Article: PSO-World's Phantasy Star Podcast: Episode 2 Released!

[Tomeeboy]

Back by popular demand, we're happy to release Episode 2 of PSO-World's Phantasy Star Podcast, with your hosts Dragwind, HUnewearl_Meira, EspioKaos, and S-T-H! In this episode, we discuss the Japanese PSOBB server closure (including the related PSO2 network trial), Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity, Sega's upcoming community event, and our first requested topic; beard maintenance (no, that's not a typo). This podcast weighs in just over a whopping 92 minutes, more than 50% bigger than episode 1, and can be downloaded here, or streamed below using the flash player!

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[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

Fear the beard, but definitely don't have too scary a one. All D&D gamer trope "neckbeard." Tracked down the elusive S-T-H there too!

[S-T-H]

Elusive? I must need some sort of a community outreach program. It was cool though...I'm not invited into many homes nowadays.


It was great to hang out a bit with the other guys. I don't believe I've spoken with any of them before. There was some good discussion behind the scenes that we'll have to pick up on later.

[DieannaKill]

Great podcast, you guys are always fun to listen to.
Keep up the good work you are the best!
Can't wait for the next one. XD

[Ovada]

About submitting tips and questions to "[email protected]"- can I attach an MP3 with my tip / questions?

[Dragwind]

You sure can! Also, it's [email protected]

[Raikoh Katsushiro]

Another nice Podcast. Listened through it all and I must say it was quite interesting.


Not much to add to what's been said here, but I'm still intrigued by one thing: it was mentioned around 25:00 that some of the PSO Episode 4 tracks were based on previous music from the original Phantasy Star series. The Episode 4 tracks are still fresh in my mind but maybe my memory's failing when it comes to the older titles, because I don't remember such a connection. Could someone give the exact names of the original songs? Just curious.


As a last note, I think the 15 minutes spent on bear maintenance may have been a bit too much though, since I'm not particularly interested in that topic; but that's my personal opinion, of course, and I do understand it was a requested topic.


Lastly, maybe kind of a silly question but, as I did with my comment on the first PSO World Podcast I'm putting this comment here on the Comments section, although I noticed there's also a dedicated forum thread. Is any of these 2 means more encouraged to use than the other, as far as presenting our questions and feedback goes?


Good work, keep it up.

[EspioKaos]

I found the HTML files from my old site where I listed some notes on the remixed songs in Ep.IV. Here's a copy-paste (with slight reformat) of the two entries I had:

• Main Theme (Phantasy Star III) -- Nostalgia in Solitude -PART1- (Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst Ep.IV): You can hear the melody of Phantasy Star III's "Main Theme" beautifully mixed into Ep.IV's "Nostalgia in Solitude -PART1-" starting around 02:13 and running until about 02:37.
• Dark Force, City of Darkness (Phantasy Star III) -- Nostalgia in Solitude -PART2- (Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst Ep.IV): The opening section of "Nostalgia in Solitude -PART2-" was actually inspired by Phantasy Star III's "Dark Force." A few rhythms were slightly altered to better suit the faster tempo of "Nostalgia," but the notes remain the same between both songs. This then leads into a recurring piano section which was derived from the main melody of Phantasy Star III's "City of Darkness."

[Raikoh Katsushiro]

Heh, thanks for going through the trouble, EspioKaos. Anyway, now that you mention it I think I've yet to play Phantasy Star III, but in the podcast it was also referred (not by you, EspioKaos, I believe) that one of the Phantasy Star IV's themes was also used in the Wilds as a part of the "battle music" (aka "PART2", I assume), and Phantasy Star IV was a game I did certainly play, so that was what mostly piqued my curiosity.


I know at least of some other three songs from the pre-PSO Phantasy Star saga who were mixed into some of the PSO soundtrack's themes, so I'm not surprised that could happen in Episode 4; it's just that PSO Episode 4's soundtrack didn't sound familiar to me at all when I first played the game, as far as can I remember.

[Ovada]

I want more beard maintenance news!
I found it random and very amusing XD