Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

We shall age another year while you shall remain the same in memory. This time we're lifting weights at Greco's, feeling sorrowful with Glenn and Riddel, restarting the sword forge, instantly finding the Hero Medal, understanding misunderstood artists, suffering Pierre's limitless idiocy, slaying Ketchop, boating with Korcha, ascending perilous bluffs, beating up expensive monsters, singing to forest creatures, hypnotizing aroma blobs, and staring in awe at the amazing tree leaping beefcake, Zoah. But is it art? 00:51 Intro | 02:24 Termina's shrines | 12:10 Zippa & Zappa's Smithery | 19:32 Van & Gogh's Pretentious Emporium | 27:00 Pierre's route | 38:37 Guile's route | 48:49 Nikki's route | 01:03:38 Real Net | 01:06:54 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

You're not dead or anything, are you? On this episode we're learning how to pronounce "acacia," running short on Bellflowers, admiring coastal architecture, thinking about Glenn, polishing my Viper statue, getting framed by an invisible guy, observing potential toilets, working too hard, ordering squid guts, encountering demi-humans, constructing wistful sea metaphors, cutting through groupies, busting through carnies, and buying churros. You might just be the key to the destruction of this entire planet. 00:51 Intro | 03:30 Welcome to Termina | 11:28 Chatting up the locals | 20:54 Termina's Inn | 23:47 The Dragoon's Tail | 29:52 Lisa's Shop | 33:16 Termina's port | 39:20 Grifter's/Vendor's row | 46:34 Real Net | 49:59 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Boogum! This time we're finding our own grave, kicking our talking dog off a cliff, enduring spice puns, gaining a star level, meeting a girl named Kid, sleeping in my dead boy room, obtaining Mojo, becoming exorcists, conversing with a jolly talking skull, taking the big egg, re-fighting the spice boys, and reading character fun facts. Nobody can take anything away from him. Nor can anyone give anything to him. 00:51 Intro | 03:04 Cape Howl | 06:50 Showdown at the sunset cliff | 17:08 Return to Another Arni | 19:15 Kiki's dad's hell basement | 24:00 Fossil Valley | 30:52 Showdown with Solt & Peppor | 33:49 Character bio catch-up | 40:12 Real Net | 41:15 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

What are you doing here, man, this is my island. On this episode we're learning lessons from choices unmade, dancing the tokage, dressing the battle set, observing weird weapons, remembering Nu, acquiring Komodo Dragon scales, killing the dragon mother, getting sentimental with Leena, waking up at the beach, admiring the beautiful face of the Opah Fish, getting horny at posters, changing music in the middle of Arni, feeling love and affection from Mojo, and dying but still existing. Think about it, my brother. 00:54 Intro | 03:04 World Map | 03:54 Lizard Rock | 06:32 Let's talk about battles | 13:37 Chasing dragons | 18:42 Opassa Beach | 22:04 Gentle rapture | 25:20 Another World Map | 28:35 Another Arni | 33:09 Cafe Fluer | 36:41 Kiki's house...of horrors | 40:14 Another Leena's house, another Serge's house | 43:35 Chief Gonji's house | 45:08 Pier | 48:38 Real Net | 51:34 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Come on sleepyhead, get up. On this episode, we're deleting music from the game, standing up to Leena through extended slumber, talking to everybody in Arni Village, learning super duper lizard secrets, reminiscing a life of gutting fish, unlocking Satellaview secrets, reciting more poetry, appreciating Poshul's lisp, learning how to fight, reading mega-babe posters, and remembering the days of yore. Don't tell grandma I was looking at the jiggle. 00:40 Intro | 02:01 Capturing hot sounds | 04:28 Good morning, Serge | 07:21 Arni, outdoors | 12:22 Leena's house | 14:03 Kiki's house | 20:32 Belcha's kitchen | 28:59 Radius' field | 34:50 Radius' house | 37:57 Arni Pier | 41:31 World Map | 42:09 Real Net | 44:07 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

Let us begin a fantastical exegesis of Chrono Cross. To kick off our second season, we're talking about who made Chrono Cross, discussing accent tools, denying community, marveling at efficiency, reciting poetry, devouring the intro CG movie, calling songs different names, invading a stone fortress, and foreshadowing doom. We hope you enjoy this radical dream! 00:50 Intro | 01:53 What is this podcast? | 03:35 Development overview | 14:25 Millennium reflections | 20:00 Power On / Attract Mode | 32:19 Cold open, Dragon Fortress | 38:18 Top of the tower | 41:50 Real Net | 47:20 Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

The wretched will makes us experience sadness and loss. For the final episode of season one, we're meeting our real imaginary savior in space, speaking to ghostface killa, rationalizing villainous activity, getting high off god fumes, spilling soup, accepting fate, rejecting fate, seeking connections, determining the power of love through battle, forgiving genocide, favoring humanity over divinity, running through the dimensional shift, collapsing space time, falling to earth, and screaming in Japanese. Now, there is no more god. 00:51 - Intro 02:51 - Fei went to space (music sample, "The One Who Bares Fangs at God") 12:57 - Imagined reality 26:50 - Krelian's determinism 29:52 - Fei's counterargument 32:32 - Xenogears versus Urobolus 36:33 - Elly's liberation 45:33 - Anime / ending dissection (music sample, "Small Two of Pieces") 01:09:25 - Post credits 01:11:55 - Real Net 01:19:20 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]

I have been playing Xenogears for eight months. In the penultimate episode of season one, we're conducting inadequate preparation, incompleting a map, beating up angels, falling through laser tunnels, flipping tedious dungeon switches, observing basement bass, fighting fighting orbs, sealing divine abilities, time travelling to 1999, intershifting dimensionality, breaking our Gears, destroying fate, and killing god. Yes, we have killed god. 00:52 - Intro 02:15 - Final dungeon prep 05:14 - Exploring Merkava 16:55 - Approaching Deus 20:43 - Marlute 21:40 - Sundel 23:30 - Harlute 25:30 - Metatron 29:48 - vs Deus (music sample: "Awakening") 39:48 - Oh god we killed god what now 46:30 - Xenogears 51:56 - Real Net 53:26 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Have you ever taken a side quest to another episode of a game that will never exist? Today we're not appearing on the world map, recreating 90's cityscapes, fighting walking dragons, marveling at asphalt, manipulating Zeboim culture, using war as a solution to infertility, reading insane lore magazines, winning NBA grand slams, buying Joe-brand parts, purchasing drugs, living through another year, getting outrageously upset at dinner, concluding it won't work, making it work, producing a nanomachine child, and growing into a nanomachine adult. I am a creature waiting to become extinct. 00:48 - Intro 03:20 - Lighthouse / Zeboim 06:32 - Zeboim street monsters 10:08 - Zeboim ND News TV Studio 21:08 - Convenience Store 30:05 - Big Joe's shop 37:09 - Subway excursion 39:20 - Kim & Elly celebrate New Year's Day 42:49 - Kim & Elly have a tense dinner date 48:13 - Kim's bedroom reflections 50:09 - Kim's lab 52:28 - Emeralda's transformation 56:23 - Real Net 59:21 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

