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Every business transaction has hidden tax opportunities waiting to be discovered, if you know where to look. This week on the IC-DISC podcast, I spoke with Mike D'Onofrio from Engineered Tax Services, who's spent 17 years helping business owners maximize their tax strategies through engineering-based specialty tax services. Mike joined ETS after working in corporate M&A and private equity, where he first recognized the critical need for specialized tax expertise during business transitions, and what struck me about Mike's approach is how his firm combines professional engineering expertise with tax strategy to deliver comprehensive solutions. They handle everything from cost segregation studies and energy incentives to insurance optimization, processing hundreds of cost segregation studies weekly across every property type imaginable. Mike's philosophy centers on what he calls "HABU" - highest and best use - focusing on their core expertise while partnering with specialists like us for complementary strategies that create immediate opportunities for businesses to improve cash flow. The conversation reinforced something I've noticed across successful advisory relationships: the best results come from specialists who stay in their lane while building collaborative teams. Mike's emphasis on maintaining human intelligence alongside technology adoption resonated with my own experience that relationships still drive business success.     SHOW HIGHLIGHTS ETS processes hundreds of cost segregation studies weekly, from single-family rentals to NFL stadiums, proving tax strategies scale across all property types. The recent bonus depreciation bill plus R&D tax credit enhancements now allow 100% first-year expense capture, creating immediate cash flow opportunities. Mike's "HABU" principle (Highest And Best Use) drives their decision to stay specialized rather than compete with partners in overlapping services. Engineering expertise combined with tax strategy creates unique value—ETS knows roof types, electrical systems, and construction costs that insurance carriers demand. After recognizing insurance as clients' second biggest pain point after taxes, ETS launched a complementary insurance division leveraging existing property data. Mike advises his 25-year-old self to surround himself with people much smarter, crediting uncomfortable situations with experts as his greatest learning opportunities.   Contact Details LinkedIn - Mike D'Onofrio (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfdonofrio/) LINKSShow Notes Be a Guest About IC-DISC Alliance About Engineered Tax Services Mike D'OnofrioAbout Mike TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dave: Good morning, Mike. Welcome to the podcast. Mike: Good morning, Dave. Great to be here with you today. Definitely. Dave: So where are you located at the moment? What part of the world are you in? Mike: Yeah, well, I'm in my home base today in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dave: Okay. Mike: Yeah. I've always liked Charlotte, a pretty part of the country. Charlotte's a beautiful place, man. I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Great school, high school, college, so I know the Midwest and I still love Cleveland, of course, a Browns fan and a Indians guardians fan and Cavs. But moved to South Florida right after that, right after college and was living in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, and we're still based there. Our corporate acres is there, but my wife and I had originally met in Charlotte, and we love the seasons. I love the ability to, I see those mountains in your background. I love the ability, we don't have the same type of mountains as you do, but love getting out to the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains, seeing the fall, the leaves, and can get to the beach, can drive down to Wilmington or Charleston in a couple hours. So we're right in the middle. We're bus to be here and have the Dave: Options. Yeah, it's a great location. You have four seasons and a slightly milder winter than Cleveland, Mike: That's for sure. It seems like winters have softened up a little bit in Cleveland, but man, I remember the mornings going out to the bus when I was a little kid with snow piled up over my head and the drifts up on the side of the house. I'll never forget those days. That was awesome. That was a real winter. But now in Charlotte, if we get a dusting of snow or a little bit of ice, it's usually gone by noon. Dave: Yeah. I was born and spent the first 13 years of my life in northwest Iowa and was the oldest of two boys. So I remember having to get up an hour early to go shovel the driveway just so mom and dad could get to work in that. So yeah, my saying is the worst Texas summer is still better than the best Northern Winter is my theory. Mike: You got it, man. High five to those of us that have shoveled snow driveways, walkways, figured out a snowblower with the chains on the wheels and all that fun stuff that comes with winter. Dave: So by some people's interpretation, we come from the same place because I've discovered people not from the Midwest, they think Ohio, Iowa, and Idaho are all the same place. Mike: Yeah, Dave: They're just all somewhere up there. Yes. It's up Mike: Somewhere up there in the Midwest. Folks like myself grew up in Ohio and Cleveland and Detroit and Chicago. I mean, definitely they think that's the heart of the Midwest, but they forget about the Midwest. Goes pretty far west. Right. Dave: It does. All the way to the mountains. So, well, let's get into it. So when did you join engineered tax services? Mike: Wow, it's been a big part of my life. Exciting journey. Like I said, after college I moved down to South Florida and my background was in more corporate m and a private equity working on the finance side of things in transactions, in private equity back in the day, they would call it kind of strategic intermediary work where we would either work on the buy side or sell side with the client. So I worked with a lot of clients and business owners that were maybe interested in transitioning out of their business. Maybe they were a food manufacturer or distributor. And interestingly enough, one of my mentors in life, his name is Bruce. Bruce was one of the first international CEOs with McDonald's corporation. Oh, really? Yeah, one of Ray Croc's, first five or six right hand key people. Before McDonald's had any international business, the first place that they went outside the US was to Latin America and the Caribbean. And I met Bruce in South Florida my early career, and we really saw an opportunity together, old school style, to go through his Rolodex and be like, man, I have a lot of relationships within the McDonald's and the finance ecosystem. So we started working with many different company owners, like I said, distributors, producers of different things, and we had some great success. And along the way I saw that there was really a need to understand specialty tax credit and incentives and strategies depending on who the client was, whether it was the seller of a company or a property or buyer of that was really to dig into the details of, Hey, what's the best way to make this transaction as tax efficient as possible? Tax was always the first pain point, either from the seller's point of view, maybe there was a big potential cap gain situation, how to structure that deal or from the buyer or investor's point of view, how to maybe capture some additional credits and incentives that they hadn't thought about, like research and development tax credits, or maybe there was a big piece of real estate or property involved in the transaction, like a manufacturing facility or office buildings or retail locations. So while digging in deeper in some of those transactions, I met Julio Gonzalez in Engineered Tax Services. She's going on 17, 18 years ago, and it was a small boutique firm at the time, engineered tax, and we were very focused on serving CPA firms nationally as that specialist. And I saw a great opportunity to really become a more diverse, focused specialist, and not only help CPA firms, but help private equity, the real estate investor, anything in that transaction to really help understand the tax code for the bonus depreciation or energy credits and incentives. Sure you do. Maybe they do domestic or international type of trade in that business, and there's a structure that might be a little bit more savvy than they're familiar with. So man, 17, 18 years ago is when I started with ETS, and we've grown substantially over the years from a handful of people in a small boutique firm in downtown West Palm Beach, Julio, and myself and Kim and Heidi and others, though I think pretty well, and we've really expanded, and so now not only still working with those CPA firms nationally, to be that specialist working with other professionals like you of really just how to maximize each transaction, understand the inevitable changes in the tax code with the different administrations. There's the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Trump 1.0, 2.0, what happened just now in July with a big beautiful bill, but the CARES Act, the Path Act, the previous tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the CHIPS Act, whatever the stimulus plan or new tax incentive of the day was. That was our job to really dig into that, be a great job educating around that and bringing it as proactively and transparently to the CPA community as well as the investors and owners. Dave: Yeah. I became acquainted with ETS and about the same time you did, and Julio invited me to South Florida and gave you the tour of the cool office building that you all rehabbed. Mike: Yeah. Then he was Dave: Kind Mike: Enough to, was that the one on a Vernia Street when he had just purchased it? Was it, Dave: I forget the street. It was like maybe a six story old building Mike: That's still his building and our corporate headquarters on the corner of Vernia and Olive for any of you that are down in West Palm Beach, and we'd love to show you around. It's a cool building. Dave: And then he was kind enough to host me at a Dolphins football game. Mike: I remember those days. Right. Dave: And for whatever reason, he was considered a bit of a VIP by the Dolphins, so I was able to go down on the field before the game, and I think I even had a photo taken with a Dolphin's cheerleader on each side of me that for whatever reason, it never made it up on the wall in our house. I'm not sure why, if that would've been a problem with my wife or now with a photo of two Dolphins cheerleaders hugging me, Mike: Dave, I think I have different versions of the exact same picture with myself and some friends. I have a great one with myself and my dad. Maybe we'll use some technology and pop some of those pictures up for others to see when you publish this podcast, or maybe we'll just keep those private for ourselves. But yeah, we used to Julio's involvement with the Dolphins and the family behind the scenes. We did. We did some amazing, not only professionally working with those types of property owners and venues, we did the cost segregation study on the Miami Dolphins Stadium when it was renovated. Dave: Oh, Mike: Yeah, I remember that. And a lot of others, Broncos, Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins. I did some work on the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Superdome in New Orleans, the Raiders facilities, the Buffalo Bills not allowed to give out any confidential information, but everybody's looking to save in tax and take advantage of whatever strategies are available in the code. But personally, obviously, we love sports and entertainment and being able to build the relationships with our clients, so we had a very cool double founder suite there in those early days that we used to all meet in West Palm Beach, have some fun on the Saturday, take the bus down on the Sunday morning. Yeah. We did that for years, and we still do some of that in Miami and in some different cities. I'll be doing some of it in Charlotte. But yeah, man, those were fun times. We really built amazing relationships still with clients today that actually, I saw a client yesterday that said, Hey, Mike, I was at the Green Bay game. I remember when we were down on the field and one of the Green Bay players said, hi. He is like, Hey, man. That was a childhood legend of mine that I'd always wanted to meet. And then of course, that's really cool. Sometimes we got to meet what Dan Marino and folks down in the tunnel in the Dolphins. Dave: Well, the other cool thing was Julio intentionally picked a Monday night game that he invited me to, so that made it even more fun. National game. Mike: Oh, yeah. Makes for a late evening getting home, that's for sure. Dave: It does. And so I just have to warn you, Julio was a guest on the podcast about three or four years ago, so he set the bar pretty high, so no pressure my Mike: Oh, yeah, none at all. But I Dave: Know being a former athlete, you're probably a little bit competitive, so I'm sure you'll want to point out to Julio that you think you did a better job. Mike: Yeah, just a little bit, Julio, and we spend a lot of time together. We were together yesterday in Fort Lauderdale at an event with a great mix of clients and we're real competitive from a business aspect, obviously wouldn't be great for our clients. He was a wrestler in his younger days. That was also a wrestler, really just to stay in shape for baseball. I was a baseball player. I think you had asked me before, I always keep a couple baseballs around my desk. I like to futz with them when I'm working here in the office, but think about the different strategies, whether you need to throw the curve ball or the fast ball or the riser, whatever it is. I think about just those different grips and strategies. So yes, I'm a bit competitive, to say the least. Dave: Sure. I know the firm has grown. What's your elevator pitch today? When people ask who ETS done, who ETS is and who do they serve? Mike: Well, engineered Tax and Advisory had the advisory portion of it as well, because that's engineered tax services been around a long time. We're really good at doing the specific engineering based services that the CPAs or the property owners need to get the bonus depreciation or the energy credits and incentives onto the tax return. So that's doing the cost segregation study as a licensed professional engineering and specialty tax firm, we've been doing those for going on 24 years or doing the energy analysis or helping with, like you do, calculate the construction costs, the transfer costs, the sales tax, the property tax. That's what engineered tax services is excellent at doing as that specialist as that. Dave: I'm sorry, that's more than just cost segregation though, right? Mike: Oh, yeah. Yeah. There's cost segregation and bonus depreciation available on real estate, new construction purchases, renovations. So we're very involved. We do hundreds and hundreds of cross segregation studies a week across the country on all different types of assets from smaller single family investment properties and VRBO to manufacturing facilities and multifamily and apartments and hospitality and everything you could imagine up to different sports and recreation stadiums. But that's one subset of what engineered tax does that. Then there's the energy incentives and credits, the 1 79 D, the 45 L, the investment tax credits for renewables like wind and solar and geothermal and turbines and other types of things. But on the advisory side, we work it backwards. That's more the consultative approach with the clients to figure out what is the need. Maybe there's a liquidity event with a business owner that's selling a business. Maybe there's a capital need from an acquisitions point of view or an expansion point of view where some of the IC disc strategies might come in. Maybe they're wondering about opportunity zones or enterprise zones or historic tax credits or preservation and conservation type strategies, or buying equipment or a jet and aviation strategies. Because all of those things that I just mentioned, there's either a specialty tax component with bonus depreciation or section 1 79 or an actual tax credit, like research and development tax credits. We help bring it all together as a very experienced and comprehensive specialist around the tax code, anything available, federal, state, local incentives, credits, rebates, working with the CPAs, working with professionals like you, working with the high net worth or the company owner. That's what we pride ourselves in, is being very comprehensive depending on what the opportunity and the need is for the client. Dave: Okay, and speaking of clients, do you think of the CPA firm as your client or the actual end user or both? I think because done a really good job cultivating those CPA firm relationships. Mike: Yeah, Dave, that's a good question. I first and foremost see the CPAs as our client, but also our strategic partner because remember, we're a specialist. We don't do the full accounting audit and tax filing work for the client. We sit in the specialist seat. I explain it all the time to my friends and new clients when they're trying to figure out what we do. If I was in the medical profession, we would be a brain surgeon or a heart surgeon or some other type of specialist within medicine that works together with the general practitioners and others in medicine on the tax code and helping with the tax literacy, the tax strategy, the specialty credits and incentives like icdisc. How do we bring up those types of