What is up, lore masters? Cody here—and yes, as always, I am still a guy. In this episode of Nerd Chronicles: Baked Lore, Javier takes the wheel to guide my incredibly baked brain through the absolute, convoluted madness that is the lore of Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2.

I came into this thinking it was just some goofy Disney RPG where you hang out with Donald Duck, but holy shit, Javier blew my mind. We are talking deep philosophical questions about the nature of identity, fragments of souls, people turning into "Heartless" shadow monsters, and the revelation that Mickey Mouse is basically the **** of this universe.

We hit a few of our signature conversational "potholes" along the way, mostly fueled by Javi taking a massive goober of some intense, peanut-butter-looking "Modified Grapes" batter. Meanwhile, I bravely power through the absolut ...