We'll catch you in the static between sounds, right before we kill god. Today we're investing in Golden Vests, declining Franz' hot sounds, rejecting Margie's advances, locating Chu-Chu, getting bad info from a wiki, comparing hot sauce, beating up Sluggers for no reason, battle rapping dune men, extracting a sword from bones, playing human plinko, fist fighting Wyrms, banging big, changing our jukebox's face plate, and feeding a dog. #HammerDidNothingWrong 00:53 - Intro 02:06 - World Map: Expectations & Reality 07:02 - Yggdrasil: Bridge 10:14 - Yggdrasil: Gun Room 12:28 - Yggdrasil: Doctor's Office 13:49 - Yggdrasil: Margie's Room 16:20 - Yggdrasil: Gear Hanger (music sample: "Stairs of Light," from Creid) 26:22 - Citan's House 29:00 - Taura's House 33:18 - Duneman Isle 43:15 - Kislev Battle Arena 53:26 - Real Net 57:00 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

We can actually play this game now. While we're surviving the apocalypse, we're also merging flags, buying scam birds, burning books, digging up a jukebox, alienating our dolphin stepson, going down with the ship, fantasizing about The Captain, becoming a landlubber, accepting forgiveness, not adding Ramsus to our party, confirming reality with Zephyr, forging exactly one legendary weapon, and stealing precious Chu-Chu wares. Ding ding, good job. 00:43 - Intro 03:20 - Snowfield hideout lobby (music sample: "Shevat - The Wind is Calling," from Myth) 14:06 - Man Digging Room 15:44 - Room of Cats / Command Room 18:12 - Room Behind The Bar -OR- O Captain! My Captain! 33:54 - Prison Room 38:61 - Snowbank Room 42:48 - Dan & Midori 45:50 - Zephyr reflections 47:32 - Ramsus' revival 55:04 - Room Behind Gear Shop 57:26 - Chu-Chu Room 59:28 - Real Net 01:03:24 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

The system is awakening. Today we're getting lore from a Jesus cross, contacting the fourth dimension, tapping into the god universe, adventing into this world, instilling a mother's will, nursing an Oedipus complex, dealing with a paradox, playing the Undertaker's Theme, fighting dad as well as my transmigrated ancestor, giving birth to humanity, destroying our remaining advanced military equipment on insane tactical gambles, and awakening Deus as a direct result. Perception is reality and also I'm god. 00:53 - Intro 03:30 - A blue pulsing puddle, a fluctuating void 21:35 - New Gear, old Grahf 29:10 - Xenogears versus Alpha Weltall 35:40 - The Genesis of Humanity 39:40 - Excalibur tactical conference 44:00 - Bart's got an idea 49:30 - Real Net 55:09 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Face up to the reality that you don't want to see. This time we're abandoning our child's weaknesses, visiting the room of the coward, losing our home, suffering abuse by the will of our transmigrated mother, forcing psychic contact, imagining the hell dimension, mentally and physically fighting our father, being different people, watching ourselves watch ourselves, sharing our feelings with ourselves, receiving centuries of memories, and considering "live" as suspect advice. Even if I go to hell I will live until the end of this world. 00:56 - Intro 03:07 - Fei blue screens 06:25 - Movie theater memory party 12:19 - Fei Fong Wong, involuntary human test subject 18:53 - Khan's ignorance 24:38 - Id versus Khan II 27:15 - Grahf / Khan / Lacan / Karen / Miang / Fei / Id / Anime 32:19 - Id and Khan hash it out 34:20 - Unification of Fei 42:17 - Abel & Elly 44:25 - Live! 50:40 - Real Net 57:36 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

This videogame is now a visual novel with boss battles. Today we're opening our fists to hold people, becoming a symbol, twisting Sophia's words, fading away, seeking power to treat depression, crying in carbonite, walking through snow fields in big robots, sealing away the very meaning of Existence, practicing Contact consciousness, shedding skin, showing down with the Demon of Elru, unifying personalities with Wiseman, and taking a fist full of memories. If only you had power, you could have saved her. 01:02 - Intro 01:50 - Krelian cockpit 02:54 - Sophia's sacrifice 07:56 - Krelian's god paradox 13:30 - The fall of Lacan 21:05 - Dan shits in 25:53 - Zohar 9999 27:22 - Id will not allow Fei to go any further 32:40 - Spelunking surprises 35:54 - Versus Weltall-Id 38:15 - Wiseman intervenes 47:22 - Real Net 51:52 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

You live. You Die. That's all. Before that we're worshipping weapons, falling behind in rapture ascendance, freezing someone in carbonite, dealing with Solaris, watching heroes fall to villainy, defining the Zohar, dissociating identities, going for it, meeting old beefcake Fatimas, offending divine providence, interpreting smiles, delivering triple Bro's, and waiting for Krelian's final creed. I just wanted the game with the big robot on the cover. 00:47 - Intro 04:40 - God awakens 09:20 - Carbonite redux 12:00 - Backdoor dealing 16:20 - The fate of two men 25:22 - Purple prison projections 33:09 - Bonds of Sea and Campfire 37:56 - Reading books makes me smart 40:00 - Bonds of Sea and Campfire II 42:03 - Portrait of a lady 52:11 - Lacan's shame & Krelian's game 54:10 - Doctor's office 01:00:08 - Real Net 01:04:44 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroam, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

