Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

I dreamt I was a moron. After waking up, we're drinking in a hotel bar, approaching a pianist, cramping up like a fucking loser, hearing about it from the boys, living a dream in a nightmare, suffering anxiety-based paralysis, blabbering to my crush, waking up on a train, getting hit by another train, entering the Zone zone, experiencing diarrhea, and meeting a lady and her dog. There's no way we can understand this, let's just report to our mission. 01:37 Intro | 03:11 Julia | 14:25 She's Talking To Me | 19:52 Hotel Room | 29:31 Train | 32:07 Timber | 35:57 Forest Owls | 41:57 Princess | 49:58 Real Net | 54:48 Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]. www.retrogradeamnesia.com

Blow it out your ass. Before that we're suffering through a zealous Zell, receiving our first SeeD mission, reading a weapons book, meeting Mr. Paper Test Boy, riding a hoverboard, exploring Diablos' core, meeting the Big Bad Rascal, losing a card on purpose, riding in a private train car, remotely viewing the past, becoming The Man With The Machine Gun, abandoning the mission, and going back home to see a pianist. We'll get smashed and then we'll charge. 01:26 Intro | 03:07 Dorm Walk | 08:17 Leaving Garden | 14:08 Front Gate | 23:19 Balamb | 28:39 Train Ride | 35:30 Dreaming of Laguna | 45:52 Deling City | 50:35 Real Net | 55:18 Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]. www.retrogradeamnesia.com

SeeD is not a non-profit organization. This time we're appreciating the world map map, realizing the invasion was all for cash flow, shaming Seifer, interrupting Cid's exposition, receiving our SeeD rank, hearing GF rumors, wearing dumb formal clothing, being a dick at a party, dancing as a means of subterfuge, witnessing Quistis' complete meltdown, meeting my teacher at the make out zone, getting fired, and rescuing a distressed damsel. We're the worst looking guys here. 01:57 Intro | 03:17 Exam Debrief | 10:37 Seifer Unrest | 15:57 The Graduates | 17:19 Graduation | 27:27 Dorm | 29:17 SeeD Ceremony | 41:02 Balcony | 44:23 Training Center | 01:01:00 Real Net | 01:02:09 Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]. www.retrogradeamnesia.com

I'm gonna tell you 'bout my Romantic Dream. It involves reassigning Squall's inspiration, falling down a hill, assuming chicken-wuss, meeting Biggs and Wedge, discussing Guardian Force ethics, slaying Elvoret, uncovering GF compatibility, both killing and evading the X-ATM092, learning to run, dropping out of focus, humiliating Zell's mom, and wondering why Balamb exists. God took all the good magic. 01:21 Intro | 03:00 Selphie | 08:57 Communication Tower | 29:38 X-ATM092 Chase | 36:21 Balamb Dock | 38:01 Main Street Balamb | 42:26 Old Man's House | 45:16 Zell's House | 48:10 Train Station | 50:10 Balamb Hotel | 53:37 Docks | 55:54 Real Net | 29:46 Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]. www.retrogradeamnesia.com

I love battles. I fear nothing. On this god forsaken installment we're playing cards with groupies, assembling protagonists, channeling shōnen energy, swallowing Cid's propaganda, developing a gunblade fetish, stating chicken wuss etymology, being antisocial for test scores, storming a beach, incapacitating soldiers, idling around a fountain, and delivering the best line of the game. Ok then, good luck. 01:23 Intro | 03:14 Balamb Debrief | 04:17 Triple Triad | 08:45 Squad Assignments | 21:41 Garden Car | 29:17 SeeD Vessel | 37:07 The Landing | 46:01 Central Square | 51:24 Summit Path | 56:43 Real Net | 01:00:12 Outro Tetsuya Nomura's 20s, FLAREgamer.com, Sheila Knight,10/13/2003 Final Fantasy VIII – 1998 Developer Interviews, originally featured in Famitsu magazine Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]. www.retrogradeamnesia.com

