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Retro Encounter 232: SoulBlazer Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - April 17, 2020 00:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe group hunts out monster lairs around the globe to some amazing slap-bass tunes as they discuss the very well-received early Quintet RPG Soul Blazer...and discover the importance of waiting at the title screen for game intros on some of those old titles. This segment of our divinely inspired a...
Retro Encounter 231: Mental Health, Self-Care, and Gaming
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - April 10, 2020 03:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter is a little more serious than usual this week, as five panelists discuss video games as escapism, video game characters with whom we identify, and specific emotional attachments to video games, in the context of mental health and self-care. It's an episode full of personal storie...
Retro Encounter 230: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - April 03, 2020 04:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter wraps on Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE with a discussion on the game's second half, including standoffish new co-workers, tokusatsu superheroes, and whatever the hell The Opera of Light is supposed to be. Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Nathan Lee
Retro Encounter 229: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - March 27, 2020 02:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsTokyo Mirage Sessions #FE sounds like a fever dream. Atlus makes another RPG about teens saving the world from extra-dimensional shadows by teaming up with spirits, except all of the shadows and spirits are Fire Emblem characters and all of the teens are pop stars? Two Retro Encounter panelists...
Retro Encounter 228: RPG Adaptations Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - March 20, 2020 02:26 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe spice must flow! Retro Encounter once again muses on the hypothetical and the unlikely in our second Adaptations episode! What movies, books, and TV shows would Peter, Tina, and Audra like to see turned into video games, and how would we go about it? All I know is that I'm kicking myself for ...
Retro Encounter 227: Dragon Quest: Your Story
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - March 13, 2020 05:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsDragon Quest V is a video game near and dear to the hearts of many Dragon Quest fans, but how about its animated adaptation? Three Retro Encounter panelists tackle Dragon Quest: Your Story, a cartoon that makes some very strange decisions in retelling the story of Dragon Quest V. Sort of. F...
Retro Encounter 226: NieR: Automata Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - March 06, 2020 05:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsNier: Automata ramps up the drama in its second half, with 2B, 9S, A2, and other androids with alphanumeric designations exploring post-apocalyptic earth. Our panelists talk about the philosophy, fashion, hard decisions, and even the end credits of Nier: Automata, and how all of the above hurt t...
Retro Encounter 225: NieR: Automata Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - February 21, 2020 02:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter discusses the 2017 RPG superhit NieR: Automata, in which the panelists discuss the philosophy, action, music, colors, and more of Yoko Taro's magnum opus. Nothing can stop us from getting to the end of A route, except for aggressive moose. Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Caitlin Ar...
Retro Encounter 224: The RPGFan Dating Game
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - February 14, 2020 03:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter thought that a game of "Wed, Bed, Behead?" was too disturbring for a G-rated program, so we added an explicit tag and removed murder. Three RPGFan panelists put forth sets of hypothetical bachelors and bachelorettes and play a 1970s Dating Game remade for the 2000s. Featuring: M...
Retro Encounter 222: AI: The Somnium Files spoilercast
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - February 10, 2020 03:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsAI: The Somnium Files was one of the understated hit visual novels of 2019, except that the game's tone and story is anything but. Five Retro Encounter panelists break down Kotaro Uchikoshi's wild dream-dropping murder mystery talking about its characters, themes, moments, and abundance of porno...
Retro Encounter 223: Suikoden V Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - January 31, 2020 00:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsOur three Stars of Destiny return for Part 2 of our Suikoden V game journal episode! Come listen to our panellists dissect every inch of this PlayStation 2 gem and maybe the rest of the Suikoden series while they are at it. Featuring: Leona McCallum, Tris Mendoza, Zach Wilkerson
Retro Encounter 221: Suikoden V Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - January 17, 2020 00:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsAlmost two years since our first Suikoden game journal, we return to the series with three dedicated fans of the series. Our three panelists all agree Suikoden V is a return to form after the fourth entry, with arguably the finest cast in the whole series. Join us as we discuss the first half of ...
Retro Encounter 220: Cthulhu Saves Christmas with Zeboyd Games
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - January 10, 2020 02:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter welcomes a special guest for the first time in its brief history, with Robert Boyd and Bill Stiernberg of Zeboyd Games visitng to discuss their latest RPG, Cthulhu Saves Christmas. The Zeboyd duo discuss their ten-year careers in indie game development alongside pricing strategies...
Retro Encounter 219: Top Ten PSone RPGs
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - January 02, 2020 19:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter recorded podcasts on over a dozen PlayStation games over the past five years, so naturally we have some ideas about which are the best and worst. On the first Retro Encounter episode of 2020 four panelists rank their favorite PlayStation One games, and discuss the list of ten. W...
Retro Encounter 218: Retro Encounter Year in Review
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - December 27, 2019 06:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe final Retro Encounter episode of 2019 is a celebration of the year that was, in which five panelists detail over a dozen new RPGs they played in the preceding twelve months. Afterwards, the panel shares role-playing game regrets and resolutions for 2020, for auld lang syne. Featuring: Mic...
