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Square Roots - THE Classic RPG Podcast

Square Roots is like a book club, but for classic RPGs! Each episode John, Matthew, Jim and Vanessa play through another chunk of one of your favorite RPGs, from Final Fantasy through Chrono Trigger. Are they experts? No. Are they qualified? Absolutely not. Are they good at RPGs? Probably not. But they're the fun kind of dumb, and that's what counts.
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Now displaying: January, 2025

THE Classic RPG Podcast, w/Jim Banks, John Brandon, Matthew Van Zandt & Vanessa

Thief: The Dark Project Part 2 - A Little Moss Volcano 0
Jan 27, 2025


Square Roots - Episode 448
Level Up Starts  at 01:24:20

We're all thieves, and sometimes thieves take their time and don't play to where they say they're going to. So we blasted through missions 4 through 6, which takes us through a fancy mansion, two fancy mansions connected by a sewer, and then a fancy but spooky mansion! Fortunately we make a new friend dripping with moss and friendly good intentions! What could PAWSIBLY go wrong?!
Also:
- Throw Mommy a Bone!
- Vanessa Won't Laugh in Her Special Way
- No More Bresdan Balls
- Tea With Chewsdays Podcast, Innit
- Microsoft Edging

This Week: Finish missions four through six in Thief!
Next Week: Finish missions seven through ten, unless that's too long and then nine.


Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast
Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome theme! You can find him at: https://bsky.app/profile/stevenmorrismusic.bsky.social and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven

Contact Square Roots!
Twitter: @squarerootspod
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Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

Thief: The Dark Project Part 1 - Jim's Hole Sale Prices 0
Jan 20, 2025

Square Roots - Episode 447
Level Up Starts  at 01:44:15

Now that Sea of Stars is over we can promise one thing: no more Garl puns. Now we're on to Thief: The Dark Project by Looking Glass Studios. Enjoy the intense 90s cutscenes! Revell in the developers voicing many side characters! Quiet down your steps with moss arrows! Explode some zombies with holy water! We all approach this early first person sneaker in different ways, so play along and get stealin'!
Also:
- Feed! That! Algorithm!
- TOO GROSS!
- A Dictate Guy!
- Animal Crossing Means Not Okay!
- The Raddest Music You've Ever Heard!
- Googaws and Boobaws!

This Week: Finish the first three missions of Thief! Get it for cheap on GOG today!
Next Week: Finish missions four through seven!


Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast
Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome theme! You can find him at: https://bsky.app/profile/stevenmorrismusic.bsky.social and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven

Contact Square Roots!
Twitter: @squarerootspod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/
Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

Sea of Stars - Part 6: James Acaster Plays Leisure Suit Larry 0
Jan 13, 2025

Square Roots - Episode 446
Level Up Starts  at 02:03:30!

It's a wrap on Sea of Stars this chunker, and someone didn't finish! And it's not who you think! We go through the two endings, talk to some fish, meet a tiger man, and go through a gross castle full of goop and body parts. YEAH!
Also:
- Garl Interrupted
- Garl's Just Want To Have Fun
- Who's That Garl?
- Garls On Film!
- Never Met A Garl Like You Before
- Garl, You'll Be A Warrior Cook Soon
- Brown-Eyed Garl
- California Garls

This Week: Finish Sea of Stars!
Next Week: Finish the first three missions of Thief! Get it for cheap on GOG today!


Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast
Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome theme! You can find him at: https://bsky.app/profile/stevenmorrismusic.bsky.social and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven

Contact Square Roots!
Twitter: @squarerootspod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/
Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

Sea of Stars Part 5: Are You Gonna Be My Garl? 0
Jan 6, 2025

We are sure that the technical issue that caused the original second half of this episode to be lost won’t be noticed and the transition to the new recording will be seamless. Garl finds himself being the true hero of this game as he now has a near-death vision explaining what he needs to do before he dies.

Level Up: 01:48:15

Also:

* Squish Squish Squish
* A Lot of Feet Talk
* I Might Be The Threshold
* Gary Busey in “Make Friends With The Devil”
* Jim’s second most hated song, Zephyr
* Chrono Trigger! Final Fantasy! Hee hee!

 

This Week: Travel through the Sea of Stars!
Next Week: Finish Sea of Stars!

 

Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast
Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome theme! You can find him at: https://bsky.app/profile/stevenmorrismusic.bsky.social and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven

Contact Square Roots!
Twitter: @squarerootspod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/
Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

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