RPGFan's Random Encounter

It's another handheld-heavy week as the editors of RPGFan come together once again to discuss the entrancing 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors, the conventional Chaos Rings, and the down-right confusing Knights in the Nightmare. We also talk about "RPG Fatigue" - what it means and how to beat it - and bring you the latest in RPG news.      Featuring: Robert Steinman, John McCarroll and Zachary Pintchik

Podcast Newbie Bryan Grosnick saves the day as another regular goes down for the count, bringing with him news from the handheld front of Ys SEVEN, Crimson Gem Saga, Ash and more. Throw in a hint of Fallout: New Vegas, some long tangents, and a discusssion of the expansion of the RPG genre and you've got yourself this week's Random Encounter.      Featuring: Robert Steinman, John McCarroll and Bryan Grosnick

With one of our party members down for the count, can our three remaining editors win this Random Encounter? Join us as we talk about Fallout: New Vegas, Temple of Elemental Evil and rules compliancy, as well as the latest in RPG news.Featuring: Robert Steinman, John McCarroll and Zachary Pintchik

This time on the Random Encounter we discuss Phantasy Star Portable 2, Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded, 3D Dot Game Heroes, and the recent re-releases of the Infinity Engine games (Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale... so far) on GOG.com, as well as the latest news in the world of RPGs.Featuring: Robert Steinman, John McCarroll, Stephen Meyerink and Zachary Pintchik

How many chronicles could a Valkyria Chronicle chronicle if a Valkyria Chronicle could chronicle chronicles? How much fun could it be to run an RPG item shop? Is Darkdeath Evilman really evil? And what exactly is a Rorona? Join the editors of RPGFan.com as they discuss Valkyria Chronicles 2, Recettear, ZHP: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman, Atelier Rorona: Alchemist of Arland, and the first batch of news fresh from Tokyo Game Show 2010. Featuring: Robert Steinman, John McCarroll, Zachary Pintchik and Patrick Gann

In which our trusty heroes discuss Ys SEVEN, NieR, indie-JRPG Recettear, and The World Ends With You, which leads to a discussion of player control and AI in RPGs.  After the end of the show Rob talks about his unpleasant experience with Sony's Customer Service department. Featuring: Robert Steinman, Dennis Rubenshteyn, Neal Chandran and Zachary Pintchik

The latest episode of your friendly neighborhood podcast is now available for your listening pleasure. We discuss all sorts of things that are not StarCraft 2, like Arc Rise Fantasia, DeathSpank, Dragon Quest IX, and share our thoughts on random encounters (the mechanic, not the podcast). We definitely do not make any StarCraft 2 references or talk about Mass Effect 2 again, though. Download and listen now!Random Encounter: Better when you see it coming.Featuring: Robert Steinman, Stephen Meyerink, Zachary Pintchik and John McCarroll

This week's episode of the podcast includes discussions on the following RPGs:Half Minute Hero, Magic: Clash of Heroes, Mass Effect 2 (again?!), the possibilities of RPGs on Kinect, Eschalon: Book 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, Dragon Quest IX, and a whole lot of news.Our show for this week features: Robert Steinman, Dennis Rubenshteyn, Zachary Pintchik and Kyle Miller.

This week's episode of the podcast includes discussions on the following RPGs:Lunar Harmony of Silver Star, Parasite Eve, Final Fantasy XIII, Dragon Quest IX, Persona 3 Portable, Tales of Innocence, Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age II.Our panel also chimes in on the topic of difficulty in RPGs.Featuring: Robert Steinman, Dennis Rubenshteyn, Derek Heemsbergen, Stephen Meyerink, Zachary Pintchik

Join the editors of RPGFan.com as we talk about the (at the time) unreleased Persona 3 Portable, import Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, and more. Ready to hear John ramble on about how he liked playing as a girl in Persona?Featuring: Rob Steinman, Ashton Liu John McCarroll, Zack Pintchik, Stephen MeyerinkA special thanks to Alexi Windler for his work on composing the intro theme song for our podcast. If you like his work, here are his coordinates:AIM: electr0ph0nicE-mail: alexiwindler@gmail.comMusic Myspace: myspace.com/alexiwindler