The Retrograde: A Video Game Podcast!

The scares continue in the month of RetroGrave as we take a look at the first in a line of episodic psychological horror games.

It's Fears to Fathom: Home Alone! Told in the style of a Reddit Creepypasta story, this game puts you in the shoes of a 14 year old who was left home alone and has to survive the night with an intruder trying to fight their way into your home.

It's a slow burn, and we hate how much it scared us, but make sure to join us to find out if it's worth your time!

Plus: Mikey finally started Baulder's Gate 3!

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As the month of RetroGrave continues, so, too, does our heart rate continue to increase.

This week we try our hand at one of the highest rated, scariest games on Steam: Don't Be Afraid.

It's a game which pushes the moral boundaries of storytelling, and deliberately tries to get under your skin in some questionable ways, but is the end result a game which you should play if you're looking to get your blood flowing?

Plus: Cocoon impressions, and Mikey's finally gotten his hands on a PlayDate!

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October is finally upon us, and that means The Retrograde has officially become The RetroGrave!

To start things off, we decided to spotlight arguably the most anticipated and innovative horror game in recent memory.

While Holstin doesn't have a set release date, the development team Sonka have managed to give us a taste of their perspective-shifting homage to the survival horror games we grew up loving with an updated demo (available now on Steam).

We played through the Holstin Demo and came equipped with our impressions.

Watch our full playthrough of the demo here: https://youtu.be/It0aAe3S4xE Plus: Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty DLC, the best horror movie of the year (Talk to Me), and our favourite spooky-season traditions!

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This week we draft a team of the best (and worst) games of 2014 to see what sort of mess we can come up with!

While it looks as though 2023 will go down as one of the strongest years for video games in recent memory (Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, Tears of the Kingdom... Golum) we weren't always so lucky.

While it's tough to pin down an objective WORST year in video game history, we've scoured the releases of the past 30 or so years to try to find the one with the weakest releases.

That year? 2014.

Sure, it had some strong releases, but it also had a whole lot of duds, and more than a few cases where a great game was launched on a less-than-ideal console.

Plus: our thoughts on The Case of the Golden Idol DLC (The Lemurian Vampire) and the recent Microsoft Leaks!

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Games so nice you have to play them twice! This week we've set out to find the most replayable games of all time.

As is the case with all media, just because you loved experiencing it the first time doesn't necessarily mean it's something you'd want to do over and over again.

There's a special sauce involved in creating a game which makes you want to start all over at the beginning as soon as the credits role, and we aim to figure out exactly what that is.

For some of us it's the ability to make different choices in a choose-your-own-adventure, while for others it's the simple pleasure of continuing to experience a game's mechanics regardless of where they're at in the story.

Plus: Starfield impressions, NBA 2K24 controversy, and more!

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When most of you think of the year 2001, chances are you don't immediately assume that the games we played at the turn of the millennium are "retro."

Well, most of you are forgetting that 2001 came and went 20 years ago! With that said, we wanted to take a look at one of the most iconic years in gaming history (retro or otherwise).

We've set out to draft the best team of 6 games based only off of releases from 2001. Naturally, there are a lot of high caliber games which didn't make either of our lists, but that's just what you get in a year as stacked as this one.

Let us know which of your favourite games from 2001 we missed, and which years you want us to do next!

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What's better than playing a game you love?

Playing MORE of a game you love! It's not always done properly, but when Downloadable Content manages to pull off the act of balancing "More of What you Want" with "A Little Something You Didn't Expect" it can increase the enjoyment of a game exponentially.

This week we break down our personal top 5 favourite DLC bundles of all time!

From aesthetics, to entire storylines, there's a little something for everyone.

Plus: Mikey is hopelessly addicted to Slay The Spire again.

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Wouldn't you love to be able to eat a Mushroom and grow to twice your size?

Or pick up a feather and immediately be able to fly?

Well, in the realm of video games that's not only a possibility: it's often a requirement!

Many games live and die off of the charm, utility, and whimsy of their power ups, so this week we decided to focus an entire episode figuring out which ones we'd most like to have in our lives!

Join us as we draft a selection of the finest power ups in gaming history to see who would come out of battle victorious!

Plus: Madden 24 impressions, and some final thoughts on Inscryption.

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We heard you loud and clear: you HATED our thoughts on Twisted Metal.

Or, at least, the cacophonous vocal minority did.

Regardless, we wanted to see whether the iconic Twisted Metal franchise was at fault, or if we just lost our love for classic vehicular combat games.

Enter: Vigilante 8! It's widely considered to be a Twisted Metal Clone, but brought a fresh, lighter tone and some added combat considerations.

But is that enough to help this game hold up in the modern day?

We aim to find out!

Plus: we talk about the present and future of Fortnight, Inscryption, and Marvel's Midnight Suns.

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We heard you loud and clear!

After our last Listener Question episode we received a flood of new questions which got us feeling like we should open up the mail bag once again.

This week we tackle questions concerning the increasing size of video games, whether beating a game is integral to the experience, and which genres we'd play if we had to stick to one for the rest of our lives.

Thanks to everyone who submitted a question!

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