Long Phantom Train Runnin'

The Final Fantasy VI New Year's marathon begins in less than an hour—that's 3pm ET! Tune in, cheer me on, help keep me awake, cuz this is gonna be a long one.

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Thursday Throne - A Hat in Time - Session 7

The scourge has been driven from the mountaintops! What scene next awaits our heroine?

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue A Hat in Time!

(And don't forget the marathon on Sunday at 3—see the previous blog post for info.)

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Another Year of Beasts

The end of the year is upon us! For the third year in a row, I'll be celebrating New Year's Eve, my birthday, with a marathon stream of one of my very favorite games, start to finish in one sitting. And I invite you all to join me, in my living room or on Twitch, for as long as you like! Conversing with y'all keeps me energized, and makes the stream more interesting, to boot.

I must be a fool or a masochist, because this year, I picked Final Fantasy VI. While I love the game and know it very well, it's longer than my previous marathon games by a good bit. As such, I'm relaxing my "no help" rule from the last two years, and am writing up some super-condensed notes to help me plan the whole thing out, and perhaps reach the end before 30 hours have passed.

For those who are curious or care about such things, I'll be playing the SNES version with the latest version of the TWU patch. Woolsey's original translation is kind of incredible for having been done in three months, but under such tight deadlines, there were, of course, things that slipped through. This version is still primarily based on that script, but gone over using the GBA version and Lina Darkstar's translation notes as reference. I'm excited to try this version because a few years ago, I attempted to undertake this very thing, myself. I got maybe halfway through my first draft, had to put the project on hold for a little while, and when I came back to it, I discovered that someone else had done it already. I hope it lives up to my expectations!

The party begins on Sunday, December 31st at 3pm ET, and will continue well into New Year's Day. Won't you join us?

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Thursday Throne - A Hat in Time - Session 6

Stages like this are bad for my acrophobia. But I'll manage.

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue A Hat in Time!

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Okage, Shadow King - Session 5

Well, now we're owned by two people — the demon and the princess. Why no personal agency? :(

Join us tonight at 9pm ET for more Okage, Shadow King!

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Early Throne Special - Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones - Session 3

Welp, Farah thinks we're one of the bad guys now. That's gonna make things harder.

Join us at 3pm ET as we continue Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones!

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The XIVth Legion

A number of the Radio PSI DJs have arranged to play some Final Fantasy XIV cooperatively. Our first foray will be tonight, on Thursday Throne, where we will begin our delve into the Palace of the Dead.

Join us in our adventures tonight at 9pm ET!

(But don't worry, A Hat in Time will be back!)

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Stone of Graves - SOMA - Session 4

Things are getting weird...er. At least it's not difficult to avoid the "security" things.

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue (and probably finish) SOMA!

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Thursday Throne - A Hat in Time - Session 5

Prizes have been awarded, and conspiracies uncovered! Our work at Deadbird Studio seems complete. Now to revisit the haunted forest...

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue A Hat in Time!

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Okage, Shadow King - Session 4

We defeated the Bubble Evil King and rescued the creepy princess! Where will our adventure take us next?

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Okage, Shadow King!

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Early Throne Special - Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones - Session 2

I hate time travel.

Also, gonna be starting a little late today, so this'll be a somewhat abbreviated session.

Join us at 4pm ET as we continue Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones!

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Thursday Throne - A Hat in Time - Session 4

Wow, last week's stages were fun! A race through an exploding train that's actively trying to kill me, exploring a haunted forest...I'm excited to see what this week will offer!

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue A Hat in Time!

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Stone of Graves - SOMA - Session 3

Wait, we're what now?

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue SOMA!

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Thursday Throne - A Hat in Time - Session 3

No, it's not A Very Throney Thanksgiving, but it's still gonna be a good time!

Join us at 9pm ET as we continue A Hat in Time! Bring your whole family! Enjoy it together.

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Stone of Graves - Okage, Shadow King - Session 3

That's one Evil King down! How many more to go before Stan can reclaim his rightful place?

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Okage, Shadow King!

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Early Throne Special - Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

I thought my homeland would receive me with open arms, but my only welcome was fire and arrows. Nothing in my kingdom was the way it was...not even me.

After a seven-year trek that didn't really accomplish much, the Prince returns to his home to find it ravaged by the Sands of Time he'd unleashed all those years ago. I'm, uh, not really sure what he expects to do about it. It was a pretty rotten situation.

