Podquest

This week on PodQuest we talk about Microsoft's partnership to bring AI dev tools to Xbox, start out book club discussion on World War Z, and that's about it. If you do continue past the point of no return, we continue talking about the first 187 pages of World War Z, then Chris chats about his first time reading Fellowship of the Ring, and Walnut put some time into Baldur's Gate 3. Plus the SAG-AFTRA Strike is ending, and the news broke during recording.

We're back with another new episode of PodQuest! This week Drootin talks about some of the ups and downs with EA's latest Hockey Entry, NHL 24. Then Chris has finished up Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and talks about the game in depth, check the timestamps for when spoilers happen! And finally Walnut talks about his early impressions of Cities: Skylines II.

This week on PodQuest we finish up Ray Didinger's 2021 memoir "Finished Business" for our book club, then Chris talks about his time with Super Mario Wonder and Marvel's Spider-Man 2. We also chat a bit about fun tours in New York City, and Walnut's played some Demonologist.

This week on PodQuest Chris recaps his time at New York Comic Con 2023, including some Dragon Ball news, we find out that Droo enjoyed music, especially the new Beartooth album, and Walnut finished up Dead Island Rip Tide and Dead Island Retro Revenge. We also hear a bit about Droo's appearance on The Sports Trivia Face Off Podcast, Walnut got Baldur's Gate 3, and Chris watched more One Piece (Through Impel Down!).

This week on PodQuest we start out discussing the new 24 Hour anime channel available from Crunchyroll, then we get into the first half of our latest Book Club discussion covering the first 9 chapters of Ray Didinger's Finished Business before also chatting about book clubs past, then Chris and Walnut go over the second cour of Bleach The Thousand Year Blood War, before wrapping things up with a quick chat about Emo Orchestra featuring Hawthrone Heights and the upcoming Stardew Valley concert.

On this week's episode of PodQuest, Chris talk about Brandon Sanderson's Secret Project 4, the finale of the Year of Sanderson. Walnut tells us about his time playing Dead Island, and Chris also started playing Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion. We also chat a bit about Left 4 Dead as Walnut does his annual spooky game playing for October, dive into the PlayStation 1 era of Final Fantasy games, and chat a bit about upcoming concerts.

It's literary week on PodQuest, we have the second half of our book club discussion on Michael Chriton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, then Chris talk a bit about Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy, and Walnut has some more to say about Starfield.

This week on PodQuest we talk about last week's Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play, where we learn Walnut is understandably over remakes, we also chat about the rest of Ender Lilies Quietus of the Knights, get into some of the Xbox email leaks, and talk about some of the early impressions of Starfield.

This week on PodQuest we have our next Book Club discussion, this time on an actual booK! We discuss the first half of the 1990 Michael Crichton novel Jurassic Park, up to Iteration Four, then we chat about Walnuts time with Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, and Chris put a few hours into Starfield. Around those we also chat a bit about the pricing changes coming to the Unity engine, Walnut played some of Niantics new mobile game Monster Hunter Now, and Chris saw BABYMETAL.

This week on PodQuest we start things off talking a bit about the recent Mario Wonder Direct, then Chris talks the early hours of Sea of Stars and Walnut has some complaints about the Fall Guys season / battle passes. We also derail into some Starfield, briefly talk about books and Spanish Love Songs new album, before Chris wraps things up with Boruto.

This week on PodQuest we start with a discussion about the Playstation Plus price increases and how that does or does not impact us. We also hear Chris' thoughts on the X-Men event Sins of Sinister, and Walnut got to play some of of Palia the upcoming farm sim MMO. We also have our latest book club discussion talking about Yellowcard's 2003 album Ocean Avenue and Ludo's 2010 album Prepare the Preparations, plus Droo had time to play through the 2000 Gameboy color classic, Pokemon Trading Card Game via the Switch Online.

This week on PodQuest we chat about the next few adventures in the Legacy Tabletop Game Jurassic Park Legacy of Isla Nublar, then Chris has gone back to Pokémon and fallen down some rabbit holes on Pokémon lore, then Walnut talks about rolling credits on Death's Door. We also talk a bit about Charles Martinet stepping down from voicing Mario and friends, and Walnut played more coop puzzle games with We Were Here Too and We Were Here Together

This week on PodQuest we talk about our latest book club, music edition, of F.E.A.R by Stand Atlantic and Anthem by Less Than Jake. After that Chris talks Baldur's Gate 3 and Walnut has started Death's Door. We also chat about some other RPGs and DnD mechanics as well as some general music chat.

This week on PodQuest we chat a bit about the Max Heat challenge in Hades being cleared, Pokemon had a presents this week, and Chris finished up Demon Slayer Season 3, the Sword Smith Village arc. We also hear from Richie on his time with Remnant 2, detour to discuss the WGA/SAG strike a bit, and quick check ins on Bleach The Thousand Year Blood War part 2 and Apex Legends.

This week on PodQuest we open up with our book club discussion on the 2021 Catbite album Nice One and the 2005 Boys Night Out concept album Trainwreck. After that we get into some Final Fantasy XVI now that Walnut has wrapped it up, he also dipped into Remnant 2 which we chat about, and finally Chris finished his reading of the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z manga.

This week on PodQuest, we open up with a discussion about the SAG-AFTRA strike guidelines and what they're asking of podcasts. This leads us to a decision to for the duration of the strike change our book club format. We'll pause movies and such for now, and next week we'll be diving into a music theme for the next few weeks. After that Chris talks about Final Fantasy IX, Walnut played the Free to Play puzzle game We Were Here, and Chris saw the live show for the Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet podcast in Philly.

This week on PodQuest, Chris has gotten to spend some time with Pikmin 4, Walnut is up to date with Marvel's Secret Invasion, and we discuss out latest book club movie Boss Level. We also spend some time discussing the death and return of Ms. Marvel in comics, Chris read Trevor Noah's Born a Crime, and we talk a bit about the SAG and WGA Strike.

This week on PodQuest, Drootin tells us a bit about Chivalry 2, Walnut watched his way through Black Mirror season 6, and Chris finally sat down and watched Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. We also talk a bit about music and the other 5 seasons of Black Mirror. Chris spends some additional time talking about Mandy (2018) and Candyman (2021), and Walnut talks a bit about Critical Roles decision to remove hundreds of hours of content from their YouTube channel.

This week on PodQuest we record a little earlier than usual so we can talk about Chris' reading of the original Dragon Ball manga, Walnut finally defeated all of the monsters in Monster Hunter Rise, and we have our latest book club discussion about the 2023 Nic Cage film Renfield. We also spend a little time chatting about Fallout 4 and survival games and Drootin may end up in a ska documentary!

This week on PodQuest, Chris and Walnut sit down and chat about Chris' time at Too Many Games 2023, their experiences playing the legacy tabletop game, Jurassic Park The Legacy of Isla Nublar, and how they're each feeling about Final Fantasy XVI.