The Retrograde: A Video Game Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Did you miss us, D-Pads?

Well, we missed you. And we missed each other! We decided to check in JUST as we promised to give everyone a quick update on what we've been up to since changing from our old weekly schedule.

We discuss: Silent Hill 2, Return of the Golden Idol, Star Wars: Outlaws, Overwatch, Mario Party 8, and more!

Plus: Find out how the movie The Substance got Mikey in trouble with his girlfriend.

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Show Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/retrograde-check-in

It's time to turn a new page, D-Pads!

This is the week we usher in a new change to The Retrograde: A Video Game Podcast!

It's been an unbelievable 6 (plus) years, but we've decided to make a change to our regular weekly main feed episodes. You'll still get all the Retrograde content you love, but at non-regular intervals, and in slightly different formats.

To celebrate, this week we're doing a full retrospective on all 333 previous episodes of the podcast you've all come to know and love.

Thanks to all of our listeners and viewers who have supported us over the years!

This podcast has grown far larger than we ever could have expected, and we have you to thank for that.

We're opening up our complete backlog of episodes on all podcast platforms, too! So if there's an episode you missed, now is your chance to check it out.

This is NOT goodbye! just the beginning of a new era for your two favourite Retrograders.

Keep us in your hearts, and in your feeds.

hearts, and in your

feeds.

Join us on Twitter: @RetrogradePod, @RetrogradeAndy, @RetrogradeMikey

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Questions, Comments, and business inquiries can be sent to theretrogradepodcast@gmail.com

Show Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/the-final-retrograde-retrospective

Y2K is real, D-Pads!

This week we celebrate surviving the turn of the new millennium with a look back at what many consider to be one of the greatest years in video game history: 2000!

Every time we do a deep dive on one of the great years in gaming it feels like we further complicate the debate as to which year was the best, and this time it's no different.

Join us as we each draft a team of 6 games to represent the best of what this year had to offer.

Plus: Andrew is finally touring Night City so we spend some time chatting about Cyberpunk 2077!

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Show Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/best-year-in-gaming-2000

We saved the best for last in this final week of RetroGrave! Neither of us have ever played a VR horror game, so we figured we'd bring you along with us as we tried out Five Nights at Freddy's first VR game: Help Wanted!

While it's technically the 8th major installment in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, this entry is actually the HIGHEST rated FNaF game to be released so far.

We reviewed the original Five Nights at Freddy's a couple years ago and found it underwhelming, but does the addition of immersive VR change our thoughts?

Before putting on our Meta Quest 2 and screaming at Freddy Fazbear, we catch up on our Overwatch 2 progress, and give updates on our other gaming adventures!

Watch our gameplay

segments for RetroGrave FOR FREE over on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkbglFPa8g_Jnhxmw_wiGg

Remember you can catch video of our gameplay

segments AND monthly bonus episodes by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theretrogradepodcast

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkbglFPa8g_Jnhxmw_wiGg

Join us on Twitter: @RetrogradePod, @RetrogradeAndy, @RetrogradeMikey

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Questions, Comments, and business inquiries can be sent to theretrogradepodcast@gmail.com

Show Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/five-nights-at-freddys-vr-help-wanted-review

This week RetroGrave continues as we test out another fan favourite scare simulator in Poppy Playtime!

Chapter One released in 2021 and is available for free on Steam, and while MOB Games may have found themselves in the middle of their share of controversy, we aim to find out whether their most infamous game can truly live up to the hype.

Join us as we run away from Huggy Wuggy and the rest of the demonic toys in our search for the scariest games this month!

But before we re-enter the haunted toy factory, we count down the best selling horror video games of all time!

Watch our gameplay segments for RetroGrave FOR FREE over on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkbglFPa8g_Jnhxmw_wiGg

Remember you can catch video of our gameplay

segments AND monthly bonus episodes by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theretrogradepodcast

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkbglFPa8g_Jnhxmw_wiGg

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Questions, Comments, and business inquiries can be sent to theretrogradepodcast@gmail.com

Show Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/poppy-playtime-how-scary-is-it-review

This week we continue Retrograve with a game that certainly isn't retro, but is most definitely going to get your skin crawling. It's The Mortuary Assistant!

It was developed by the one man team consisting of Brian Clarke and Brian Clarke only over at DarkStone Digital, and let us be the first to tell you: it worked on us.