situations and opportunities? Usually it's working with that CPA firm to identify the client need and then being comprehensive and entrepreneurial with that client. So long-winded answer to that is both. I see the CPAs as both our client and our strategic partner in situations, but definitely once I work with the company owner or the investor, they're also ultimately our client. So I need to deliver at a high level to both the CPA and both the client, or if I meet the client directly and you are the company owner that's asking us questions about a situation or a strategy, we push to be introduced to the CPA to make sure that we're collaborative, attacking that strategy from the beginning and become a great compliment to the CPA service so they can focus on what they do best, the accounting audit or tax type or bookkeeping type work that they do, and then just like you really helping to layer in that specialty strategy that maybe they're not as familiar with or really just need some help from a bandwidth perspective. Dave: Sure. I've come across other firms that do some of the same services you all do. And what do your clients and CPA firms tell you that makes ETS different and why they have chosen to partner with ETS over another firm? Mike: First of all, I think about that all the time. That's a question that comes up often. When we started 24, 25 years ago, there was very few firms that were doing some of the things that we do there. There were CPA firms that did cost segregation studies, but usually that was the higher level firms, the Deloitte, the KM KPMGs, the E and Ys, excellent high level firms, but they were really only doing it for their higher level corporate type clients as we democratize the tax code and brought that tax strategy to middle market type businesses, entrepreneurs and investors, the strategy there was really to work as comprehensively with different types of as possible. And the difference to me is first of all, our longevity and our professionalism and our diversity of the type of services that we're doing uniquely as a licensed professional engineering firm that also does specialty tax credits and incentives. That's one of the biggest differentiators to me is we are a licensed professional engineering firm. The type of engineering that we do is cost engineering, looking at the cost of an acquisition, the cost of a purchase, the cost of a new construction of a property, and be able to break that down into accounting and tax format that the CPAs can then use. So that's where the hybrid of the engineering expertise and specialty tax expertise, so that unique structure of our firm, that unique ability to do multiple things and also have the energy incentives team in-house where if it's a new construction of a property or a big value add, repositioning, not only can we do that cost segregation study, we can comprehensively do that energy tax credit and incentive analysis. We have to do energy modeling. That's pure engineering type work, doing the energy incentive modeling to see what the energy efficiency of those components are. Or on a renewable energy project. We have a client that's building a really big mixed use project that has some geothermal investment tax credits there. Those are pure engineering and energy efficiency type knowledge that we're able to bring comprehensively. So it's really the comprehensive approach of bringing engineering specialty tax energy incentives and credits. We also have an insurance division, which is very unique for our industry because I knew years ago that the second biggest painful point for our clients after tax figuring out tax minimization strategies is how do they lower costs and make sure they're protected from an insurance standpoint? And we do have a part of our firm that is engineered insurance services to compliment engineered tax services. We already have all the, Dave: Yeah, tell me about the insurance company because I'm less familiar with that, and when did you start it? Are you licensed in all the states? Mike: Yeah, we are. We've been quietly developing that over the last couple of years. I said, my background's from Cleveland, Ohio. Coincidentally, the firm that we partnered with is based in Cleveland, Ohio. When we formed a new entity together, engineered insurance services, went back to all the different carriers and got relicensed with all the top national carriers, all the names that folks would know well. So now as a nationally licensed insurance agency and brokerage firm, we focus on property casualty liability, cyber risk, flood, E and O, D and O, all the things that every company and every property owner needs. But we can do it comprehensively and uniquely because we're already doing the cost segregation studies on a lot of these properties. So we know what the cost basis is, we know what kind of roof it is, we know where it's located. We know the age of the electrical system and all the situations with the property, and also that owner, how they operate that property. That's what, just like the IRS with cost segregation study, they want to see the details and then yes, you can capture the benefits of bonus depreciation. The insurance carriers, they want to write insurance policies at very competitive rates, but they want to see it in detail. They want to understand that building. They just don't want an estimate that a broker submits to them. So we've had amazing success over the last year and a half of rolling out that program, doing it comprehensively with what we're already doing for that client. Dave: That's really, Mike: That's the other reason that we're very unique compared because there are some great firms that do cost segregation or that might do an energy analysis or that might do a research and development tax credit study, but very few firms, if any, that know about really take that comprehensive approach to be able to do tax energy insurance and the specialty consulting with engineered advisory with what we're doing, And it resonates. It really resonates with clients because I feel like they really need someone that is, first of all, thinking entrepreneurially like them, because sometimes they're not getting it from maybe their legal team or their CPA team or their other advisors that they're working about taking that entrepreneurial approach, taking that proactive approach before the end of the year or before that renewal term for that insurance policy or before that building gets purchased or before the renovation happens, what should they be thinking about? And that's what I really try to work on with our team and our clients is be very proactive, be very transparent of the good, the bad, the ugly of different situations that clients should consider and then always be thinking entrepreneurially like our clients do because they appreciate it with your business and what you do with IC disc. Sometimes folks just haven't heard about it or they don't understand it, or they didn't do something proactively and now they're trying to unwind a situation, but I'm really excited about what we do. If you can't tell, I think, No, it definitely comes, the future is very strong, especially with the passage in July of Trump's, I call it the big beautiful bonus depreciation tax bill because bonus depreciation and section 1 79 enhancements for equipment and other things and other things that will be, I think, expanded with opportunity zones and research and development tax credits. The way that they also just enhanced that program as well. Many folks don't understand it yet because there was a requirement to amortize some of the expenses of r and d over five years, but now you get the research and development tax credit plus a hundred percent of the qualifying expenses being able to be captured year one, so that's very powerful for US companies. Dave: Yeah, no, that is great. And one of the other things that I appreciate about you all is that you all really stay in your lane. I feel like on the tax side, there's other firms that do cost and r and d that have just broadened their tax focus even more broadly, pick up things like the IC disc. So it's hard for me to get excited about referring a cost segregation study to a firm that does IC disc, so I've always, Mike: Yeah, it's a bit of a competitive overlap in those situations. Dave: Yeah, yeah. It's a less comfortable introduction. Mike: We have a saying within our organization, we call it habu, right? Highest and best use, what is my highest and best use? What should I be focused on doing for that client? My highest and best use is not trying to understand and replicate your service around icdisc. The best situation is for me to recognize opportunities and then bring in David and his team to implement a strategy for the client and the CPAs like that as well, because we're not trying to do what they do. We're just trying to compliment different situations, be a specialist at what we're really good at, and in our engineered advisory platform. That's where I can bring in you for the IC disc. I might have someone else that I'm working with if that client's buying an aircraft, for example, of how to legally structure it correctly, how to maximize the tax benefits, and I want to be an amazing, whether you want to call it an offensive coordinator or quarterback, that I might be throwing the ball sometimes. Other times I might be passing it off to somebody else, but I want to build a great team so that we're successful at the end for the client. Dave: Sure. No, that's certainly been my experience with you guys. What do you love most or enjoy most about your current role with ETS? What really gets you excited? Mike: Well, my title, I'm not big on titles, but it's managing Director of Engineered Tax and Advisory. So technically what that title means is I direct and I manage, I direct high level client relationships and strategic partnerships and strategies and new product development. I also help manage our, I work together with our executive team to help manage our executives across the country, either if they're in business development, some of them obviously are in engineering or other specialties within our firm or the legal team that does some structuring work for clients, but that's what I do. My favorite part of what I do is the relationships that I'm building with the clients. It might be a brand new relationship. It might be one from 15, 20 years ago, but it's watching that. Yeah, it's watching that CPA firm grow or helping that CPA firm grow and expand or diversify their services or meeting that entrepreneur that has a business and they're trying to understand the tax code, how to lower taxes, how do I increase cashflow? What are the risks or pitfalls, and really working with that entrepreneur or that business owner together with that ccp. That is my most favorite part of what I do, because I'm an entrepreneur at heart. I got it from my family, my mom and dad. Were always very entrepreneurial, but it's hard. You can't do it yourself. It takes a great team. I mentioned a couple of mentors that I worked with. I hope that one day I can be a mentor to some of these people that we've worked with over the years, and maybe it is the specialty tax or the energy incentives or the structuring or strategy, but also personally, we learn a lot about our clients and we share a lot personally with them. But that's absolutely my most favorite is the relationships that we've built, the stories and the journeys that we've had together. And if we do a good job, we actually do very little marketing and advertising out there. Of course, I speak at some events and do some sessions around the country, but largely our business has expanded very successfully because of those relationships and those referrals and that organic growth. Like, Hey, have you heard about engineered tax? And do you know what Mike does? You should give him a call. I watch my emails every day, and that's what makes me so happy is I remember that relationship. I remember that Miami Dolphins game, whoever it was, or the dinner that we might've had, or the beer that we might have shared somewhere where we personally built that relationship, And that's something that I'm even more so focused on right now because our world is now moving very fast in terms of technology and ai, and I think that's great, and we are a tech enabled company that we utilize those things to deliver our services and strategies as efficiently as possible for the client. But I think even more so right now, it's all about, hi again, human intelligence. We want to talk, just like you and I are doing right now, folks want to meet, yes, they want tech enabled strategies and AI to help us do things better. I think that's great, but I have, and we have a renewed focus on the human intelligence, the human relationship, the human strategy together, because I think we can do so much more if we get back to the old school relationship building strategy, building together at the human level, and then of course we'll utilize technology to make that better, faster, stronger. Dave: Yeah, no, and that's certainly that. Those relationships are certainly my favorite part of the business. The clients, the CPA firms, the other advisors, lawyers, you guys. So man, I can't believe how the time has flown by. So as we're rounding the home stretch, I have just a couple more questions. Mike: All right. Dave: If you could go back in time and give advice to your 25-year-old self, what advice might you give? Mike: Continue to surround myself with people much smarter than me. As I look back, the biggest opportunities that I had was being in what I thought at the time was uncomfortable situations with people that like, wow, this person really knows what they're doing with real estate, or This person really knows what they're doing with finance. But now looking back those situations of surrounding myself with really smart or savvy people or someone much more experienced than I was, that's where I really learned the opportunities around real estate development, around relationship building, around strategy, and structuring. Those mentors that I spent time with. I would tap myself on the shoulder and say, do more of that. Do more of that. If there's people that are wasting my time or going down avenues that really aren't good for me professionally or personally, don't waste time with that. Put myself in the room at the table in uncomfortable situations with people much smarter than myself. And even today, I try to do that every day is with some of the new technologies around AI or crypto or finance or strategy or real estate. Who are the innovators? Who are the people that really seem to be leading? I try to put myself in those situations, so that's what I would remind my young self is to take advantage of mentors, because you can really learn, and sometimes it's not until years later that you realized what you learned. Dave: Yeah. I think that's great advice, not only for your 25-year-old self, but any 25-year-old and probably any business professional who's still trying to learn and grow. Mike: Yeah. One other thing. Dave: Yeah, Mike: One more thing. As Steve Jobs used to say, don't focus on, I would tell myself not to focus on what I think the path is at that point, because the path is going to change the strategy, the job course of action, the winds are going to change. Ebb and flow, I always say is my personal mantra. The tide comes in, the tide comes out, but you can always learn to surf. You can't stop the waves, but you can always learn to surf. So don't try to be too tactful in the direction that you're going, because things will change. Companies will change and expect that change is what I'm trying to say. So expect the change that will continue to happen in our lives. Dave: Okay. Well, yeah, I like that. Thank you very much. So as we wrap up, I really just have one more question, and that is, is there anything I didn't ask you that you wish I had asked V? Anything we didn't talk about that we should have? Mike: You asked some really good questions. It sounds like we could talk all afternoon if we wanted to. The only thing you didn't ask me is about my family, and actually the thing I'm most proud of, I mentioned I live in Charlotte, North Carolina. My wife Laura, has been an amazing force in our relationship for stability and really helping me to do what I do because being on the road, it's very challenging. But my son Rocco and my daughter Lucia, are getting old and driving now as later stage teenagers. It's having those rocks behind me that really help with this ability to allow me to do what I do with our clients nationally. So I really appreciate them, and that's my other, that is my most favorite accomplishment in life of what I've been able to achieve with my family and do this professionally with engineered tech services and advisory. Dave: Yeah, understood. Yeah, because ultimately it's about relationships, both professional and personal at the end of the day. Well, anything else we didn't cover or shall we go ahead and wrap it up? Mike: I think we covered enough for now. I think we might have more to talk about. Again, I have some other ideas of topics we should talk about coming up here in the fall. There'll be some new things that we're doing. Dave: Let's do that. We'll have you back, not too distant. Future for a part two. Mike: All right. Dave: Well, Mike, I really, really appreciate the opportunity to work with you and the whole team, and you guys have taken great care of our clients. We really appreciate that and we appreciate the trust you all have placed in us to serve some of your clients as Mike: Well. Thanks, Dave. I appreciate you. Special Guest: Mike D'Onofrio.

