This Week in Retro: Kinect [2010]
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November 4, 2010: Microsoft Invites Gamers to Stand Up and MOVE (to a larger home)
by Diamond Feit
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Episode 337: Lunar
Hey everyone, my apologies that this is a bit of a hit-and-run post for this latest patron-exclusive episode—it's been Quite A Week, on every possible level. However, the good news is that this is a pretty great conversation about a series that ’90s Kids will remember as being a pret...
2020-11-06 15:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 336: Back to the Future Part II
We're going back to the Back to the Future trilogy for a podcast discussion about what could be the most interesting sequel of all time! When Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale put together the original Back to the Future in 1985, they had no idea they would have such a massive hit on their hands—or ...
2020-11-02 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream [1995]
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October 31, 1995: Harlan Ellison Delivers Terror At the End of the World
by Diamond Feit
Leave Your Comments for Our Upcoming Pandemic Mailbag Episode!
It's time once again for me (Bob) to put together a new mailbag episode, which I like to do every six months or so. As usual, I'll be reading and responding to your comments left on some of my recent epi...
2020-10-29 20:46:56 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 335: Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII
Like Square Enix, we are determined to milk Final Fantasy VII for all it's worth! Nah, just joshin' ya—this episode comes to us as a patron request. Well, kind of a double request, actually. Bobby Najari asked us to tackle Crisis Core (the PSP-exclusive prequel to Final Fa...
2020-10-26 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Marvel Super Heroes [1995]
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October 24, 1995: Capcom Embraces Marvel to Infinity (and Beyond?)
by Diamond Feit
Episode 334: Cowboy Games Part 2
About halfway through our first cowboy games episode back in August, we realized we'd only gotten through a little more than half of our notes as our time was coming to a close. So instead of rushing through the rest of the selections on our list, we decided to wrap up around the year 1991, and r...
2020-10-23 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 333: Tron & Spy Hunter with George Gomez
One thing I really enjoy about Retronauts is the flexibility it provides from episode to episode. Not even taking into account the different approaches Bob and I take, the show can be wildly different from episode to episode in terms of both structure and content. Take this week, for example, whi...
2020-10-19 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Sasuke Vs. Commander [1980]
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October 1980: Before Making Them Infamous, SNK Invents the Video Game "Boss"
by Diamond Feit
Episode 332: Akira
Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira is one of those weird cases of life imitating art. It was wild enough when the 2020 Olympics ended up being awarded to Tokyo, as in the manga (which debuted nearly 40 years ago), but when (just as in the comic) the 2020 Olympics ended up not actually happening—a...
2020-10-12 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: The Super Spy [1990]
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October 8, 1990: SNK Invents the First-Person Shooter (and Brawler, and Stabber)
by Diamond Feit
Episode 331: Nintendo Power
We've talked about Nintendo Power before, but never with an expert who has dedicated himself to tracking down the stories behind the magazine. Well, folks, that's exactly what episode 331 is. Tons of fascinating anecdotes, some outsider knowledge from myself and Bob, and some ridiculousl...
2020-10-09 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 330: No More Heroes
After more than a decade in game development, enigmatic creator Suda 51 had his American debut with Killer 7, but 2007 would bring about his first mainstream splash with No More Heroes. This series launched on the Wii when it was still white hot, and managed to distill the off-the-wall and often ...
2020-10-05 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Mega Man 3 [1990]
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September 28, 1990: Before There Were DMs, Mega Man Slid Into Our Hearts
by Diamond Feit
This Week* in Retro: Ghosts ’N Goblins audio update
A somewhat belated upload for last week's columns!
Alors! Thanks for bearin' with us through this small delay.
2020-10-01 11:52:03 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 329: ’90s Video Game Websites
This week, instead of focusing on the usual topics of games, platforms, creators, franchises, or genres, I felt like putting together a bit of a memorial to something long-vanished: A bygone era of gaming culture. Being online in video game spaces today is very different than it was 20 or 25 year...
2020-09-28 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Ghosts ’N Goblins [1985]
Note: The audio portion of this entry is running behind and will be uploaded once it's available—thanks for bearing with us!
September 19, 1985: Capcom adds boxer shorts to the annals of Arthurian legend
by Diamond Feit
2020-09-27 19:18:35 +0000 UTC
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Episode 328: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Fans of The Dark Knight had to suffer through roughly 20 years of bad Batman games (after a few notable 8 and 16-bit adaptations) before Arkham Asylum arrived on the scene in 2009 and proved that Bruce Wayne simulators could once again be worthwhile. Combining the finest elements of Zelda, Metroi...
2020-09-25 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 327: Numskull & Fire Pro Wrestling
Another remote two-parter this week—but is there ever anything else these days, really?
For the first segment, I chat with the folks at Numskull, a collectibles firm in the U.K. that has been producing some impressive, high-quality quarter-scale playable arcade cabinets of some of my favo...
2020-09-21 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? [1985]
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September 1985: Carmen Sandiego Pits Books Against Crooks
by Diamond Feit
Episode 326: Streets of Rage
It's time for another journey into the mysterious realm known as... SEGA. Note that you are bound by law to read that name loudly and melodically, like the Genesis startup screen, because we're talking about a classic Sega Genesis franchise this week. Or should that be a classic Mega Dri...
2020-09-14 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Super Mario Bros. [1985]
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September 13: Ranking the Super Mario anniversaries
by Diamond Feit
If you're reading this column on its original publish date, today is September 13, which means that Super Mario Bros is 35 years old. You're likely still reeling from the recent Nint...
2020-09-13 12:05:05 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 325: Colecovision
End of an era here, friends. This is the final recording we had in the bag from the "Before Times." Back when I felt safe jumping on a plane to fly to the other side of the country, when it wasn't at all dangerous to sit in a small, ventilation-free room with other people for hours at a time to r...
2020-09-11 13:37:37 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 324: The Jennifer Hale Interview
Whether or not you know her name, you've definitely heard Jennifer Hale's voice if you played a video game in the past 25 years. Named "the most prolific video game voice actor" by The Guinness Book of World Records, Jennifer has an IMDB page that stretches on into infinity, with hundreds of role...
2020-09-07 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: The Oregon Trail [1985]
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September 1985: The Oregon Trail Teaches America's Youth About Dysentery
by Diamond Feit
Episode 323: Bill & Ted / Spectrum Next
I suppose it's only fitting that this episode would have become unstuck in time, huh? We planned and recorded this look back at the Bill & Ted films and games a couple of months ago with the intent of running it immediately before the launch of Bill & Ted Face The Music,...
2020-08-31 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker [1990]
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August 24, 1990: Children Are In Danger and Their Only Hope is... Michael?
by Diamond Feit
Episode 322: Dragon Quest: Your Story
2020 brought us many calamities, but on the bright side, Netflix has a CGI adaptation of Dragon Quest V! (You takes what you gets.) Square-Enix's legendary RPG series rarely receives an animated anything, let alone a direct adaptation of a nearly 30-year-old game, so having this widely available ...
2020-08-28 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 321: Pure Invention—Video Games & 20th Century Japan
This week's episode is a little more on the academic side than most, which should be a good thing. Variety, spice of life, all that. Also, the topic is fascinating.
I invited Matt Alt (a Tokyo-based translator/pop culture historian/fellow gin maven) to talk about his findings and experience...
2020-08-24 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post