DRINK? This time we're revisiting Dr. Kadowaki, avoiding Selphie, constructing artifice, no-selling the disciplinary committee, chatting up a lunch lady, living alone in a multi-student dorm, questioning the necessity of T-Rexaurs in captivity, reading an Occult Magazine, junctioning magic, observing the world map, and taking down Ifrit. You could win a free Toyota Echo (not really). 01:37 Intro | 04:16 Infirmary | 06:27 Quad | 11:17 Cafeteria | 20:57 Dorm | 24:13 Parking Lot | 25:57 Training Center | 30:09 Library | 35:53 Front Gate | 40:06 World Map | 45:17 Fire Cave | 54:30 Real Net | 58:55 Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]. www.retrogradeamnesia.com

Let us pursue another dumb idea that turned into a good idea. As we've casually mentioned for the past few months, we've been working on a new (occasional) show, GOD BLESS THE RING, an exploration of the history, lore, and gameplay of classic beat 'em ups and fighting games. We brought in a third host (thanks, Mark) and try to put a twist on our format. Fighting games and beat 'em ups aren't really ripe for a deep, critical analysis in the traditional sense, but Eric applied weird, creative fiction to each encounter as we talked through the game. This is GOD BLESS THE RING – Retrograde Amnesia's exploration of the history, lore, and gameplay mechanics of classic beat 'em ups and fighting games. In our first installment, we're hitting up Double Dragon and Double Dragon II: The Revenge. We are joined by the purveyor hot sounds himself, Mark. Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]. www.retrogradeamnesia.com

My forehead hurts. Today we're waking up, passing concussion protocol, pronouncing Quistis, foreshadowing a lady, collecting a student, moping through class, blending into the background, showing favoritism, sorting through our desk, developing paramagic, building the school-to-military pipeline, questioning friendly fascism, and meeting Selphie before she's Selphie. Stop trying to be cool. 01:15 Intro | 03:36 Infirmary | 11:57 Quistis & Squall | 18:31 Classroom | 31:40 Study Panel | 46:00 Garden Tour | 51:31 Real Net | 55:02 Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]. www.retrogradeamnesia.com

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Hey, it's season three of Retrograde Amnesia. For the debut of our Final Fantasy VIII coverage, we're clarifying release dates, questioning the budget, identifying developers, reading Famitsu interviews, challenging the staff, mispronouncing everything, regretting misogyny, exploring the demo, plagiarizing music, fantasizing about Chocobo World, appreciating the commercial, sorting through 21 year-old memories, remembering gamer sins, dissecting the prologue, and translating Liberi Fatali. People got mad because there were cars in this game. 01:19 Intro | 03:35 Platforms | 09:48 Development Staff | 14:30 Interviews | 26:06 Demo | 30:17 PocketStation | 31:34 Multimedia | 35:23 Memories | 42:04 Overture | 47:07 Opening CG | 55:04 Real Net | 01:0:49 Outro | 01:02:18 Eric reads an old piece he wrote about FFVIII Tetsuya Nomura's 20s, FLAREgamer.com, Sheila Knight,10/13/2003 Final Fantasy VIII – 1998 Developer Interviews, originally featured in Famitsu magazine Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]. www.retrogradeamnesia.com

Give us all the liquid substances you have in this box. On our final episode of season two, we're fast forwarding time, finding a future as a fisherman, cutting Lynx to ribbons, bickering over Serge's attention, experiencing diarrhea, losing the tickets, mascoting an indigenous race, being a cat about town, sallying forth, facing the music, becoming FATE, starting the Viper Youth, fleecing marks at a bar, staining the planet with the blood of humanity, and talking with the folks who made Chrono Cross. Join us next week for season three: Final Fantasy VIII. 01:12 Intro |03:00 New Game Plus | 04:35 Bad Ending | 06:37 General Kid | 16:03 A True Hero | 28:00 The Magical Dreamers | 35:28 New Beginnings | 43:32 Onward, Dragoons | 47:44 Record of Fate | 53:30 A Career Change | 01:05:51 Return of the Downtrodden | 01:11:10 Programmers' Ending | 01:42:20 Real Net | 01:48:00 Outro Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at mailto:[email protected].

Everything exists for this one moment. Tonight we're fighting the Dragon God, descending to nihilism, listening to final boss music, talking to sacred ghosts at the beach, dealing with destiny, identifying true father, talking with everyone about the Final Gate, using the power of music the save the world, spewing idioms, spreading life, birthing a universe, exposing the Turnip realm, and waiting for Kid to find us. Chrono Cross is real. 01:03 Intro | 02:32 Terra Tower Apex | 10:24 Belthasar Lore Dump | 20:18 Opassa Beach | 22:35 Lucca | 35:02 Marle | 36:38 Crono | 44:00 Unique Character Dialogue Omnibus II | 58:40 The Darkness Beyond Time | 01:03:30 Schala's Philosophical Science | 01:14:10 Unique Character Dialogue Omnibus III | 01:22:30 Epilogue | 01:32:50 Real Net | 01:36:30 Outro Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

It is your will to choose destruction. This time, I guess, we're beating up sentient jelly, cheesing out with the Grandream, enduring a sadness wave, visiting ethereal Viper Manor, listening to the sage of reason, chatting up the Chrono Kids, ignoring sonic hints, getting blown, seeing Mothership, and mining additional unique dialogue. Chris is recreationally echoing because of a production boner, it's not a bit. 01:06 Intro | 03:01 Terra Tower | 17:07 Pyrotor | 20:53 Belthesar | 34:30: Anemotor | 37:00 Luxator / Gravitor | 44:30 Unique Character Dialogue Omnibus | 56:18 Real Net | 58:10 Outro Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

We're forever your friends, no matter which timeline this is. Today we're getting a letter from a dead scientist, alluding to a secret heritage, leaning into Magus lore, believing in a glam rock king, breathing underwater for antigravity technology, getting weak to red, creating an oxygen forcefield, installing alien artifacts in a maritime vessel, bending time, and looking at some final techs. There's a dead Starky somewhere. 01:00 Intro | 02:56 Luccia's Lucca Letter | 09:39 Janus | 19:45 Nikki Stories | 26:04 El Nido Triangle | 33:10 Chronopolis Dock | 37:30 The Bend of Time | 43:20 Real Net | 45:30 Outro Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

The dragons ate each other. Today we're meeting with plot relevant characters, turning Mojo into Mojoy, questioning the nature of Maiden Faith, actualizing the Chrono Cross, preparing for time travel, freeing children from fire, obtaining button codes, disappearing from the past, finding a little Kid, and making a transdimensional promise Gato is here and he has been fucked. 01:04 Intro | 02:37 Dragon Debrief | 07:35 Sailing Errands | 15:56 Divine Dragons Falls | 23:40 Hermit's Hideaway | 25:20 Orphanage Of Fire | 38:00 Forest Reflections | 43:00 Amnesiac | 44:40 Real Net | 48:00 Outro Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

We are bound by fate to ingest copious amounts of lore. This time we're egging time on, initializing wormholes, doing a phase metastasis, staring into the sea, installing memories, radically dreaming of a different life, personifying Fate, braining mother, registering as arbiter, unfreezing a flame, listening to a villain speech, meeting an old friend, moonwalking, dying off, resurrecting geography, and eating each other. What the bloody hell is going on? 01:18 Intro | 02:32 Chronopolore | 11:00 Docks | 13:30 Save Point Surveillance |14:24 Radical Dreamers | 18:38 Fate's Incentive | 23:25 Project KID | 35:36 Prometheus | 40:08 FATE | 47:00 Terra Rising | 54:00 Real Net | 57:50 Outro Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroAM on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

This time it's about time. That means it's time for ghost lore consultation, tracing the counter time effect, looking at anti annihilation energy, killing the police, controlling a sewer drone, inputting binary code, rhyming DNA with musical notes, learning about Lavos, and questioning the nature of fate. Humans will always use knowledge to corrupt the earth. 01:19 Intro | 02:45 Chronopolis Lobby | 16:19 Robot Sewer | 18:20 Coffin Room | 23:00 Map Room | 31:40 West Lab | 38:32 East Lab | 45:16 Real Net | 49:30 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Please insert disc 2. This time we're closing out characters with third techs, jumping on a tombstone, giving a book to a homeopathic surfer, eating children, pushing blobs for butterflies, kicking turds, visiting our doomed dimensional twin, diseasing opponents, cooking with a brother, inspiring a mermaid, pushing through fate distortions, and unloading Fate lore. Eric is the fake net in this one. 01:07 Intro | 02:58 Tech Bonanza: Greco | 09:00 Tech Bonanza: Doc | 11:10 Tech Bonanza: Funguy | 14:09 Tech Bonanza Neo Fio | 15:42 Tech Bonanza: Poshul | 16:40 Orlha | 24:40 Tech Bonanza: Luccia | 25:30 Tech Bonanza: Orcha | 27:00 Tech Bonanza: Korcha | 29:20 Dead Sea Ruins | 42:56 Real Net | 44:50 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

We've got our Serge boy body back. With that we're populating the island of misfit toys, dreaming of vegetables, resonating a sword, changing animations, divining dragon falls, industrializing Marbule, marrying mermaids, creating an iridescent super axe, grand slamming Janice out of the fighting pit, and getting some story-based third techs. Dreams exist in the temporal vortex. 01:30 Intro | 02:59 Turnip | 11:20 Einlanzers | 15:40 Divine Dragon Falls | 17:05 Marbule 2.0 | 34:14 Hammer Time | 37:19 Janice | 41:14 Skelly & Viper | 47:20 Real Net | 50:40 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Blushing, I walk the royal carpet. This time we're answering riddles, introducing Orcha to himself, forgetting to save, recruiting ghosts as techs, fighting Evil Serge, learning the history of the world, absorbing reptite lore, transforming and getting naked, and receiving the title of the game. When you're a boy you're no longer in the dark middle chapter. 01:13 Intro | 03:24 Criosphinx | 12:11 Guldove Emblem Showcase | 19:33 Return to Fort Dragonia | 27:06 Planetarium Light Show | 32:00 Chrono Trigger Reptite Lore & Retcons | 37:00 Return of Boy | 42:59 Real Net | 47:00 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Listen to the planet's woes, humans. As we consecrate our dragon destiny, we're also wrecking creatures of legend, watching Orlha kick ass then kicking Orlha's ass, referencing a dimensional twin, receiving a Dragon Emblem, jumping in odor holes, receiving Snakes & Orbs, discovering a man with retrograde amnesia, uncovering his problematic relationship, thirsting for blood, sating on blood, wearing plates, meeting Doreen, and obtaining the GrandDream. Things make sense logically. Emotionally? I haven't sorted it out yet. 01:10 Intro | 02:33 Sky Dragon Isle | 10:59 Orlha's Beatdown | 22:29 Haunted Hydra Marshes | 26:29 Gaea's Navel | 28:20 Forbidden Island | 35:50 Dario's Truth | 46:55 Talking Sword | 51:00 Amends | 57:53 Real Net | 01:00:40 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

What powers doth thou seek? While we scour the world for relics, we're jumping in the sand boil, breaking down the Fossicker, blowing up local wildlife, combining philosophy with destiny and violence, observing the sacred pilfering percentage, stealing plates, getting Chris the Beeba Flute, riding bugs to islands, facing land anger, conscripting more children, playing the Jurassic Beat, and murdering awful dinosaurs. We sure do seem to be living in troubled times, man. 01:07 Intro | 02:44 Earth Dragon Isle | 22:29 Water Dragon Isle | 29:32 Mt. Pyre / Fire Dragon | 34:37 Arni Check In | 36:50 Hydra Marshes | 44:50 Gaea's Navel | 1:00:00 Real Net | 01:01:50 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Aye, landlubber…!? This time we're reforming Fargo, motivating mistreated laborers, missing metaphors, conducting a speech synthesis play, dissecting stage plays in RPG's, exterminating all monsters in Marbule, listening across dimensions, recruiting a dancer, barely animating a dragon, and killing the village mascot. I bet the dreamer is ten times as nasty as this nightmare 01:03 Intro | 02:25 Fargo v Fargo | 10:25 Magically Dreaming | 21:54 Concert Debrief | 32:09 Home Marbule Ghost Mission | 37:57 S.S. Invincible Check In | 44:32 Black Dragon | 50:32 Real Net | 53:09 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Join us for a review of a brief retrospective on the original NieR and a review of NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...