Join us at 3pm ET as we begin Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones!

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Thursday Throne - A Hat in Time - Session 2

When a game tells me, "You've unlocked more levels, you can come back here later," my response is "BUT I'M NOT DONE YET!"

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue A Hat in Time!

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Stone of Graves - SOMA - Session 2

Things are...really weird. There are robot people, malfunctioning security robots, robots that are trying to save people in really messed up ways, and we crashed a tram.

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue SOMA!

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Thursday Throne - A Hat in Time

Good morning, and welcome to yet another day of space adventure! You are only -5- lightyears away from your destination: Home. The fuel tank is full, and the ship is flying at full speed. Today's to-do list contains: waking up...

Hat Kid is returning home after a long space adventure, when sabotage brings her ship to a halt and throws her to a nearby planet. The evil machinations of Mustache Girl are at play, and the game is afoot!

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we begin A Hat in Time!

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Stone of Graves - Okage, Shadow King - Session 2

This game is very silly so far. The fact that I've decided Stan sounds like Strong Bad doesn't help (really helps?).

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Okage, Shadow King!

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Thursday Thanatopsis - Sunless Sea - Session 4

Tonight, we'll be continuing the rather successful run we began last week. It's our best venture yet, and with luck, it'll see us through this week as well. But it will probably be our last foray onto the dark deep for the time being. Join us, won't you?

Sunless Sea continues tonight at 9pm ET.

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Stone of Graves - SOMA

Hello...?

Did something go wrong?

Something went wrong in an underwater facility, but in their isolation, they could not call out for help. We now explore.

The trailers make it look like BioShock but still with SHODAN, and, of course, minus any way to defend yourself. I mean, that's what makes this stuff scary, right?

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we begin SOMA!

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An Early Grave - Oxenfree - Session 2

We've uncovered many mysteries of this island, but we've only just discovered the key to its many locked doors. Will they reveal to us the pieces to complete our understanding? Or will they lead to more questions?

Join us at 3pm ET as we continue Oxenfree!

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Thursday Thanatopsis - Sunless Sea - Session 3

They say good things come in threes, but does anything good await us on this third venture onto the Unterzee?

Join us, won't you, as we continue Sunless Sea tonight at 9pm ET...

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Thursday Thanatopsis - Sunless Sea - Session 2

Our first captain met an untimely demise at the hands of pirates. One of his correspondents now takes up his mantle.

Sunless Sea continues tonight at 9pm ET. Join us, won't you?

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Stone of Graves - Uncanny Valley

I thought it would be different

That I could run away from my problems

How could I be so wrong?

You're a security guard, just hired at some kind of facility in the middle of nowhere. Alone, at night, far away from civilization...nothing creepy could possibly happen, right?

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we begin Uncanny Valley!

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An Early Grave - Oxenfree

Everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio

A group of teenagers are going camping on a local island. It's an annual tradition, so no one expects the strange events that unfold...

Join us at 3pm ET as we begin Oxenfree!

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Thursday Thanatopsis - Sunless Sea

23rd May, 1898
Screams – dark water – the unforgettable sound of a ship's spine breaking.

Sailing the underground seas surrounding Fallen London yields terrors unknown...much the same as it does on land, actually. Failbetter Games' Victorian Gothic setting is simultaneously dark and vibrant, dead but still breathing. A wonderful fit for the holiday, I think.

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we begin Sunless Sea!

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Stone of Graves - Okage, Shadow King

Do you ever wonder what your shadow is thinking?

When Ari finds his sister afflicted with a curse, his only hope of saving her is making a pact with a demon. In exchange, the demon, an ancient lord dispossessed of his power, demands his aid in restoring his strength.

Okage, Shadow King is an RPG from the early-PS2 era. Being a rare breed at the time, it built a legacy somewhat akin to Dark Cloud — popular for a while, but fading into cult status as more widely-acclaimed games came out. That doesn't sound too impressive, admittedly, but hey, since when has mainstream adoption been a measure of quality? Putting aside the technical foibles that come with its age, it's been highly recommended to me, so I am very excited to bring it to the stream for this Halloween season!

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we begin Okage, Shadow King!

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Thursday Throne - Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Session 11

We infiltrated Cappadocia...but that left me away from my command post for so long that most of Europe and the Mediterranean were under siege by the Templars before I could do anything about it. But now I'm back, and reexerting Assassin control.

