Livestream | Suikoden II | Recruiting Shu | Podcast Notetaking Session | 08.16.2022
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The next Retrograde Amnesia Miniseries will cover Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, and Panzer Dragoon Saga
We're covering Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, and Panzer Dragoon Saga!
More to come on this, but you can list to the audio file for the poll results and reaction from Eric. Thank you for your support and participation!
Leave your comments and Saturn emulation tips below!
Hot Chicken Blades: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 [Chapter 1-3]
We are here with an experimental concept: Eric and Chris eat hot chicken while talking about our respective experiences with Xenoblade Chronicles 3. No notes, no editing. Just chicken.
Subject: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022); Chapter 1 through the early portions of Chapter 3.
Chicken Place: Royal's Hot Chicken; Louisville, KY
Chicken: X-HOT ... 2022-08-15 01:17:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Trivia Night, Vol 2: Eric vs. The RealNet
In our second edition of the semi-regularly practiced tradition of Trivia Night, Eric takes on the RealNet in an epic battle of wits. Who knows more about the haphazardly selected videogame lore that Chris pulled from the ether?
If you'd like to test your wits, you can also play the game here: https://www.triviamaker.com/Play/Trivia?gm=TR2022070716571596628154&type=TQ<...
2022-08-14 15:31:51 +0000 UTC View PostChris is going live to take some notes on Suikoden II
Let's get Shu and hang out! Chat on Discord or YouTube.
2022-08-10 00:50:49 +0000 UTC View PostPOLL CLOSES MONDAY @ 6:30PM ET | Vote for the next miniseries!
What!? The games for the next miniseries have been selected! To hear Eric's selection process and thoughts, please stay tuned for our next trivia episode, which should be out within the next week or two. We've got quite a diverse selection. May the best game win!
Any weighting to the votes this time? Nope, but through the power of trivia, Eric has earned one extra vote. RealNet user ihaveairwolf has also won an additional vote. 2022-08-08 22:02:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Livestream for Trivia Night, Vol 2: Eric vs. The RealNet
We're going live at 7PM ET for another round of trivia. This time, Chris has written forty questions for Eric about video game lore. Join in and play along or catch the archive later!
(Archives of livestreams will be available for about two weeks after the recording. We aim to keep up the two most recent streams before we take them down.)
2022-08-07 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostLivestream | Podcast Recording Session | [S4E34] Suikoden II E12 and [S4E35] Suikoden II E13
Going live at 7:00PM ET! We will be covering the escape to Kuskus, South Window, and beyond. Join in the Realnet chat on Discord or the YouTube chat!
RealNet Playlist
Includes archives of the two most recent streams + future scheduled livestream links. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtvs2npGYtWmK8tVEyhLeniqTLgE_KcyN
Suiko...
An afternoon Suikoden II notetaking stream
Here we go! Exploring South Window and whatnot!
For now, keeping the archives here:
RealNet Playlist
Includes archives of the two most recent streams + future scheduled livestream links. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtvs2npGYtWmK8tVEyhLeniqTLgE_KcyN
Suikoden II Prep Playlist
Includes archives o...
Livestream | Podcast Recording Session | Suikoden II
Our next RealNet session starts in 15 minutes! We're recording [S4E32] Suikoden II E10 & [S4E33] Suikoden II E11, covering roughly from the Jowston Hilltop Conference to all of the major spoilerific things that happen thereafter.
The archive will be available for about two weeks. See you there!
Some updates on the streams and next miniseries
Howdy!
As you may have seen, we're now streaming our recording sessions on YouTube. We'll keep up the two most recent sessions. which will be available at this playlist. We'll also announce/embed these streams on Patreon for those that prefer to access them that way. Please note that we'll only keep up the two most recent streams. We prefer that the final edi...
2022-07-22 20:12:55 +0000 UTC View PostChris is playing Suikoden II right now.
Come watch! Or check out the archive later.
2022-07-22 01:10:24 +0000 UTC View PostSOON. We are going live for a recording session, livestreamed on YouTube!
Hello!
We'll be going live in 30 minutes (7:00PM ET) at the attached link. The chat session will still be in Discord, but if you're not a Discord user, feel free to use the YouTube chat, we'll try to keep an eye on it.
