Sengo Muramasa. The elusive Alter-Ego in the body of Emiya Shirou. What's the deal with this character, and when will DW let us roll for him?

Some Case Files viewers have reported that they found it incredibly hard to follow at times. Ben and Mia, thankfully, did not, and are here to answer everything from who Gray really is all the way to what "mystery" means to mages who aren't everyone's favorite cigar-smoking detective.

With the return of FGO's yearly challenge quest gauntlets, Ben and Mia sit down to talk strategy both past and present, the state of the game, and their thoughts on what might be welcome additions in future difficult content.

This week, Ben and Mia once again welcome special guest Urie for a fun exercise in character creation! Each of us were given a choice of historical figures, and a little bit of time to design them into Servants worthy of the franchise.

Just as Goetia destroyed all of panhuman history, Nasu has stated that one day he plans to end Fate/Grand Order as we know it. Ben and Mia step up to fight for the future: what lies beyond that empty horizon?

It's the most wonderful time of the year, as FGO's fourth anniversary comes with many new things, in game and out, to discuss. This episode, Ben and Mia discuss up to episode 6 of Case Files, the Babylonia prologue episode, and all the new happenings in Fate/Grand Order.

For the latter half of our Fate/Stay Woke series, Ben and Mia turn their attention from gender and sexuality to race, culture, whether Fate's depiction of figures from non-Japanese societies is respectful or not, and when/how that really matters.

This week, Ben and Mia take a little change of pace and talking about something a bit more important than gameplay or lore. We're both big proponents of active reflection on the media you consume, and heaven knows that the Fate series has a lot of content about gender, sexuality, and cultural appropriation. In this episode, we take a deep dive into genderbent Servants and what they have to say about gender stereotypes, sexual objectification, and LGBT representation. Also, the Case Files anime is out and in this house, we stan Waver. Content warning: use of transphobic slurs This episode also contains spoilers for Sarazanmai and Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire. See below for timestamps.

Finally, after shilling the series constantly at every opportunity, it's our dedicated Fate/Strange Fake episode! With volume five of Ryohgo Narita's epic having been recently released and in the process of translation, Ben and Mia recall the first four volumes of the series and predict what will happen next as one of the best ever (in our opinion) Fate stories continues to unfold.

Ben and Mia finally take on the most important, most mysterious, and most frightening ongoing story in the Nasuverse: FGO's Cosmos in the Lostbelt. What is the God of the Foreign Star? What can we expect to find in the Indian Lostbelt and those that come after it? Are Chaldea even the good guys anymore? And who the hell is Scandinavia Pepperoncino, really?

With Mia away, Ben goes solo -- and digs up an old recording we made when we first had the idea of starting a Type-Moon podcast, from the far-off days when didn't even know what Strange Fake was yet.

Ben and Mia take a break from being educational and indulge in some good old fashioned Q&A. Topics include their favorite Servants in FGO, fun team comps, and the ones that got away.

Mia and Ben actually, really, truly, discuss the intricacies of the TYPE MOON magic system, addressing age-old questions like "Why do spells need incantations?" and "What even is the Spiral of Origin?" Also, the Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter, because even the most lore-rich episode to date wouldn't be complete without a healthy digression.

Ben, Mia, and their guest Tay (FateSteelTaylor) discuss the (at the time) recently translated prologue of Fate/Requiem, a new entry in the Fate franchise written by Meteo Hoshizora. The trio bumble their way through their first impressions, reflect on how it fits into the overall canon, and get into some hijinks along the way.

This time, Mia and Ben try to tackle the nitty gritty of the TYPE MOON magic system, only to derail themselves immediately and spend the whole episode talking about Heaven's Feel II: lost butterfly.

Following up our Valentine's Day girl tier list, Ben and Mia evaluate every boy in Grand Order for dateability in honor of White Day! See our final tierlist here: https://i.imgur.com/jihZXPx.jpg Make your own tierlist here: https://tiermaker.com/create/fgo-date-tier-list-boys

As a Valentine's Day special, Ben and Mia evaluate every female character in FGO for dateability! Join us as we slowly lose our minds realizing just how huge of a task ranking 135 girls can be. See our final tier list here: https://i.imgur.com/J463kd1.png Make your own tier list here: https://tiermaker.com/create/fgo-date-tier-list-girls

Part two of our celebration of Fate/Stay Night's 15th anniversary! This time we talk about how the Fate series has changed since the original VN, the de-emphasis of the Holy Grail War itself in recent Fate stories, the importance of balance between Servant and Master characters, and more.

Happy New Year! In honor of the 15th anniversary of Fate/stay night, Ben and Mia reflect on how they got into the series, the original visual novel, its adaptations, and where the series has gone since then.

Ben and Mia discuss Christmas 2018, the end of Grand Order Part One: Observer on Timeless Temple, Quantum Timelocks, and more.