✩ Audio Version ✩ ► https://superderekrpgs.com/hitpoint/ SOCIAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- ✩ Derek ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SuperDerekRPGs►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/superderekrpgs.com ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuperDerek ►Discord: https://discord.me/superderek✩ Baku ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/BakusanOG►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bakusanog.bsky.social ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/WeebSauce ►Discord: https://discord.me/ABC GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS--------------------------------------------------- ►Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Sagahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uh5D8GzaaQ ►The Coma 3: Bloodlineshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5mgHigDHBw ►Sushi Benhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alHUaR4IOBM  ►Rise Eterna IIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot44dhjkfQc ►Mega Man Star Force: Legacy Collectionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AeGb_NfP1k ►Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuSV9Sy28Mw ►Pokemon Pokopiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_bYri9p1Uk ►FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqotGof_VvI  ►Danganronpa 2×2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LGot_GCEE   ►Metroid Prime 4: Beyondhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJNCNswbdG0 ►Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weavehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6eNaiftiWE ►Dragon Quest VII Reimaginedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c8xcYHboPs ►Last Moonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObLiaHYw6XE TIMESTAMPS---------------------------------------------------0:00:00 Welcome Back to HitPoint!0:01:08 Intro0:03:21 Baku: what were you up to last week?New Game Announcements0:11:45 Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga: Oct 10, 20250:14:36 The Coma 3: Bloodlines: 20260:17:42 Sushi Ben: Sep 18, 20250:21:33 Rise Eterna II: Oct 9, 20250:25:26 Mega Man Star Force: Legacy Collection: 20260:28:49 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment: Nov 6, 20250:33:56 Pokémon Pokopia: 20260:38:17 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake: Feb 5, 20260:40:27 Danganronpa 2×2: 20260:43:43 Metroid Prime 4: Beyond: Dec 4, 20250:46:15 Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave: 20260:49:31 Dragon Quest VII Reimagined: Feb 5, 20260:53:16 Last Moon: 2026Industry News0:58:05 Star Ocean: First Departure R: version announced0:59:00 Upcoming Showcases1:00:15 Edia to Release Classic Nihon Falcom Ports1:02:53 Nintendo/Game Freak: Scarlet & Violet gameplay loop patentLast Week's Comments1:30:05 Voicemail: “My hot take on the Switch 2”1:42:31 Star Wars Outlaws: “Game card is too slow”Super Chats & Outro1:47:42 Super Chat 1: “I'm excited for Jack Bros. on the Virtual Boy”1:55:13 Announcement: Hit Point returns to the SuperDerek channel1:57:52 Outro

