Resonant Arc

It's finally happening! Our deep dive into Final Fantasy IX will begin this week. I've been having fun looking for good images for thumbnails.

YouTube video by Resonant Arc 26 Years Later, Suikoden II Hits Harder Than Ever

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Casen played Suikoden II for the first time. So today we're discussing our thoughts on this certified classic RPG! (Link to the video in the comments ↓)

YouTube video by Resonant Arc Expedition 33: Our Final Verdict After 100 Hours

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After 100 hours with Expedition 33, here is our final verdict. Link to the video in the comments!

Oblivion is considered retro now 💀

Amazing!

YouTube video by Resonant Arc Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review | The Best RPG In 20 Years?

Our review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMl0...

We are ecstatic to have received review copies of Expedition 33. This is the best RPG (of this sub-genre) I have played in at least two decades. Link to our review in the comments!

YouTube video by TJTheEmperor The History of Quintet, Episode Five - Terranigma

This is such a great retrospective on Terranigma. Honestly, it's way better than the one I did! Give it a watch!

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Today's episode is brought to you by
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We discuss whether Final Fantasy should downgrade to AA moving forward. Lol.

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Gets me every time. If you know, you know.
The Terranigma podcast series is coming soon.

Hey! Thank you so much! We appreciate you.

Relatable.

My cat has good taste in games.

Hold up... I forgot Expedition 33 is coming out in April. I totally forgot to mention this as one of my most anticipated games of the year in my list a few weeks back! Game looks awesome!

This is actually pretty impressive in person!

This is what AI thinks our latest video is about. Should Casen and I go by K and John moving forward?

Have you ever wondered how Vamp from Metal Gear Solid is similar to former NBA star Dennis Rodman? These are the kinds of questions we answer on our podcast.

Watch me make the JUMP! Watch me make the Jump at Limitless Flight

I went base jumping today. It was tons of fun! jump.aetherkey.io/play-vlog?co...

Did you know the Sons of Liberty flag in Metal Gear Solid 2 is based on a very interesting historical emblem created by Benjamin Franklin?

The Switch is the best console of all time. The Switch 2 doesn't need to reinvent the wheel. #nintendo #nintendoswitch #Switch2 #NintendoSwitch2

Older games used to mix up gameplay mechanics a lot with unique mini-games and missions with custom mechanics you only used once or twice. Today, it seems five mission types are just repeated dozens of times throughout the course of a game.

Peter Stillman says Fatman built an atomic bomb at the age of 10, which sounds ridiculous, but did you know there was a Boy Scout who once built a homemade neutron source at the age of 17?

Resonant Arc (@resonantarc.bsky.social) In-depth podcasts on good storytelling techniques and thematic analysis of game narrative.

Listening to the newest @resonantarc.bsky.social episode and they are making the case that writing a good plot twist is analogous to a magician performing stage magic. youtu.be/ieLvtJXFe7Q?...

I was not aware! I'll look into it!

Pixel art landscape with a low horizon. The sky is a brilliant blue gradient with fluffy white and pink pixel clouds. A band of brown dirt topped with green grass sits at the bottom of the image as if in a section view. Atop the grass on the left is a low grey rock wall, a tree in leaf with a twisted trunk and pink pixels sprinkled through it—likely fruit—and a low shrub with similar pink “fruit.” On the right side a grey mountain range fades into the distance. Most of the middle-top of the image is open sky and in it is centered the words “From Mind to Mind: The Graphical Evolution of Final Fantasy Through Tolkien’s ‘On Fairy-stories.’’” Below the title is a yellow button with a black outline with the word “start” in it.

I want to give a shout out to a recent episode of @resonantarc.bsky.social's podcast for touching on something I talked about at PCA National Conference last year: how the evolution of #FinalFantasy graphics from pixel art to near photo-real 3D changed a LITERARY experience into a CINEMATIC one. 🧵

I haven't spoken in any significant way about the FF7R project in nearly FIVE years, and people are *still* mad. I've been around gaming discourse since the dawn of the internet, and I've never seen anything like it. This was on a completely unrelated video. This is why we rarely talk FF anymore.

This MGS2 moment had us DYING laughing 😂

It's important to note how similar the missions in Metal Gear Solid 1 and Metal Gear Solid 2 are to each other. This is key to keep in mind when looking to understand what this game is really all about!