Tag Archives: jason arriola
ROWYCO 35 – Terranigma – Part Two (SNES)
Let’s wrap up Terranigma’s soundtrack! There’s a few less tracks in here than the last episode, but the quality more than makes up for the quantity. Miyoko Takako and Masanori Hikichi really put together something special here and I’m really glad I got to this when I decided on covering the Gaia Trilogy. The ROWYCO […]
Multimedia Failure 30 – Pokémon – Jirachi: Wish Maker
John Lucero is back with Jason Arriola and Vanessa Cahill! Once again at full strength, the crew settles in to watch another Pokémon movie. This time it’s Pokémon – Jirachi: Wish Maker. Another Pokémon movie with another mythical Pokémon that’s adorable. This one has an eye in its belly, so there’s that. Also, can you believe […]
ROWYCO 33 – Illusion of Gaia (SNES)
The second entry in Quintet’s “Gaia Trilogy” is Illusion of Gaia and it really feels like a huge step up from Soul Blazer in terms of both gameplay and its soundtrack. Yasuhiro Kawasaki handled the compositions on this one and I really feel like he nailed it out of the park on this one. This […]
Multimedia Failure 29 – Sakura Wars: The Movie (with Josh Carpenter)
Jason Arriola and Vanessa Cahill are joined by Josh Carpenter from RPGamer this week to watch Sakura Wars: The Movie. Neither Vanessa or Jason had any familiarity with anything Sakura Wars, so Jason roped in the closest thing he knew to a ringer to help fill in the blanks as to what exactly the hell is […]
Multimedia Failure 28 – Pokémon Heroes
Jason Arriola and Vanessa Cahill are watching Pokémon Heroes this week! With the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield right around the corner, we thought we’d skip ahead to watch one of the more sweet but sad Pokémon movies. Tune in to find out if we’ve hit Pokémon fatigue yet! Like what you hear? You can […]
ROWYCO 32 – Soul Blazer (SNES)
This week, I’m starting my dive into the first part of the “Gaia Trilogy” of games made by Quintet, Soul Blazer. I think this might be the weakest of the soundtracks I cover in this series, but there’s still plenty to like about its soundtrack. I was probably a little more harsh on it when […]
ROWYCO 31 – Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD)
Jason Arriola is joined by one of his Multimedia Failure cohosts, John Lucero, to dive into a sort of ssspppoooookkkyyy soundtrack. This episode, we’re covering the PC Engine CD’s version of the Castlevania: Rondo of Blood soundtrack. The Castlevania series is home to many an iconic piece of music, and Rondo of Blood stands shoulder-to-shoulder […]
Multimedia Failure 27 – Resident Evil
Jason Arriola, Vanessa Cahill, and John Lucero are getting spppooooookky for Halloween! This week, we’re watching the the not-so-faithful adaptation of Resident Evil. It’s not particularly faithful, but we’ve see before that “faithful” does not equate to “good”. Like what you hear? You can support us on Patreon (and doing so will get you a bonus segment with us!), […]
Multimedia Failure 26 – Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Jason Arriola, Vanessa Cahill, and John Lucero are watching the only movie Square Pictures managed to get out the door in its brief history? Is it so bad that it warranted assigning Hironobu Sakaguichi to the corner office so he’d not do any more financial harm to Squaresoft? Tune in and find out! Like what you hear? You […]
ROWYCO 30 – The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III – Disc Four
Jason Arriola and Dominic Chavez wrap up covering the soundtrack to The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III! With over four hours worth of podcasts, we hope we’ve shone a little bit of light as to why we spend so much time covering Falcom’s work. Rather than just take our word for it, why not check […]