I am fated so as not to be able to kill myself. On this ecstatic episode we're visiting the Ark Park, warning the Elements, imagining nanomachine battles, falling between sculptures, clinging our fists, insulting science experiments, reducing ourselves to one hit point, gazing upon eyeball baskets, detaching Anima relics, not killing immortal villains, shooting our friend, extracting genetic factors, and jumping in a magic pool full of glowstick fluid. Adeiu, boys. 00:43 - Intro 02:29 - Entering Merkava 07:53 - The origins of religion 11:45 - Ramsus' intimidation gambit 14:54 - Karen 19:00 - Versus Amphysvena 23:34 - Versus Opiomorph 29:00 - Miang & Krelian's Lore Ceremony 31:26 - Ramsus' purpose 34:44 - Elly Explains It All 40:05 - Miang etymology 43:07 - Real Net 48:05 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroam, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Girl, that hurt. Today we're crucifying machines and Chu-Chu, negotiating with Krelian, finding our precious birds, doing sick combos, doing even sicker combos, doing the sickest combos, listening to Omen, wondering why we were left alive, deleting digital existence, looking fleshly, aligning pronouns with nanomachines, not going to Cracker Barrel, refusing to listen to reason, and blaming my problems on my girlfriend. Your feelings must be in the right place. That is strength. 00:58 - Intro 03:06 - Elly arrives at Golgoda (music sample: "Ship of Regret and Sleep" from "Myth") 10:55 - Fei meets with Krelian, says the wrong thing 14:58 - El-Regrs vs. Mugwort & Rattan 21:04 - Elly's Checksum & Grahf's Second Motivational Workshop (music sample: "My Village is Number One" from the 20th Anniversary Concert) 28:20 - Gazel Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part XVI (final) 42:39 - Wiseman's Motivational Workshop 48:34 - Real Net 52:33 - Outro 55:26 - Ninja Turtle Pies 58:28 - The Wrath of Jesus 59:52 - Gazel Ministry Technosphere Theater: Quarantine Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroam, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Don't worry, I won't die. Today we're being a man and confronting the problem, performing an anime kiss, becoming one body, having awkward sex in Maria's room, embracing feminism with Margie, experiencing reincarnation through remote viewing, losing our transformer, paying off references from sixty hours ago, recognizing strange faces in scary places, inheriting instincts, halving hit points, soft-locking with Deus, finding the unthinkable when accessing the data, optionally losing to Alpha Weltall, denying wrath, losing hope, regulating, and reaching our moment of supreme bliss. When wrath appeared in your heart, the system responded, did it not? 00:54 - Intro 05:40 - Fei makes an apology 17:35 - Lady discussion on the Nisan Talking Bridge 23:00 - Approaching the floating continent, Mahanon 27:53 - Deus 37:26 - Razael's Tree 44:30 - Krelian's Glee 49:48 - Grahf's Motivational Workshop 54:14 - Nisan reflections 56:25 - Elly stops by Shevat (Proud Boys' lament) 01:03:53 - Real Net 01:06:10 - Outro 01:10:55 - Happy birthday, Chris Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroam, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at mailto:[email protected].

Let us unravel the mystery of Shakespearean demises with our animal friends. This time we're checking in with disc 2, genociding the Croaker Tribe, solving arcane riddles to put rocks in holes, discovering ancient murals, falling through other holes, getting crushed by the ceiling, measuring water levels, suffering the tragedy of Hammer, glitching out, viewing clone violence, being logic and using logic as a logic lord, pissing off the Fake Net, elevating slumbering ships, meeting at dawn, and arguing with our girlfriend in front of all of our friends. Whoever controls it becomes the true dominator of the world. 00:40 - Intro 02:11 - Anime Relic Quest #2: Dripping Dungeon 06:52 - The Room of Pillars 12:50 - The Secret Hole Room 14:22 - The Sky Falling Room 15:43 - The Water Math Puzzle Room 18:57 - Rico gets an Anima Relic 20:31 - Team Fei vs. Punished Hammer 29:44 - Ramsus, Cain, & Krelian 33:43 - Gazel Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part XV 41:30 - Mahanon rises 44:39 - Fei Fong Wong: Asshole 49:39 - Premature termination 52:07 - Initializing Real Net 56:53 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Let us join together as we unravel the mystery of interdimensional chair sitting. On this episode we're getting deposited in dungeons, meeting Shopkeeper Johnny, eating death, replacing fuses to open lock A, solving arcane puzzles to open lock B, enjoying the sound of steam bolt locks, acquiring god technology, fighting teen girl squads, watching their Gears combine into one larger Gear, hitting our rivals with psychoanalysis, conspiring to kill Cain with Cain, wishing we could actually see Ramsus' raid of Nisan, being told a fetus can crawl through trash, and suffering verbal abuse by the Gazel. The only way to secure the anima relics is with the power of mathematics. 00:52 - Intro 02:47 - Anime Relic quest #1 overview 07:43 - Blue dungeon blues 18:14 - Encountering the Anima Relic 22:31 - Team Fei vs. Elements (ground) 31:40 - Team Fei vs. G-Elements (Gears) 39:34 - Deconstructing Dominia 42:23 - Gazel Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part XIII 45:59 - Ezekiel eavesdropping and lunatic plotting 49:23 - Elly narrates her violent encounter with Vendetta/Ramsus at Nisan 58:21 - Is love something you take? 59:33 - Gazel Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part XIV 01:04:20 - Initializing Real Net 01:06:23 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at mailto:[email protected].

If only you didn't exist. This time we're continuing to dream, imposing a total sentence of ten years, reacquiring Knight of Fire, shattering Ramsus' absolute confidence, launching nanoparticles into the atmosphere, battling Solarian super weapons, realizing government buildings are ships and robots, mutating into abnormal forms, eating god's apostles, subverting the Gazel, constructing monsters with organic compounds, cinematically merging Elly and Sophia, watching anime for the first time in six months, sharing blood, and torturing AI with pink lightning. They stood like tombstones. It was a graveyard for a people who destroyed each other over pride and arrogance. 00:52 - Intro 01:55 - Weltall-2 vs. Vendetta 07:49 - Activating the Mass Driver (music sample, "October Mermaid," from Creid) 14:12 - Solaris Mobile Surface Supremacy Weapon vs. Transformer 24:09 - People begin to grossly mutate 26:24 - Gazel Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part XI 29:37 - Krelian & Miang conspiracy update 35:33 - Soylent refugee regroup 41:59 - Anime: Sympathy for the Sufal (music sample, "Lost, Broken Shards," from Myth) 49:28 - Elly X Sophia 52:23 - Gazel Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part XII 58:25 - Initializing anima relic goals 01:00:57 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at mailto:[email protected].

