This Month In Retronauts: January 2024 edition
Added 2024-01-28 12:00:05 +0000 UTCDiamond Feit here and it's my pleasure to kick off another year of community podcasts made just for you, our supporters. While not a jumbo-sized episode the likes of last month's, Stuart Gipp and I do run through a great many of your comments and all your picks for Game of the Year 2023. Please enjoy the musical choices this month, I tried to get creative give the themes of 30/20 years ago.
Don't forget to leave your responses below for our latest audience question; I'm very curious what everyone's answers will be! Specific items mentioned in this episode include:
- Ted (series) and the overall oeuvre of Seth McFarlane
- Borderlands 2
- Halls of Torment
- Home Safety Hotline
- Exiled
- SPISPOPD & Dr. Lunatic Supreme
- Mega Man X5
- Hyperdimension Neptunia
- The Citadel
- Symphony of the Night for Sega Saturn
- Another Code Recollection
- Steamboat Willie
- Lost & J.J. Abrams
- Permission to Land & Elephant (unfortunately these were both 2003 releases)
- Rocket Knight
- "They Saved Lisa's Brain" (The Simpsons s10e22)
- Fat Worm Blows a Sparky
- ASUKA
- Diamond's top games of 2023 on Cohost
- Stu delivers his own list at 1:33:48
- Animal Well
- Tomb Raider I-III Remastered
- Princess Peach: Showtime!
- Little Nightmares III
- The Plucky Squire
- Mewgenics
Art by Maddie & edits by Diamond. Music heard in this episode:
- 11:20 "Safety First" (Home Safety Hotline)
- 18:26 "Cavern Hub" (Dr. Lunatic Supreme with Cheese)
- 26:11 "Contravirt" by virt
- 34:41 "Sigma Palace Stage 2" (Mega Man Maverick Hunter X)
- 48:12 "Tarkus" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- 56:56 "Slither" by Velvet Revolver (a 2004 release)
- 1:07:26 ??? (hint: a 1994 indie band covering a 1994 hit)
- 1:24:16 "Mute City" by Mariachi Entertainment System
- Finale: a classic New York anthem from 1994
Comments
My most anticipated game of 2024 already released, and I wasn't disappointed! Tekken 8 is fantastic!
Virtual Balboa
2024-02-12 15:21:33 +0000 UTCI'm very much looking forward to STALKER 2 this year. The original games were something very special, eurojank warts and all. The community has been dedicated with hundreds of mods over the last 16 years which is saying something given how uncooperative the original game engine is. The glossy, UE5 look of the game trailers makes it easy to be sceptical that it will just be another generic modern shooter, and the development has had its issues including being developed in an invaded nation but I still want to believe! For anyone interested in experiencing the word of STALKER for no cost consider trying "STALKER Anomaly" a free, completely overhauled mashup of all three original games areas. Purists will rightfully argue it doesn't contain the vanilla gameplay, original plot or the janky charm of the originals but it's free, standalone, runs well on modern systems and can be tweaked or modded to your satisfaction! Cheeki breeki and get out of here stalker!
Wood Duck
2024-02-06 06:27:01 +0000 UTC
