The Retrograde: A Video Game Podcast!

Let's go back in time, D-Pads!

But this time, it's not JUST to look at a retro game.

It's to look at a now-sixteen-year-old game with rewind mechanics at its core.

Braid first hit the scene in 2008 as a darling of the Indie Game community, and set Xbox Live Arcade up for a run which would change console gaming forever.

However, we didn't ALL get a chance to play it, so this week in celebration of the recent release of Braid, Anniversary Edition, Mikey guides Andrew through Jonathan Blow's masterpiece for the very first time.

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It's that time of year, D-Pads! The summer is upon us and that means one thing: new game announcements! While we're still a bit upset about the passing of E3, Summer Game Fest and its satellite showcases have done a great job picking up where it left off. This week we sit down to discuss all of our favourite trailers and announcements from Summer Game Fest, Xbox Games Showcase, Sony's State of Play, Devolver Direct, and more! Let us know which trailers we missed, and which games you're most excited about!

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This week we sit down to discuss our biggest "Gamer Shames."

Sure, we've played a lot of games over our lives, but every so often we find ourselves ashamed of our own habits.

Whether it's a franchise we've never actually played, a game we hate which others seem to love, or a lie we've told others to make ourselves feel better: we're here to unleash it all on you!

We also took some responses from the community and the results were... unnerving.

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Pencils down, D-Pads!

We've received your questions and comments and have built up a backlog rivaling that of our unplayed video games.

We figured we'd take a week to plow through some of the unanswered listener questions which we've been sitting on!

Will we be gaming as old folks? Do we have any peripherals or games we REALLY regret selling?

Which games made us go from hating them to loving them, or vice versa? Plus: Mikey restarted Sekiro, and Andrew might be getting over Fortnite!

If you have questions you want featured on a future episode, e-mail them to us at TheRetrogradePodcast@Gmail.com!

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Hut hut, D-Pads!

Today we take to the gridiron... and the rink... and the court... all from the comfort of our gaming chairs as we discuss the current state of Sports Video Games!

As two lifelong gamers with a heavy appreciation of their sporting counterparts, we wanted to check in on where the industry is at.

Are games like MLB: The Show, NHL, NBA 2K, and Madden better now than they were 10 years ago?

If not, where did they go wrong?

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Time travel back to 1990, D-Pads!

This week we tried out the game that's taking PS1 era survival horror fans by storm: Crow Country! While it only came out recently, this game feels like it was pulled directly from the 1990s.

It's a loving homage to the likes of Silent Hill and Resident Evil, but given the improvements we've made in mechanics and graphics since then, is there really room in our libraries for a game like this?

Join us as we discuss our impressions of the game based on the demo.

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TV Never Changes, D-Pads!

This week we wrap up our conversation about Fallout on Prime by recapping the final 4 episodes, and giving our thoughts on whether or not the show ultimately stuck the landing. Is the Fallout TV Show worth preserving in a cold-war era vault?

Or is it just a mutated version of the video game? Make sure you've listened to our first Fallout TV episode where we recap the first 4 episodes and give some initial impressions.

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Seatbelts fastened, D-Pads!

This week we take to the skies (and more often than not, plummet to the earth) as we look back at one of gaming's most iconic flight simulation games: Pilotwings for the Super Nintendo!

Neither of us played this one back in the day, so this week was our first time giving it a shot. With a fresh set of eyes, does this game deserve the cult praise it's gotten?

Make sure to check out our full gameplay segment over on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/DMoygvjXxSQ

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Let there be light, D-Pads!

This week we pay homage to one of the most iconic retro consoles of all time: The Sega Genesis!

Known as the Mega Drive outside of North America, this sleek looking powerhouse of the 1990s stunned the home console market by directly competing against the behemoth that was (and still is) Nintendo.

We all know Sega eventually lost ground and bowed out of the home console market, but for a time it looked like they may have taken hold of our hearts, and our wallets.

Join us as we draft a team of 6 of our favourite Genesis games to see who can come away with the better selection!

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Lock in, D-Pads!

This week we're venturing out into the wasteland of Prime Video to salvage what we can from arguably the most talked about TV Show out there at the moment: It's Fallout on Prime!

Conveniently, one of us is a lifelong fan of the gaming franchise Fallout, while the other has only admired it from afar.

We aim to sit down to discuss how successful the show is, and whether it works better for fans of the franchise, or those who haven't yet dipped their irradiated toe into the deserts of a retro futurist, post-apocalyptic USA!

Note: We only spoil up to episode 4 in this episode!

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