from his time at Ghostlight Games when we invited him on the podcast way back when. Ghostlight was the European publisher of various games like Persona 3 Portable, Trails In The Sky, and even released Nocturne as Lucifer's Call. Ross looks back at the last 18 years at Ghostlight with us and I hope you all enjoy the long episode.
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Alex from Fangamer joins us this week to talk all about their latest SMT 1/2/if vinyl release. From humble beginnings in the mail room Alex has some great insight into what he does at Fangamer. Check out their Atlus collection below as well as Vinyl for SMTV, Nocturne, and even Snowboard Kids.
https://www.fangamer.com/collections/atlus
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A few weeks back Bubbletea and Nam's Compendium both released a video all about which version of Persona 4 is superior. So I thought it would be fun to invite them both on the podcast together. We discuss comparing Atlus titles from one to another, making videos, what we have been playing, and much more.
Check out Bubbletea on https://www.youtube.com/@bubbletea_
Check out Nam on https://www.youtube.com/@NamsCompendium
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Lots of news to cover this week for all things video games. May joins us to discuss the Raidou Remastered getting announced one week and then the Switch 2 direct as well. Are you excited for Raidou Remastered and how do you/your wallet feel about the Switch 2 both coming out in June?
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Solo show this week, but we talk about how Naka Kon 2025 was and even take a closer look at what a Persona 4 remake actually means. Will another game that isn't Persona 6 just slow things down and are people even excited to play this game again? We go over that and much more in this shorter one man episode.
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Naka Kon 2025 has wrapped up and we got to host a panel all about Metaphor ReFantazio at the convention. Big thanks not only to everyone who joined us for this midnight panel, but also the whole staff for hosting such a great convention. This panel is spoiler free and a general overview of the game months after release with a bunch of other fans.
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This week a surprise Persona announcement happened and it was the reveal of an official Persona cookbook is coming out later this year. To celebrate I invited author Jarrett Melendez onto the podcast to talk all about it. Jarrett has been writing cookbooks, comics, and much more for many years. It was a delight to talk to him all about how he got into the series and how this cookbook became a reality.
Preorder on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Persona-Official-Cookbook-Jarrett-Melendez/dp/B0DYZZK687/
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This week we catch up with Leana Hafer who you may know from their news/review coverage online. We talk about Persona 3 Reload turning one year old from a new/old fan perspective and even talk about how game reviews have changed in 2025.
Check out Leana Hafer on the Three Moves Ahead Podcast here: https://www.idlethumbs.net/3ma
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The Metaphor: ReFantazio spoilercast is finally here and we are joined Macca to discuss the most recent game from Atlus. This massive episode is over four hours long and is easily the longest spoilercast we have ever recorded. We dive deep into the story, themes, characters, and more so make sure you have rolled credits before giving this episode a listen.
Check out Macca at https://www.youtube.com/@Macca
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In the next few weeks there will be not one, but two different Persona 3 Relod trading card game releases with Battle Spirits In Japan and Weiss Schwarz in English. So I invited Ross AKA Wossy onto the show so we could chat all things cardboard.
Check out Ross on https://youtube.com/@ptcgradio And https://youtube.com/@wossyplays
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Sandeep Rai also known as 2old4gaming joins me once again to talk about what we have been up to recently. This includes launching Retro PlayStation Magazine, Switch 2 reveal impressions, and more. Make sure to check out the newest KickStarter for issue #5 of RPM now before 2/18/2025. It has already reached its goal so no need to worry!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2o4g/rpm-issue-5-the-unofficial-retro-playstation-magazine
https://www.etsy.com/shop/2Old4Gaming
https://www.youtube.com/@2old4gaming/
https://x.com/2_old_4_gaming
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This is the 2024 Atlus Awards presented by the Shin Megami Tensei Network Community and voted on by thousands of our community members. Special thanks to everyone who helped me with announcing the winners, everyone who voted, especially everyone at Atlus who helped bring us all of theses great games in 2024.
00:00 Intro
01:35 Atlus Steelbook Of The Year
04:42 Best Soundtrack @FayLeMay
05:55 Favorite System To Play Atlus Games On @brianpshea
06:35 Best Performance Persona 3 Reload @LaviAlraune
10:08 Best Performance Unicorn Overlord @CrystAAHHL
11:27 Best Performance SMTVV @katrael4393
12:11 Best Performance Metaphor @Macca
13:28 Best Collector/Launch Edition @Larrue
16:12 Best Art Style/Presentation Feat. Waffles
16:38 Best Demo @MarshSMT
17:22 Best DLC @Nyarly
17:56 Best Story @Tony4You
18:40 Atlus Game Of The The Year
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This week Josh Fairhurst from Limited Run Games joins us for a interview. Since we have last had anyone from LRG back on the show they have now started working with Sega/Atlus and even published Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden. I hope you all enjoy the show and let us know what you think in the comments below.
Limitedrungames.com
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The new year is here and Waffles joins the podcast once again to talk about our updated Metaphor thoughts. No major spoilers are discussed, but we do go over general thoughts on narrative themes, character development, and more. We also discus what we are hoping to accomplish with the new year ahead of us in 2025.
Follow Waffles on Bluesky @slamshuffle.bsky.social
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2024 is wrapping up and the game awards just wrapped up a massive show! Metaphor ended up taking three different awards that night and Liam Omega is joining us this week to talk all about it. We also go over what was announced and what our Xbox/PlayStation gaming numbers.
Vote in the 2024 Atlus Awards before 12/22/24 https://forms.gle/oU75FjxMVy2c77h3A
https://x.com/liam_omega @LiamOmega.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/@Liam_Omega
https://ko-fi.com/liam22292/ to request a song cover from Liam
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This week we are joined by fellow collector YandereGogeta to talk all about collecting all kinds of rare Atlus merchandise. We talk about how he got started with the series and what videos they post on YouTube. What is the coolest part of your collection? Tell us below and enjoy the podcast.
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The 2024 Game Awards announced their nominees/categories and Atlus was able to sneak Metaphor into tons of categories including game of the year! Unicorn Overlord got some love and P3R/SMTVV were left in the dust. So Rikku joins us on the show again to talk about the awards and our thoughts on what may or may not have been snubbed.
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This week we talk to special guest/lover of RPGs Bradley Ellis from Game Trailers, Easy Allies, and now Last Stand Media fame. We discuss the last 12 months of releases from Atlus, talk about the recent success of the SMT board game kickstarter, and digital release of the SMT TTRPG. Thank you all for the questions and thanks again to Brad for coming on the show.
Check out more of Brad on Last Stand Media
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Atlus dropped a nice free update for SMTVV that not only adds a new demon/subquest, six new demon navigators from the popularity poll earlier this year, and even more quality of life changes. So for this week's podcast I take a solo look at all the new content added to the game for this shorter episode.
Watch: https://youtube.com/live/KL0JwB36fEY
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Hot off the release of Metaphor and Tokyo Game Show 2024 Genki returns to the show all the way from Japan! Metaphor is off to a great start with strong sales following strong review scores from critics/fans alike. We also talk about the upcoming slate of video games for 2024 and buying games in Japan.
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