As everyone knows, September 30th is International Podcast Day. Or maybe this is news to you like it was to some of us! In any case, we are proud of our three podcasts here at RPGFan, and strive to make every episode of Retro Encounter, Random Encounter, and Rhythm Encounter into something you enjoy. So we decided, in honor of this day, to highlight some of our personal favorite episodes from each show. Whether you want to re-listen, or — even better — share a link with friends to encourage them to listen, here are some of our favorite podcast episodes of the last twelve months. You can find all of our shows over on our Podcasts page.
In the US, apparently it’s also National Hot Mulled Cider Day, but we don’t have any mulled cider content to share, so you can see why we went the way we did. But I won’t stop you from curling up with a hot drink and even hotter RPGFan podcast content, either.
Retro Encounter
RPGFan’s weekly podcast of many topics, Retro Encounter features a monthly two-part game journal on classic RPGs, and all manner of interesting episodes and topics around those. Beyond publishing a remarkable 400+ episodes, 2024 featured special guests, another fantastic quiz show, and many classic game journals.
Retro Encounter 425 – RPGFan Quiz Show VI: Contest of Champions
We threw several past winners together and see who would come out on top.
Retro Encounter 417 – RPG Obsessions with David Vinc
The excellent David Vinc joined us for a compelling chat about our RPG obsessions.
Retro Encounter 405 – Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Part I
Retro Encounter finally talked about Dragon Quest XI! Check it out, then listen to part two!
Retro Encounter 396 – Lunar: The Silver Star Revisited
Did we help summon the existence of the Lunar Remastered Collection with this episode? Who can say?
Random Encounter
Our bi-weekly RPG podcast highlighting new releases, classic games, and features and reviews on RPGFan. This year, Random celebrated 300 episodes with a show on future game industry predictions.
Random Encounter 300 – Draft to the Future
Trying to predict the future of the game industry in 2024 is a tall order but we tried it anyway.
Random Encounter 294 – Crawl Out Through the Fallout, Baby
We discuss the celebrated (by us, too) first season of the Fallout show.
Random Encounter 290 – The Rebirth of Final Fantasy VII
All about what turned out to be one of many monumental RPGs this year, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
Random Encounter 285 – RPGFan’s Most Anticipated Games of 2024
Our annual Most Anticipated feature gets a companion podcast episode for us to discuss the list more in-depth.
Rhythm Encounter
Our bi-weekly RPG music podcast covered a lot of ground this year, with a thought-provoking “build your own soundtrack” episode, several console celebrations (PSP, GBA, DS), and much more.
Rhythm Encounter 141 – Best PSP RPG Music
Our Top 20 PSP RPGs feature remains popular, so it was high time we made a musical companion episode.
Rhythm Encounter 136 – Same Name Game
An experiment where each panelist brought two songs with the same name but from different games.
Rhythm Encounter 132 – Remasterpiece Theatre
The pace of remakes and remasters isn’t slowing down, so we talk all about the music from these new editions.
Rhythm Encounter 126 – Build Your Own RPG Soundtrack
Our panelists attempted to”build” a cohesive RPG soundtrack by assembling core RPG songs like towns and dungeons from eight separate games. Somehow, it worked!
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