Recorded in mid January and uploaded months late because we suck, Jake and Rachel celebrate the end of 2023 by looking back on the year and talking about thier favorite things of the year while playing Lego Fortnite! As always if you wanna reach out for any reason, tell Jake he's a just a really swell guy, tell Rachel she is incredibly friggin cool…

After about 21 minutes of talk about Star Trek Movies and how Rachel is STILL working through FFXVI, we get down to business talking about Chrono Trigger. Dinosaurs being assholes, future people being assholes, and Lavos ABSOLUTELY being an asshole, AND MORE await on the next episode of DAAAAAAMN CHOCOBO!!!! As always if you wanna reach out for any…

OMFG This episode was completed way too long ago and I forgot to upload it. We play more Chrono Trigger and its very good. The end. As always reach out to us at damnchocobo@gmail.com or @damnchocobo on various social media platforms if you wanna say hi or ask wtf took so long. Seriously, this is embarassing and throwing me off my usual game. Intro:…

Rachel and Jake start what was supposed to.a short audio clip for social media that blew up into a full on mini-episode. Complete with shit-tacular audio, we talk about if Chrono is an interesting character or not. Intro: There isn't One. I mean, I guess me talking about the episode? Maybe that counts? Outro: I didn't incude one because... welll...…

Listen, it takes 29 minutes for actual Chrono Trigger talk to start and thats AFTER editing the heck out of it. You know the deal by now, we're terrible at this and not gunna change any time soon. ;) Rachel and Jake have arrived at one of the greatest RPG's ever made - the incredibly highly regarded CHRONO TRIGGER! Do you need us to tell you its an…

After totally forgetting we finished recording Rachel finally gets around and edits/uploads this episode! After around 28 minutes we finally talk about Kingdom Hearts 3's DLC - ReMind! We talk about stuff, it's mostly good. I dunno, I'm too embarassed the episode is so stupid late! As always you can contact us at damnchocobo@gmail.com or @damnchoco…

After a brief - for us - 14 minute catch up on other nonsense, Rachel and Jake get down to business and talk about the game finale to Kingdom Hearts 3... and unexpected show a shift in overall thoughts on the game! Things FINALLY happen as our various missing companions finally join the fray, Organization XIII take action, we hunt down the Ultima W…

Rachel and Jake sit down to bid goobye to 2022 the only way they know how. By sitting down with some drinks and playing old games while also swearing a lot. This year we sit down with the recent TMNT "Cowabunga Collection" and play the original Arcade Game, the arcade version of Turtles in Time, and then to a bit of fooling about in the Hyperstone …

RACHEL and Jake return after an absurd time away (seriously the last few months have been WILD!) to get through the last bit of the less good stuff in Kingdom Hearts 3, just in time to save all of the good stuff for the next episode! Sora accomplishing a whole lot of nothing, a doublecross, a doublecross again, inneffective drop kicks, falling off …

Jake and Rich (or is it.... Rachel?!?!?!?) get back to business after a somewhat insane delay to continue our run through Kingdom Hearts 3! Game talk starts around 25 minutes in where to discuss Sora talking toooons of trash, old threats seeming somewhat aimless, the main characters also being somewhat aimless, the games lack of any real damand on …

Opening with 35 minutes discussing the Obi Wan miniseries from Disney + we eventually FINALLY get around to discussing what goes down in Kingdom Hearts 3. Sora losing is mojo like a complete chump, Donald being the smartest guy in a room full of idiots, the Organization XIII being toothless wimps, and much much more await on this tasty lick we call…

After 35 minutes of discussing the early episodes of Obi Wan and giving updates on our collecting hobbies (YES I KNOW WE SHOULD HAVE GOT TO THE POINT) we almost kind of start talking about Kingdom Hearts 3.... but mostly spend the majority of the episode just trying to recap the previous games in the series. Sooo uh... enjoy that. Please don't make…

Rich and Jake take a brief break from talking about and replaying old RPGS to give some of our favorite game music a proper spotlight. Prepare for a lot of kickass tunes and gushing about drums, swelling orchestration, and good vibes. INTRO and other songs: Seroiusly too many too list, music and their sources are listed thorughout the episode! If y…

After 18 minutes of typical catchinig up nonsense, Jake and Rich get down to talk about the finale of Final Fantasy Tactics. Tragedy and Triump, a very long optional dungeon, obtuse rare item aquisition mechanics, and a metric ton of butts getting kicked await on the latest tear jerking soul breaking episode of DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN CHOCOBOOOOOOOOOO…

After 22 minutes of talking about starting a new job and Batman stuff we get down to getting down and during into the PENULTIMATE CHAPTER of our Final Fantsy Tactics playthrough. Family Drama between brothers, a daughter feeling betrayed, creepy incel douchebags, and a whole lot more await on the grimiest down and dirty podcast us filth wollowing f…

