RPGrinders EP 858 - Is It Over?

  The safety of All Hallow's Eve is far behind us. Now we approach the scariest holiday of all, Thanksgiving! The true horror is about to begin. Headless birds, vile cranberry relish, dastardly dinner rolls, despicable corn bread, man eating mash potatoes, grotesque green bean casserole, predatory pumpkin pie, and the most evil of them all, the sweet potato casserole! No one has claimed as many lives as the sweet potato.  Don't worry everyone. I'm not here to scare you. I am here to offer you the salvation of the RPGrinders! That's right. We are here to fight back against the tyranny of the holidays! There is no boat of gravy, no side of stuffing, and no wish bone that could ever stop us. We are here for you with gaming news, reviews, Stinkoes and maybe a surprise. With us, your safety is guaranteed.  Once the war against these "Happy Holidays" is over, the healing can begin. We can begin to look forward for new releases on the horizon. Games like Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana for the Switch 2, the English version of Azur Promilia, and the game adaption of the hit anime Apothecary Diaries: the False Imperial Brothers all arrive in 2027. While you hide in your home waiting for this evil to pass, the Grinders can give your mind a slight reprieve with our newest reviews. Like the review of the controversial anime, Solo Leveling. Is the show worth your time? Is the fan base as toxic as the cranberry sauce? Does this show deserve the same level of hatred as the green bean casserole? Will it come back to haunt you like the baked beans? If the reviews and the news can't save you, then maybe our Stinkoes can? Well, no they won't but they are still better than dealing with old drunk perverted uncles shoving turkey in their mouths as they talk about their addiction to animal porn and bath salts. Even the threat of World War 3 and the nukes in the hands of madmen is a better conversation than the drunk 50 something uncle talking about "sexy" racoons.  Did I say there may be a special surprise? Just like the mystery casserole your great aunt brings every year. You are going to have to take a bite to find out. Is that meat or a vegetable? No one will ever know. As you face the horrors of the holidays, just remember that the Grinders are here to protect you. For you, we will rip out your cable wires, so the dreaded parade won't invade your home. We will cut the legs of all your tables, so everyone is forced to sit at the kid's table. If your neighbor already has their Christmas lights up, we will cut the power to their home. We are willing to eat all of the evil turkeys and all of the naughty pies. We will devour that stuffing of nightmares, and biscuits of doom. Our hunger for peace will defeat the likes of casseroles and steamed veggies. The Grinders won't let a crumb threaten you.                      And now I'm kinda hungry.       Sweet potato casserole *drool*       Happy Hellidays!  

And that amount of time sure gives you a big CREAK IN THE NECK. But anyways, after one disaster or crisis after another, the crew finally manages to come back for another episode of RPGrinders. It's quite the standard affair, as game gets postponed until November since there's a month worth of reviews and stinkos to discuss. There was a month's worth of news, ecept it wasn't worth talking about since it's been a month, and everyone knows that crap by now. I'm tired, this is all you are getting from me for this synopsis. Time for bed.

This episode is a short news segment in hopes of getting to a game night (didn't happen), Eric's game review might be interesting to BreakMan, Frank needs a new back, and of course lots of political bitching!  Fun for all!   Join us 1st 3 Fridays of the month http://twitch.tv/RPGrinders or Mexican Long Hair on YouTube 7EST.  Thanks for listening!       Break is a great summarizer         Unlike me           But thats ok           I think.           Still here?         Uhm......yah.....               Nope nothin still!

