{"podcast":{"title":"Side Story","slug":"side-story-7274458","podcast_index_feed_id":7274458,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/574115/rss","website_url":"https://sidestory.libsyn.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/2/b/7/72b77ec78240a9d816c3140a3186d450/sidestory-podast-cover-20250401-6pymi0cu0g.jpg","author":"Friends at the Table","episode_count":36,"summary":"Side Story is a bi-weekly podcast about games and the stories we tell about them, presented by Friends at the Table and supported by our patrons at friendsatthetable.cash.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T12:19:10.537944+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/side-story-7274458"},"episode":{"title":"14: Melancholic Murder Bug","slug":"14-melancholic-murder-bug","published_at":"2025-10-07T17:13:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/side-story-7274458/14-melancholic-murder-bug","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/side-story-7274458","url":"https://sidestory.show/14-melancholic-murder-bug","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fa87551f-de56-4971-a0d1-a3c6eabc913f/side-story-14.mp3?dest-id=4970820","summary":"The ocean is draining. Where is it going? Is there a drain down there? Is someone drinking it? Wouldn't they be getting very thirsty? I guess there are lizardly astrologists and coral-covered automatons, so maybe there is someone who can drink the sea. Hard to say. Hard to say. This show wouldn't be possible without your support. Please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/friends_table . Show Notes Endless Legend 2 UI/UX Next Steps Endless Legend 1 Screenshots Endless Legend 2 Screenshots Janine's Comparisons Keith's Edit Skill Trees Additional Notes Media Club Plus Run Button Metal Gear Solid Let's Play C hapters 00:00 Introduction 03:28 Endless Legend 2 01:04:10 Break (On the Nature of Time) 01:09:16 Civilization Revolution 01:11:08 Longest Played Demos 01:15:44 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes 01:20:27 The JRPG Zone: Star Ocean: The Second Story R, the Octopath Series, and Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter 01:28:17 The Coin Zone: Unfair Flips and Q-Up 01:30:39 Phantasy Star Online 01:40:18 The Outro Begins Featuring Austin Walker , Andrew Lee Swan , and Keith Carberry Produced by Austin Walker Cover Art by A Liang Chan Music by Jack de Quidt","meta_description":"The ocean is draining. Where is it going? Is there a drain down there? Is someone drinking it? Wouldn't they be getting very thirsty? I guess there are li…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6969,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/side-story-7274458/episodes/14-melancholic-murder-bug/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/side-story-7274458/14-melancholic-murder-bug.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}