After what feels like constant wild ass life events the duders (and occasionally Rich's daughter Darcy) FINALLY get it together and put out ANOTHER EPISODE! After a brief 10 minute catch up on random goings on they get down to talking about how badass THUNDER GOD CID really is, how incredibly badass Agrias can be, more goings on in the Beowulf & Re…

On a bit of a whim, Rich returns to the world of Final Fantasy XIV to give it a second look and see for himself just how much it has improved since the guys checked it out last on the show! This episode covers roughly the main story quests for A Realm Reborn levels 1-20! If you have any thoughts, questions or just want to say some nice shit, reach …

Rich and Jake celebrate 2021 coming to a close by popping some drinks, playing Diablo 2 and talking about their favorite games, movies, tv shows, and other things of the year! As always, if you want to reach us feel free to email us at damnchocobo@gmail.com or at all the usual social media sites @damnchocobo Mid episode break: Twisted Tongues by AF…

Damn Chocobo, the best-worst Final Fantasy podcast in the fandom, celebrating their 10 year anniversary! December 2011 to December 2021 (AND COUNTING!!!!) Shout out to all the listeners! You all are a huge motivation to keep doing this and we owe you all massive thank you. You keep listening and we'll keep doing this shit.…

After 26 minutes of holiday talk, some catching up on shows, and Rich discussing the Alan Wake remaster we get right back at it with Final Fantasy Tactics. More Delita scheming, the complete screwing over of Cid, and the rescue of an immense badass who really didn't need it and probably was just waiting for us to rescue him out of a kindness to our…

After opening with some thoughts on the Sephiroth character and how he's been handled (and possibly will be handled in the future) along with some upcoming Disney + announcements - 24 minutes into the episode we finally get to talking about Final Fantasy Tactics. Featuring the questline that leads to the aquisition of most of the optional character…

A continuation of last episodes discussion on collecting habits along with Rich talking about his new acquired Nintendo Switch starts the episode up until about the 19 min mark. From there we return to the land of Ivalice to wrap up chapter 3! Agrais' capability to wreck house, ninja's being both awesome to play as and awful to fight, Rich charging…

Rich, as is expected at this point, goes off on a very lengthy tangent about bad buying decisions and falling down a collecting rabbit hole for 32ish minutes so fast forward as you see fit. Afterwards we rejoin Ramza and Co. as we deal with foolish family members, foolish politicians, foolish shadowy organizations, foolish army deserters and genera…

After 26 minutes of Rich pontificating various stuff like death and its relation to narrative in games - we get back down to Ivalice and stomp some mud holes in many many fools. Job class planning, sensible politics being ignored in favor of stupidity, super horny demons, and more await on the latest poorly planned but sort of competently executed …

After 19 minutes of discussion on Snake Eyes (the new GI Joe movie), Masters of the Universe Revelations, and the effects of personal baggage in relation to a fandom perhaps loving a property a bit too much. Afterwards we jump back into Final Fantasy Tactics where we learn important lessons about presuming things will get easier, recruit a sweet as…

After 16 minutes of talking about X-Men and what kind of bad stories are worse we jump back into Final Fantasy Tactics just in time for the plot to really get kicking. Betrayal, deaths of the innocent, some animal rescue work, more betrayal, and a whole lot of completely wrecking guys who think they know how to fight await on the latest blood drenc…

After a short 15ish minute talk about how free time can effect ones enjoyment of a game, Rich and Jake jump back into the GLORY that is Final Fantasy Tactics. Ramza being clueless to how is family truly operates, Delita having a rough time, Argath (or Algus depending on your version of the game) being a complete asshat, and a whole bunch of pricks …

After 9 minutes of catching up the guys Get RIGHT BACK AT IT in Final Fantasy Tactics beginning the game proper with Chapter 1. Kicking ass and getting asses kicked, meeting shitty brothers and douchey "allies", and the beginning tidbits of an onslaught of DRAMA along with the ever slow progression into an ultimate badass await on the latest carefu…

The beginning of a new era of Damn Chocobo! As an experiment we're going to release episodes of this next playthrough in shorter chunks and HOPEFULLY far more frequently! Can we keep it up? Will we develop a regular and consistent release schedule? PROBABLY NOT but never say we don't take chances! Fifteen minutes after our usual nonsense we begin t…

After spending waaaaaay too long (about 38 minutes) talking about some stuff from last episode and "Zack Snyder's Justice League" - Jake an Rich wrap up our return to Final Fantasy VII. For the last time? A whole bunch of fetching random stuff, catching birds and makin' them bang out, getting stomped by super-bosses specifically designed to stop as…

Rich invites honorary Chocobro, the often referenced Jason Pope (and his desperate for attention dogs) to talk about how having kids can dramatically effect ones ability to engage with games, collecting and general nerd stuff.