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The President speaks, and Ethan has/is a big Tim Walz fan. He plans on bringing proof. Also, Xs and Ys this hour with Tricia, where you find out whether or not men judge every single woman on the basis of attractiveness.

Live Interview with Tyler Mire (Composer) and Peter Ruibal, (Programmer) about their recently released, breakout Indie Hit: "QUARTET!"Wishlist Quartet on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/Quartet/HitPoint JRPG Podcast Ep 120✩ Audio Version ✩ ► https://superderekrpgs.com/hitpoint/ SOCIAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- ✩ Derek ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SuperDerekRPGs►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/superderekrpgs.com ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuperDerek ►Discord: https://discord.me/superderek✩ Baku ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/BakusanOG►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bakusanog.bsky.social ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/WeebSauce ►Discord: https://discord.me/ABC UPCOMING RELEASES --------------------------------------------------- ►Shuten Orderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLlfmevjGAk ►Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1MS44lS0HQ GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS --------------------------------------------------- ►Million Depthhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1TbFeXUbv8 ►STARBITEShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBPp99gfzO8►Ys Memoire: Revelationshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWqxCnLRPvo ►Ys X: Proud Nordicshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjgJnBtV-j4►Tales of Xillia Remasteredhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vky55fYInh8►Black Myth: Zhong Kuihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r1hl2nvAEY TIMESTAMPS---------------------------------------------------Welcome Back to Hit Point!0:00:00 Welcome Back to Hit Point!0:01:07 Intro0:01:30 Baku, how are you doing?0:02:41 Important Baku announcement0:05:08 Derek, what were you up to?Developer Interview – QUARTET (Tyler Mire & Peter Ruibal)0:08:25 Introduction0:10:00 Watching QUARTET trailers0:18:45 Are you founding members from Something Classic?0:24:07 How have your roles changed over time?0:26:15 How did demo feedback influence the game?0:32:24 Who was in charge of art direction?0:37:53 Musical influences for QUARTET0:45:39 Working with someone who studies JRPG classics0:47:59 How does the mission statement of Something Classic shape the game?0:53:19 Did “save anywhere” add complexity to programming or playtesting?0:56:08 What makes a great JRPG experience in 2025?1:00:52 How has remote work affected the project?1:02:50 How many bugs did the Oxford comma produce?1:08:50 Plans for post-launch1:14:37 Thoughts on Switch 2 and QUARTET1:15:36 Native resolution of QUARTET1:18:16 Future direction of Something Classic1:33:39 Does the game have any missables?1:36:45 Favorite front-row characters1:39:40 Is a longer game possible in the future?1:42:11 Prequel or sequel potential?1:48:22 Did you steal the 200+ lightning dodges from FFX?1:54:11 Any hopes for a Microsoft Store release?2:01:03 Possibility of a physical Collector's Edition?2:01:49 Can the Hippo become an overpowered dancer/tank?2:03:09 Was there a question you wished we asked?2:04:44 Interview OutroGame Delays2:08:13 Corpse Party – Delayed2:09:04 Edge of Memories – DelayedUpcoming Releases This Week2:09:49 Shuten Order2:14:45 Daemon X Machina: Titanic ScionNew Game Announcements2:19:11 STARBITES – 20262:21:35 Ys Memoire: Revelations – Early 20262:25:27 Ys X: Proud Nordics – 20262:31:19 Tales of Xillia Remastered – Oct 31, 20252:37:22 Black Myth: Zhong Kui – TBA2:46:53 Million Depth – Nov 12, 2025Industry News2:41:37 RGG Summit – Sept 24Responding to Super Chats2:46:00 Super Chat 1: Keep up the great work, Something Classic2:46:35 Super Derek Mug2:47:48 Super Chat 2: Breath of Fire Remastered when?Last Week's Comments2:49:12 Comment 1: Anime is Gakkougurashi (School-Live!)2:50:33 Comment 2: Still a market for physical games2:54:07 Comment 3: Ys vs Trails delay isn't about Switch 2 key cardsOutro2:55:10 Outro

This week on the Pure Nintendo Podcast, we discuss the latest Kirby adventure - it's quite a mouthful (pun intended): Kirby and the Forgotten Land Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World. Phew! We are super excited to check this one out, and Jemma and Trev give their thoughts on the original and new edition. We also delve into the latest news, including that Elden Ring debacle, more on game-key cards, and a new Ys release for the Switch. Plus, we're playing a ton of games this week, from Kirby and Shuten Order to Hollow Knight and Shatae's latest outing. It's all happening on the Pure Nintendo Podcast, we hope you enjoy the show :)

Det här avsnittet handlar om Tomoyoshi Miyazaki, skaparen bakom Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia och Terranigma. Avsnittet går igenom hans väg från tiden på Falcom och succén med Ys-serien, vidare till åren på Quintet där han skapade några av Super Nintendos mest minnesvärda spel, och slutligen det mystiska försvinnandet från spelindustrin.En berättelse om kreativitet, spelhistoria och ett arv som fortfarande berör spelare världen över

Let's let boys be boys and girls be girls, with an exciting episode of Xs and Ys. And we can look at crime stats, which both boys and girls love to do.

SOCIAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- ✩ Derek ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SuperDerekRPGs►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/superderekrpgs.com ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuperDerek ►Discord: https://discord.me/superderek✩ Baku ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/BakusanOG►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bakusanog.bsky.social ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/WeebSauce ►Discord: https://discord.me/ABC UPCOMING RELEASES --------------------------------------------------- ►Artis Impacthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N68SmJ5OMxQ GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS --------------------------------------------------- ►Grey Heritage: Noble Dutyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY7F6Lb7Aaw ►Starfinder: Afterlighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-bd786JrZw ►Hyke: Northern Light(s)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2dsHBXH4OU ►Neverwayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IkNnvX8Mvo ►Demonschoolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fazy1L9KXFQ ►Kingdoms of the Dumphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhBEIXaL26Y  ►Kumarn: The Wandering Spirithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b27SOnl8GkE ►Woochi the Wayfarerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHH6xQT2-dw ►Swords of Legendshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-BTpX9ObW0 TIMESTAMPS---------------------------------------------------0:00:00 Welcome Back to Hit Point!0:01:18 Intro0:01:57 Technical Difficulties from Sunday0:02:43 Baku's new job where he need to go into the office.0:03:24 Derek got laid off. And AI makes looking for a job so much better /sGame Delays0:14:51 Ys vs Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga Delayed Indefinitely  Industry News Part 1:0:16:17 NISA Switch 2 Collectors Edition doesn't sell. Updates & DLC Round-Up0:21:25 Promise Mascot Agency Update Upcoming Releases This Week 0:29:32 Artis Impact New Game Announced:0:33:00 Grey Heritage: Noble Duty - 15. Sep. 20250:39:26 Starfinder: Afterlight - 20260:43:57 Hyke: Northern Light(s) - 18. Sep. 20250:48:53 Neverway - 20260:55:47 Demonschool - 03. Sep. 20251:00:08 Kingdoms of the Dump - 20251:04:27 Kumarn: The Wandering Spirit - TBA1:08:56 Woochi the Wayfarer -  TBA1:13:49 Swords of LegendsIndustry News Part 2:1:19:57 Deck13 will publish Forge Of The FaeLast Week's Comments:1:24:21 Comment 1: I second Baku...1:28:41 Comment 2: I think Sky 3rd should be remade but...1:35:17 Comment 3: Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC  Remake looks really good.Responding to Super Chats & Outro 1:37:18 Super Chat1:44:39 Outro

Do women prefer that men drive? Find out in Xs and Ys, and also, find out why Jason Tatum loves St. Louis so much. (We do not actually answer this question.) We do answer some questions though, like why we like our nuggs sauced.

Près de 40 ans après la mise en scène d'Antoine Vitez, la pièce fleuve de Paul Claudel est adaptée par Eric Ruf et retrouve la Cour d'honneur du Palais des Papes.  En 1929, l'auteur Paul Claudel publie Le soulier de Satin, un drame d'amour qui se déroule au temps des Conquistadors, entre la fin du XVIè siècle et le début du XVIIè siècle. Construite en «quatre journées», l'auteur narre une histoire d'amour passionnelle, mais impossible, entre Rodrigue et Doña Prouhèze, épouse du gouverneur Don Pélage.  L'origine du Soulier de Satin est biographique. Paul Claudel s'est inspiré de sa propre histoire. Il a été éperdument amoureux d'une femme mariée, Rosalie Vetch dont il a été séparé, mais avec qui il a eu un enfant adultérin. Cet amour, qui aura duré quatre ans, lui a inspiré le personnage de Ysé dans la pièce : Partage de Midi, puis celui de Dona Prouheze.  Dans les années 20, il retrouve cette femme. Il apprend alors qu'il a un enfant. Il a voulu rendre cette histoire, mythique.  Paul Claudel s'est inspiré d'une légende chinoise : celles de ces deux étoiles qui ne se rejoignent jamais, mais qui se croisent dans le ciel. En raison de sa longueur, six, sept, huit heures, voire plus ! — la pièce est rarement jouée.   Elle a été créée pour la première fois à la Comédie Française en 1943 par Jean-Louis Barrault dans un Paris occupé. Puis s'ensuit la version d'Antoine Vitez au Festival d'Avignon en 1987 dans la Cour d'honneur du Palais des Papes. Pour cette adaptation, Antoine Vitez prend le parti de couper tout ce qui, dans le texte, était empreint de religion.  Olivier Py a également mis en scène la pièce en 2003 au Théâtre de la Ville.  Dans cette nouvelle mise en scène d'Eric Ruf, administrateur de la Comédie-française jusqu'au 4 août 2025, le spectacle retrouve la Cour d'honneur du Palais des Papes.  Invités : Didier Sandre, comédien et metteur en scène français. Il interprétait le personnage de Rodrigue dans la mise en scène d'Antoine Vitez. Dans cette nouvelle adaptation, il joue le rôle de Don Pelage.  J'ai essayé d'accueillir cette présentation du Soulier pour ce qu'elle est aujourd'hui. Mais en entendant certaines répliques, j'ai des bouffées de temps retrouvé. Didier Sandre  Sefa Yeboah, comédien français. C'est l'une des dernières recrues de la Comédie Française qu'il a rejoint en 2023. Il y est dirigé par Thomas Ostermeier dans L'opéra de quat'sous de Brecht et Weill. Il a interprété Don Apostolo Gazella dans Lucrèce Borgia de Victor Hugo par Denis Podalydès qui lui confie également le rôle de Léandre dans Les Fourberies de Scapin de Molière. Il joue le rôle de l'ange gardien de Doña Prouhèze dans Le Soulier de Satin.  Il y a quelque chose d'accessible presque. Claudel a cette langue qui est magnifique, mais qui peut être très complexe. Eric Ruf a voulu la simplifier, pas la rendre banale, car ce n'est pas possible, mais la rendre audible, la rendre vivante. Sefa Yeboah   Avec aussi le témoignage d'un couple qui a assisté à la mise en scène d'Antoine Vitez, en 1987. Propos recueillis par Fanny Imbert. Le Soulier de Satin à voir dans la Cour d'honneur du Palais des papes jusqu'au 22 juillet 2025. Quelques mots sur Paul Claudel :  Né en 1868, Paul Claudel est un écrivain, dramaturge et diplomate français. Il est le frère de la sculptrice Camille Claudel. Il se convertit eau catholicisme en 1886 et toute son œuvre sera profondément marquée par sa foi. Passé une velléité d'entrer dans les ordres, il entre dans la carrière diplomatique en 1893. Il rencontre Rosalie Vetch avec qui il aura une fille illégitime, Louise. Il entre à l'Académie française en 1946. Paul Claudel est décédé en 1955.  Programmation musicale :  Le groupe occitan Raffut avec le titre «Tout est fragile».

