Ep. 294 - Final Fantastacular XVI, with Giovanni Colantonio, Gita Jackson, and Ash Parrish
Added 2023-07-03 06:48:04 +0000 UTCGame journalists Giovanni Colantonio, Gita Jackson and Ash Parrish unite to make Insert Credit history: reviewing a video game. The party explores Final Fantasy XVI as a game, a story, and as a cultural artifact. Plus, the ten hottest Final Fantasy boys! Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Giovanni Colantonio, Gita Jackson, and Ash Parrish. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Chapters:
- Talking about the game (02:57)
- Talking about the story (FEATURES SPOILERS) (27:20)
- Talking about talking about the game (FEATURES SPOILERS) (58:43)
- Recommendations and Outro (01:25:27)
LIGHTNING RETURNS ROUND: Rank the hottest Final Fantasy boys (01:26:35)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Clive Rosfield (Final Fantasy XVI spoilers)
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
- Final Fantasy X
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Devil May Cry series
- Moogle
- Chocobo
- Pokémon universe
- Forspoken
- The DioField Chronicle
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
- Naruto vs Sasuke
- Devil May Cry 5
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Naoki Yoshida
- Final Fantasy XV
- Cidolfus Telamon
- Cid Highwind
- Cid Pollendina
- Dion Lesage (Final Fantasy XVI spoilers)
- Gil
- Diablo series
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Torgal (Final Fantasy XVI spoilers)
- Game of Thrones
- Ultima (Final Fantasy XVI spoilers)
- Anabella Rosfield (Final Fantasy XVI spoilers)
- Jill Warrick (Final Fantasy XVI spoilers)
- Theon Greyjoy
- Benedikta Harman (Final Fantasy XVI spoilers)
- Active Lore System
- The Holy Empire of Sanbreque (Final Fantasy XVI spoilers)
- Destiny
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Thedas
- Byron Rosfield (Final Fantasy XVI spoilers)
- I Want to Be Your Canary
- Loveless
- Ralph Ineson
- Ben Starr
- Joshua Rosfield (Final Fantasy XVI spoilers)
- Masayoshi Soken
- God of War (2018)
- Mortal Engines (2018)
- Michael Bay
- Final Fantasy XII
- Final Fantasy VII: Remake
- Final Fantasy VI
- Blitzball
- Fang
- Vanille
- House of the Dragon
- Chain-Gang All-Stars
- The Grishaverse
- Shadow and Bone
- Final Fantasy XVI has a medieval approach to diversity
- Unsullied
- Jacob Anderson
- Interview with the Vampire
- Dune
- Pauline Kael
- Dordogne
Recommendations:
Gita: follow xoxogossipgita on social media, subscribe to the gita zone on substack
Ash: follow adashtra on social media, find more of Ash’s writing at The Verge
Giovanni: follow marioprime on social media, find more of Giovanni’s writing at DigitalTrends
DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!
Comments
I just finished FFXVI and immediately listened to this. The Bahamut fight rules. Torgal rules. Chain Gang All-Stars rules. Clive is the sexiest. This episode ruled.
Luis Correa
2023-07-09 03:10:08 +0000 UTCI considered hearing that the Bahamut fight is that good a spoiler so I had to stop listening lol (I have avoided all marketing), will get to it when I eventually finish the game!!
Nathan Grim
2023-07-06 20:09:32 +0000 UTC*gamepro exploding face*
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2023-07-06 17:57:45 +0000 UTCFun episode!! Though by the end it’s unclear how the panel feels about the game overall. Might be helpful if next time you ask them to assign individual numerical scores to the graphics, sound, gameplay, story, and value-per-dollar. Just so it’s clear. Who’s with me
2023-07-05 21:36:53 +0000 UTC(brandon:) I feel like the purpose was less an unbiased review than a discussion about how to discuss something that's interesting but flawed, but I haven't listened to the whole thing yet!
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2023-07-05 03:40:47 +0000 UTCThis was an interesting one. I think a glaring weakness of the guest selection is that all three were - in their written reviews - very critical of the game. It probably would have been a lot more balanced if there were at least one person with a very positive appraisal. Maybe Michael Higham, for a seasoned podcaster? Or Jen Glennon from Inverse? I enjoyed it anyway.
Ketan Jha
2023-07-05 01:37:55 +0000 UTCThis was a great episode! Ash & Gita are always great to hear.
Andrew Eikum
2023-07-05 01:04:03 +0000 UTC¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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2023-07-04 20:26:24 +0000 UTCGot about 5 minutes in but this was a big ol' swing and a miss
Matt Cobley
2023-07-04 14:25:06 +0000 UTCI <3 Ash and Gita and now I <3 Giovanni too. Great episode :D
Fangs
2023-07-04 01:47:20 +0000 UTCHoly smokes, what a great discussion! If you told me that Ash, Gita and Giovanni have their own dedicated final fantasy podcast, I would believe it. Everyone played off each other so well and clearly lots to talk about that it felt like it was over so quickly! I've not had the opportunity to play FF16 but getting to listen to more nuanced discussion around the successes and shortcomings of the game instead of gleaning bits here and there from the web was worthwhile. It sure seems like a mess in many ways, but I would be lying if the descriptions and enthusiasm around the eikon battles didn't make me curious. Anything that you can see the promise of that ultimately isn't able to bring everything together to reach their full potential can be so unfortunate. Nice job on hosting this week (as always), Jaffe. You really balanced when to speak up well with just letting the panel go. That lightning round was the perfect cherry on top haha
Dustin Reno
2023-07-03 22:27:11 +0000 UTC
