Principles of Time: Complications of Temporal Locomotion [Book 2, Appendix A]
And that night, huddled around a campfire in an unknown future, four friends sat and told the tail (sorry, tale) of how the latest chapter of an epic fight for survival had finally come to a close. Though much was uncertain, for now, they cloud rest easy now that the universe was safe, and the problems of the world of Chrono Trigger could be left for another day.
…Or could they?
T and G discuss:
Time Travel! It’s… complicated? Like, really complicated. We try to wrap our heads around how it is supposed to work in the world of Chrono Trigger (and even a bit of Chrono Cross), even though it hurts our heads a bit.
Common tropes, techniques, and mechanics used in time travel in other media, in particular, movies! Turns out, lots of works use time travel… and sometimes it is used really effectively (and sometimes it’s just lazy, looking at you Back to the Future) 🤷♂️
A terse discussion about why folks love time travel, and asking the question would CHRONO TRIGGER BE THE SAME WITHOUT IT?! (No, but … 🤷♂️)
And that is it for Season 2! Thank you everyone for listening. It has been a long journey getting here, and now it’s time for us to use a shelter and regroup for Season 3! Stay tuned in 2021 for that.
Where to find us
The Zeal Archives is a Nickscast production and can be found wherever fine podcasts are listened to, or at the source at zealarchives.com
For news and other updates about the podcast, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook @zealarchives
For more about the hosts, Nick T and Nick G, check out the Nickscast on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube, all @thenickscast.
What is the “Race Against Time”?
The Race Against Time is an annual charity livestreaming marathon run by the Nickscast where we beat Chrono Trigger thirteen times to raise money for charity; this year that charity is Trans Lifeline! Tune in on August 8 and 9th from noon until midnight each day. We hope to outdo all of our previous records and raise $2300 USD.
For more details on the event, you can check out the main website at raceagainsttime.io, our Twitch page where we host the stream, or you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook for news about guests, giveaways, and other special surprises! Heck, you can even donate right now!
Cast
Nick Green as (Nick) G and himself
Nick Terwoord as (Nick) T, Robo and himself
Nick Zacharewicz as (Nick) Z
SMZeldaRules as Lucca
Credits
Production Credits
Editing, scripting, and podcast visual design by Nick Terwoord.
And an extra special thanks to Square Enix for making that game that we love, Chrono Trigger …and for not suing us.
Music Credits
[00:59] Flashback Music: Inception by The ARTISANS Beats used under Jamendo’s standard license
[01:10] Background music: Seized with Fury by housethegrate from http://ocremix.org used under ocremix.org content policy
[02:07] Background music: Following Forgotten by Patrick Burns from http://ocremix.org used under ocremix.org content policy
[02:36] Background music: Strange World by WillRock from http://ocremix.org used under ocremix.org content policy
[30:43] Background music: Through Time and Space by ABG from http://ocremix.org used under ocremix.org content policy
[29:13] Outro: Inception by The ARTISANS Beats used under Jamendo’s standard license
[29:43] Special announcement music: Temporal Distortion by Star Salzman from http://ocremix.org used under ocremix.org content policy
Links
GameFAQs - Final Fantasy VI Game Script
Wikipedia - Time Travel in Fiction
Youtube - TimeSplitters: Future Perfect - Cortez teams up with himself - Part 1
Wikipedia - Primer (film)
Walyou - 6 Different Types of Time Travel Movies