This Week In Retro: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
July 11, 2001: Final Fantasy goes Hollywood and nearly fades away
by Diamond Feit
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Episode 389: Aliens
Quite some time back (Episode 221! A lifetime ago!), we talked about the film Alien and its video game descendants as a celebration of that movie's 40th anniversary. Now, the sequel turns ...
2021-07-05 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week In Retro: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
July 3, 1991: He said “I’ll be back” and he meant it
by Diamond Feit
Episode 388: Silent Hill 3
How do you follow up a game like Silent Hill 2? While the first Silent Hill sequel swerved off course and seemed to establish the series as an anthology, Silent Hill 3 took the form of a secret (no...
2021-07-02 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 387: The Atari 8-Bit Legacy
It's been tricky trying to line up Retronauts East recordings over the past year or so—not just because of the pandemic, but also because all of us have found more stable, robust employment since...
2021-06-28 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week In Retro: Quake
June 22, 1996: id Software enters the third dimension
by Diamond Feit
Episode 386: Street Fighter II Redux
Our Street Fighter II 30th anniversary thing continues with a comprehensive look back at the game... but not the original game. We've already talked about that. Instead, this epis...
2021-06-21 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week In Retro: Centipede [1981]
June 1981: Atari leaves outer space behind in favor of a bug hunt
by Diamond Feit
Episode 385: Godzilla ’Casts Again - The Video Games
A few months ago, we attempted to tackle one of the biggest, most influential pieces of media from the 20th century, one that's had a profound impact on video games: Godzilla. But wouldn't you know...
2021-06-18 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostRetronauts Discord now available
Hello! You may have noticed a hint during our recent listener survey, but we're happy to announce that an official Retronauts Discord server is now open! All $5 (and up) Patreon backers should alre...
2021-06-15 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 384: Pokemon 2.B.A. Master
If you enjoyed our look at the Pokemon Christmas Bash album (and who didn't?) back in late 2019, then get ready for a thorough examination of where the English-language Pokemon albums began. 1999's...
2021-06-14 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week In Retro: Duke Nukem Forever
June 10, 2011: Don't take gambling advice from Duke Nukem
by Diamond Feit
Episode 383: Delisted Games
A couple of months ago, Sony declared its intention to cut off support for digital purchases on its legacy platforms. The outcry from the internet was sufficient that Sony actually blinked... or at...
2021-06-07 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week In Retro: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
June 2, 2011: Maybe Capcom should've called it Zombie Hunter Portable
by Diamond Feit
Episode 382: Left 4 Dead
Valve was on fire in the '00s, and along with innovative single-player FPSes like Half-Life 2 and Portal, the developer advanced the craft of multiplayer FPSes with the stellar Left 4 Dead series. ...
2021-06-04 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 381: Ratchet & Clank
Another patron request episode from the Lifestream tier, and as is often the case with these episodes, it's led us to tackling a topic that probably would have been overlooked otherwise. That's not...
2021-05-31 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week In Retro: Castlevania Chronicles
May 24, 2001: Konami releases the right Castlevania at the wrong time
by Diamond Feit
Episode 380: Breath of Fire I & II
A patron-requested topic this week, but one that I think we can all agree was long overdue for the Retronauts treatment: Capcom's Breath of Fire series. Well, specifically, Breath of F...
2021-05-24 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week In Retro: Burning Fight
May 20, 1991: Capcom's crosstown neighbor releases "Final Fight Osaka"
by Diamond Feit
Episode 379: Retronauts Radio Summer Preview
Greetings, all. This week's patron-exclusive episode is another entry in the sporadic Retronauts Radio line, and once again I'm taking advantage of the nature of patron-exclusivity to treat the con...
2021-05-21 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 378: Moogle Madness
While chocobos have become the dominant Final Fantasy mascot over the past three decades, moogles don't receive quite as much attention as Square's feathered friends. In some games, they're simply ...
2021-05-17 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week In Retro: L.A. Noire
May 17, 2011: Open-world gaming leans towards law and order in L.A. Noire
by Diamond Feit
Mail call: Street Fighter II, Princess Peach, Koei sims, and retro jamz
Hey all! Jeremy here. I'll be recording a fairly diverse slate of episodes over the next week or so, though most of these episodes belong to one or another of an ongoing series of coverage. First, ...
2021-05-13 18:11:29 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 377: Final Fight
Our Street Fighter II anniversary retrospective continues with a look at a series that almost maybe could have sorta been the original sequel to Street Fighter, predating even
This Week In Retro: Thor (2011)
May 6, 2011: Marvel gambles on the God of Thunder
by Diamond Feit
Episode 376: The Dig
Our ongoing LucasArts retrospective continues with an adventure game of theirs that's no one's favorite—which it's one of the last ones we're covering. The Dig started its life in 1989 as an idea...
2021-05-07 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 375: Phantasy Star
Just the first Phantasy Star this episode, mind you. We were going to talk about Phantasy Star II as well, but this conversation proved more than sufficient to support a full epis...
2021-05-03 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week In Retro: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
April 28, 2011: Give me the best watercolor Bible story you have
by Diamond Feit
Episode 374: Return of the Jedi
It's been a bit slow to happen, but the fine folks of Retronauts East have finally completed our journey through the original Star Wars movie trilogy and the game adaptation of those films...
2021-04-26 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week In Retro: Freddy Got Fingered
4-20-2001: Tom Green unloads his id on American movie screens
by Diamond Feit