Please insert Disc 2. This time we're literally and virtually sitting in chairs, unpacking our own existence, spending quality time painting our partners, exploring our interiority through our reclaimed souls, loving the same soul across epochs of time, exploring the duality of dreaming, waking up naked, forgetting our names, worrying our comatose girlfriend might forget us, controlling Id with a System, debating the path of fate, listening to Mitsuda music from different games, telling women they look like tired mothers, becoming translucent, and threatening digital entities with deletion. Find us on AOL Instant Messenger as xXxDemiUrge69 and Christ420Aeon. 00:48 - Intro 05:55 - A man. A man who has lived before. And a chair. Dreaming. 09:13 - Painting Sophia, Lacan's perspective 19:52 - A woman. A woman who has lived before. And a chair. Dreaming. 23:40 - Painting Sophia, Sophia's perspective 28:49 - Consciousness, nudity, and Taura's hideaway 35:34 - Elly & Fei's rooftop woodland chat 37:58 - Mass Driver mission and Shevat Emissary obstruction 45:55 - Look at my cool Weltall-2 action figure 49:06 - Debrief with Citan, Elly, and Emeralda (music sample, "Radical Dreamers, Unstolen Jewel") 55:34 - Crickets & a special guest at Taura's house 57:42 - Gazel Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part X 01:02:39 - The Real Net 01:05:30 - Outro 01:10:46 - "Barry Burton" Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroam, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Let's go, Fei. In this episode we're acting on Emperor Cain's directions, concluding managers are no longer needed, denying mental health issues exist, selecting Ramsus as our favorite tool, realizing we're our own subordinate, registering as tenants in the room of cowardice, using our girlfriend as brain armor, defining The Coward and The Bully, encasing dangerous friends in carbonite, participating in apologetic group therapy, dismissing logic lords, downgrading to Steel Giant, and reading Grahf's sorrow. Don't acknowledge me when I put my headphones on. 00:49 - Intro 03:24 - Citan apologizes for everything 05:36 - Cain and Citan wrap things up in the JPEG Room 15:02 - Yggdrasil Confessions 18:50 - Citan versus Id 25:09 - Shevat consortium -or- The Fei Problem 31:42 - Knives out in the Shevat computer room 37:45 - Incarceration resolution 44:56 - Gear hanger reconciliation 47:46 - Gazel Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part IX 50:15 - Digesting the latest Gazel Gossip 57:35 - Ramsus psyches himself even more up 01:01:15 - Vendetta versus Weltall 01:05:09 - Shot down 01:08:20 - Outro 01:11:45 - Interviewing twin four year olds about Super Smash Bros, Part II Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Chris didn't know Tears for Fears is a real band. On this episode we're telling Ramsus we're in different situations, putting four people in our party, realizing Emeralda is the original Bayonetta, meeting all of our friends again twice, declining to use our Jugend training, fighting Grahf in person, bungling a sacrifice play, replacing death with the next dimension, unmasking the Executioner, blowing up a bridge, and sorting out intense identity issues. You had no time to say goodbye but, don't worry, we'll meet again on the other side. 00:57 - Intro 03:21 - Meeting with Citan & Jessie & Ramsus in the gunfire lobby 08:25 - Reunion Room 15:10 - Krelian's lazy maze 16:34 - Tragedy at the Solaris hanger 22:35 - Enter Grahf & Executioner 27:44 - Erich intercedes 32:42 - The Gear is moving by itself in the hanger 36:32 - Krelian & Executioner and the aftermath 42:48 - Where's Fei? Calm down 44:10 - Transformation 46:45 - Id and Elly's Yggdrasil showdown 53:01 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroam, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

God has given us a right to rule over the universe. This time we're identifying our assholes, getting imprisoned in a CRT Danger Room, suffering betrayal, citing Arch Angels, arking artifacts, enduring an MRI, awakening some other inner-selves, reading three books a day, discovering the urobolus ring, nursing an obsession with our 500 year old girlfriend, defining damn it, fighting for a place where we can belong, going on drug benders, and blinging our sword. Now is not the time to contemplate morals. 01:02 - Intro 03:44 - Gazel Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part VIII 08:59 - ...a lot to unpack 23:20 - Elly's MRI in Krelian's arts & crafts room 33:30 - Citan stops by Fei's television prison 40:25 - Ramsus, unhinged and high as a kite, stops by to say hello to Elly 45:17 - The boys bust Fei out of jail 51:40 - The boys bust Elly out of the MRI 52:27 - Outro Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

We're opening our minds and drinking the purest form of nutrition; people. This time we're getting sucked up in a dust chute, destroying ventilation infrastructure, gluttonously gobbling up idle foodstuffs, hacking another computer, eating Soylent in real life, manufacturing memory cubes, liberating mutated prisoners, murdering mutated prisoners, challenging the Bloody Bros, missing with magic, learning facts from holograms, and asking Citan questions he doesn't like. This is reality. Let's go. 00:43 - Intro 03:51 - The Solaris Dust Chute Adventure 09:32 - The Food Processing Plant Adventure 13:56 - Our heroes and Charlton Heston and ourselves and suffer the effects of eating Soylent 24:41 - The Krelian's Lab Adventure 28:30 - The Krelian's Lab Adventure: Memory Cubes 31:02 - The Krelian's Lab Adventure: Opiomorph 33:18 - The Krelian's Lab Adventure: Demi-Human Experiments 39:20 - The Krelian's Lab Adventure: Stasis Chamber 44:25 - The Krelian's Lab Adventure: The Quest for the Sound Password 50:50 - The Krelian's Lab Adventure: The Hologram Room 53:52 - The Krelian's Lab Adventure: The Door that Won't Budge 58:03 - The Krelian's Lab Adventure: Elly's Inquisition 59:53 - Outro Find us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at @retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