It's October, which means spooky season, buuuut I feel like we're so close to beating this one, I ought to finish it first before we begin Thursday Thanatopsis or whatever.

So join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Assassin's Creed: Revelations!

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Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon: Another Story - Session 4

Grindy Japanese RPGs with battles that are stupidly long and drawn out if you're not strong enough, yeah! This game has some very visible flaws, but still has charm. Fortunately, its flaws can easily be smoothed over by grinding between streams.

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon: Another Story!

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Thursday Throne - Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Session 10

Finished the Lost Archive, lived another Altaïr memory, uh...something involving flowers and a weird florist... Feels like we're getting close to the end, but man, putting a week between each session of this makes it hard to remember what's going on.

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Assassin's Creed: Revelations!

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Breath of Death VII - Session 3

Wow, zombie prince guy is dumb, but he sure hits like a truck.

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Breath of Death VII!

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Early Throne Special - King's Quest - FINALE

This game is getting difficult, and I don't just mean the puzzles...

Join us at 3pm ET for Graham's final adventure in King's Quest!

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Thursday Throne - Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Session 9

Last week was pretty much entirely Lost Archive, and it'll probably continue like that tonight. Filling in pieces of the modern story, woo!

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Assassin's Creed: Revelations!

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Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon: Another Story - Session 3

Gather the X macguffins to save the world from time compression!

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon: Another Story!

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Early Quest for the Tardy Cohosts - King's Quest - Session 7

You'll shoot your wife out!

Brendan and Mabry are busy until about 4pm ET, so join us sometime shortly thereafter for more King's Quest!

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Thursday Throne - Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Session 8

First-person segments? In my Assassin's Creed? Madness!

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Assassin's Creed: Revelations!

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Breath of Death VII - Session 2

For a parody game, this one's playing it a lot straighter than I expected it to be. Subversive premise, several allusions, but mostly just straightforward, classic JRPG fare. Not that I'm complaining!

Join us at 9pm ET as we continue Breath of Death VII!

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Eqaurelsyt Tfhorro Nteh es Ptehcrioanle - King's Quest - Session 6

One, two, princesses before you

That's what I said now

Princesses who you wished adored you

Just go ahead now

One's got a good head on her shoulders

Lightning-fast puns now

One dreams of dragons and beholders

Does she speak in tongues now

Marry Neese, or marry Vee?

Got mistaken for a princess, she can't see

We're stuck in this tower with chicken feet

But only true love's power can set us free

Only true love's power can set us free~

That was actually last session; we finished that chapter. The filk just started spewing forth, and I couldn't very well just let it languish.

Join us at 3pm ET as we continue King's Quest!

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Thursday Throne - Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Session 7

We incited a riot at the armory, and discovered a shipment of Templar weapons, but didn't destroy it for some reason. I mean, we had bombs, that was well within our capabilities.

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Assassin's Creed: Revelations!


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Quest for the Throne - King's Quest - Session 5

Brendan and Mabry will be coming back tonight to finish our goblin escape!

We done goofed earlier, and had to restart the chapter, which set us back a little bit. But we got things figured out, and now seem to be approaching the end of this chapter.

So join us tonight at 9pm ET as the Quest for the Throne continues with King's Quest!

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Early Throne Quest - King's Quest - Session 4

Graham and the villagers have been kidnapped by goblins! The goblins have conscripted Graham to do mundane jobs around the warren, leaving him mostly free to do what he will...but he's eaten so little, he lacks the strength to accomplish much. The rest of the villagers are in a similar state, and some are very sick...we had to make a difficult decision with our limited resources. Thus continues...

This blog post is going up later than it ought to have, so join us in just a few minutes (3pm ET) as we continue King's Quest!


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Thursday Throne - Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Session 6

Shoot, what happened last time...I know we finished a couple of sequences, found a lot of books, got another of those Altaïr flashback data discs (this one involving the events immediately following the death of Al Mualim...oh, we discovered our scholar friend from the boat is actually Prince Suleiman, a connection that will bring us much knowledge, but has already drawn us into court intrigues, particularly violent actions by those who oppose the order of succession. I think that's about everything now.

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Assassin's Creed: Revelations!

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Tales of Phantasia - Session 3

Wow, it's been a while, but we're returning to this one! I think we went back in time last time...? Pretty sure we got that far. Remembering some affected mountain/wind spirits, too. So we're still pretty early on.

Join us tonight at 9pm ET as we continue Tales of Phantasia!

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