You are Lynx-kinds. Well, ok. Today we're playing the Yggdrasil's theme, Kidding with Marcy, protecting Riddel from scum, tracking down the Spice Boys, spitting exclamation points, flashing back to adolescence, accepting friend flowers, failing to express admiration, proposing marriage, possibly potentially killing Dario, fighting our friends, making a celebrity cameo, combining magicians, bullshitting a Revive from the sewers, and canonizing Zoah as gay. We hope to see you again, sometime, somewhere. 01:05 Intro | 02:54 S.S. Invincible Check In | 10:00 Solt & Peppor of the Damned | 15:00 Young Boys Flashback | 20:50 Flashback Time Skip | 24:15 Betrayal? | 28:33 Shaker Showdown | 33:40 Termina Check In | 35:10 Marbule as a Demi-human | 37:10 Viper Manor Mop Up | 40:37 Real Net | 43:24 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]

The ground here is hot. This time we're confronting Radius with Radius, rubbing a child's head, getting in a real time turn based fight, boarding the reflection bridge, churning resolution from flashbacks, putting everyone in this game in our party, reflecting our image on the mirror of truth, finding out Marcy is nine fucking years old, hearing Harle's plot legends, telling space aliens about tears, solving snake statue puzzles, and finding the true bastards. The ground here has cooled down. 01:35 Intro | 04:06 Plotat Hermit's Hideaway | 11:49 Surprise Attack! | 16:30 Aboard the S.S. Invincible | 23:00 Character Avalanche | 30:20 Pearly Gates | 34:40 Harle & Starky | 38:50 Viper Manor | 45:50 Real Net | 48:04 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

We are the Chrono Crossers. Today we're jailing the Fake Net, playing bad cop bad cop, standing by in the parlor, putting Norris on Norris, making the Hell Cook, unmasking the spy, turning valves in the sewers, fighting a big gross bug, freeing prisoners, fighting a quaffid seed addict, fighting a cyborg, fighting a mech, refighting a mech, and trampling poor Porre officers with dragons. I have no time to be listening to your idealistic theories. 01:02 Intro | 04:00 Viper Manor Exterior | 06:25 Riddel Interrogation | 12:40 Exploring Viper Manor | 27:33 Sewers | 34:50 Ladders & Jail | 40:14 Hell Cook | 46:50 Foyer Pact | 52:00 Manor Escape | 01:01:54 Real Net | 01:04:14 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Here is a slice of our Patreon exclusive miniseries on Parasite Eve. The full version includes full background info on the game, movie, and novel. Go to www.patreon.com/retroam to get the rest.

Ye be me!? Today we're meeting a realistic dragon, acquiring Denadorite, shewing away shadow cats, taking refuge at Gonji's, finding our living dead dragon mother, hearing Home music in Another world, suspending economic activity, experiencing a mushroom crisis, identifying the Drakehorn grass boy, shutting down Grifter's Row, not remembering our friends, meeting ourselves again, giving our rich father a seashell, finding a secret room, and befriending some Devas. Prepare thyself for anguish and sorrow. 01:09 Intro | 03:10 Surprise Dragon Rescue | 07:50 Opassa Beach | 11:10 Arni Village | 12:20 Fossil Valley | 15:17 Termina Overview | 17:30 Lisa's fun guy | 19:50 Termina Resolutions | 25:15 #AD after "thanks fakenet | 26:05 Smithy Hijinks | 34:06 Van's House | 37:19 Dragon's Tail Bar Hideout | 45:55 Termina Exit | 47:56 Real Net | 49:58 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

