Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick

What are we playing/watching?

1. Allan - Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (beat pt 1, now on 2), Mount and Blade Bannerlord (again)
   1. First Look: Marvel: Midnight Suns (XCom marvel!)

1. Release Highlights 
   1. QUAKE REMASTERED

Come hang with us!

1. Where you can reach us 
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Hosts: Al, Nick

What's up everyone! On this episode we reveal our latest obsessions! (seriously, go play Trails of Cold Steel if you consider yourself even a minor JRPG fan, it's amazing). Nick is swept up with the Tribes of Midgard, WATCH OUT JOTUN! We also deep dive into the Activision/Blizzard Lawsuit, and how this kind of behavior is pervasive not just in gaming, but the corporate world itself. Til next time folks, wear your masks, get your shots, have fun, play games and DON'T BE D***S!

1. Release Highlights 

1. Tribes of Midgard

1.  News
   1. Frathouse sued by state of California for Activision Blizzard-like culture of discrimination and harassment.

E3 PART 2

1. PC Game Show:
   1. Naraka - Ninja/Samurai BR August 12

1. Voicemails, and Plug Voicemail Line - 610-810-1654 

What's up everyone! 

Today's episode is JAM PACKED with a ton of exciting stuff! Nick and Al recap the incredible experience of being on a panel at LockdownCon 2 with some other incredibly talented and fun podcasters! We also recap the highlights (and utter snoozers) of E3 2021. What were some of your E3 favorites? Who do you think fell short? Follow the contact trail and let us know!

Voicemails - 610-810-1654

Other places to reach us 

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What is going on Y'ALL!! It has been quite some time (again) since our last show, and for that I truly apologize, but as you'll see during the show, it's been pretty crazy here in RetroRentsAL land! However, there is some AWESOME news as well! (Like ya boys Al and Nick being on a panel at LockdownCon 2 this year baby!). Lots more to cover as well, so we invite y'all to sit back, kick back with a good drink of your choice, and chill with us on another episode of The Retro Rents!

1. Release Highlights 
   1. Let the late Spring/Early Summer release start.
      1. RE 8

1. Biomutant. Reviews seem super meh?

1.  News
   1. Ubisoft to switch to more High End Free to Play model (Taking a page from Activision with CoD?)
      1. Kicking off with Heartland in the same universe as the Division series.

Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick

Howdy folks! It's been another fun week in games! While we've entered what Nick and I have always called the "Spring Doldrums" (not many new games coming out each week), there are still some gems that we're super excited about.

- Century: Age of Ashes - Nick got into the beta and talks about the first game that FINALLY got dragon combat (much less multiplayer dragon combat) done RIGHT.

- Curse of the Dead Gods and Loop Hero - Al's gems of the week. Really enjoying both of these, and they're a steal at their current price!

- We also talk Game Pass, and how it's easily the best thing in games right now if you love to try new games thanks to Microsoft acquiring Bethesda, and providing EA Play. More games than you know what to do with and a steal at the monthly price (psst, go Ultimate, because PC Game Pass is pretty damn sweet too!)

And more! We hope you enjoy the show!

Contact us!

VOICEMAIL LINE! 610-810-1654

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@TheRetroRents, [email protected]

Al - @RetroRentsAl on twitter, twitch.tv/retrorentsal

Nick - @BlackEagleOps on twitter, twitch.tv/BlackEagleOps

Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint

Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick

Howdy Folks! We're back after a week off! On this episode we talk about our incredible interview with Neal Hallford, reflect on one year since we were at PAX East together, getting creeped out in Medium, the wild ascent of Valheim, Richard Garriott's latest exploration: The Mariana Trench, and MORE!

News:

1. Valheim hits 5 million players!

The SavePoint game of the month: 

1. The Medium

Contact us!

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Nick - @BlackEagleOps on twitter, twitch.tv/BlackEagleOps

Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint

Thank you all for coming back to check out the conclusion of our interview with the incredible Neal Hallford! This episode dives into Neal's time at Dynamix, and the creation of Betrayal at Krondor! We then discuss his current projects in movies, and he's writing a book too! So much great stuff in this episode. If you want to check out some of Neal's work, get to it below! Highly recommend The Case of Evil on Prime (Neal talks about the making of that in this episode. Such a great send-up to Universal Monster movies of old). We hope you enjoy the show!

Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick, Neal

Check out Neal's past and present projects:

- Planet's Edge: The Point of No Return (PC, available via GOG.com)

- Betrayal at Krondor (PC, available via GOG.com)

- Krondor Confidential (Neal's multi-part blog on Betrayal At Krondor's conception to release. We'll call it the companion to this interview :) ) 

- Swords and Circuitry - A Designer's Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games (Neal's book on game design!)

- Swords and Circuitry - The website for Neal's Production company (yea, he makes movie stuffs too!)

- The Case of Evil (An incredible short film inspired by the classic Universal Monster Horrors. On Prime too!)

- The Many Worlds of Neal Hallford (Neal's website! Go here to always catch the latest of what Neal might be up to, and follow his wonderful blog, too!)

WOW! Where to even start with this one :) Nick and I had the incredible luck and pleasure to interview Neal Hallford, one of Game Design's greatest of all time (well, damn well so in my eyes). 

Neal has been in the designer's seat for some of the most classic, beloved games of all time. His most well known work is Dynamix's Betrayal at Krondor, a game set during the time of Raymond E. Feist's incredible Riftwar Saga. This is a must play piece of gaming history if you've never done so, and it's available on GOG. 

Our first part of this incredible interview with Neal covers his time in Radio, the people who influenced him as a young writer, and how doing radio dramas with his buddies brings him to work as a writer and designer at New World Computing (Might and Magic, or Planet's Edge ring a bell?)

Alright, don't want to give too much away. Just sit back y'all, and we hope you have as much fun listening to Neal as we did. He really is one of a kind. 

Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick, Neal

Check out Neal's past and present projects:

- Planet's Edge: The Point of No Return (PC, available via GOG.com)

- Betrayal at Krondor (PC, available via GOG.com)

- Krondor Confidential (Neal's multi-part blog on Betrayal At Krondor's conception to release. We'll call it the companion to this interview :) ) 

- Swords and Circuitry - A Designer's Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games (Neal's book on game design!)

- Swords and Circuitry - The website for Neal's Production company (yea, he makes movie stuffs too!)

- The Case of Evil (An incredible short film inspired by the classic Universal Monster Horrors. On Prime too!)

- The Many Worlds of Neal Hallford (Neal's website! Go here to always catch the latest of what Neal might be up to, and follow his wonderful blog, too!)

Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick

Hey folks! Not a live show this week as it was too much to coordinate with the holidays. We wrap up 2020 in this episode with some of our favorites throughout the year! Thanks y'all always, for listening, and spreading the word! We're looking forward to a great gaming year in 2021!

Game of The Year Segment

1. Notable to us 2020 Releases

1. Jan: Walking Dead Saints and Sinners (VR)

1. Best of Categories:

1. Best VR Game:Half Life Alyx

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Nick - @BlackEagleOps on twitter, twitch.tv/BlackEagleOps

Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint