Things just keep getting better and better for this show. This is Pat “The Gameodactyl” Gann here, and I’m ready to self-promote like a mofo. In this back-to-back, two-part, two-hour episode, the Gameosaurs cover a lot of ground. Thus, we have some extended show notes. Here we go! First of all, the cold opening: spoiler alert, the milk stout...

Last year we informed you of a ridiculous sale that Falcom was putting on: YS: THE OATH IN FELGHANA (an import PC title) alongside an eight disc soundtrack box for only $10 (plus $30 S&H from Japan, but who cares right?). This once-Japanese-only title, a super-duper remake of the original YS III, was well-known among fans for being one of the greatest action RPGs...

Japanese developer/self-publisher Nihon Falcom has had relatively little exposure in North America. This is a downright shame, as they tend to make some of the best fast-paced Action RPGs in the world. Chief among them is their Ys series (note: “Ys” rhymes with “niece,” and sounds nothing like the word “wise”). It was in 2005,...