The vengeance of the future we killed is about to begin. Today we're comparing melodies, evaluating Y2K futurism, speculating machine sentience, finding Johnny, spec'ing Zappa, hacking lore with Norris, shopping at the mannequeen mall, missing Doc's tech, going over Tragedienne's dialogue, meeting the dragoons in oblivion, watching familiar ghosts, entering the Enertron, denying inevitability, dealing in quantum currency, fighting to return the distortion, and becoming salt for the dead sea. May our prayers for peace ring on for eternity. 00:45 Intro | 03:17 Dead Sea Overview | 07:28 Highway Ruins | 16:27 City Ruins | 24:41 Lavos Lore | 28:05 Tower of Geddon | 43:28 Through the Portal | 46:10 Nadia's Bell | 50:00 Miguel | 01:10:42 Real Net | 01:14:18 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Express your intent to the Einlanzer. On this episode we're using a crab to quell a storm, knocking on death's door, debating the morality of a sword, going hard in the paint on the Masamune, flashing back to Dario's final days, using a keepsake mirror to trick trick mirrors, normalizing old bosses, surviving the sadness wave, mending the tragedy of the Masamune, dematerializing into the ether, and killing a magic sword. I cannot imagine that spectacle of what lies ahead. 01:04 Intro | 03:00 Dead Sea | 10:12 Chris Talks About The Masamune for Seven Minutes | 17:37 Masamune Game Quiz | 23:30 Hermit's Hideaway | 28:02 Isle of the Damned | 33:23 Garai | 39:10 Return to Death's Door | 41:26 Real Net | 43:35 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Rockin, I knew you'd come. This time we're taking stock of the Zelbess, becoming semi-permanent felines, hurting our back, observing a remorseful pirate, sneaking through a crow's nest, learning about the power of song, disabling cheaters, confronting Father, falling into a monster fighting pit, stalking a sage, clearly telegraphing a magic concert, recruiting a magician, and befriending a mermaid. Welcome Iron Man. Might is Right. Fighting Spirit. 01:07 Intro | 04:12 Sneff's Cat Trick Redux | 11:22 Fargo Evening Confessions | 13:38 Magical Dreamers & The Song | 18:44 The System Was Rigged | 26:07 Grand Slam | 28:04 The Sage | 34:26 My Friend Sneff | 37:19 My Friend Irenes | 42:05 Real Net | 46:12 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Yes, we did a The Bouncer one. 01:11 Intro | 02:12 Development Overview & Personal History | 12:12 Prologue | 21:12 Fate Bar | 37:58 Central Square | 41:21 Train Station | 44:24 MSD Cargo Train | 53:26 Emergency Exit | 55:01 Air Carrier | 57:36 Hanging Garden | 01:02:54 Crystal Dome | 01:14:00 Sion Stage 9 | 01:23:51 Kou Stage 9 | 01:26:55 Volt Stage 9 | 01:28:55 Executive Room | 01:31:20 Rocket Tower | 01:32:44 Rocket Tower Basement | 01:37:21 Rocket Tower Deck | 01:43:15 Air Carrier II | 01:47:39 Galeos | 02:02:32 Epilogues | 02:10:15 Real Net | 02:13:46 Outro

One. Two. Free. While we listening we're visiting the muppet house, observing a haunted island, getting lore injections from Toma, stalking a nocturnal mermaid, hopping aboard a kitschy cruise ship, calculating interest in coffee money, watching a magician do actual magic, dealing with post-divergence trauma, disclosing lineage, hovering with fishness, smoking, and losing a rigged game. I want to walk through your body. 01:08 Intro | 03:07 Hermit's Hideaway | 04:19 Marbule Ghost Infestation | 14:40 S.S. Zelbess Top Deck | 18:38 Zelbess B1 | 24:27 #AD | 26:50 Sneff's Magic Show | 34:40 Sage's Sadness Closet | 36:20 Fargo's Afternoon Confessions | 43:25 Casino Ultimatum | 46:28 Real Net | 47:36 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

We need a boat. Today we're digging through the rubble at Viper Manor, feigning ignorance, wondering if plumbing has been invented, appreciating dynamic light sources, blowing any chance at deception, learning about the Dead Sea, getting an awful boat, acquiring a baby talking baby dragon, absorbing Guldovian trade ethics, getting depressed across dimensions, breathing underwater, schooling fish, fighting and befriending a space alien, and ripping a laser gun out of a fish. Dragons have small arms. They can't build shit. 01:08 Intro | 03:20 Viper Manor | 09:21 Hello, Norris | 19:16 Gotta Get Draggy | 27:13 Guldove Home World | 35:18 El Nido Triangle | 39:08 Gotta Get Starky | 47:38 Arni's Alien Gun | 51:18 Real Net | 52:24 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at :[email protected].

HEY LET ME SEE THAT MUSHROOM. This time we're learning about Wazuki, beating the shit out of the village elder in front of his community, turning a man into fungus, exploring a muted Termina, not recognizing our mushroom father, making our own legends, training to be like Norris, cooling the forge, looking for the rainbow, covering for my father's economic anxiety, shaking my savings, and adding a child with no fighting experience to our elite squad of world warriors. Do you enjoy watching family disputes? 01:13 Intro | 03:20 Father Flashback | 06:35 Radius & Rabble Rousing | 14:16 Fossil Valley | 15:43 Shadow Forest | 22:27 Occupied Termina | 34:22 Termina Shrines | 39:35 Termina Blacksmith | 50:10 Van's House of Shit | 01:03:43 Real Net | 01:06:50 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Hey! It's another review episode. Eric reviewed Persona 5 Strikers for digitalchumps.com. So, we're going to talk about Persona 5 Strikers.