Going forward, we'll keep the two most recent streams available (and unlisted) for folks to check out. You'll be able to find them (and future scheduled streams) at this playlist: 2022-07-19 22:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
RealNet Updates, Streaming, Speakpipes, and Trivia!
Hello! Here’s some updates
Since we are slowly approaching max capacity (Discord only allows one to stream to 25 people at a time), we are moving the RealNet operations to YouTube. Chat will still be on Discord, but the video/audio feed from our live recording sessions will be livestreamed on an unlisted YouTube link. We’ll provide this link on Discord prior to the event. We’ve been having some Discord crashing issues during those sessions, too, so hopefully this ...
2022-07-15 23:28:52 +0000 UTC View PostRetrograde Amnesia Trivia Night, Vol 1
Eric made up 100 videogame-related trivia questions. Chris, armed with a supply of lifelines like “ask the Real Net” and “Call Mark,” must answer all of them. If Chris gets more than half of them right, he gets to shoot a can off the top of Eric’s head with a high-powered nerf gun. If Chris loses, he will be executed. Join us for the first installment of Untitled Retrograde Amnesia Trivia Night $3 Patreon Episode.
00:00 Intro | 03:51 Questions 1-25 | 19:50 Questions 26-50 ...
2022-06-08 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostPods of Destiny I: Eiyuden Chronicles: Rising
Welcome to the Pods of Destiny, the bonus series we’re tying to season four! For the first episode, we’re taking a look at Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, the Kickstarter-obligated prequel to Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. The development staff of the latter is, of course, composed of veterans from the first three Suikoden games. But what is Rising? Is it anything like Suikoden? Will we see any of Rising’s work in Hundred Heroes? Are Wallabies good at fighting? Is it…good? Join us as w...
2022-06-04 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Season Four: Suikoden & Suikoden II
Hello everyone! If you would like to skip the blathering, I have once again bolded all of the important things I wanted to pass along.
Once again, thanks for your support through another great season. We saw continued growth in the podcast. Part of that had to do with our appearance on Resonant Arc and part of that had to do with Aidan Moher's Wired.com
Pod Kompression VII: Explain Final Fantasy VIII to Normal People
In which we recount the events of Final Fantasy VIII, from memory, to the only people who are willing to listen, our spouses. In the spirit of, well, something, all four of us eat a new hot dog every half hour. These are sins for which we can never atone, but you can assuage our descent into hell by listening to it all with your ears. Thank you, and see you in Suikoden.
00:00 Intro | 05:24 Disc 1 | 01:08:10 Disc 2 | 01:52:11 Disc 3 | 02:23:27 Disc 4 | 02:36:07 Outro
2022-05-11 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostSeason Three Comes to an End
Welp. It's finally over. By tomorrow morning, Forty-four episodes of Final Fantasy VIII will be fully released on the early access feed. Thanks to everyone for your support during another great season that led to many hits, such as "my husband, cowboy" and many others. FFVIII was not my first pick for the Final Fantasy season, but I think it turned out to be the best choice for our format. It's weird, it has plenty of character work, and at times it goes beyond the surreal, e...
2022-05-09 01:09:57 +0000 UTC View PostPod Kompression VI: The Final Fantasy VIII Character Tournament
Sixty five characters in Final Fantasy VIII are worth a shit so we SeeDed a tournament bracket with all of them to figure out how much shit they’re worth. There can be only one. Can you believe it?
00:00 Intro | 03:26 The Rules | 05:43 Round of 64 | 01:15:06 Round of 32 | 01:42:11 Sweet 16 | 02:02:32: Final 4 | 02:10:59 Outro
2022-04-27 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSeason Four Updates and Announcements
Hello!
Aside from some brief downtime for a vacation and a bout with COVID-19, season four production is moving along. We have fully-produced thirteen Suikoden episodes, covering through the Milich Oppenheimer section of the game.
Despite my memory telling me that the first Suikoden was a bit dry, we're finding that the game has a ton of personality between the seams (or maybe we're projecting). We are expecting Suikoden to wrap up in about 20-22 episodes before moving on to...
2022-04-24 17:15:41 +0000 UTC View PostYou're Welcome, Chris
Hello everyone,
Suikoden recording begins tomorrow. Hope you can join us on the RealNet if you have the time!
Anyway, here is another weird way you can now be part of the show: record yourself saying "you're welcome, Chris" or any adjacent variant of this. You can add a little flavor however you want, just try to keep it short. You will be thanked as the "sponsor" of the top of the show when we introduce the RealNet.