This is better than Doc's bathtub! In these two chapters, we're loving raw sewage, wrecking security cubes, walking into wealthy Solarian's houses with poop-stained clothes, predicting soylent, telling our girlfriend her mom is hot, putting a shower in our rooms, getting a psycho rod from the maid, hacking our father's computer, desiring a trash chute, reporting our daughter as a burglar, punching out windows, walking out on our girlfriend, @$&%$#!, and evading death squads. Every time my dad caught me doing something I wasn't supposed to, "Fuse" started playing in my head. 00:50 - Intro 02:31 - Xenogears' third trip through the sewers 06:19 - Elly's sanctuary neighborhood 09:29 - Meeting funky cold Medena 14:00 - Elly's room 20:25 - Exploring the Van Houten residence 25:00 - Erich calls the cops 32:50 - Leave the military; thanks for everything (Lone Wolf) 36:32 - Citan saw us on Birdvision 41:00 - We fall into a garbage dump and Elly saves the day/plot 47:30 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at mailto:[email protected]

We're entering Solaris to beat up all the fascists, kill their leaders, and save the world. Our discussion and activities include wondering why Krelian let Emeralda go, denying the compulsion to adopt Maria, worrying about Hammer time, getting in shipping containers, realizing most of the fictional Solarian hellscape is 2020's actual hellscape, escaping with Samson, removing Samson from the physical plane, engaging The Chewbacca Defense, Entrenstrolling, either killing or returning to Mother God, dying our hair blue, and listening to government propaganda. Our friends will be disposed of in the Soylent System to revive the Gazel of old. 00:47 - Intro 02:07 - Extraneous NPCs and existential dread 07:34 - Maria flies the gang to Solaris 13:16 - Fei winds up in K Block 22:50 - Fei, Elly, & Samson weasel out of K Block 32:09 - Infiltrating Solaris' second class level (music sample: "Solaris - Eden of Heaven") 41:39 - Bouncing around the second class apartments 45:49 - The Dedication Ceremony, Cain's speech 51:57 - Nisan flashback 57:20 - Krelian's speech 01:01:15 - Fei doesn't understand covert operations 01:04:00 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]

How do you do? This time we're concluding Drunk Elevator Guy is an assigned position, breaking the Fake Net, obtaining underwater gear for our Gears, getting physically wrecked by Mermen, getting mentally wrecked by Rattan, substituting wings for arms, meeting Kim (who is Fei), revealing Solaris from the ether, having moments in the sky, and choosing our own path. You will be hurt. They will also be hurt. If you take their side I'll kill you without a doubt, even from the back. 00:39 - Intro 02:59 - Modding Gears at the Thames 08:31 - Diving into Sargasso Point 17:50 - Confrontation at Gate 3 (music sample: "June/October Mermaid," live 20th Anniversary Concert) 24:00 - Rattan. Dude. 27:50 - versus Crescens 32:26 - Fei is Kim 36:20 - Telegram from Shevat re: Solaris 38:09 - Shevat check-in 41:30 - Citan & Yui & Swords (music sample: "The Treasure Which Cannot Be Stolen," live 20th Anniversary Concert) 49:34 - Jessie issues an ultimatum to Citan 52:58 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]

Here's the results and announcement show we recorded as we revealed the results to ourselves, recorded on May 4. Thanks to everyone who participated! We are looking forward to the conclusion of Season 1 (which will take 55 episodes to completely cover Xenogears) and a new beginning with Season 2! What game will we cover? Listen to find out!

Calm down, your pants are too loud. In this episode, we're worrying Chu-Chu might be out of unique dialogue, witnessing the effect of monarchy's dissolution on the local non-playable populace, eating fish out of an aquarium, fantasy equipping Ramsus' speedo, decimating Elements, appreciating Kelvana's professionalism, missing incredibly important laser shots, solving imaginary union disputes, not knowing where Solaris is, extracting data from nanomachines, and spreading panic to Etrenank. Once you get the robot you don't have to fuck your cousin. 00:47 - Intro 02:46 - Yggdrasslin' 04:07 - Dazil check-in (music sample: "Dajil," Xenogears Cried) 09:06 - Bledavik check-in 16:15 - Nortune check-in 19:47 - Return to Babel Tower (music sample: "Omen," live 20th Anniversary Concert) 26:28 - Dominia & Kelvana try and stop us at Babel Tower 30:18 - Tolone & Seraphita try and stop us at Ft. Jasper 33:20 - Who is the most union-busting racist in Xenogears? 36:09 - The Elements all try and stop us again 41:08 - Map triangulation meeting 46:10 - Gazel Ministry Theater, Part FIND 58:43 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected]

And now, for something completely different. Released in North America on May 1st 1999, R4: Ridge Racer Type-4 closed a generation—and a millennium—with character and class. Namco's signature racing series, once defined by its garish spectacle and manic energy, finally relaxed into a state of confident sophistication. This podcast is a complete retrospective on R4: Ridge Racer Type-4 written and narrated by Eric Layman.

A boss battle and a plot device; let's go. We're missing glowing red buttons, observing Grahf's technology and Gate technology, noting Shakhan is a jerk and a punk, not getting it up, blessing up our Big Boy, min-maxing Elly and destroying god, crashing our PlayStation Classic, creating a republic, having sex out of sects, cultivating dread, tolerating Rico's bad ideas, de-committing from Chu-Chu, and trashing Ramsus' trash-ass. Margie's not in this chapter. 00:57 - Intro 03:14 - Ambush at the Hermit Hole 07:03 - Showdown the Gate Generator 18:40 - Bart upends the monarchy 25:34 - Bart asks Maison and Sigurd about Sigurd (music sample: "Balto," Xenogears Cried) 34:10 - Battle Dinner 40:00 - Gazel Ministry Theater, Part VI 46:46 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

You're really acting absent-minded chu-day. This time we're listening to half the soundtrack, "burning ass" back to the Yggdrasil, committing to Chu-Chu, fighting on a stage set, collecting our thoughts on a bridge, not robbing an abandoned store, exploring an actual spaceship, using our ancestral eyes to open sacred doors, lamenting the mausoleum's whack-ass dungeon, deathblowing each other, bonding pilots with robots, flying saucers, suggesting clergymen should commit suicide, and controlling Gears with our brains. Peace to all of those who come here. Use this giant weapon to murder everything. 01:00 - Intro 02:40 - Globe-trotting NPC check-in (music sample: "Shevat - The Wind is Calling," live 20th Anniversary Concert) 16:22 - Nisan under siege (music sample: "Stage of Death," live 20th Anniversary Concert) 27:08 - Heroes' vengeance meeting 36:25 - The gang goes to the mausoleum 46:58 - Ft. Jasper is a spaceship 51:41 - Gear's on a throne, man (music sample: "The Treasure Which Cannon Be Stolen") 57:16 - Bart fires a giant gun & Shakhan arrives 01:05:31 - Fatima blue eyes 01:11:45 - Neo Etone Bone Zone 01:15:01 - Big team meeting in Nisan 01:20:18 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod and through e-mail at [email protected].