Who won!?

Am I dead? I guess we're looking back at the beach, waking up in dimensional vortex, tripping balls, befriending a shape-shifting creature of myth, sorting out reality, fighting against two dimensions, jumping in a warp zone, partying with Sprigg, failing to teleport, kicking ass to the moon, experiencing severe xenophobia, frightening the locals, and sleeping in my bed that isn't mine. I can't afford to lose you just yet. 01:07 Intro | 03:20 Temporal Vortex | 14:27 Dimensional Tower | 23:04 Total Chaos | 29:00 Hydra Marshes | 32:50 Opassa Beach | 34:00 Return to Arni (Home World) | 47:00 Real Net | 48:50 Outro

Life and death, love and hate, they are all the same. This time we're deluminating crystal monoliths, facing north, getting an ankle sprain, changing the order of head body and tail, battling beast mecha, inserting Skelly, glooping glop, receiving a kissy wissy from a son of a gun, stumbling upon an incubator, reliving a prologue, trapping Elements, vomiting ourselves, eliminating co-conspirators, talking as a silent protagonist, and facing ourselves at the edge of death. Now, let love bleed darker and deeper than the seas of hell. 01:09 Intro | 03:52 Entering Fort Dragonia | 06:54 Red Obelisk | 10:46 Yellow Obelisk | 13:19 Green Obelisk | 18:07 Blue Obelisk | 21:09 White Obelisk | 25:37 Black Obelisk | 33:40 Showdown | 41:53 Oblivion | 55:30 Real Net | 58:55 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Don't tell my bro, but I've got good stuff he don't, baby. Today we're getting a loogie hocked on our face, meeting the witch doctor, selling wares in a hot tub, watching a dragon sleep, turning lava to ice, debating diggity dogs, killing Solt with Peppor, getting dragons stuck in earth, fighting a tiny dragon, identifying unique dialogue, whooping the asses of overconfident devas, learning new techs, turning back after the point of no return. Not bad lad, I'm sure I'll see you again. 01:13 Intro | 02:34 Exploring Marbule | 17:00 Mount Pyre | 23:32 Spice Boys | 27:30 Fire Dragon | 32:15 The Acacia Dragoon Devas | 38:10 Harle's Warning | 39:10 Entering Fort Dragonia | 41:47 Real Net | 44:25 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Welcome son of man, now come to me. Today we're assuming ourselves bound by fate, getting the plot on track, acquiring our depressed doctor, defining shot, encouraging brother fights, riding lilly pads, killing all the dwarves again, deliberately letting Rosetta die and live, admiring and also destroying the dwarf tank, not using the dragon platform, and finding a link to Lucca. Wilt thou change the world, or wilt thou change thyself? 01:03 Intro | 02:54 Guldove (Another World)| 15:13 Chris stops by Termina | 17:09 Opassa Beach | 17:40 #AD | 18:20 Water Dragon Isle (Home World) | 27:20 Dwarf Genocide Study Questions | 30:40 Encounter with the Water Dragon | 33:40 Fairy Debrief | 34:49 Serge and Kid, Silent Confessions | 41:53 Real Net | 42:40 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Head into the fog? This time we're treasuring skeleton fantasies, aligning character motivations, revealing a ghost ship as a pirate ship, wearing Fargo shorts, dancing to diegetic music, blowing whistles and hitting gongs, fighting big birds, inventing a new ho, doing jellyfish tranqs, fighting skeletons with skeletons, ignoring safety protocols, and beating up a Dead Head. I'm the bone. 01:05 Intro 05:14 | Aboard the Ghost Ship | 20:11 In the Hold #AD | 23:06 - Foggy Deck Invasion | 24:06 - Escape the Hold | 31:50 - Pip! | 35:06 - Top Deck Showdown | 43:10 - Real Net | 45:44 Outro

