Orcs in The Basement

By: Jaé Ortega
  • Summary

  • An idiosyncratic RPG video game podcast for the rest of us. Hosted by Jaé Ortega.

    Jaé Ortega 2024
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Episodes
  • Rose City Comic Con & Harvestella
    Sep 8 2024

    In this week's episode of Orcs In The Basement I talk about my time at Portland's Rose City Comic Con, the good, the bad and the cosplay. I also briefly mention my first time experiencing the Virtual Boy and highlight a WEIRD game from the backlog, Harvestella. As always you can send listener letters to orcsinthebasement@gmail.com.

    Music featured:

    Phasing ( LoFi , Peaceful ) by Lo-Fi Astronaut is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.

    it's perfect weather for a trip to the café, don't you think? by AvapXia is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.

    Music from the Harvestella Soutrack also featured while reviewing the game. Harvestella composer is Go Shiina.

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    34 mins
  • Dale, Zelda, Dale! A Summer Story
    Sep 1 2024

    In this Episode of Orcs in The Basement- I read about my experiences with Ocarina of Time for the first time while living in Mexico. This episode is unique in that it's just a short narrative based on the time I watched my brother play OoT in its entirety while home sick in the thick of Summer.

    • I am always happy to read your questions and letters during the show! If you are wanting to write in, you can email me orcsinthebasement@gmail.com for future mail bag episodes.
    • For Let's play streams- you can follow on YouTube @mocosgummy
    • A way you can continue to support the show is to share the episodes and also follow on social media. If you are a fan of the show and would like to follow on social media you can find me on Bluesky at [orcsinthebasement.bsky.social].
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    25 mins
  • Backlog to The Future
    Aug 25 2024

    In this week's episode of Orcs in the Basement I go over the current state of my backlog while covering some RPG classics. I also talk about upcoming new releases like Fields of Mistria and the newest installment of the Mana series, Visions of Mana.

    If you are wanting to write in, you can email me orcsinthebasement@gmail.com for future mail bag episodes.

    You can also follow the podcast on social media! Currently you can find me on bluesky at orcsinthebasement.bsky.social AND now Instagram at orcsinthebasementpod.

    Youtube Mana series retrospective referenced: The FULL Mana Series Retrospective by Solace and Dread

    Music (in order of appaerance):

    Blue Skies.mp3 by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

    Dark Nostalgic Waves by UNIVERSFIELD is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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    31 mins

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