Unification increases power. This time we're listening to forest music in an air shaft, thinking Maria's combat prowess might be underdeveloped, hopping windmills, conjuring alternative Big Joe truths, listening to villains reveal critical plot machinations, regretting Rico, dealing with our machine father, speculating Billy's infatuation with Boondock Saints, riding Gears instead of piloting Gears, witnessing fantastic animal transformations, practicing telepathy with children, running like Naruto, implanting proximity voicemails in father robots, removing our limiters, and covering everything in cum at the safety party. I'm in that dangerous age right now. Sally forth. 01:02 - Intro 03:53 - Exploring the Central Gear Dock Emergency Shaft 09:48 - Big Joe's down here 13:05 - Meeting the saboteur and the problematic savior in the Gear Hanger 23:13 - Plotting our defenses in the throne room 32:10 - Shevat's four generators require protection 37:00 - Achtzehn hits the throne room with its Anti Gear Psycho Jammer 42:15 - Chu-Chu: "I'm going" (music sample: "Flight, live 20th Anniversary Concert") 49:05 - Midori inspires Maria 51:04 - Seibzehn vs Achtzehn 54:00 - Oh, by the way 59:50 - Here's plot, thank you, goodbye 01:01:12 - Outro 01:04:29 - The Terrible Secret of Space [reference] Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

Let's not imagine things. It's not good for your heart. What's real is spilling beverages on podcast equipment, identifying 2018 lyrics in a 1998 song, appreciating Bart carrying plot points across time, squirting, collecting different shaded rocks, encountering Shevat's assemblage of ragtag rebels, parlaying with Chu-Chu's, turning yesterday's tears into tomorrow's smiles, receiving all of the lore at Shevat Palace, blending our fake religion with Xenogears' real legends, getting gaslit by Yui, and meeting a 5x centenarian. The best part of this game can only happen if you have Bart with you. 00:40 - Intro 05:40 - Meeting Maria in Shevat (music sample: "Shevat - The Wind is Calling") 14:46 - Hopping around the Shevat Liberation Barracks 24:00 - Stopping by Deep Sea Bros 27:30 - There's a Gear shop? 29:42 - Oh my god the Chu-Chu room 34:47 - That musty fountain room 35:55 - Abandoned house 38:46 - Let's go to Shevat Palace: library, command room, lab 55:23 - Mrs. Uzuki 59:39 - Let's go to prison 01:01:52 - Meeting Zephyr in the throne room 01:06:50 - Maria's reflections (music sample: "Gathering Stars in the Night Sky") 01:15:27 - Outro 01:17:52 - Chris started playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroam, on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

We've lost our porpoise. On this episode, we're realizing the places we feared as children aren't to be feared as an adult, admiring Krelian's headgear, going over Chu-Chu composition theories, confronting the horror of 1998 physics systems, falling into dank pools, jumping over wreckage, speculating tower origins, obliterating Ramsus' weak ass (again), riding through Traffic Jams, meeting a young anime girl with pilot goggles, recognizing a familiar large Gear, and experiencing two SOL-900 sequences. There is no escape, but it's only these Road Block guys. We're not on Facebook. 00:47 - Intro 04:32 – Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part IV 09:47 - Yggdrasil crew check 15:34 - Chris went to the Thames 18:22 - Chris went to the overworld 20:07 - Entering Babel Tower 27:53 - Pushing buttons and riding in cars 32:48 - Ramsus gets wrecked 37:00 - Babel Tower II: Elevator Action 43:15 - Mystery Girl at the top of Babel Tower (music sample: "The Wounded Shall Advance into the Light" (live, 20th Anniversary Concert)) 52:06 - Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part V 57:00 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

Good day. This bonus podcast is a fun one-off episode as well as a way for Eric to rationalize doing nothing else for two weeks. Podcasting about things is now a release equal to writing about things. This won't replace any scheduled pods, it's just a thing we're doing. For fun. This podcast is intended for those who already have a familiarity with Persona 5 and will likely be incomprehensible if you have not played Persona 5. Check out Eric's review on digitalchumps.com. It's an answer to the question of "Should I play this if I have already played Persona 5?" This episode may spoil Persona 5, will not totally spoil Royal beyond the premise of new content.

Are you strong? This time we're dealing with the implications of Citan as party leader, finding Zeal in Xenogears, developing some suspicious Dan suspicions, meeting Id and wondering gosh what the heck is an Id, watching heroes come out of the rafters, LOOKING AT STONE'S FACE OR LACK THEREOF, clarifying a "fake awakening," questioning Grahf's motivations, doing bong rips with Citan, desiring a Jessie manga, laughing at Stone self-identify as an incel, noting the absurdity of suicide Gears, and observing the second amendment. All of this power is fake. 00:41 - Intro 02:19 - Citan's decisions & Solarian factions 07:37 - Showdown at Zeboim's glass bridge 24:42 - Watching scoundrels escape, wondering about nanomachines 28:50 - Where's Fei? 31:04 - Alkanshel approaches 34:44 - Do you want the power? 41:48 - Citan is high 47:00 - Jessie Canon 53:55 - Regrouping on the Yggdrasil deck (music sample: "The Valley Where the Wind is Born (live 20th Anniversary Concert)") 1:01:04 - Gun Room revelations 1:03:44 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

Oh god. We're missing our dead friends, determining the info line on Chu-Chu, keeping pictures of our house in our house, numbing our fear of Reapers with booze, ratioing/radioing Grahf with Miang, spending a lot of time in hallways and staircases, computing some math problems, watching nanomachine colonies assume human form, organizing the hierarchy of conspirators, figuring out what "yoke" means, and meeting some new Elements. Religion can only be used for wrongdoing. Drunks love to fight. It's ruined now, like some empty and hollow dream. I'm right, and you're the fucker here. 00:46 - Intro 03:10 - MIA Protagonist Syndrome / dicking around the Yggdrasil (music sample: "Fuse") 11:19 - Returning to the devastated Thames (music sample: "Thames: Man of the Sea") 23:50 - Getting into the Ethos Dig Site 27:29 - An Intriguing Underwater Monitor 30:57 - Zeboim and its bitmap bridge 34:30 - Battling monsters in Zeboim (music sample: "Stage of Death") 36:34 - Terminal flashbacks 41:03 - Zeboim lab —or— it's different if you bring Elly (music sample: "June Mermaid") 48:02 - Stone finishes the sentence 56:14 - Tolone & Serephita (music sample: "Knight of Fire," "Fuse, live 20th Anniversary Concert") 01:03:59 - Fei is a scientist and Fei is gone 01:07:14 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