But does the sheer terror that this game instills in us mean that it's necessarily a GOOD GAME? We aim to find that out.

Before getting into our thoughts on The Mortuary Assistant, we talk about some of our favourite scary games of all time, and all the ways we're getting into the spookiest month of the year!

Catch our gameplay segments for RetroGrave FOR FREE over on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkbglFPa8g_Jnhxmw_wiGg

Remember you can catch video of our gameplay segments AND monthly bonus episodes by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theretrogradepodcast

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkbglFPa8g_Jnhxmw_wiGg

Join us on Twitter: @RetrogradePod, @RetrogradeAndy, @RetrogradeMikey

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Questions, Comments, and business inquiries can be sent to theretrogradepodcast@gmail.com

Show Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/the-mortuary-assistant-review-how-scary-is-it

We kick off #Retrograve with one of the more iconic horror videogames of the last decade or so: Slender: The Eight Pages

Since we started looking at spooky games, a Slenderman game has been one of the most requested titles, and this one does not disappoint.

...or does it?

Just because Slender Man and his legacy creeped us out back then doesn't NECESSARILY mean it'll have the same effect on us 10 years later.

We replay the game and find out just how spooky this game still is.

But before we set off to the forest to collect some hastily scribbled journal papers, we give some updates on Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, Elden Ring, Vampire Survivors, and more!

Remember--for the month of October, in celebration of Retrograve, all of our gameplay segments will be posted publicly on YouTube instead of just our patreon channel!

Find this week's here: https://youtu.be/9g6uG8idMdo

Remember you can catch video of our gameplay segments AND monthly bonus episodes by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theretrogradepodcast

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Questions, Comments, and business inquiries can be sent to theretrogradepodcast@gmail.com

Show Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/slender-the-eight-pages-review

30 years ago the world of video games was changed forever when Ed Boon and Jon Tobias' ground shaking fighting game Mortal Kombat first made its way to arcades.

This week we celebrate the Mortal Kombat franchise's 30th anniversary with a look back at Mortal Kombat 2 on the Super Nintendo!

Those of you expecting our first episode of Retrograve are going to have to wait one more week because this was too big an event to look past.

Instead we talk about the development of one of the most anticipated sequels of all time, and update our progress on Vampire Survivors, Slay the Spire, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

Plus, what would OUR fatalities be?

Remember you can catch video of our gameplay

segments AND monthly bonus episodes by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theretrogradepodcast

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Questions, Comments, and business inquiries can be sent to theretrogradepodcast@gmail.com

Show Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/mortal-kombat-2-30th-anniversary

Hang on to your wallets! This week we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus on the Playstation 2!

Join us as we sneak back to one of the most iconic stealth platformers of the era, and a mascot game which never seemed to get the attention it deserved.

But just because it worked 20 years ago doesn't mean it's still worth playing today. We aim to find out!

Before tiptoeing around that topic, we talk about the history of Sucker Punch games, create our wish list for video game remakes, and talk about how Raccoons hold our city hostage.

PLUS: we give some advice on a listener's question!

Remember you can catch video of our gameplay segments AND monthly bonus episodes by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theretrogradepodcast

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkbglFPa8g_Jnhxmw_wiGg

Join us on Twitter: @RetrogradePod, @RetrogradeAndy, @RetrogradeMikey

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Questions, Comments, and business inquiries can be sent to theretrogradepodcast@gmail.com

Show Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/sly-cooper-20th-anniversary-review

If you think living through 2020-2022 was an odd experience, wait until you go back to 1997 to play Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee!

Believe it or not, this year marks the 25th anniversary of this iconic game and the flagship title from Lorne Lanning's legendary development studio Oddworld Inhabitants. We decided to dust off this classic to find out whether Abe and his friends are still as wildly enjoyable as the day we first met them.

Before delving into the game, we talk about some of the news surrounding Overwatch 2, as well as our most anticipated releases for the remainder of 2022!

Remember you can catch video of our gameplay segments AND monthly bonus episodes by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theretrogradepodcast

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkbglFPa8g_Jnhxmw_wiGg

Join us on Twitter: @RetrogradePod, @RetrogradeAndy, @RetrogradeMikey

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Or visit our website at www.theretrogradepod.com/

Questions, Comments, and business inquiries can be sent to theretrogradepodcast@gmail.com

Show Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/oddworld-abes-oddysee-25th-anniversary-review