On this episode of Random Encounter:- Greg tried out the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX demo, reveling in its sweetness!- Pete has immersed himself in Harebrained Scheme’s latest expansion to BATTLETECH and is living his best merc life!- Continuing the trend of dungeon-delving, Greg has dipp… Read More »
Our 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. Warning: this episode contains betrayal, romance, pirates and copious amount… Read More »
AI: 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, discussing its characters, themes, moments, and abundance of porno mags.… Read More »
On this episode of Random Encounter:- Our panelists cover the last of this years awards!- It’s mostly Cold Steel III and Shadowbringers from this point on, but so much good stuff came to us in 2019!- We shout out to readers/listeners!- A Jedi baby?! Featuring: Greg Delmage, Caitlin Argyros, Peter Tr… Read More »
Almost 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 the… Read More »
On this episode of Random Encounter:- Our panelists cover the next few categories in this year’s awards!- As before, we maybe didn’t all play everything (too many games), but we all have thoughts!- Danger, the enemy is approaching. Featuring: Greg Delmage, Caitlin Argyros, Peter Triezenberg, Tyler T… Read More »
On this episode of Random Encounter:- Our panelists cover the first few categories in this years awards- Some of the games we got to play, others we really want to, and a few aren’t even on our radar! To each their own!- Happy New Year! We chit chat about the holidays and such! Featuring: Greg Delma… Read More »
Retro Encounter welcomes a special guest for the first time in its brief history, with Robert Boyd and Bill Stiernberg of Zeboyd Games visiting to discuss their latest RPG, Cthulhu Saves Christmas. The Zeboyd duo discuss their ten-year careers in indie game development alongside pricing strategies,… Read More »
Retro 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. Which… Read More »
The 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. Join us as we shut th… Read More »
Ghost 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! Get ready for a wild rid… Read More »
Ghost 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 inter… Read More »
Retro 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 weir… Read More »
We’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. Does Vagrant… Read More »
Vagrant 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 Guildenstern… Read More »
Earthbound 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 Pi… Read More »
We’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. Listen in for more discussion of this Game Arts classic! Featuring: Zach Wilkerson,… Read More »
In 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 panelist… Read More »
Grandia, 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, maddening dungeons, and relentless optimism. (Thankfully, our podc… Read More »
The 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 is all… Read More »
Fire 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 this f… Read More »
The 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. So is Wild ARMs 3 good, bad, or ugly? Listen to… Read More »
Wild 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 gem,… Read More »
Retro 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. So which Drago… Read More »
With 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. Do… Read More »
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