Burning Desire, Burning Souls, Burning Rangers. It's been exposed. We spend our time stealing our father's gun, realizing you can't have separation of church and state if the church is also the state, uncovering Solaris' global meddling, watching dying people cough up blood and plot, shattering faith, enduring Bond villain soliloquies, watching Bishop Stone overdo it, and sitting through escalations of lore and plot devices. Current Xenogears toilet count: 2. 00:43 - Intro 02:50 - Yggdraslin' around 05:04 - Sidequesting around the orphanage 06:24 - Returning to the Ethos H.Q.... (music sample: "Fuse") 13:28 - Liberating some curious prisoners in the basement 16:18 - The gang hacks the Gibson and lore dumps all over us 24:00 - Verlaine shoots his mouth off 27:05 - Bishop Stone shoots Verlaine's mouth off 31:39 - The fate of the Thames Fleet 33:24 - Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part III 34:58 - Everyone's done with the Ethos 36:31 - Aboard the Ezekiel...with Krelian 42:49 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

Thank you, my good man. As we board the Transport ship, we're speculating the nature of father and son ethical considerations, telling our garbage sons to quit their bullshit jobs, embracing for sex acts with blood relatives, identifying Bishop Stone as Billy's Citan, pinpointing silence as an indicator of wisdom, selling our bodies to perverts, laughing at Bart's Sideshow Bob-ass running animation, explaining the holy man violence paradox, busting down doors at full speed, and making our monster grow. If God wants me to kill, must I kill god? 00:44 - Intro / Xeno 02:25 - Big Joe: Revelations 05:46 - Jessie's hangover recovery program 10:00 - Yggdraslin' around 11:10 - Billy tells us how to play as Billy, experiences flashback (music sample: "Tears of the Stars, Hearts of the People") 21:51 - Billy as a commodity 26:04 - Billy & Company aboard the Transport Ship 30:05 - Battle Priest Appreciation 34:20 - Bloody boss fight, muddy localization (music sample: "The Blue Traveler") 41:43 - Billy's Buddy saves the day (music sample: "Fuse, live 20th Anniversary Concert") 45:46 - Giant Wel boss fight and its growth gimmick 48:37 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

It's happened. We've come to value the meaningful and the meaningless information relinquished by Xenogears' localization. We're also justifying Margie as a manager, wondering why machines are gendered, watching the Ripper digest and disappear party members, identifying Ether Doubler acquisition methods, uncovering some ulterior motives at Etone H.Q., questioning Hammer's retention, referring to our biological father as "that man," expanding our nationalistic beef awareness, discovering mystery circles with Henry Mingus, pocketing used toilet paper, and refusing to touch a large turd. We wish happiness to all people of the world, even the house of sinning hermits. 01:14 - Intro 05:52 - Yggdraslin' our favorite NPC's (music sample: "Yggdrasil") 11:15 - Seafaring in Aquavy (music sample: "Emotion") 17:27 - Speaking to eleven monks at the Ethos H.Q. (music sample: "Ship of Regret and Sleep") 31:00 - Yggdraslin' II: Heathen Charity 34:40 - Kids say the darndest things at Billy's orphanage (music sample: "The Sky, Clouds, and You") 42:45 - R E D R U M R E D U X 46:04 - Billy confidently monologues about indoctrinating children 47:38 - Sigurd, who can exist outside the Yggdrasil, knows Billy 52:40 - Bishop Stone deploys Billy to do religious violence 55:34 - Old Elements: Wasted 58:25 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

Ramsus attacks in this chapter, but so does Dominia. And so does Jessie, but only with his words and only at Bart. We're also questioning the ethical responsibility of GameSharks, admiring pirate and salvager bonds of sea and fire, expressing rage with quick camera cuts, missing every mother fucking X attack, noting the time/space error by the Yggdrasil's depth charges, not paying attention to Ramsus' Mirror Stance, conjuring an NPC Doctor Academy FanFic, jerkin' off with Bart, outlining Nisan sect and Etone god compatibility, and discovering what a butt kissin' talker looks like. We will kill god, but can you crucify an invertebrate? 00:45 - Intro 06:17 - Yggdraslin' as a Mass Effect progenitor 10:19 - Honor among pirates (and defectors) 13:15 - Enter Dominia (music sample: "Steel Giant") 19:06 - Ramsus & Miang redux (music sample: "Knight of Fire") 25:00 - Classic Protagonist Incapacitation Sequence (music sample: "Lost, Broken Shards, live 20th Anniversary Concert") 30:34 - Bart and Elly seek an Etone on the Thames (music sample: "Thames - Man of the Sea") 32:50 - Margie interrupts some human trafficking and we meet Jessiah and Primera 36:58 - Our new friend and plot device, Billy Lee Black(music sample: "Ship of Regret and Sleep") 47:28 - Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

It's true; Xenogears and Xeno-adjacent podcast may be our own dark cruel destiny. This time we're dissecting idioms, unlocking abilities through the power of narrative, expressing surprise at some casual abduction, picturing "Malibu Bart," remembering Hammer is on this blasted ship, fantasizing over non-erotic Old Maison fan art, determining the current villain tier list, continuing our adoration of portrait-less doctors, and dabbling in some hypno-programming. You shouldn't play pranks in an unknown land. 00:51 - Intro 02:30 - Resetting on the Yggdrasil amid dramatic conflict (Music sample: "Fuse, live 20th Anniversary Concert") 06:50 - Talking entitlements with Dominia 11:36 - Weltall, Brigandier, Vierge versus Haishao 15:29 - Yggdrasil attendance check-in 21:02 - Remember Nisan? / Strapping pirates 22:53 - Hey, Margie (Music sample: "Singing of the Gentle Wind, live 20th Anniversary Concert") 29:10 - Wild shit aboard the Gebler airship 36:50 - Yggdrasil treasures 39:18 - Big Joe, mi amore 42:08 - Bart tattoo speculation, Hans sobriety check 43:23 - Our Lady seems to have returned 45:42 - The cost of betraying 50:33 - Outro 51:59 - Presenting Chris' Super Smash Bros interview with his twin four year olds Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

