RPGFan's Retro Encounter

Retro Encounter goes into the booth again for a second confessional episode, in which three panelists admit not to have played a few classic RPGs. Confession, contrition, acceptance, and recommendations, in that order. So which panelist has never played a Nihon Falcom RPG? Which one hasn't played any RPG for the Sega Genesis? Listen and find out!

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Hilary Andreff, Keegan Lee

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Super Mario RPG is a weird coincidence of a game. The most recognizable video game hero in the history starring an RPG made by Square during their 90s heyday, with a Yoko Shimomura soundtrack and Shigeru Miyamoto as an executive producer. Damn. Listen to two Super Mario RPG veterans and two first-time players experiencing Super Mario RPG for the first time discuss the legendary SNES game on Retro Encounter!

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Alana Hagues, Stephanie Sybydlo, Peter Triezenberg

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We love RPGs here at RPGFan, but that doesn't mean we're fans of everything in RPGs. We all have vexations, annoyances, and pet peeves about RPGs, so we decided to air those complaints in a special, very negative podcast episode.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Dom Kim, Peter Triezenberg

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Retro Encounter gives the people what they want! The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap won a poll to be covered on Retro Encounter earlier this year, and is an interesting piece of the Zelda canon in its own right. Gust Jars, Kinstones, and two very magical hats feature prominently in this big Legend of Zelda adventure in which Link becomes very small.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Greg Delmage, Chris Gebauer

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What is Zelda? Do we want a future Zelda game with Zelda playable? Do we like it in 2D or 3D? Is Zelda an RPG? Whatever you want it to be, of course, both, and surprisingly yes. This episode of Retro Encounter is a disorganized, open-ended discussion of Zelda tradition, Zelda weirdness, and what Zelda means to us.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Nathan Lee, Stephanie Sybydlo

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2018 marks the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, the Game Boy Zelda game with no Zelda, no Sages, no Hyrule, and some unique mechanics and situations relative to other Zelda games. The second of four Zelda-themed episode in Retro Encounter's Zelda month.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Chris Gebauer

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In the third installment of Retro Encounter's "favorite game within a particular series" miniseries, five Retro Encounter panelists break down every title in the storied selection of The Legend of Zelda video games. After focusing the discussion on a predetermined final four, the panel votes on an overall favorite to provide a definitive, authoritative, mathematical answer to the Best Zelda conundrum. Also: sexy fish-men.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Nathan Lee, Rob Rogan, Stephanie Sybydlo, Peter Triezenberg

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The Super Nintendo is a beloved console that delivered some of the greatest role-playing video games ever devised. Retro Encounter loves the SNES and also loves ranking things, and in today's special podcast these two passions meet when our three panelists count down the ten greatest RPGs for the Super Nintendo.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Keegan Lee, Peter Triezenberg

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Keegan and Robert's journey into the heart of despair continues! After playing midwife to the Alley of Lingering Sighs, the two venture into the lower wards in search of the infamous night hag Ravel Puzzlewell. Along the way, they fill out their remaining party slots with a range of misfits, before chasing the past to the nexus of Law and Chaos. Brothels for conversation, fallen angels, skull pillars, and ambulatory mortality ahoy, in Planescape: Torment Part II.

Featuring: Keegan Lee, Robert Fenner

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Maybe your favorite RPG is an original story, or maybe your favorite RPG stands on the shoulders of giants? Today's Retro Encounter episode discusses RPG adaptations of other works, including non-RPG video games, novels from all over the world, blockbuster movies, and more. After going down a list of favorite RPG adaptations, the three panelists each propose a hypothetical nonexistant RPG adaptation from their fertile imaginations.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Keegan Lee, Peter Triezenberg

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