Throw Up and Explode! (feat. Persona 4 Golden, Angeline Era, and Octopath Traveler 0)

Throw Up and Explode! (feat. Persona 4 Golden, Angeline Era, and Octopath Traveler 0)

Author: Stephen Hilger + Brendon Bigley December 17, 2025 Duration: 1:58:19

The return of bump-slash combat is here, but what we’re positing is: What if it’s time for throw up and explode combat?

Disclaimer: We recorded this before the recent news about Larian’s use of generative AI for creative work. It’s very disappointing.

Discussed: the Vita is here, Persona 4 Golden, the upcoming remake of P4, our experience getting into Persona, our S-Link arcana, Vita games we’re most excited for, a caveat from the future, the Divinity trailer, BG3, Divinity Original Sin 2, the pending fate of GTA 6, 2025 takeaways, Angeline Era, bump-slash renaissance, Octopath Traveler 0, Octopath as a series, the upcoming Elliott sweep, GOTY Eve


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Timecodes:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:24) - Vita means life!
  • (07:10) - Persona 4 Golden | PSP stands for PerSona Playing
  • (40:03) - What Vita game are you looking forward to?
  • (44:58) - Break
  • (45:00) - Quick Larian caveat
  • (47:34) - Divinity | Vibe check
  • (01:13:35) - Break
  • (01:13:36) - C'mon Dutch! Bring me to that statue in the desert!
  • (01:15:33) - Angeline Era | Brendon's been gaming
  • (01:28:55) - Break
  • (01:28:57) - Octopath Traveler 0 | A power-driven podcast
  • (01:49:35) - GOTY eve!
  • (01:54:00) - Wrapping up
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