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Retro Encounter 112: Memoria Final Fantasy Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - December 08, 2017 03:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter's stroll down memory lane for Final Fantasy's 30th anniversary continues, with the panelists discussing the PS2 era to the present. The Fabula Nova Crystallis project, our favorite Final Fantasy XIV jobs, and late-game Blitzball strategy. Kilika Beasts forever. Featuring: Mich...
Retro Encounter 111: Memoria Final Fantasy Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - December 01, 2017 02:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThis podcast began its life as a well-intentioned jaunt through our favorite Final Fantasy memories for the 30th anniversary of the Final Fantasy series. It ended up being a monstrous meditation on more than fifteen Final Fantasy games that needed to be split into two halves. In this episode fou...
Retro Encounter 110: Final Fantasy Film Festival
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - November 24, 2017 00:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe aspiring filmmakers of Square-Enix attempted Final Fantasy animated films three times over the past 17 years. Three Retro Encounter panelists watched them all and put on their headsets to discuss the three films: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within; Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children; and King...
Retro Encounter 109: Final Fantasy IX
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - November 17, 2017 03:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsEarlier this year, Retro Ecounter discussed one of the most debated topics - what is the best Final Fantasy game? After deliberation, there was one clear winner, and that's the subject of today's episode. Three Retro regulars get together to discuss Final Fantasy IX and sing its praises. You'll h...
Retro Encounter 108: BlizzCon 2017
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - November 09, 2017 16:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsBlizzCon 2017 is behind us, and Retro Encounter original host Jolly Josh Curry reunites with Entitled Mike Sollosi to discuss all of the Blizzard goodness revealed and elaborated at the show. From a new Hearthstone expansion to classic 2004 World of WarCraft servers, two of RPGFan's Blizzard jun...
Retro Encounter 107: Spooky Encounter
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - November 01, 2017 01:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsIt's the time of year to celebrate the creepy, the kooky, and the altogether ooky. Three of Retro Encounter's horror aficionados discuss their favorite horror RPGs, scary video game moments, or unexpectedly creepy parts of otherwise cheery RPGs. Seriously, what's with those Tomato Men in Secre...
Retro Encounter 106: Digital Devil Saga Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - October 27, 2017 00:41 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsOur three panelists were busy the past two weeks and nobody was able to finish Digital Devil Saga in time for the podcast. It's an embarrassing Retro Encounter first. That doesn't mean there was a lack of discussion, though! Listen on for our continuing thoughts on Digital Devil Saga, including...
Retro Encounter 105: Wacky Weapons
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - October 20, 2017 03:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWho needs ultimate weapons? Not us here at Retro Encounter! While we might have explored the subject before, this week's episode looks at all things stupid and fun - Wacky Weapons! Two returning panelists from the Ultimate Weapons episode take a look over RPG history and discuss the strangest wea...
Retro Encounter 104: Digital Devil Saga Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - October 12, 2017 03:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsDigital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner was a PS2 Atlus experiment; two games made in the image of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, starring transforming cannibals in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Two Digital Devil Saga veterans and one newbie explore the bleak, brutal RPG with a critical eye. Is the cul...
Retro Encounter 103: Quintet Encounter
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - October 05, 2017 23:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsQuintet! Whether it's a hands-on deity rebuilding civilization, children exploring the different sides of the human condition, or rainbow robot rumbles, Quintet games always feel unique and interesting. Today Retro Encounter throws back to the 90s with an in-depth discussion of Quintet's RPGs. ...
Retro Encounter 102: Final Fantasy XII Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - September 30, 2017 18:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThree Retro Encounter panelists reconvene to discuss the second half of Final Fantasy XII, going deep into its ending and optional content. Hunts, espers, music, and romantic shipping each take center stage in today's episode. Featuring: Caitlin Argyros, Robert Fenner, Peter Triezenberg
Retro Encounter 101: Final Fantasy XII Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - September 22, 2017 03:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter returns to Dalmasca with Final Fantasy XII, the PlayStation 2 classic recently remastered for PlayStation 4. In this first episode our panelists talk classes, characters, and personal memories of Final Fantasy XII, especially the game's excellent localization and Vaan's impressiv...
Retro Encounter 100
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - September 15, 2017 02:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter's first episode posted in May of 2015, and today in September of 2017 Retro Encounter hits triple digits. For its hundredth outing, six recurring Retro panelists play an elimination game to determine a future episode subject, and also wax nostalgic about Encounters past. The end...
Retro Encounter 99: Favorite RPG Casts & Characters
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - September 07, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsToday is Casts & Characters day on RPGFan! To accompany the site featured articles, Retro Encounter has five of the feature writers present to talk about their favorite RPG ensembles. Final Fantasy VII's Planeteers, Borderlands 2's weirdo heroes, Persona 4's Scooby gang, Koudelka's bickering here...
Retro Encounter 98: Ultimate Weapons
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - September 01, 2017 03:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsUltimate weapons. When you find one in an RPG, it's a symbol of accomplishment, a trophy representing high dedication and near-completion of its game. Sometimes they're lying around in a late dungeon, but most of the time players jump through strange, specific hoops to obtain them. And four RPGFa...
