📜 Today’s Side Quest ❗

Welcome to 🎙️Side Quests & Save Points💾 – the podcast where ignoring the main quest is half the fun and every great adventure starts with a side quest!

Today, I’m joined by Joesephyr – content creator, RPG enthusiast, Final Fantasy XIV raider, and a man brave enough to dive headfirst into the Pokémon series for the first time as an adult.
Grab a drink, check your Pokédex, and get ready for a tavern chat full of RPG love, spicy opinions, and plenty of side quest detours.

🎮 Episode Content Overview

In this full-length adventure, we cover:

• First experiences with Pokémon, Final Fantasy, and the RPG genre

• Trying to define what actually makes an RPG an RPG

• Favourite JRPGs and hidden gems

• Opinions on DLCs, expansions, and monetisation trends

• Plenty of off-topic chaos, bad jokes, and new side quests we absolutely didn’t plan for

🔗 My Links

🍻 Join The Tavern Discord: https://discord.gg/TCnSdcq3w4

🎮 Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chefmonkeygaming
🐦 X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ChefMonkeyGames
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefmonkeygaming
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chefmonkeygaming
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chefmonkeygaming
🌤️ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/chefmonkeygaming.bsky.social

🎙️ Follow Side Quests & Save Points Podcast:
🐦 X (Twitter): https://x.com/sqsppodcast🌤️ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sqsppodcast.bsky.social

🎙️ Guest Links – Joesephyr

🎮 Twitch: https://twitch.tv/Joesephyr
🐦 X (Twitter): https://x.com/joesephyr
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Joesephyr
📷 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joesephyr/
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joesephyr
🍻 Discord Community: https://discord.gg/wwk795B

🧵 Threads of Fate

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🎙️ Side Quests & Save Points – Episode 1 (Full Episode)

Featuring special guest: @RinKarigani

Welcome to The Tavern, adventurer — you’ve found your save point.

In our very first episode, we’re joined by Rin Karigani, Twitch Partner and Capcom Creator, for a genre-spanning deep dive into the worlds of RPGs and MMOs. From iconic boss fights and evolving combat systems to the chaos of content creation, we proudly ignore the main quest in favor of the real adventures.

This episode is packed with:

• The evolution of Monster Hunter and FFXIV combat

• Rin’s first RPG love (yes, it involves Disney and keyblades)

• MMO burnout, social systems, and how player housing became high-stakes real estate

• The beautiful mess that is Yakuza

• The current state of in-game monetisation (EXP boosts, cosmetics, shop systems)

• The real talk on content creation highs and lows

• And the upcoming RPGs we can’t wait to lose sleep over

Grab your favourite drink, pull up a chair, and get comfortable — it’s time for your next side quest.

🍻 Join The Tavern:
Discord → https://discord.gg/73KfecTgEW

📺 Watch the Episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/-RO7144TpaY (Part 1)
https://youtu.be/3X4CQtB_wWg (Part 2)
https://youtu.be/tDqJcm8em3M (Part 3)

🔗 Follow Us Online:
Twitter (X): https://x.com/sqsppodcast
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sqsppodcast.bsky.social
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chefmonkeygaming

🔥 Guest: Rin Karigani
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/RinKarigani
Twitter (X): https://x.com/RinKarigani
YouTube: https://youtube.com/RinKarigani

🎶 Music Credit:
Huge shoutout to Fraser Edwards for the incredible track featured in this episode.
🎵 Listen to “The Adventure”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBOw_KnHDEU