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Axe of the Blood God - An RPG Podcast
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An Independent RPG Video Game Podcast
Hosted by Eric Van Allen, Nadia Oxford, and Victor Hunter.
Web: https://bloodgodpod.com.
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Get ready to brush the sand out of your gorgeous, gorgeous hair; Shin Megami Tensei V and/or Vengeance is your pick for our Dec/Jan game club!
Patrons can play along with the community on the discord and listen to our deep-dive episode in February!
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Key art of Nahobino and the Qadistu from Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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It's not about how much the boys ate, it's about how much Lunafreya's Vivienne Westwood ate.
Lunafreya from Final Fantasy XV wearing her Vivienne Westwood-designed wedding dress
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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What game from 2021 deserves to be our first deep-dive of 2026?

♟️- Dungeon Encounters
🧠- Scarlet Nexus
🏜️- Shin Megami Tensei V
😈- Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

Patrons at any level can vote until Saturday at Noon PT!
Winning game gets a full ep in February!
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In image featuring art from several RPGs: Dungeon Encounters, Scarlet Nexus, Shin Megami Tensei V, and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, with the Axe of the Blood God logo in the centre.
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Story checks out.
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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What do Pikachus and Civets have in common? More than you’d expect! Hear about it in this episode of Axe Of The Blood God covering Pokemon Z-A!

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Pokemon z-a discussed in this episode of axe of the blood god
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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You may have 7 days before Sadako claims your soul but only 2 days to vote for what movie we cover in our Scary Movie Side Quest!

- Shaun of the Dead
- Jennifer's Body
- The Gate
- The Ring
- Otogirisou/St. John's Wort

Vote now! More deets in the alt!
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We have 5 choices, selected by different members of the crew: Shaun of the Dead (Kat): The zombie comedy that kicked off a long and fruitful series of films from this team of creatives, with Edgar Wright in the director's chair. Horror doesn't have to just be scary, right? It can also be funny, and Shaun of the Dead certainly has a zombie horde's worth of laughs. Jennifer's Body (Eric): Horror can contain multitudes, from prestige to shock and shlock; but sometimes that "shlock" gets reappraised and finds new meaning as time goes on. Jennifer's Body is one of the better examples of this, as Megan Fox's man-eater has become an icon in this freshly lauded cult-classic. The Gate (Nadia): We all love a fun, cheesy romp. And The Gate is just that, straight out of Canada and bringing all the kind of popcorn thrills you'd ever want. It makes me want to sit down in a movie theater, flanked by my robot friends, and lob jokes at the monitor, which I cannot control. The Ring (Alexi): The terror that quickly became a horror classic, and one you'll need to send to a friend right after viewing. When asked why she chose this one, Alexi said: "This movie changed my life, so to speak. When we came out of the theatre my older brother turned to me and said 'see what happens to morbid girls, Lexi?' and from then on I became like 50% less goth." Good answer! St. John's Wort/Otogirisou (Victor): For our last film, we turn to St. John's Wort, a Japanese horror film based on a Chunsoft sound novel for the Super Famicom, Otogirisou. Somehow, Victor was the only one to pick a horror movie with an actual video game tie. But for those who want to see just how pixelated horror has influenced the silver screen, it's an interesting choice! Also ties into our recent episode all about the history of sound novels! -- You'll have until Wednesday, October 15 at 5 p.m. Central Time to get your votes in.
October 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Our team putting together this week’s episode against all odds. Digimon Story Time Stranger feat Kenneth Shepard and Jesse Vitelli is out now!

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Guy standing at console of wires with their hands on their hips
October 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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You've activated my trap card!
Our next Pantheon vote is four-of-kind; card-based deck-building RPGs!

- Metal Gear Acid 2
- Phantasy Star Online: Episode 3
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
- Mega Man Battle Network 2

Put on your poker face and vote now at: www.patreon.com/posts/panthe...
Screenshot of Snake engaging in combat in Metal Gear Acid 2. If you really loved me you'd vote for this one. A screenshot of Sil'fer in one of the most beautiful stages in PSO Episode 3. Seriously, the windmill stage is gorgeous. If you REALLY loved me you'd vote for this one A screenshot of the good Chain of Memories. None of that PS2 remake business. It just works better on GBA. It's beautiful and experimental and this game deserves re-appraisal. A screenshot of MegaMan.exe saying "Women. Can't live with'em, can't live without'em, right?" I'll still be happy if this gets voted in but if you vote for MMBN2 you're sexist like MegaMan, I'm sorry.
September 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Happy September 21st! Speaking of Earth Wind and Fire, happy 25th anniversary to Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (more of a Baldur’s Gate III thing but still)
Sick baldur’s gate ii concept art
September 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Some big news about the future of the show! Read about it here! www.patreon.com/posts/future...
September 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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My brain is cooked. Sonic video game music just turns to vibes in my head. Tales of the gaming industry, Elite Beat Agents and more in this week’s Blood God After Dark

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September 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Hades celebrates it’s 5th birthday today, which I feel completely normal about. Are you proud of me now, dad?!
Hades game cover art Zagreus from Hades talking to his father Persephone from Hades
September 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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It's Saturday morning, and you know what that means: Axe of the Blood God LIVE!!! Join us for Nintendo Direct recap with Kat, Victor, and Nadia! Do it for this lil guy.

