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Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Your Backlog And You w/ John Carson

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast · January 12, 2026

Shared from search: Chrono Trigger

00:22:39 - 00:23:08

... I do have games that whether it's because they feel foundational, but mostly because they feel like I would grow as a person from understanding them better. That was kind of the original goal with Chrono trigger and FF6 was it wasn't just that I should probably play those games if I'm on an RPG podcast, they quite literally those two are considered maybe some of the greatest of all times still are, but I felt like I would grow as a person from having played them. ...

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... But I think with the backlog, the big key for me was starting to target it a little bit more and starting to say, Hey, uh, I do have games I want to get around to eventually. I do have games that whether it's because they feel foundational, but mostly because they feel like I would grow as a person from understanding them better. That was kind of the original goal with Chrono trigger and FF6 was it wasn't just that I should probably play those games if I'm on an RPG podcast, they quite literally those two are considered maybe some of the greatest of all times still are, but I felt like I would grow as a person from having played them. And that's been the big skeleton key for me and unlocking all this has been, you know, it's not even just what do I want to play? Like, what do I feel would nourish me in this moment? And so last night, uh, Chrono trigger was on games done quick. ...

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