I am playing Chrono Cross, and I am alone. After going down the humour hole, we're scouring the dregs of Viper Manor, assimilating into our party, finding sacred artifacts, getting our Safety Gear, eliminating sentient beings, reluctantly accepting NeoFio, watching Glenn give the game away, breaking down the fourth wall, speaking with the fairies, acquiring all of Skelly, fighting clowns in the woods, and meeting a familiar old man. And he doesn't have a toilet. 01:05 Intro | 02:43 Shadow Forest | 03:39 Viper Manor Redux | 16:25 Hydra Marshes | 24:46 Termina | 31:08 Mel's Bargain | 33:19 Water Dragon Isle | 38:53 Isle of the Damned | 43:24 Hermit's Hideaway | 59:00 Real Net | 01:00:40 Outro

Hi ho. Today we're dividing our time, teleporting across worlds, exchanging poetry, letting Leena meet Leena, getting poisoned, blowing the Beeba Flute, busting up the sacred Wingapede, murdering Pentapus, liberating Razzly, wiping out Dwarfs, making the Hydra extinct, healing Kid, watching Mel rob Kid, and sorting out a rookie thief. Go away, beeba off. 01:05 Intro | 06:14 Opassa Beach | 08:11 Home Arni Paradox Testing |14:37 Hydra Marshes (Home World) | 23:45 Pentapus | 29:10 Dwarf Screed | 32:29 Hydra | 36:53 Guldove, Kid's Recovery | 45:20 Mel! | 48:43 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

I have not seen the light, amigo. Today we're thinking of party members as coworkers, seeking advice from governing mystics, listening to dragon god legends, receiving a green tinkler, overlaying theme music, using alcohol as a bribe, psychically annihilating groupies, confessing to the florist, visiting Skelly's house, cashing in a bet, confirming Pierre, and marveling in the absurdity of the Luchador Priest. Glenn is no cop; he's got morals. 01:00 Intro | 03:30 Guldove's Shaman | 11:45 Dragon Lore | 16:94 Orlha's Bar | 20:07 Termina (Another World) | 22:50 Magical Dreamers | 25:30 Main Street Termina | 35:00 Smithy | 36:37 Vahn Redux | 37:35 Enter Greco | 44:56 Termina's loose ends | 51:50 Real Net | 52:38 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Ripples and waves make sense. This time we're shaking off a massive fall, requiring extinct medicine, choosing Kid's destiny, taking/refusing advice from horny clowns, channeling The Witcher 2, engaging in local commerce, drinking away insecurities, identifying "Applebees Punk," alienating Korcha, stealing a secret dress, and becoming the wind. Au revoir, mon ami. 01:00 Intro | 04:29 Waking up in Guldove | 08:01 Doc's clinic | 22:44 Guldove overview | 29:50 Orlha's motivational workshop | 33:10 Residential Tower | 41:17 Real Net | 44:13 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

We're not here to play jacks. Instead, we're extracting more lore from Karsh, misunderstanding ghosts, opening a chest with the power of persistence, enjoying a moonlight bridge, wrecking Marcy, getting freshman philosophical, seeing my mom in my sister and then fighting her, getting horny with a clown, meeting a menacing Lynx, making cat puns, taking hostages, and making leaps of faith. Come to me, the assassin of time, THE CHRONO TRIGGER. 01:07 Intro | 02:30 Karsh Interrogation | 12:13 Library | 16:31 Outer Space JPEG Lore Dump | 22:35 Versus Marcy | 25:18 Harle Encounter | 29:35 Viper's Office | 41:41 Balcony Showdown | 47:05 Real Net | 48:00 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Too Bad. Wrong. Sucker. On this episode we're letting go of Pierre, dodging pointless spotlights, feeding hungry dragons, literally falling in a trap, suspecting Glenn might be an idiot, questioning the general competence of Viper's dragoon, beating up robots, looting the vault, literally falling in another trap, releasing a cute monster, missing attacks, and gaining respect for Zoah. Feed the nobles to the dragons. 00:46 Intro | 02:25 Viper Manor Exterior | 07:10 Dragon Stables | 14:19 Inside Viper Manor | 20:19 Dining Room | 24:06 Barracks | 28:32 Guest Room | 30:11 Treasure Vault | 32:02 Luccia's Laboratory | 35:34 Armory | 38:23 Zoah Interrogation | 43:09 Real Net | 45:27 Outro Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroam, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].