After 29 minutes of Rich Talking about Fortnite (FRIGGIN SNAKE-EYES!), reading old Transformers comics and nearly freezing to death the guys get going on the penultimate episode of their Final Fantasy VII run. Hojo being a massive piece of Trash, Cid being less of a piece of trash but still a prick, The Turks deserving to die, going into outer spac…

After 17 minutes of build up Jake and Rich return to the very sad place we left off at in Final Fantasy VII. A quest for revenge, several questionable decisions, the dumbest prison escape ever, some Kaiju, and one of the trippiest/weirdest/best parts in the game await on the latest jam we call DAMN CHOCOBO!!!!! Intro: FF7 Who...Are You Music Remake…

Bringing 2020 to a close and looking forward to 2021 - Rich and Jake talk about cool shit they bought, played, and experienced over the last year all while getting tore up and playing Minecraft for the first time ever. First Break: "My Ex's Best Friend" by Machine Gun Kelly. Second Break: "Hydrochloride" by Ghostemane…

Somehow against the odds these two dipshits made it to episode 100! Taking a brief break from talking about their replay of Final Fantasy VII, Rich and Jake take a chance to look back on the last 9 years of recording this nonsense. Talk about failures, successes, and how much longer are we going to be able to keep this up await on the latest nostal…

Thanks to cutting the intro nonsense to be its own Birth Droppings Episode we get right into the FFVII action almost immediately! Cloud having issues of varying types, Yuffie showing us just how much of a pain she can be, creepy pricks showing back up, NUMEROUS betrayals, and some really nasty bosses await on this MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE episode of…

In an attempt to record Episode 99 of the main show we accidentally stumbled into a lengthy discussion about Crunch Time in game development and our own experiences with Crunch and bad management.

After 21 minutes of talking about time spent over the Thanksgiving break and things we're thankful for we get right back to action with Cloud and the raddest bunch of cool lookin' video games dudes. Lots of douchebags being douches, the Turks being chill as fuuuuuuuck, Rich making very poor choices as far as difficult battles, babies needing diaper…

After 17 minutes of nonsense Rich and Jake begin our loooong teased return to Final Fantasy VII. Once again we go back to the original Final Fantasy VII to give a proper look, this time with the context of playing and talking about faaaar more Final Fantasy games as well as just becoming far better podcasters than we were 9 years prior. Nostalgia a…

Rich and Jake READ A BOOK! But first we walk about OTHER books for 17ish minutes before getting started on the Final Fantasy reading content. Follow along as we recount the novel detailing an alternative ending to Final Fantasy XV originally intended to be released as DLC. New characters, old characters returning, some getting FAR more development,…

Buckle up for near 4 hours of Chocobo goodness as the duders wrap up the epic that is Final Fantasy XII. After 30 minutes of talk about music and cancer, Jake and Rich get on topic to talk about the game wrap-up for this legendary run. The most obnoxiously long dungeon in a game full of excessively long dungeons, a whole bunch of bosses (some super…

After a very short talk about Jake being a total bro during a rough week for Rich the episode proper starts around the 6 Min mark. THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN THIS EPISODE as Rich and Jake and a group of people we kinda like but don't particularly care about really step into some poo as we learn all about the clearly dangerous and not particularly trust…

Rich and Jake have a chat on what the future installments of the Final Fantasy VII Remake have in store for us. What changes do we expect to be made, what changes SHOULD be made, and what things should be left alone.

After a brief MODERATELY SPOILERY talk about FF7 Remake we get to proper FFXII business at about the 14 min mark. Rich and Jake spend a whole lot of time walking. And Fighting. And Walking. And Fighting. And then there's more walking. Followed by even more fighting. So much the same thing we have to debate the order of the areas we walk and fight t…

Rich and SOMEONE? talk about fan communities on the interwebs. The good, the bad, and the fuckin' nasty. Our histories participating in fandom online from forums to social media to comments sections.

Rich spends the first 24ish minutes talking about the Final Fantasy VII Remake (minor spoilers!) before getting down to business with FFXII. Jake and Rich continue on as Vaan makes an ass of himself numerous times, we run into a spoiled little turd who is actually quite useful to have around, debate how much like Prince some guy looks like, feel de…

Jake and Rich hunker down hiding from virus ravaged landscape of the world and have one last pre-release chat about Final Fantasy VII's Remake as we discuss a little bit of history, a bit of news and talk about the recently released demo.

After about 27 minutes of talking about bad financial decisions and reminiscing about how awful Rich's parents can be, the boys finally get down to business and talk Final Fantasy XII. Rich and Jake and Captain Basch continue their journey after escaping from the Nalbina Dungeon. A chase to find Penelo, a meeting of mysterious new kid, some running…

Rich and Jake take a moment to talk about how gaming has handled crossovers between different properties. Jake putting up with Rich's unabashed adoration of Todd McFarlane and the crew getting some serious love on NBA Jam await on the latest episode of our short discussion series, Bird Droppings.Oleh MC Rich Daddy and Sir Jakes-A-Lot

After 31 minutes of talking about parenthood stress, Batman Arkham games, the recent PsOne era Final Fantasy remasters, and lots of Kingdom Hearts 3: Re:Mind, we finally get down to business and get into the semi controversially received Final Fantasy XII. Does Jake have a problem with it like he does most things? Does Rich STILL think it takes too…