Près de 40 ans après la mise en scène d'Antoine Vitez, la pièce fleuve de Paul Claudel est adaptée par Eric Ruf et retrouve la Cour d'honneur du Palais des Papes.  En 1929, l'auteur Paul Claudel publie Le soulier de Satin, un drame d'amour qui se déroule au temps des Conquistadors, entre la fin du XVIè siècle et le début du XVIIè siècle. Construite en «quatre journées», l'auteur narre une histoire d'amour passionnelle, mais impossible, entre Rodrigue et Doña Prouhèze, épouse du gouverneur Don Pélage.  L'origine du Soulier de Satin est biographique. Paul Claudel s'est inspiré de sa propre histoire. Il a été éperdument amoureux d'une femme mariée, Rosalie Vetch dont il a été séparé, mais avec qui il a eu un enfant adultérin. Cet amour, qui aura duré quatre ans, lui a inspiré le personnage de Ysé dans la pièce : Partage de Midi, puis celui de Dona Prouheze.  Dans les années 20, il retrouve cette femme. Il apprend alors qu'il a un enfant. Il a voulu rendre cette histoire, mythique.  Paul Claudel s'est inspiré d'une légende chinoise : celles de ces deux étoiles qui ne se rejoignent jamais, mais qui se croisent dans le ciel. En raison de sa longueur, six, sept, huit heures, voire plus ! — la pièce est rarement jouée.   Elle a été créée pour la première fois à la Comédie Française en 1943 par Jean-Louis Barrault dans un Paris occupé. Puis s'ensuit la version d'Antoine Vitez au Festival d'Avignon en 1987 dans la Cour d'honneur du Palais des Papes. Pour cette adaptation, Antoine Vitez prend le parti de couper tout ce qui, dans le texte, était empreint de religion.  Olivier Py a également mis en scène la pièce en 2003 au Théâtre de la Ville.  Dans cette nouvelle mise en scène d'Eric Ruf, administrateur de la Comédie-française jusqu'au 4 août 2025, le spectacle retrouve la Cour d'honneur du Palais des Papes.  Invités : Didier Sandre, comédien et metteur en scène français. Il interprétait le personnage de Rodrigue dans la mise en scène d'Antoine Vitez. Dans cette nouvelle adaptation, il joue le rôle de Don Pelage.  J'ai essayé d'accueillir cette présentation du Soulier pour ce qu'elle est aujourd'hui. Mais en entendant certaines répliques, j'ai des bouffées de temps retrouvé. Didier Sandre  Sefa Yeboah, comédien français. C'est l'une des dernières recrues de la Comédie Française qu'il a rejoint en 2023. Il y est dirigé par Thomas Ostermeier dans L'opéra de quat'sous de Brecht et Weill. Il a interprété Don Apostolo Gazella dans Lucrèce Borgia de Victor Hugo par Denis Podalydès qui lui confie également le rôle de Léandre dans Les Fourberies de Scapin de Molière. Il joue le rôle de l'ange gardien de Doña Prouhèze dans Le Soulier de Satin.  Il y a quelque chose d'accessible presque. Claudel a cette langue qui est magnifique, mais qui peut être très complexe. Eric Ruf a voulu la simplifier, pas la rendre banale, car ce n'est pas possible, mais la rendre audible, la rendre vivante. Sefa Yeboah   Avec aussi le témoignage d'un couple qui a assisté à la mise en scène d'Antoine Vitez, en 1987. Propos recueillis par Fanny Imbert. Le Soulier de Satin à voir dans la Cour d'honneur du Palais des papes jusqu'au 22 juillet 2025. Quelques mots sur Paul Claudel :  Né en 1868, Paul Claudel est un écrivain, dramaturge et diplomate français. Il est le frère de la sculptrice Camille Claudel. Il se convertit eau catholicisme en 1886 et toute son œuvre sera profondément marquée par sa foi. Passé une velléité d'entrer dans les ordres, il entre dans la carrière diplomatique en 1893. Il rencontre Rosalie Vetch avec qui il aura une fille illégitime, Louise. Il entre à l'Académie française en 1946. Paul Claudel est décédé en 1955.  Programmation musicale :  Le groupe occitan Raffut avec le titre «Tout est fragile».

DATELINE: THIS WEEK/TONIGHT-- We get our elven freak folk on (in a non-Ys way) with Jessica Pratt's Own Your Own Love Again. Elves must be punk rock (suck it gorons) because this week's pick was chosen by return guest (and punk aficionado)) Evan Minkser. Do not ask me how many times I tried to spell aficionado. It should start with an O!Also up for discussion: Chris relates a twice told tale of toiling at the film factory (Cars 4), He-He can be a grandpa's name if Gaar is taken, and quite a few actual discoveries are made because Evan knows how to find music unlike yr hosts.The Guest: Evan Minsker of see-saw. After a twelve-year run at Pitchfork, Evan started his own punk rock publication where you can find in-depth pieces, interviews, lists, you know all the stuff. He also co-hosts Punk This Week with our friend Nina Corcoran where they discuss snacks and six cool new punk records every week. He's got a boppin' Discord channel and a bunch of cool projects and events in the pipeline.Evan's on Bluesky and Instagram and probably other places too but that's what his website is for.PS here's Welcome to Gungan City Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this hour Ethan has sports and we play Xs and Ys.

A loaded show today with Joe Concha, Will Chamberlain, Corey DeAngelis, and a rousing round of Xs and Ys in the last hour, asking questions the opposite gender always wanted to know. Like, do girls like hats????? We have to know!

AND HANNAH GIBBS REJOINS THE ANNIE FREY SHOW for two segments, Xs and Ys, where we ask girl/guy questions of each other. But back to this table question: A table with 4 legs is hard to build, right?

Aloha and welcome to another episode of the show! Today we are honored to have the opportunity to interview the one and only Bryce Papenbrook who is the voice of Attack on Titan's Eren Jaeger, Demon Slayer's Inosuke, Sword Art Online's Kirito, and Adol from Ys and so much more!Bryce PapenbrookLinkTree: https://linktr.ee/brycepapenbrook?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeAB_A8YwVKofNKtRZE9oyR0n9cfCQftR4hif-yFzdlvQjlAwxk7-JiIhllZA_aem_CG703lDjK4a0DOHhhJ39ZQX: https://x.com/brycepapenbrookInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/brycepapenbrookTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@RealBrycePapenbrook⁩ rook 

Celebramos el Domingo XIII del Tiempo Ordinario del Ciclo C - Y la Solemnidad de los Stos. Apóstoles S.PEDRO y S. PABLO. La Liturgia de este Domingo nos trae uno de los temas más importantes de la Biblia, LA VOCACIÓN. Todos somos llamados a realizar la vocación que Dios nuestro Padre Creador colocó en nuestro corazón y solo realizando esta vocación seremos realmente felices. En la Primera (Lect.1 Re.19,16-21) nos cuenta la vocación y el llamado de Eliseo. Y S. Pablo en la carta a los Gálatas, nos dice: "Nuestra vocación, hermanos, es la libertad, esa libertad que da el verdadero amor." Y el Evangelio de S. Lucas nos habla de las actitudes que caracterizan al verdadero discípulo. Jesus nos dice que la vocación al seguimiento es muchísimo más que un simple deseo de generosidad y admiración. Se requiere gran capacidad de decisión, de renuncia y de coraje que solo el amor es capaz de realizar. Entonces lo más importante es estar atentos  para cuando Jesus pase y nos llame. invitándonos a seguirle a unos más de cerca y a otros según las distintas vocaciones como lo he dicho al principio según el proyecto que Dios ha colocado en nuestro corazón. Y de una u otra forma lo importante para el cristiano es seguir a Cristo cargando nuestra propia cruz y  a veces ayudando a cargar la de otros hermanos. Feliz Semana.      Hna. Maria Ruth  Radio Paulinas Boston

