Podcast: Retrograde Amnesia

Suikoden E12: Classic Imperialism [Exploring Milich’s Domain]

All I’m interested in are boats. Before we brave the rapids, we’re squaring off against some jabronis at Garan, murdering 3000 soliders with the Lepant family, refusing a recon mission, inhaling poisonous pollen, foreshadowing Gremio’s doom,…

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Suikoden E13: All the Organic Matter [Soniere Prison & Scarleticia Castle]

I’m prepared to die and I won’t miss this world. While we try to beat the rapids, we’re escalating neighborly beef, kickstarting the industrial revolution, hauling an engine across town, confessing our lack of purpose to raise our death flag,…

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Suikoden E14: Dad is The Ultimate Enemy [Battle with Teo, Part I]

You must not die here, don’t waste the life Gremio gave you. As we determine the logistics of the Soul Eater, we’re receiving intel from Kasumi Ninja, mulling over the ethics of fighting our fathers, falling fast to armored cavalry, letting Pahn…

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Interview with Arnie Roth, conductor of Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY

A special interview with Arnie Roth, conductor of Distant Worlds. Interview performed by ssdninja. Distant Worlds is a concert series centered around the Final Fantasy franchise. Produced by AWR music and debuting in 2007, Distant Worlds brings the…

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Suikoden E15: Machiavellian as Shit [Battle with Teo, Part II]

Our father is a loser but we’re still not winners. Before the rematch, we’re wondering how many spears are on fire, entering a town that’s a dungeon, finding trust in eyes, stopping the thieving dipshit network from harassing a tall lady, paying…

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Suikoden E16: All My Homies Call Me Starmaster [Warrior’s Village & Qlon Temple]

We’ve killed our father. In our slightly-related quest to united rebel factions, we’re tripping over fresh graves, investing in a murderer and executioner, dismissing a bloodsucking vampire lord as a rumor, hearing the word NECLORD, finally…

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Suikoden E17: Lord of Necks [Neclord’s Castle]

What’s wrong? Is there something on my face? After the talking sword sends us to the past, we’re meeting Ted in boy form, damning the damned, charing a village, encountering the enigmatic Yuber, cursing Ted with a sorrowful fate, accepting the…

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Suikoden E18: Cock and Bull Schemes [Dragon’s Den]

Wishy washy, aren’t we? As our glorious island fortress levels up for the final time, we’re moving Kimberly in with Tai-Ho, pondering the beef between Mathiu and Leon, explaining Plate Armor, befriending a centenarian cultist, lucking out with…

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A Chat with Aidan Moher, author of Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs

In this special episode, we sit down and chat with Aidan Moher on his upcoming book, Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West. We talk about the writing process, the…

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