RPGFan's Retro Encounter

NieR: Automata ramps up the drama in its second half, with 2B, 9S, A2, and other androids with alphanumeric designations exploring post-apocalyptic earth. Our panelists talk about the philosophy, fashion, hard decisions, and even the end credits of NieR: Automata, and how all of the above hurt their feelings.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Caitlin Argyros, Jo Padilla, Zach Wilkerson

Retro Encounter discusses the 2017 RPG superhit NieR: Automata, in which the panelists discuss the philosophy, action, music, colors, and more of Yoko Taro's magnum opus. Nothing can stop us from getting to the end of A route, except for aggressive moose.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Caitlin Argyros, Jo Padilla, Zach Wilkerson

Retro Encounter thought that a game of "Wed, Bed, Behead?" was too disturbring for a G-rated program, so we added an explicit tag and removed murder. Three RPGFan panelists put forth sets of hypothetical bachelors and bachelorettes and play a 1970s Dating Game remade for the 2000s.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Stephanie Sybydlo, Peter Triezenberg

AI: The Somnium Files was one of the understated hit visual novels of 2019, except that the game's tone and story is anything but. Five Retro Encounter panelists break down Kotaro Uchikoshi's wild dream-dropping murder mystery talking about its characters, themes, moments, and abundance of porno mags.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Caitlin Argyros, Alana Hagues, Leona McCallum, Tyler Trosper

Our three Stars of Destiny return for Part 2 of our Suikoden V game journal episode! Come listen to our panellists dissect every inch of this PlayStation 2 gem and maybe the rest of the Suikoden series while they are at it.

Featuring: Leona McCallum, Tris Mendoza, Zach Wilkerson

Almost two years since our first Suikoden game journal, we return to the series with three dedicated fans of the series. Our three panelists all agree Suikoden V is a return to form after the fourth entry, with arguably the finest cast in the whole series. Join us as we discuss the first half of the game, the Queendom of Falena, argue over the best characters in the game, and wax poetic about Sialeed's sparkling personality.

Featuring: Zach Wilkerson, Leona McCallum, Tris Mendoza

Retro Encounter welcomes a special guest for the first time in its brief history, with Robert Boyd and Bill Stiernberg of Zeboyd Games visitng to discuss their latest RPG, Cthulhu Saves Christmas. The Zeboyd duo discuss their ten-year careers in indie game development alongside pricing strategies, finding time to play video games as busy adults, and their future plans.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Greg Delmage, Jonathan Logan, Robert Boyd, Bill Stiernberg

Retro Encounter recorded podcasts on over a dozen PlayStation games over the past five years, so naturally we have some ideas about which are the best and worst. On the first Retro Encounter episode of 2020 four panelists rank their favorite PlayStation One games, and discuss the list of ten. Which is really a list of fourteen. We're not great at counting.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Audra Bowling, Alana Hagues, Zach Wilkerson

The final Retro Encounter episode of 2019 is a celebration of the year that was, in which five panelists detail over a dozen new RPGs they played in the preceding twelve months. Afterwards, the panel shares role-playing game regrets and resolutions for 2020, for auld lang syne.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Alana Hagues, Nathan Lee, Jo Padilla, Peter Triezenberg

Ghost Trick's second half has twists, switcheroos, and some Very Good Animals and we're here to discuss all of it. Alternate timelines, supernatural magic, and prognostication of how painful a t-shirt gun is each get their moments in a very tricky episode of Retro Encounter!

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Jonathan Logan, Jo Padilla