We are, by nature, discriminating beings. We develop taste — for art, food, fashion, architecture. We learn to tell what is real from what is imitation, what is durable from what is fleeting. We become connoisseurs of culture, cuisine, aesthetics.   So what happens when that same discriminating capacity is turned inward?   This is what yogic philosophy demands. It says: if you can be discerning with worldly things, how much more precious — how much more urgent — is it to become a connoisseur of consciousness?   Instead of savoring flavors, we savor states of mind. Instead of curating experiences, we curate clarity. Instead of acquiring possessions, we acquire purity — śuddhi. And instead of merely enjoying the world, we seek to understand the enjoyer — the bhoktā — and realize its unity with the impeller, preritā.   The Yoga Sūtras speak of viveka-khyāti — the dawning of discriminative wisdom — as the final stage before liberation (YS 2.26–2.28). This viveka is not cynicism, nor cold analysis. It is the ability to discern puruṣa from prakṛti, the eternal from the transient, the seer from the seen.   Haṭha Yoga trains the body and prāṇa to become instruments of precision. But the real fruit of yogic effort is the flowering of this inner viveka: the clear, unmistakable knowledge of who we are and what we are not.   And this is where the teachings of the Upaniṣads and the Gītā converge: in showing us how to become refined enjoyers — not those trapped by the senses, but those who, through purification, become capable of tasting the divine in everything.   The yogin becomes, in this light, not a renouncer of life, but its most discerning participant — one who recognizes the unity of all three and acts accordingly, with wisdom, love, and purpose.   So let us ask ourselves: in the vast buffet of worldly things, we often become sophisticated. Can we become as refined, as nuanced, as discerning in the domain of the sacred?   Let us become connoisseurs of the spirit — cultivating taste not only for truth, but for the way it reveals itself subtly, mysteriously, intimately — in the breath, in silence, in scripture, and in selfless action.   To know Brahman, the Upaniṣad says, is to know everything worth knowing. That knowledge is not collected. It is tasted.   And the one who tastes it, becomes — śuddhir bhoktā — the purified enjoyer of the eternal.   Practice LIVE with me exclusively on Omstars! Start your journey today with a 7-day free trial at omstars.com.   Limited time Offer: Sign up for an Omstars+ membership and Get my FREE course: Ashtanga Mechanics. Sign up Here!   Stay connected with us on social @omstarsofficial and @kinoyoga Practice with me in person for workshops, classes, retreats, trainings and Mysore seasons. Find out more about where I'm teaching at kinoyoga.com and sign up for our Mysore season in Miami at www.miamilifecenter.com

夏日的模样，在每个人的心中都会有不同的画面，但当温度升高、热浪袭来，我相信所有人心底那份对悠长假期、充满活力与闲适自由的向往，肯定都是一样的。现在已然是盛夏时分啦，我想邀请你一起浸入一场特别的夏日体验~这期节目，将以法国音乐独特的魅力来作为媒介——它拥有一种浑然天成的松弛律动，萦绕着一种恰到好处的微醺氛围，借助法国的音乐，我们一起创造一个炽热、悠闲、充满活泼生命力的夏日世界。并且我希望借此契机，也能打破一些固有的印象标签，让你能听到法国音乐极具张力的另一面：它不仅仅是浪漫的香颂或精致的小调， 更拥有着反叛、时尚和先锋的棱角，希望能带给你意料之外的惊喜与触动。

In this episode, we turn the tables on our usual host YS Chi, who becomes our guest for the week. Join us as Márcia Balisciano, RELX Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, poses the questions to reveal fascinating insights from 20 years of curiosity, learning and working with great people at RELX. YS Chi, RELX Director of Corporate Affairs shares with Márcia what we mean by our Unique Contributions. As he celebrates two decades at RELX, YS reflects on how the company has evolved, what drives the business to focus on corporate responsibility and how we define it. He discusses responsible AI, the future of print, and his vision for the future. Along the way, YS shares advice for the next generation of future leaders and thoughts on who we are as a company. The video version of this episode is available at https://youtu.be/-i71SXhpBfg

In this video, we dive into the beautiful Tang Dynasty poem "静夜思" (Jìng Yè Sī) by the famous poet Li Bai (李白). Perfect for kids and beginners learning Mandarin, this poetry lesson will help you practice your Chinese language skills while exploring one of China's most beloved poems.We'll break down the poem line by line, help you understand the meaning of each phrase, and teach you useful vocabulary. Whether you're just starting your Mandarin learning journey or want to dive deeper into Chinese poetry and culture, this lesson is for you!Watch the full video: https://youtube.com/@chinamyth#LearnChinese #MandarinForKids #SpeakChinese #HSK1 #ChinesePoetry

Recently, Indie Quest revealed DOZENS of exclusive new trailers for some incredible RPGs, and today on HitPoint we're recapping and commentating. Come hang out! :D (VR Headset unrelated, probably.)✩ Audio Version ✩ ► https://superderekrpgs.com/hitpoint/ SOCIAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- ✩ Derek ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SuperDerekRPGs►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/superderekrpgs.com ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuperDerek ►Discord: https://discord.me/superderek✩ Baku ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/BakusanOG►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bakusanog.bsky.social ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/WeebSauce ►Discord: https://discord.me/ABC UPCOMING RELEASES --------------------------------------------------- ►Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXIM2QO2Eoo ►DELTARUNE ch3&4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRx4TbtpcRw GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS --------------------------------------------------- ►Gold Gold Adventure Goldhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ray2GgKN57U ►SHADE Protocolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w6kJxLKGE8 ►Niraya of ◼️◼️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXxVHyO5c4E ►Legends of Starkadiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvr2i2Zy580 ►Zerra's Adventurehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoK0WAB4-1k ►The Time I Have Lefthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmpi_h0ZbBQ ►The Backworldhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4T--wbLBbw  ►Tactics Returnerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tll8ucLUWY  ►Colossus - Eternal Blighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFlItBpBFzA ►Quartethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLGgByWNfe0 ►Dome RPGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXzspGr4VIU ►Dreamed Awayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KkSYTErTB8 ►Robot Rhapsodyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU5rPtAxcjs ►Infinite Alliancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJq8TRqtfGg TIMESTAMPS---------------------------------------------------0:00:00 Welcome Back to Hit Point!0:01:10 Intro0:04:17 Baku how are you doing?0:06:12 Derek how are you doing? Upcoming Releases This Week 0:10:39 Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD0:11:04 DELTARUNE chapters 3 & 4 New Game Announced:0:15:00 Gold Gold Adventure Gold0:19:49 SHADE Protocol0:21:48 Niraya of ◼️◼️0:26:10 Legends of Starkadia0:30:11 Zerra's Adventure0:32:06 The Time I Have Left0:33:38 The Backworld0:34:38 Tactics Returner0:36:23 Colossus - Eternal Blight0:38:06 Quartet - 26. Aug. 20250:43:25 Dome RPG0:45:53 Dreamed Away0:47:33 Robot Rhapsody0:49:36 Infinite Alliance Industry News:0:59:40 Tatsuya Kando Leaves Square Enix After 29 Years1:01:44 Hideo Kojima Clip Responding to Super Chats1:12:25 Super Chat 1: Where would you rank Wild Arms 1Last Week's Comments:1:19:21 Comment 1: What do we get for being in the Top 1000 subscribers? :)1:21:25 Comment 2: Nailed the intro! (dont listen to Baku!)1:21:42 Comment 3: OMG, Baku doesn't know that that hamster looking animal is actually a Pikkard from the Ys series!? fake fan!Outro1:25:54 Outro

In the first segment of the hour, listeners share their thoughts on the magnitude of the Biden coverup. Then Ethan and Tricia join for Xs and Ys. A segment where your questions about the opposite sex are answered.

✩ Audio Version ✩ ► https://superderekrpgs.com/hitpoint/ SOCIAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- ✩ Derek ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SuperDerekRPGs►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/superderekrpgs.com ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuperDerek ►Discord: https://discord.me/superderek✩ Baku ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/BakusanOG►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bakusanog.bsky.social ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/WeebSauce ►Discord: https://discord.me/ABC UPCOMING RELEASES --------------------------------------------------- ►Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If5Lzf_M9KU ►Rune Factory - Guardians of Azumahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Jjh6CpQF0 GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS --------------------------------------------------- ►Shuten Orderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqni3Sz_1jI  ►Artis Impacthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ1dFJpLqX0  ►Hell Maidenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NxEm3xO6DU  ►Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Sagahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faYDxtmsx2A TIMESTAMPS---------------------------------------------------0:00:00 Welcome Back to Hit Point!0:01:10 Intro0:01:34 Baku how are you doing?Updates & DLC Round-Up0:07:20 FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time Upcoming Releases This Week 0:10:23 Fuga: Melodies of Steel 30:15:50 Rune Factory - Guardians of Azuma - 05. June 2025 New Game Announced:0:21:59 Shuten Order - 05 Sep. 20250:29:39 Artis Impact - 07 Aug. 20250:35:36 Hell Maiden -  TBA0:41:00 Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga - Summer 2025Industry News:0:46:22 Indie Quest 2025 - May 29Last Week's Comments:0:47:32 Comment 1: I arrived at the last stage of grief for the Pokemon games, acceptance. I have no hope that the games will ever look good, and I accepted it.0:55:17 Comment 2: Pokémon fan here, but i‘ll let you live since you‘re right about the games. 0:57:21 Comment 3: Derek you haven't uploaded a video to your SuperDerek RPGs channel in over a month. May I ask if everything is okay?1:00:39 Comment 4: As someone currently playing "The Hundred Line Last Defense Academy", I can say its an ok game...1:08:46 Outro

Den französischen Spätromantiker Edouard Lalo kennen wir vor allem durch seine "Symphonie espagnole" für Violine und Orchester. Lalos wichtigste Oper ist "Le Roi d'Ys / Der König von Ys", 1888 in Paris aus der Taufe gehoben. In Budapest hat sich der ungarische Dirigent György Vashegyi für eine Neueinspielung der Rarität stark gemacht. Volkmar Fischer hat das neue Album angehört.

