Turnabout Breakdown

Jay and Diego finally reach Great Ace Attorney 2, the last stop on this particular ride. Jay makes a discovery in their back catalogue. Diego has a bone to pick with Mikotoba. We're both Menimemo pilled.

Jay and Diego reach the end of Great Ace Attorney 1, finding some answers and many, many questions. Jay is making and looking for recommendations. Diego is finding a system even more full of holes than usual.

This episode carries a content warning for discussions of physical abuse.

Jay and Diego are somehow four fifths of the way through GAA, but it feels like the story is just getting started. Jay is forming a new trilogy. Diego is learning about the hellhole that is London. We're both on old guy defense squad.

Jay and Diego make it to London and meet the mysterious gay racist vampire Barok van Zeiks. Jay is learning how to read in real time. Diego is thinking about Ryunosuke's characterisation.

Jay and Diego witness a tragedy on a boat. Jay is figuring out what makes a lawyer. Diego is getting ahead of himself.

Also, we basically straight up say what the next project after Turnabout Breakdown is going to be, in case you want a preview of that.

Jay and Diego travel back in time to see just how godawful the British Empire was. Diego is exploring some branching timelines. Jay is once again measuring swings.

I mentioned an article about the fan translation of this game and I cannot find it at all, possibly because it was on USGamer and their archives were taken down. Corporate ownership of media sucks.

If we thought the ending to Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright was wild, we were not prepared for the DLC 'Special Episodes.' Jay is trying to work out how many levels of meta we're on. Diego is not beating the allegations.

Jay and Diego finish up the main story of Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright. Jay is trying to figure out how the hell invisibility is supposed to work. Diego is Layton-curious.

It's not our fault the episode is called that it's literally what happens in the game. Jay is finding a surprisingly coherent message around truth. Diego is excited about a sick fire dragon.

This episode carries a content warning for transphobia.

Jay and Diego learn some of the secrets of Labyrinthia. Jay is finding Apollo Justice parallels. Diego is happy to see a little rebellion starting to kick off.

Diego and Jay continue to play Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright. Jay is wondering how many Maya-ings one game can fit in. Diego is finding representation.

Jay and Diego dive into the weird world of Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright. It's basically Skyrim. Diego makes an incognito search. Jay is suffering for being British.

Jay and Diego play the Spirit of Justice DLC that turns out to be kind of nightmarish. Jay is happy to see Edgeworth, again. Diego is less impressed with Apollo's appearance.

Jay and Diego finish the Spirit of Justice base game, and with that, the mainline Ace Attorney releases. Diego has mixed feelings about a rebel father. Jay is happy to see Edgeworth.

This episode carries a content warning for suicide.

Jay and Diego play a case with actual mystery and some very good animations. Diego wants to get into a revolution. Jay gets a Furio Tigre jumpscare.

Jay and Diego discover what Trucy's role will be in Spirit of Justice. Jay still doesn't care about Apollo. Diego only wants to talk about Metal Gear.

This episode carries a content warning for dissociative identity disorder.

Jay and Diego are tired of people bullying Athena. Jay has a lot to say about Blackquill. Diego is just along for the ride at this point.

Jay and Diego get into Spirit of Justice. We're ready to wrap up the mainline series, but first we have to get acquainted with a whole new legal system (lol) in Khura'in. Also we recorded this episode like 3 months ago and I just opened it to listen to a little bit to write this and the tea opening killed me dead.

Jay and Diego return triumphantly from an unplanned hiatus (thanks TOTK) to talk about something a little different - Shu Takami's other game, Ghost Trick.

Jay and Diego go hunting for tiny things to enjoy in an otherwise bland DLC case. Jay spots an Ace Attorney Investigations reference. Diego definitely does not believe you should commit a crime.

Jay and Diego battle technical issues to spend an incredibly long time talking about the Dual Destines finale. There are hits. There are misses. There are beloved cameos. Phoenix gets in one really mean line to Apollo, who is otherwise just kind of there.

Jay and Diego investigate a murder at a space station. Characters are left unexplored. Diego isn't taken in by the game's setup of its final case. Jay has to get things off their chest about robots.

This episode carries a content warning for discussions of transphobia.

Jay and Diego remain pleasantly surprised by the middle of the road, solid 7/10 Dual Destinies. It's got mystery! It's got cool friendships! It's got returning characters! It's got deeply unethical journalists! It's got the potential to say interesting things about the legal system that it will definitely not stick the landing on!

Jay and Diego get to meet Simon Blackquill and explore a disappointingly unhaunted village in the Monstrous Turnabout. Diego is working out the similarities and differences between Dual Destinies and the other games. Jay is mostly here for Athena and Taka.