I reviewed this undercooked sequel to Legend of Runersia for the Switch 2. This is a segment edited out of the podcast instead of my usual solo reviews -Eric

It has been a long, busy week. Lots of hard work and helping family. I'm mentally and physically beaten and feel like I could sleep for 3 days straight. However, I feel as though we made a lot of progress and the back breaking labo... oh shit. Sorry. I thought I was writing in my diary.  What I meant to say was please download the latest episode of RPGrinders! In this episode, we talk about... um. Shit. I don't remember. Did we even do an episode? I know we had news, Stinkoes, and Sweetoes, right? Cause we always do those. So, they had to happen.  Plus reviews. We always review something, don't we?  Let's see. What do I remember? I remember that Break showed up late to avoid reading the news. Frank and Eric are used to that. Since I have no memory of the news, I am going to assume it never happened. I could listen to the episode to confirm but it's not like I have quality standards.  Break might now have been there on time for the news but he showed up on time to screw up his own reviews. What did Break review? Fuck if I know. Something about Killing rich people, and one about a flying man and his magical muppet.  Thankfully, Eric and Frank handled the rest of the reviews. Abominable snow creatures, anime superheroes, and more benefit from better reviews. It wouldn't be a Grinders with Stinkoes, I think. I am pretty sure they happened. It wouldn't be a normal week if Eric wasn't calling out the game industry for their numerous failures. The show wouldn't feel right if Break didn't have 99 problems, but at least the bitch ass government isn't 1. It's at least 70 of his complaints. And Frank, um his Stinko was something or other about something doing something with something else and in a place... It had to do with something happening and people were there and they did something or didn't do something. One thing is for certain. Something happened. After Stinkoes we usually like to do Sweetoes so we dont end on a sour note. At least, we usually do Sweetoes. Maybe we did them first, this time? Maybe we didn't do them at all? Did we even do a show? Was I there? Well, usually Break is enjoying the failures of the American government, Frank likes to stay more grounded and personal, while Eric finds something in the gaming industry to celebrate.  The show happened, right? Maybe I'm just repeating crap I heard in older episodes. I guess I could download the show and confirm but NAAAAAH. I'm just going to assume that it is on there, because nothing ever goes wrong when people make huge assumptions! If it is dead air, I'm not worried. No matter how bad things may occur on this show, I always have one sure fire backup plan. Blame Frank for everything.                                                                            I just wonder how far you will scroll down before you get bored and quit?                                   Seriously, you are still scrolling?!

I did something a bit different this time and edited an excerpt from Episode #857 of the podcast to review three games, that are in order: R-Type Dimensions 70's-Style Robot Anime GEPPY-X Verho: Curse of Faces All for the Xbox, but they are also available on other platforms. Be sure to tune in live for the show itself, Fridays at 7 PM EST on Twitch(RPGrinders) and Youtube(MexicanLongHair)!

In this episode of RPGrinders, the crew does a small amount of news before getting into reviews. Break and Frank review the new Masters of the Universe film, Break review Mortal Kombat II, while Eric and Frank review Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Afterwards, the stinkos have it's usual suspects, and after the Sweetos, the topic goes into a Free-for-All about the encroachment of AI once more, and the disappearance of physical anything via a number of artificially induced factors. If you want to listen live, please tune in Fridays at 7 PM EST on Twitch(RPGrinders) or Youtube(MexicanLongHair)! Stay Safe! 

In this casual episode the guys have only 3 news stories and get sidetracked (or side quested) to discuss current events including the US government and also A.I.  Basically we are all f*&$%$!!  Hope you all enjoy this smooth talkin episode for a good change of pace. We are on usually first 3 Fridays of the month LIVE on Twitch http://twitch.tv/RPGrinders and YouTube just search RPGrinders or Mexican Long Hair.  Thanks for listening!!!   I wished I could do summaries like Break Man......         But I cant.........             Well, I probably could but I'm too lazy........           Allegedly.......         For entertainment purposes only........             Take that Break!!

I reviewed this rather poor action game that shamelessly uses the Disgaea name. PS5 and Switch 2 versions covered.

I reviewed the PS5 version of this fun, if flawed Korean indie RPG! P.S. I said in the review that there wasn't a diffuculty setting, and I forgot that there actually is. Sorry for misspeaking! Although I do wish there were individual modifiers so you had more leeway.