If you don't want to hear your voice on the po...
2022-02-14 18:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostPod Kompression V: CG Cutscene [Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]
A man who made games had a dream he could make movies. He recorded his dream and we watched it. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within lasts 109 minutes. This podcast clocks in at 135 minutes. This would have been scientifically impossible if Square Pictures hadn’t Kompressed reams of raw cash into computer people who gaslight each other and fire guns at ghosts. Don’t worry, a phantom told me.
00:00 Intro | 02:45 Spirits Within Background & Info | 17:34 Space Dream | 21:50 Old Ne...
2022-02-09 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPod Kompression IV: The Final Fantasy VIII Conspiracy Hour
Like any Final Fantasy worth its crystals, Final Fantasy VIII has spawned its share of plausible, debatable, and questionable fan theories surrounding the more obtuse machinations of its plot points and character flourishes. Is Squall dead? Did Laguna do 9/11? Is Rinoa Ultemicia? Did Faye Wong cover a Cranberries song in Cantonese? We go through the fine details behind six of Final Fantasy VIII’s more compelling conspiracies. Then, for the last fifteen minutes, Mark shows up to talk about W...
2022-02-02 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPod Kompression III: The SeeD Exam
In Final Fantasy VIII, there are three hundred (300) questions spread across thirty tests to raise your SeeD rank at Garden. Special guest Tiffany returns to ask Chris and Eric every single one of these questions. Under the spirit of friendly competition, they answer with confidence, confusion, and disbelief. Who do you think will win?
00:00 Intro | 03:57 What Are The Rules? | 06:11 Test 1-5 | 22:23 Tests 6-10 | 40:07 Tests 11-15 | 50:00 Mind Altering Chemicals | 01:00:09 Tests 16-2...
2022-01-12 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostRetrograde Amnesia in 2022
Hello again! Last time you heard from me it was because I accidently published a draft.
Besides Eric watching The Spirits Within nine times, here's what we're up to:
Recording and production for the Final Fantasy VIII series is complete. For now, we turn our attention to finishing out the Pod Kompression ($3) bonus series. Here's what's coming up:
- The SeeD Exam (recorded)
- Conspiracy Hour (discussion of fan theories such as Squall is ... 2022-01-04 16:07:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Star Ocean 13: Both Sides' Case [Fargett]
Accept your fate and kneel down for your divine purging. For our final departure on First Departure, we’re going back to space, positioning Jie Revorse as the new big bad, recruiting an elite mercenary force of best friends that we ghosted yesterday, simultaneously getting captured and escaping, scouring through a resistance camp, meeting Ivina, connecting to Earth, turning toward forbidden research, cramming the lore in the back of the game, discovering the Discovery, join...
2021-12-08 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostStar Ocean 12: The Second Word in Test Tube [Demon World]
I am grateful to you for releasing me from this curse. As we leave behind our science church and private actions, we’re leaping into a portal, decimating a phantom, changing places with the shadow, obtaining the bladeless sword, finding Krelian’s Lab, replacing religion with science, finding out god is just a guy, observing the monster tube, witnessing time flatten, collecting villain blood, planning out an Irish exit, stealing the portal maker, saving our buddy Dorn, and waving goodbye t...
2021-12-01 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostRetrograde Amnesia Season Four will Cover Suikoden & Suikoden II
The results are in! Thank you for participating in the process yet again. This, of course, makes me extremely excited to cover a few of my all-time favorite games. To date, we've either covered games that neither one of us have played (Terranigma, Star Ocean) or games that we both played as teenagers (Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Parasite Eve, Final Fantasy VIII). This time, we're covering a game that one of us has played multiple times and that one of us has never played before.
Give...
2021-11-29 02:46:21 +0000 UTC View PostStar Ocean 11: It's Mu Again [Inner Sanctum]
I hate when lore matches history. Before we bless this mess we’re figuring out if Marc Summers is an asshole, presenting participation trophies to a king, questioning the need for violence, meeting an omniscient 4D being named after grapes, redoing the blob shit, flipping switches, swiping keycards, learning lore from a hologram, inexplicably hearing about Mu again, ignoring monster invasions to continue science magic, transforming into a jewel, suffering a demon spy, nuking a town, remembe...
2021-11-24 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post