<p><strong>JUNE-JULY OF JRPG HAS RETURNED!</strong> Join the HG101 gang, plus returning special guest <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/ghaleonunlimited.bsky.social">Ghaleon Unlimited/Chris Hatala</a>, as they discuss and rank Falcom's action-RPG that introduced the world to a new adjective. Then stick around for Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel, a visual novel that brings fans exactly what any traumatized mech pilot would want - dating!</p> <p><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be <span style= "color: #e03e2d;"><em><strong>TOBU TOBU GIRL DELUXE</strong></em></span> <strong><span style= "color: #000000;">— a homebrew Game Boy Color platformer, that teaches us an important lesson about pets and gravity!</span></strong></span> <span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Donate at</span> <a style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;" href="http://patreon.com/hg101" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> to get this bonus content and much, much more!</span></p> <p>Follow the show on <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/hg101.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Bluesky</a> to get the latest and straightest dope.</p> <p>Check out what games we've already ranked on the <a href= "http://bit.ly/47kgames" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Big Damn List</a>, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our <a href="http://bit.ly/hgdiscord" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Discord server</a>! Intro music by <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzFrmmZc8gwGVnVOYYD21GQ">NORM</a>.</p> <p>2026 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.</p>