Tariffoppgjøret i kommunesektoren er i full gang. KS' forhandlingsleder Tor Arne Gangsø er gjest i "Der livet leves". Sist torsdag kom kommunesammenslutningene i LO, Unio, YS og Akademikerne til Kommunenes Hus for å overlevere sine krav til KS – som kom med sitt første tilbud.KS forhandler på vegne av alle kommuner og fylkeskommuner, bortsett fra Oslo, og det sentrale tariffoppgjøret i det som kalles KS-området omfatter 400.000 ansatte. Allerede midnatt onsdag 30. april er fristen for å bli enige i forhandlingene. Blir ikke partene enige, blir Riksmekleren koblet inn.I denne episoden av "Der livet leves" gir KS' forhandlingsleder Tor Arne Gangsø et innblikk i forhandlingene. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interview with YS on The Bootleg Kev Podcast.Full video version of the episode is available on YouTube!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tariffs were so outside the political mindset that nobody even knows how to criticize them properly, other than maybe Rand Paul. And we play Xs and Ys, learning, teaching, growing in our gender identities.

durée : 00:04:09 - Les P'tits Bateaux - par : Camille Crosnier - C'est Ysée, trois ans et demi, qui pose la question à l'océanographe François Sarano qui nous éclaire sur les fascinantes techniques d'alimentation de ces géants des mers. - invités : François Sarano - François Sarano : Océanographe et plongeur professionnel - réalisé par : Stéphanie TEXIER

Kenners sê die rekord-lae ysbedekking op die see in die Noordpoolgebied is ‘n teken van ʼn klimaatsveranderingkrisis. Arktiese see-ys beslaan tans 14,33-miljoen vierkante kilometer. Dit is die laagste sedert daar 47 jaar gelede met rekordhouding begin is. Julianne Stuva van die Nasionale Sneeu- en Ys-datasentrum sê die hoeveelheid ys op die Arktiese See sal steeds minder raak weens ʼn kombinasie van hoër temperature, warm seewater en die wind wat ys laat opbreek. Sy sê dit word alles aan die klimaatskrisis toegeskryf:

El viernes empieza con la pregunta de si las bolsas van a revivir lo que fue un jueves negro. Los mercados, el petróleo y el dólar se han desplomado en las primeras horas de la que es, para Trump, una nueva edad de oro. Los peor parados han sido los índices estadounidenses. Wall Street vivió ayer su mayor caída en casi tres años y esas pérdidas se extendieron a las bolsas europeas. Trump asegura que le han llamado muchos países para negociar. Macron ha suspendido temporalmente las inversiones francesas en Estados Unidos y ha pedido a las empresas europeas que hagan lo mismo Y Sánchez ha anunciado un plan de ayudas para los sectores más afectados de 14.100 millones de euros.

Los mercados globales se resienten del anuncio de aranceles recíprocos de Trump mientras Bruselas y Washington inician los contactos para negociar una salida al choque arancelario. Israel ataca una instalación humanitaria en Gaza por segunda jornada consecutiva. Y Sanidad vuelve a llevar al Consejo Interterritorial el plan de salud mental que tumbaron las comunidades del PP. 

Vi fortsätter på förra avsnittets tema, nämligen Special skills! I detta avsnitt intervjuar vi YS-deltagaren Maja Bergström som tog sig in i branschen 2020, mitt i pandemin. 5 år i branschen har gett henne många olika erfarenheter - allt från live aboard owners i medelhavet till att frilansa på yachter i Alaska, Florida och Karibien - både privat och charter. Hon har testat permanenta kontrakt, rotation, säsong och frilans på yachter allt mellan 45 meter och 140 meter - Ja ni hör, Maja har sett och upplevt det mesta! Under dessa år har hon även specialiserat sig på blommor och frilansar numera som florist på yachterna, medan hon också driver onboard training och online-kurser med hennes företag Breezy Blooms. Tack Maja - och trevlig lyssning!  Följ Maja på instagram under @breezebloomdotcom

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Anya Golovkova about the world of Śrīvidyā and the Hindu tantric traditions. We learn about her background growing up in Russia and then discovering South Asian studies later in life in New York City, eventually going on to pursue a PhD on Śrīvidyā texts and traditions. We discuss the category of "tantra," the role of the Goddess within tantric traditions, the history of Śrīvidyā, the major texts of the tradition, the nature of the Śrī Cakra, contemporary Śrīvidyā traditions, and much more. We close by previewing her upcoming course, YS 133 | Śrīvidyā: Tantric Wisdom of the Goddess. Speaker BioAnya Golovkova is a historian of Asian Religions and a Sanskritist. Prior to joining Lake Forest College as Assistant Professor of Religion, she was an A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Religion at Bowdoin College and a Visiting Scholar at Cornell University's South Asia Program. Dr. Golovkova completed her Ph.D. in Asian Studies at Cornell University and holds a B.A. (with distinction) in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication from Moscow State Linguistics University, an M.A. in the Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University, and a Master of Studies (with distinction) in Oriental Studies from Oxford University. Dr. Golovkova has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited book chapters. She is the co-editor (with Hugh Urban and Hillary Langberg) of The Tantric World, forthcoming from Routledge. Her forthcoming monograph, A Goddess for the Second Millennium: The Making of Śrīvidyā, is the first comprehensive study of a Hindu Tantric (esoteric) tradition called Śrīvidyā. Dr. Golovkova serves as the Co-Chair of the Tantric Studies Unit of the American Academy of Religion, the largest scholarly society dedicated to the academic study of religion, with more than 8,000 members around the world.LinksYS 133 | Śrīvidyā: Tantric Wisdom of the GoddessGolovkova, Anna A. “Śrīvidyā.” Edited by Knut A. Jacobsen, Helene Basu, and Angelika Malinar, Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism Vol. 4. 815–22. Leiden [etc.]: Brill, 2012.https://lakeforest.academia.edu/AnnaAAnyaGolovkova 

El Kremlin tiene dudas sobre la propuesta de Washington, que Zelenski ya ha aceptado. Putin se reunió con el enviado especial de Trump en Moscú y, por lo pronto, sólo queda su predisposición a discutir lo que hay sobre la mesa. Pero advierte desde hace días: no habrá paz sin sus condiciones. Además, la SER ha accedido la propuesta para el rearme de Europa que se presentará la semana que viene, que pasa por compras conjuntas de material de guerra. Y Sánchez, ante los grupos parlamentarios, se ha comprometido a no recortar el gasto social, pero aumentar el gasto en Defensa hasta el 2% del PIB.

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Into the Aether: When You're Here, You're Probably Listening to Us Talk About the PSP AgainCheck out Trip Sitter's album Then Again, It Never Was wherever you listen to music!Discussed: The king, Game Gengo ゲーム言語, Why did Duolingo kill its owl mascot?, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Avowed, Shangri-La Frontier, Warriors Abyss, Dissidia Final Fantasy, Of the Devil, Ys, getting bread for that sandwich, Monster Hunter, Ludocene---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineBuy some NEW merch if you'd like: https://shop.intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.onlineProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 7 cover art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://ghostdown.online/---Timecodes:(00:00) - Intro (01:05) - The king is here (09:29) - Send us your Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep questions! (10:50) - Avowed | This is not an Avowed segment (11:44) - Shangri-La Frontier | This is not a Shangri-La Frontier segment (13:49) - Warriors Abyss (28:16) - Break (29:37) - Dissidia Final Fantasy (49:43) - Of the Devil (01:02:25) - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (01:20:37) - Wrapping up ---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members:Zachary DIanfaceMcGeeMatt HClayton MChris Yw0nderbradShawn LCody RZach RFederico VLogan HAlan RSlinkmattjanzz DeaconGrokCorey ZDirectional JoySusan HOlivia KDan SIsaac SWill CJim WEvan BDavid Hmin2Aaron GVErik MBrady HJoshua JTony LDanny KSeth MAdam BJustin KAndy HDemoParker EMaxwell LSpiritofthunderJason WJason TCorey TMinnow Eats WhaleCaleb WfingerbellyJesse WMike TCodesWesleyErik BmebezacSergio LninjadeathdogRory BA42PoundMooseAndrewJustin MPeterStellar.BeesBrendan KScott RwreckxNoah OMichael GArcturusChris RhepaheCory FChase ALoveDiesNick QWes KChris MRBMichaela WAdam FScott HAlexander SPTherese KjgprintersJessica BMurrayDavid PJason KBede RKamrin HKyle SPhilip  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this first episode of Season Four, YS Chi speaks with Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of LexisNexis North American, UK & Ireland.In June 2023, YS interviewed Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a few months after introducing generative AI at scale to the legal profession. Fast forward to 2025 and thousands of small and large legal firms are now actively using this new technology across multiple regions. YS asks Sean how customers are adapting to, and adopting this new technology. Can it be trusted? What impact will it have on law firms' business model and the billable hour? How is it affecting legal education and the next generation of lawyers. What is the vision? 

On today's show we are back, recording from a hotel room, but that will not stop us!!  We dive head first into the PlayStation State of Play, talking about what games you need to be excited about from the State of Play.  Then we go into some of the games coming out this week and talk about the YS series (an under rated video game series).  From there we go into Ninja Gaiden 2 and give you our thoughts as people who have never played the series before.  Finally, we finish the show by recommending some games to play during this cold February.  All of that and a ton more on VGP!!!