Retro Encounter 217: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - December 20, 2019 00:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsGhost Trick's second half has twists, switcheroos, and some Very Good Animals and we're here to discuss all of it. Alternate timelines, supernatural magic, and prognostication of how painful a t-shirt gun is each get their moments in a very tricky episode of Retro Encounter! Featuring: Michael...
Retro Encounter 216: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - December 14, 2019 02:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsGhost Trick: Phantom Detective is an offbeat adventure game from the creative team behind Capcom's Ace Attorney series. A ghost named Sissel wakes up above his dead body, and decides to solve his own murder. From there a tale of using supernatural ghost powers to save murder victims and thwart ...
Retro Encounter 215: Another RPGFan Quiz Show!
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - December 06, 2019 07:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter brings back its homage to Ask Me Another in a new quiz show for the end of 2019! Two new contestants, two returning contests, one new host, and sixty new questions are here to play, and the topics range from Suikoden characters to Zelda dungeons to professional wrestling. We got...
Retro Encounter 214: Vagrant Story Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - November 30, 2019 03:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWe're back for part 2 of our Vagrant Story discussion! Our two panelists go over the Vagrant Story endgame, Ashley Riot's motivations, and the future of Vagrant Story in today's episode. There are some kind words about Yasumi Matsuno and some less-kind words about block-pushing puzzles. Feat...
Retro Encounter 213: Vagrant Story Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - November 24, 2019 16:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsVagrant Story is an experimental, cinematic RPG of the year 2000 with a battle system that's complicated both to navigate and explain. Fortunately, today's podcast goes deep into the presentation and mechanics of this Squaresoft classic, from graphics to gameplay and from Rosencrantz to Guildens...
Retro Encounter 212: Earthbound Revisited
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - November 16, 2019 04:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsEarthbound got mentioned on a stream, Kat and Sollosi had a short discussion, and a podcast was born. Two panelists from Retro Encounter's 2017 Earthbound episodes join with two relative newcomers to the RPGFan staff for an all-new Earthbound discussion, which connects Super Smash Brothers to One...
Retro Encounter 211: Grandia Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - November 08, 2019 06:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWe're back for the second half of Retro Encounter's journey through the world of the first Grandia! Our pair of panelists discuss the rambunctious Rapp, the secrets of Alent, and what Baal and his cronies are up to. Featuring: Zach Wilkerson, Hilary Andreff
Retro Encounter 210: Final Fantasy Fantasy Draft
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - November 01, 2019 02:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsIn a very unusual episode of Retro Encounter, the host selfishly combines two of his longtime obsessions: Final Fantasy and fantasy football. Four panelists attempt to draft Final Fantasy characters into an ultimate Final Fantasy team, purely for fun and not competition (publicly), but each pane...
Retro Encounter 209: Grandia Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - October 25, 2019 06:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsGrandia, the Saturn classic later ported to PlayStation, saw new life in 2019 with ports available for Switch and PC. Two Retro Encounter panelists check and see if the Game Arts opus holds up, examining its intriguing battle system, long and winding dungeons, and relentless optimism. Featurin...
Retro Encounter 208: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Revisited
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - October 13, 2019 01:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a beloved 1993 classic with a recent 2019 remake. We wanted to discuss it in detail on a podcast, but we did so back in 2018! Hence the "revisited" in this episode title and also the emphasis on that recent remake and the future of Zelda. Today's Retro ...
Retro Encounter 207: Fire Emblem: Three Houses Spoilercast
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - October 11, 2019 09:58 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsFire Emblem: Three Houses made a huge splash among RPG fans in general and Fire Emblem fans in particular in July 2019, and a few months later we're ready to dive deep into a spoilercast all about it. Favorite characters, the nuances of different story paths, and more all take center stage in thi...
Retro Encounter 206: Wild ARMs 3 Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - September 27, 2019 03:27 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe second half of Wild ARMs 3 is loaded with hidden puzzle rooms, secret bosses, unidentified flying objects, and story surprises. Wild ARMs 3 has many hidden depths buried in its post-apocalyptic sands, and Retro Encounter's panel is ready to dig in. Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Jo Padilla
Retro Encounter 205: Wild ARMs 3 Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - September 20, 2019 02:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWild ARMs fans can't agree which game is the best in the series, but Wild ARMs 3 won a public poll held earlier this year, so that's the Ramen Western our two Retro Encounter panelists are taking on. Post-apocalyptic cowboys, shamanistic magic, and an excess of JRPG statistics populate this PS2 ...
Retro Encounter 204: DS Encounter
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - September 13, 2019 03:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter celebrates Nintendo's massively successful handheld in a new console-dedicated episode! Melodramatic lawyers, gentleman professors, Square Enix remakes, and even rotoscoped detectives get their shine in this episode celebrating as many D.S. acronyms as we can remember. Featuring...
Retro Encounter 203: Which Dragon Quest Is Dragon Best?
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - September 06, 2019 03:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWith Dragon Quest XI's Switch version on the horizon and Dragon Quest Builders II in the rearview mirror, two of Retro Encounter's distinguished Dragon Quest dilettantes delve into the entire series catalogue. Eventually, the dynamic duo determine Retro Encounter's official favorite Dragon Quest...
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