We. Are men. Of the sea. Or at least we try to be. Between the shards of these emotions we're discovering men who love to drink, clarifying the way to say words, debating more origin species of demi-humans, talking through the safety of combining inebriation and work assignments, learning a new card game, seeing what happens when antagonists are consumed by rage, and recognizing that treasure and people are both treasures. We don't know if the Captain is dosing his crew but we do know that you should never get wasted in an elevator. 00:40 - Intro 06:12 - The Thames! How are we pronouncing "Thames?" 07:50 - Hans has salvaged us (Music sample: "Thames: Man of the Sea") 14:29 - Rescue rationale aboard the Armor Ground 21:26 - Speed dealing in the Supply Entrance 28:47 - Sick Bay and its irritable doctor 30:00 - Observing the human wreckage at the Beer Hall 32:40 - Seeking authority at The Bridge 38:23 - The Captain, drinking, lays out the code of the Men of the Sea 41:36 - Under the sea with Elements old & new 46:00 - Men have courage. And have appetites. 49:09 - Outro 50:54 - Presenting Mark Shepherd's full cover of "Thames: Man of the Sea" Citations: Xenogears and Xenosaga Study Guide Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

Life is a movie that flashes back between floating platforms and floating ships. Between these dire circumstances we're evaluating Fei's exclusive friendship with portrait characters, sorting out the Ministry's latest AOL keywords, noting Bart and Rico's mutual admiration, learning some Gear aesthetic choices, watching Fei's miserable attempts to fish with his bare hands, accepting more Shevat revelations, and trying to find common ground in Fei and Elly's mutually assured destruction. Citan isn't a man, he's a concept. And we may be him. Precarious, ominous, whateverous - it's OK not to feel whole. 00:32 - Intro 02:05 - Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part II 06:00 - Unpacking the Ministry's gossiping paranoia 15:42 - Elly & Fei floating on Mother Base 17:27 - Aboard the Yggdrasil 2 25:05 - Elly & Fei floating on Mother Base again 31:00 - Aboard the Yggdrasil 2 again 36:35 - Elly & Fei floating on Mother Base and determining self-worth (Music sample: "Faraway Promise") 43:00 - Fei eats garbage 47:01 - Outro / Time Dread Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

Hello today. We begin with a routine check to see if this podcast is enhancing our damaging our love of Xenogears. We move on to lose faith in the acumen of our favorite doctor, determine the best air-jacking sequence in role-playing games, make sense of Deathblows, become suspicious of Hammer's connections, appreciate framing and directing decisions, acknowledge airship feints, hat-tip Grahf's non-stop flexing and insistence on remaining "fucking awesome," and shake our heads at a certain pirate's rejection of democratic military authority. Flipping switches and riding conveyor belts is some of my favorite content. 00:40 - Intro 02:28 - Egregious Oversights & Corrections (Music sample: "The Valley Where the Wind is Born") 06:02 - Wrapping up Nortune 10:52 - Chris breaks down how Deathblows are earned 14:09 - Destroying animals on the world map 17:34 - The Goliath Factory Airjack (Music sample: "Steel Giant") 23:40 - Fis-6 boss fight and its intriguing iconography 26:40 - Goliath cockpit conversations (Music sample: "Wings") 32:30 - The gang runs into a wall (Music sample: "Grahf - Emperor of Darkness") 43:58 - They're alive (Music Sample: "Leftovers from the Dreams of the Strong, 20th Anniversary Concert") 50:21 - Ramsus runs into a wall 56:04 - Miang runs into a wall 59:36 - Outro Citations: Xenogears - Retrospective Review and Analysis via Resonant Arc Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

It's about that time, players. We're discussing giant robots and the feelings people are feeling while inside of them as we wipe the floor with villainous stooges, recognize the necessity of equipping items before a boss fight, question Citan's concern for the innocent, observe Rico's declining mental state, watch Elly turn face, and witness how much Fei loves heart-to-heart conversations before, during, and after serious conflict. Heart stopping mysteries are solved, robots fall in slow motion, the soundtrack glues everything together, and what in the world was that black Gear? Night Purge is the first episode we recorded in the day time. 00:40 - Intro 01:30 - Purge precursors 03:45 - Elly & the Proud Boys check in to get walloped 06:40 - Initializing Fei Net (Music sample: "Steel Giant (live 20th Anniversary Concert") 09:52 - Proud Boys get walloped 16:48 - Fei exposes Elly to her war crimes (Music sample: "Lost, Broken Shards") 25:54 - Weltall & Stier versus Hecht/Dominia 30:00 - Heroes team up to push a missile away from D Block (Music sample: "The Wounded Shall Advance into the Light") 34:35 - What the fuck was that 36:28 - Robots holding robots (Music sample: "Shattering Egg of Dream") 42:15 - Back in D Block, Hammer conspires with Elly 46:53 - Big Joe's on the world map 50:46 - Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at [email protected].

We live in a new room. It has a playlist of one song. It never stops. We're also talking about Kislev's strength-based merit system, meeting a new candidate for Best Doctor, receiving advice from a toilet nun, interpreting Kislev's iconography, sending Rico's brain to hell, shutting Hammer up, jumping on a moving train without committing suicide, and being amused by Fei's resolve to "just go wild." Fei denies he cares about Rico but due to classic male insecurity he cannot admit he cares about Rico. Just like me. 00:36 - Intro 01:06 - We are the champions (Music sample: "Pay for the People's Joy") 07:25 - Wandering around Nortune's A Block 10:22 - Chimney jumping into a toilet 15:16 - Kickin back at the Wildcat Bar 17:00 - Visiting Central District Administration 22:43 - Kaiser Sigmund's offer and Rico's involuntary flashbacks (Music sample: "Faraway Promise (live 20th Anniversary Concert)") 33:20 - Heist planning with Hammer at the doctor's house 34:55 - Rico's friends are concerned about Rico 39:30 - Catching the train (Music sample: "The Jaws of Ice") 41:50 - Infiltrating the Gear dock 46:25 - Catching up with Rico in the desert 50:36 - Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at [email protected].