Time to catch up on some DoD goodness and celebrate Daytona Speedweeks with this Valentine's Edition of NGI! PLAYLIST: 1:04 - Thennecan, Iris ~Pamela Calvo~ - LET'S GO AWAY [Rock/Metal Cover] (Daytona USA [ARC] :: YouTube) 6:24 - The Tiberian Sons - Tearing Through Kevin (Fire Emblem: Three Houses [NSW] :: Dwelling of Duels) 12:27 - Hotline Sehwani, Klaymore, Tuuh - Open Your Heart [Metal] (Sonic Adventure [DC] :: YouTube Music) 16:52 - Synchron Stage Orchestra, Masahiro Aoki - Path to Rivals [Login Theme] (Marvel Rivals [MULTI] :: YouTube Music) 20:05 - Daniel Tidwell - Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat [FILM] :: Bandcamp) SOUNDTRACK SPOTLIGHT: 404 GAME RE:SET -Error Game Reset- [MOBILE] :: VGMdb 29:44 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi - The King of Speed ~ Daytona USA Re;mix 33:11 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi - Let's Go Away ~ Daytona USA Re;mix 37:14 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi - Sky High ~ Daytona USA Re;mix 43:00 - The Anonymous DoD Contestant, Biggoron, ErichWK, Lynn Favin - FUNKY FRESH (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest [SNES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 46:20 - Biggoron - Moon Magic (McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure [GEN] :: Dwelling of Duels) 49:21 - jnWake - No eraser, 10B only, Final Destination! (Pictionary [NES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 52:52 - BARx - Bubble Crab Core (Mega Man X2 [SNES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:01:49 - jnWake, Jabo, Ivan Hakštok - Mind Lost in a Program (Kirby: Planet Robobot [3DS] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:06:10 - Ivan Hakštok - Still More Sailing (Final Fantasy VII [PS1], Ys 2: Ancient Ys Vanished [PC-88] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:12:09 - minusworld, jnWake, Roland N. Laracuente Martínez, Connor Engstrom - In Space, No One Can Hear You Party (Mario Party 2 [N64] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:22:22 - ErichWK, Brandon L. Harnish, Ohm-I, AarekMG, Brendan Agnew, JohnStacy, Ed Goroza, Veronica Tyler Christie, Marcus Stables, Scott Elsner, DeLuxDolemite - Come On & Slam Shuffle (Final Fantasy VI [SNES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:27:51 - Newmajoe, Biggoron, Sam Schwartz, Brandon L. Harnish, Kev Ragone, ErichWK - Poison Jam (Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [GEN] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:32:49 - Shea's Violin, Nicole Chang - Here Be Dragons! (Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker [GCN] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:35:55 - Ultra Combo, Bert Keely, Newmajoe, Dave Dolengewicz, Nate Lisbin, John Harris, JakeDrumNBass - Dahlia Noire (L.A. Noire [PS3, XB360] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:52:37 - Pokérus Project - Main Theme (Genshin Impact [MULTI] :: Bandcamp) 1:58:17 - Marshall Art - Lullaby For Sasha (RoboCop [C64] :: Bandcamp) 2:00:53 - Cory Johnson - See You Space Harrier... (Space Harrier [ARC] :: Dwelling of Duels)

On today's show we talk about the Switch 2 and what we think it will be like.  We only got a sneak peak, but with a new Mario Kart and some other features, it is looking bright.  We also dive into the Xbox Developer Showcase with the five new games they talked about.  Plus we talk about Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, which stealth dropped on Xbox the same day.  Lastly, we end the show talking about YS, a game series that we all believe you NEED to play.  All of that and a ton more on VGP!!!

Finland has achieved what many countries still deem impossible: significantly reducing long-term homelessness through a Housing First model. Finland's model, which has reduced homelessness by 80% since 2008, doesn't just provide housing – it prevents homelessness through strategic urban planning, integrated support services, and proactive intervention.Join Fredrik and Leilani as they speak with Juha Kahila, Head of International Affairs at Y-Säätiö (Y-Foundation), about Finland's comprehensive approach to ending homelessness. The three discuss how homelessness isn't inevitable, but rather a result of policy choices – and how this pragmatic model could offer a blueprint for ending homelessness worldwide.Support the show

“Odin is a Horse Girl, confirmed.”It's episode 100!!! Tim (he/him) and AJ (he/they) from The Standby Line Podcast join the show to talk about (read: aggressively dunk on) Odin!Other topics include the deal with runes, the Eye of Odin often being more prominent in media than Odin himself, Mimir being the “head guy,” Odin's obsession with Undercover Boss, Frigg's perplexing history, the goal of the show to be a tasting tray and not a comprehensive lecture, Odin's many animal friends, Darien's favorite moment in comics, and the true reason Tim and AJ despise Odin (it's cause of WoW). Get more Standby Line at https://open.spotify.com/show/24St9OzlAzdq6ybjel8Co1Spoilers for SMITE, The Mighty Thor, Order of the Stick, Tomb Raider King, Mythic Item Obtained, Ys game series, and World of Warcraft Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death, imprisonment, torture, sexual assault, and memory loss in the context of dementia Darien and Tim Play with Fate bonus episode available NOW on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythologyAbout UsMuses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellartLove the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythologyFind us @MusesOfMyth on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com----------------------- Support the show

On this episode of Random Encounter, Jono is back to chat with the panel about two recent big January releases!First up, Wes has managed to fight through hundreds upon hundreds of foes to deliver their verdict on Dynasty Warriors: Origins! This latest entry in the long-running series dramatically cuts back on playable characters and weapons to provide a much more streamlined action-RPG experience. But did Origins manage to land a successful combo on Wes?Next, Abe shares his thoughts on Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana. This remaster of 2005's PSP title Ys: The Oath in Felghana, itself a remake of 1989's Famicom classic Ys III: Wanderers from Ys, brings the series back into the spotlight. Does it feel like a relic of the past, or does it shine as brightly as it did in the PSP's glory days?Finally, the entire panel weighs in on the Switch 2 announcement trailer and shares their hopes for Nintendo's new console in 2025!Featuring: Jono Logan, Abraham Kobylanski, and Wes Iliff; Edited by Jono LoganGet in Touch:RPGFan.comRPGFan ShopEmail us: podcast@rpgfan.comTwitter: @rpgfancomBluesky: @rpgfan.bsky.socialInstagram: @rpgfancomThreads: @rpgfancomFacebook: rpgfancomTwitch: rpgfancomThis Episode's Related Links:Dynasty Warriors: Origins ReviewHyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition ReviewHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity ReviewFire Emblem Warriors ReviewFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes ReviewYs Memoire: The Oath in Felghana Review

✩ Audio Version ✩ ► https://superderekrpgs.com/hitpoint/ SOCIAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- ✩ Derek ✩ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperDerekRPGs ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SuperDerekRPGs►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/superderek.bsky.social ►YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuperDerek ►Discord: https://discord.me/superderek✩ Baku ✩ ►Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BakusanOG►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/BakusanOG►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bakusanog.bsky.social ►YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WeebSauce ►Discord: https://discord.me/ABC UPCOMING RELEASES --------------------------------------------------- ►ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Misthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9wD4brP7nA ►Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrectionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdd_nd7XPi4 GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS --------------------------------------------------- ►Project Centuryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hihuPFku9I  ►New Virtua Fighter projecthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtLRfES1YQU ►Onimusha: Way of the Sword https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83jOJWyE-eY ►Okami Sequelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzr-sD4DFmc ►Trails in the Sky 1st Chapterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd9j_NWZGG8 ►Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Sagahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvsH5LaoobQ ►LUNAR Remastered Collectionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ01e5PkiA8 ►Rune Factory: Guardians of Azumahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh_AMWVqFwI ►Lost Soul Asidehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJM3z2pTLaQ ►OMEGA PHENEX COMMENCED PROJECT SIXhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsu5cxQB_4s ►Hell Maidenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1syQoiAqbU ►OPUS: Prism Peakhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9baohJZsm30 ►Everhood 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzGP9Itd1M8 ►Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Editionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah9JgFGdqWU TIMESTAMPS---------------------------------------------------Welcome Back to Hit Point!0:00:00 Welcome Back to Hit Point!0:01:09 Intro0:02:01 What was Derek up to teaser?0:03:19 What was Baku up to?0:17:16 What was Derek up to?Upcoming Releases This Week 0:25:39 ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist0:32:39 Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection New Game Announced:0:37:29 Project Century - TBA 0:43:51 New Virtua Fighter project - TBA0:47:09 Onimusha: Way of the Sword - 20260:53:45 Okami Sequel - TBA0:57:13 Ys X Proud Nordics - 2025 (JP)1:02:23 Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter - Fall 20251:10:04 Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga - 20251:15:22 LUNAR Remastered Collection - 18 April 20251:20:44 Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - 30  May 20251:26:33 Lost Soul Aside - 20251:30:48 OMEGA PHENEX COMMENCED PROJECT SIX - TBA1:33:38 Hell Maiden - TBA1:35:58 OPUS: Prism Peak - 20251:41:39 Everhood 2 - 04 March 20251:44:56 Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - 20 March 2025 Industry News:1:55:22 Nintendo Switch 2 - 20252:04:01 KADOKAWA and Sony Agree to Form Strategic Capital and Business Alliance2:13:29 The Exit 8 live-action movie announced2:22:50 Outro + SuperChat

Kelley tries to catch Worf in Pokémon: The Next Generation. Josh got a case of the stink-Ys. And Chris gets an official ruling on the definition of "Isekai." The post RPG Cast – Episode 754: “15 Things You Missed in the Switch 2 Trailer” appeared first on RPGamer.

As Canadian kid's game show "UH-OH" character Punisher once said; IT'S SLIME TIME. Kat, Nadia, Eric, and special guest Cam Hawkins discuss the newest DQ from SE. Is the HD-2D remake of Famicom classic Dragon Quest III the definitive version? Is it a good jumping off point for new players of the series? Did you know it's actually Dragon Quest VI in Japan? All this and more in this episode of Axe of the Blood God! Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod and subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod Also in this episode: Pokemon TCG Pocket update! A whole lotta Falcom talk for the Ys and Trails/Kiseki-heads Eric's Dragon Age: The Veilguard update Nadia teaches us how to swear Victor finally picks a theme song for The Tavern Timestamps: 00:00 - Main Topic - Dragon Quest III HD-2D 37:22 - Random Encounters 47:04 - The Tavern 1:35:44 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Boktai DS] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] Village - [Dragon Quest III] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices