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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: May, 2025

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

Enhanted Arms Part 1: Bang-Maid 0
May 26, 2025

Enhanted Arms Part 1: Bang-Maid
Square Roots - Episode 464
Quest Log: 28:40
Level Up: 02:32:46

Dust off saxophone and charge up your magical arm, it's time for Enchanted Arms! Get it! Enchanted ARMS? Because his arm is enchanted! We discover all the little ways that Miyazaki put lil pieces of Dark and Demon's Souls into this FROM SOFTWARE turn-based JRPG! 

Also:
DL Free
Workaholics Non-Joke Whiteboard
Take The Night Off, Grandpa
It Was An Act Of Generosity And Love
I want to give him a little pizza golem kiss

This Week: Wake Up in Prison in Enchanted Arms!
Next Week: Defeat Professor Kou in Enchanted Arms!


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!
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Grim Fandango Part 2: Johnny Troublehands 0
May 19, 2025

Grim Fandango Part 2: Johnny Troublehands
Square Roots - Episode 464
Quest Log: 27:11
Level Up: 01:49:50

Who do you call when life gives you trouble? JOHNNY TROUBLEHANDS! And he's joined by Matthew Dangerfist! Jim Blazin! And Vanessa Deathteeth! And we finish the LucasArts adventure classic, Grim Fandango! Is Grim a sociopath? Is Glottis better off without him? Was Meche right in holding him at gun point? YES!

Also:
The Clicker Genre
"And Yet I'm Not."
Source: Vanessa
A Towel Made of Fruit Roll-Up
How To Knock Out A Skeleton
This Is Nothing Like The Breakfast Club!
Tofu Gwace!

This Week: Finish Year III and Year IV in Grim Fandango!
Next Week: Wake Up in Prison in Enchanted Arms!


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

Grim Fandango Part 1: A Mnemonic Tube 0
May 12, 2025

Grim Fandango Part 1: A Mnemonic Tube
Square Roots - Episode 463
Quest Log: 29:00
Level Up: 02:05:00

Welcome to the BONE ZONE! This week on the Bone Zone we're checking out LucasArts's pinnacle of adventure gaming, Grim Fandango. In it you start as a reaper, which Matthew informs us is named Grim Fandango.  Join these Hep Cats as we get people murdered, trick penguins, and abuse the trust of your man-child elemental buddy.

Also:
A Little Tiny Computer!
Nice Meche!
Matt's Wild and Wacky Florida Tour!
It Was Rutger Hauer!
MANNY, YOU PROMISED!

This Week: Finish Year I and Year II in Grim Fandango!
Next Week: Finish Year III and Year IV in Grim Fandango!


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

Grandia II Part 6: The Birthplace of the Gods Was A Research Facility 0
May 5, 2025

Grandia II Part 6: The Birthplace of the Gods Was A Research Facility
Square Roots - Episode 462
Quest Log: 28:40
Level Up: 01:48:15

GOTCHA! The Birthplace of the Gods was a research facility, which definitely means that Granas and Valmar were scientists who got turned into gods, and weren't aliens. With the Birthplace of the Gods being a research facility my logic is flawless and Matthew, who still needs to mail me ten dollars, is left speechless as we finish GameArts's classic JRPG!

Also:
We All Have An Oblivion We'd Rather Be Playing
Chris Plante Sent To A Nice Click Farm Upstate
A Lot Of Tiddy Talk
It. Popped. Out.
Tomax and Xamot Fan Fiction
Vanessa's Private Network
In The Krang Bin

This Week: Finish Grandia II!
Next Week: Finish Year I and Year II in Grim Fandango!


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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