Jay and Diego begin Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies with Turnabout Countdown. Jay is intrigued about the so-called dark age of the law. Diego points out how fucking dark this game is. He also misses the old Phoenix.

Jay and Diego finish Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney with mostly positive outcomes. Jay's opinion on AA4 Phoenix is coming around. Diego discovers a secret using Perceive.

Jay and Diego go to a concert. Weirdly, Diego is the one talking about gay people. Jay is still a little unsure about the whole affair. But I mean, it is gay.

This episode carries a content warning for discussions of injury and medical treatment including medical malpractice.

Jay and Diego finally get to the source of the gay fanfic in Apollo Justice. There's some other case going on in the background but who cares. Also Ema is here.

Jay and Diego start Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice. Diego is just a little bit pleased that it's better paced than Investigations. Jay is unsure about our change in protagonists.

This episode carries a content warning for kidnapping and child abuse.

Jay and Diego finish up Ace Attorney Investigations 2. Jay is sceptical about the last minute twists, but Diego thinks it has something to say about victims and perpetrators - even if he's mostly just pleased to be finished.

This episode carries a content warnings for discussions of parental abuse.

Jay and Diego are speeding towards the end of Ace Attorney Investigations 2 and things are beginning to unravel. Diego is hopeful that things might be getting interesting. Jay is looking for some fanfiction to patch up some gaps.

Jay and Diego explore the weird world of Ace Attorney where you die when you're 40 and have to compress the rest of your life accordingly, prisons are bad but also good, and absolutely everything is about fathers and sons. Also there's a murder or something but who cares about that anymore.

Jay and Diego continue with Ace Attorney Investigations 2. Diego is thinking of alternative careers for Edgeworth. Jay is amazed at how hard this game is swinging at the very concept of prisons - and how little it's sticking that landing.

Jay and Diego start Ace Attorney Investigations 2 with cautious optimism. Jay is losing it at chess references. Diego has a very hot take about who the best character in Ace Attorney is.

Jay and Diego have a two hour battle with a very old man. Jay is doing a half-hearted defense. Diego is just tweeting it out. 

Jay and Diego return to the past in Turnabout Reminiscence. Diego is enjoying watching Edgeworth get mocked. Jay is on tangents about the secret von Karma sibling, DL-6 parallels, and the layers of puns in just one name.

Jay and Diego meet a thief in The Kidnapped Turnabout. Diego is playing a horror game. Jay is pointing out the fanfic bait.

Jay and Diego play Turnabout Airlines, and immediately decide to rename it. Diego spots an anime character. Jay is responding to YouTube comments.

Jay and Diego enter the wild world of Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth and find it surprisingly different to the trilogy.

This episode carries a content warning for brief discussion of suicide.

Jay and Diego wrap up the final part of the Ace Attorney Trilogy. Diego is crying. Jay is crying. This episode narrowly avoided being recorded at 3am from a parking lot. It's great.

Jay and Diego finally start to cross the Bridge to The Turnabout. Jay is all the way back in the ship. Diego is still swimming in loose threads.

This episode carries a content warning for suicide, ableism, and grooming.

Jay and Diego get a blast from the past in Turnabout Memories. Diego meets Diego. Jay finally gets to talk about Edgeworth again.

Jay and Diego Do Not Enjoy Recipe for a Turnabout.

Diego and Jay finish off the Stolen Turnabout. Jay is delighted by the DeLites. Diego has some questions about the illustrative work. 

Jay and Diego meet yet more old favourites and some not so favourite new characters in the first half of The Stolen Turnabout. Jay is enjoying hanging out with the Feys. Diego has theories about the new prosecutor, and is also doing some research on pigeons. 

Jay and Diego meet some familiar faces in the first case of Trials and Tribulations. Diego is sympathetic towards Phoenix. Jay only cares about Mia Fey.

This episode carries a content warning for references to suicide.

Jay and Diego finish off Farewell, my Turnabout, and the whole of Justice for All. The game is tense. Diego is thinking about fanfiction. Jay is-- Jay is talking about Edgeworth again, you know this by now.

This episode carries a content warning for discussion of suicide.

Jay and Diego start Farewell, My Turnabout. Diego is mad. Jay is mean to Edgeworth.

This episode carries a content warning for references to suicide.

Jay and Diego get caught up in the clown energy of Turnabout Big Top and get distracted a lot. Which is good, because Turnabout Big Top is not a great case.  On the other hand, it does have several absolutely stellar Franziska moments.

This episode carries a content warning for medical malpractice. 

Jay and Diego dig into the politics of Kurain Village, try and fail to recount a convoluted murder, and meet a whole bunch of new characters. Some of them are great. Some of them are not.