Retro Encounter 97: Grim Fandango Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - August 25, 2017 03:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsGrim Fandango continues to stun our panel with its original setting and sharp wit, and continues to frustrate that same panel with 1990s adventure game design. But what were the panels overall feelings? Does Manny manage to rescue Mercedes? How fast does Glottis go? These questions and more a...
Retro Encounter 96: Viva Diablo!
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - August 18, 2017 06:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsBlizzard's Diablo series is over twenty years old, and over three games and two official expansions it's changed in leaps and bounds. Three of RPGFan's premier Diablo fanboys examine the evolutionary arc of the series, from the plodding walking speed of the original 16-floor dungeon to the satisf...
Retro Encounter 95: Grim Fandango Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - August 11, 2017 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRetro Encounter gets spooky in August with a playthrough of the classic 1998 LucasArts adventure game, Grim Fandango. Snappy dialog, obtuse puzzles, aggressive fiery beavers, and mysterious cat races all make an appearance in Grim Fandango's first two days, as Manny Calavera seeks justice for him...
Retro Encounter 94: Pokemon Green Shield Version
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - August 03, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsSeveral RPGFan staff are big fans of Pokemon, so of course they have strong feelings about the different generations of Pokemon games. In today's episode, three panelists argue to determine the best overall Pokemon generation, with some discussion followed by a vote. Naturally, the arguments are...
Rhythm Encounter 33: Hazem Hawash and Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
RPG Fan's Rhythm Encounter - July 29, 2017 17:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsMany years later after a very successful Kickstarter campaign, Enigami brings to life Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom, a magical world of vivid sceneries and wonderful, alluring music. Creator and composer, Hazem Hawash, alongside his dedicated team, pored a great deal of love into Shiness, so it ...
Retro Encounter 93: GameCube Encounter
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - July 28, 2017 05:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe GameCube is not the first console many people think of when we think about RPGs. If it doesn't come into your mind eventually, though, you're doing something wrong. We look back at the best multiplayer RPGs and forgotten gems on the system, and of course, with it being Nintendo, we could not ...
Retro Encounter 92: EarthBound Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - July 21, 2017 03:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsFour EarthBound panelists return to discuss Earthbound's alternately charming, bizarre, disturbing, and satisfying finale, from deserts to swamps to prehistoric underworlds (?) and alien attacks from the distant past (???). It's another hour of EarthBound banter from Retro Encounter! Featuring:...
Retro Encounter 91: Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - July 15, 2017 20:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsLast year, four Retro Encounter panelists had a blast playing Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, a murder mystery novel rife with twists and turns. In 2017, three of those four panelists return for a special one-off episode on its sequel, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. There's a lot to discuss a...
Rhythm Encounter 32: Mustin and Psychokinetic
RPG Fan's Rhythm Encounter - July 07, 2017 17:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIt's safe to say that EarthBound has a lot of fans, and that includes us at RPG...Fan. Bad jokes aside, where there are fans, there's often a demand for quality arrangements of classic RPG music. Mustin, of Mustin Enterprises (formerly OneUp Studios), and a group of excellent remix producers coll...
Retro Encounter 90: EarthBound Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - July 07, 2017 02:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsEarthBound is one of the oddest, most original Japanese RPGs on the Super Nintendo, and over the years it's amassed a cult following dwarfing that of Happy-Happyism. In this week's Retro Encounter, four panelists explore EarthBound's first half, taking Giant Steps all the way to Summers in summe...
Retro Encounter 89: Fresh Produce!
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - June 30, 2017 07:31 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsProduce! was a game developer operating from 1990 to around 2000, and their output in that era resulted in three strange, unique, and fascinating RPGs: The 7th Saga, Brain Lord, and Mystic Ark. For today's Retro Encounter, one knowledgeable Produce! historian and one inquisitive 7th Saga fanboy ...
Retro Encounter 88: Dragon Quest V Part II
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - June 23, 2017 03:05 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWhen we last visited Dragon Quest V in Retro Encounter, our hero was incapacitated in a stranger's front lawn, but a chance meeting with his family has him return to action! Continue the Dragon Quest V's hero's journey as he rescues his wife, avenges his father, and raises his children while defe...
Retro Encounter 87: Xenoblade Chronicles
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - June 16, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsIt's no secret that we here at RPGFan love Xenoblade Chronicles. We wanted to do a full playthrough of the game for Retro Encounter, but (and this will surprise no one) it's just too damn long. So instead, we gathered a panel of Xeno fans to chill and chat about all things Xenoblade. Join us as w...
Retro Encounter 86: Dragon Quest V Part I
RPG Fan's Retro Encounter - June 09, 2017 02:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe people have spoken! Earlier this year, readers and listeners voted for Retro Encounter to play Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, and today Retro Encounter delivers! Our three panelists discuss the tragic life story of Dragon Quest V's hero, the game's motley menagerie of monsters,...
Rhythm Encounter 31: Braxton Burks on Johto Legends
RPG Fan's Rhythm Encounter - June 02, 2017 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsAre you a Pokemon fan? Have you always wanted to hear an orchestral arrangement of the music from Pokemon Gold and Silver? Well, you're in luck, because such an album is currently in the works, courtesy of Materia Collective! Join Marcos as he chats with Braxton Burks, the creative mind behind th...
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