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FF Adventure's main hero
September 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Achtung, babies! The Quest Log of the Blood God newsletter / blog will be a day late because why the hell bother to write *anything* before the Direct? Why bother to *live* at all?

Ahem. Not signed up? Do it now! $5 gets you content like MILD (Man I Love Dragons)!

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A screenshot from the Axe of the Blood God's Patreon newsletter. It contains a picture of Flammie, a fluffy white dragon from the "Mana" Series. Sample text from the newsletter follows: Flammie stood out to me for a couple of reasons when I played Secret of Mana. First: Dragon mount! Holy crap! Can't go wrong with a dragon mount, especially a dragon mount that makes excellent use of the SNES' famed Mode 7 graphical effects. Second, as I noted earlier, Flammie is not a typical bat-winged fire-breathing dragon. You'll still find those in Mana games — usually designed around good ol' D&D tradition (Red dragons breathe fire, blue dragons breathe lightning, etc) — but Flammie has little in common with those cave-dwelling cads. Flammies are covered in a thick white coat of fur and they're held aloft by not two but four wings that work in harmony to keep their friends aloft. "Fuzzy" dragons that go against the monsters' physical status quo aren't very common, but they existed before Flammie. In fact, Flammie is based on Falkor, the fuzzy luckdragon from The Neverending Story who soared through the dreams of '80s kids. According to the Art of Mana, Secret of Mana producer Hiromichi Tanaka says Flammie is "chubbier and friendlier" than Falkor, and you won't find me arguing against that "chubbier" bit. Just look at those big ol' drumsticks. "
September 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Hey lore hounds! Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles is bringing FFT's sound novels to English audiences for the first time. What does that mean? Join @victorehunter.bsky.social and @bowloflentils.bsky.social and @iiotenki.bsky.social and @nadiaoxford.bsky.social in 15!

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September 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Does marrying Shane in Stardew Valley fix him? No, girl, run! 

This week:
- Weddings in RPGs for the plot or not
- Ranking FFXIII characters
- Sonic Adventure 2 mentioned

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That Vivienne Westwood Dress from FFXV, a wedding in Stardew Valley
September 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Labour Day means school is almost back in session for Old Sharlayan, because Old Sharlayan definitely operates on the same rules as southern Ontario. Watch me (Nadia!) podcast about #FFXIV live with one of my oldest and best pals, @zafflesia.bsky.social!!

10 mins. (Maybe.)

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a griffin soaring in FFXIV
September 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Aren’t Seikrets just sick Chocobos?
August 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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... and I'll be real with you; If you want a Fire Emblemy excuse to subscribe, now is the time because this week on the patron-exclusive post-show...

AN ALL-OUT BATTLE TO DECIDE THE BEST MODERN FIRE EMBLEM!

Plus: What's New Vegas' canon ending and does that matter?
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Tokyo Mirage Sessions, The Best Fire Emblem Blood God After Dark A screenshot of Charlotte and Peri from Fire Emblem Fates Charlotte says "You're trying to catch a man's attention with the "I'm a crazy killer girl" act.
August 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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The key cards taste awful but the discussion around them is oh-so-sweet!

This week:
-The history of nerds showing off their bookshelves
-Good tchotchkes vs bad tchotchkes
-Buying commercial goods =/= Preservation

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Axe of the Blood God Episode 524: The Importance of PHysical RPGs A Golden Sun map, a Fire Emblem box, and a Boktai cartridge sit behind a Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card label
August 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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It's the Sharlayan Dropouts 7.3 Spoilercast!
Is this really the narrative finale of Dawntrail?
What impact will [redacted] have on the future of [redacted]?!?
Listen right now and find out!
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Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail 7.3 The Promise of Tomorrow Sharlayan Dropouts
August 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Everyone loves Millennial Elliot 'cause the tricks that he does are ever so clever. Hey, YOU make it rhyme. Come join us LIVE for the Blood God podcast in 10 minutes at twitch.tv/bloodgodpod. We're talking about the future of 2D-HD games.
art of Elliot from The Adventures of Elliot game.
August 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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IN THE POST SHOW: @katbailey.bsky.social reviews Fantastic Four and Superman after watching them back to back, then @seamoosi.bsky.social explains the K-Pop Demon Hunter Hunters phenomenon.

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August 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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THIS WEEK'S EPISODE: So many RPGs announced for the Switch 2! Wait, why is everyone upset? The Blood God crew reacts to the Direct and discusses all the recent Nintendo news.

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August 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Are YOU signed up for Axe of the Blood God's $5 tier and reading @nadiaoxford.bsky.social's newsletters? No?! For shame! But we'll make your sins go away if you subscribe now.

The newsletter has moved off Mailsimp and onto the Patreon. This week: Magical Elliot.

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Image of Elliot from The Adventures of Elliot. Text from the Axe of the Blood God newsletter follows: "The demo for Adventures of Elliot is quite thicc. I wasn't able to finish it before my Switch 2 started to complain about its batteries. If only there was a way to keep playing it while it recharges. That said, I explored my surroundings pretty thoroughly and I think Elliot is ready to take on whatever's waiting for him at the end of the demo. Exploring, fighting, and treasure hunting to get stronger creates a satisfying feedback loop. The more time I spend with Adventures of Elliot, the more I like it. "
August 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM