Show Notes
Oh, you thought we were DONE with this season? Welcome to the inaugural Gourd Boar Annual Excellence Awards! It's time to honour the best (and worst) of the year, as they compete to take out the trophy across a range of totally legit categories. Put on your best fit, smile for the glambot camera and try not to down too many cocktails before the show begins... It's the Gourdies 2025!
「 LINKS 」 What's going on with Trails Beyond the Horizon in Australia? via Vooks.net Matt's Dragon Quest VII Reimagined review via Stevivor 🎶 Feelings Soar with the Wind, from the Zemuria Grand Odyssey 19999-XXXXX compilation 🎶 22 Grand, by Digbar (explicit lyrics warning!)
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Season 2 show art by the unbelievably skilled Tom Oxnam: https://www.tomoxnam.art
Thanks for listening!
「 COVERED NEXT EPISODE 」 The season 3 premiere - the prologue of Trails in the Sky the 3rd!
「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Welcome to the Gourdies!
(06:34) - Trails AU callout zone
(20:40) - What am The Gourdies?
(24:15) - Boy/Girl-Child of the Year
(29:53) - Twist of the Year
(33:37) - Banger of the Year
(40:05) - Why Would You Do It That Way of the Year
(44:13) - Ragequit of the Year
(47:59) - Enemy of the Year
(49:19) - Boss Fight of the Year
(51:56) - Combat Bark of the Year
(53:44) - Broken Build of the Year
(58:01) - Hyperfixation of the Year
(01:01:17) - Cool Title Alert of the Year
(01:04:42) - Trails-Ass Moment of the Year
(01:08:40) - Trails Game of the Year
(01:15:19) - Recapping the Gourdies 2025
(01:19:03) - Outro
(01:20:42) - Oh wait, it's actually question time!
(01:21:13) - Q: What are we most excited for in the 2C remake?
(01:22:48) - Q: What if... Trails-mon?
(01:24:46) - Q: The Trails in the Sky Party's White Elephant Party
(01:33:43) - Thanks Andy!
(01:33:54) - Outro but for realsies this time I promise x
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We've been enjoying all the delicious goodness that Sky the 3rd has to offer for the last few months, and now? It's time to eat our vegetables. It's the Sum Door Sunnary! I mean, the Sun Door Summary. Yeah, that one.