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Top 10 Releases of 2023

Well, D-Pads, another year has come and gone, and now we find ourselves looking back on one of the greatest years in not just GAMING history, but TV and Movies as well.

Was it the delays of our COVID years pushing everything to the same release window, or just dumb luck?

We don't know...

But what we DO know is that there were too many great releases across all mediums to limit ourselves to just video games.

On this special recap episode we've opened up our top 10 list to all mediums so that we can truly celebrate one of the best years in video games, movies, TV, and more!

Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer: NEW Secrets and Predictions!

You thought you've already heard all there is to know about the new Grand Theft Auto: 6 trailer?

Think again.

We've had this on our minds since the trailer first launched, so we wanted to take another look to see if there were any points the other media outlets missed.

This week we go in depth on the GTA 6 trailer, offering some never before seen insights and some of our best predictions of mechanics which we think will be newly incorporated into Rockstar's most anticipated game.

What HAPPENED at The Game Awards? (Full Breakdown and Reactions)

Well, D-Pads, we finally know which games won big at The Game Awards amid one of gaming's greatest years of all time!

As promised, we've compared all the winners to our predictions in order to gauge which of us knows more about video games, and is ultimately a better human being.

No spoilers, but by this measure Mikey isn't a great human being.

But it wouldn't be Gaming's Biggest Night (TM) if they didn't give us a plethora of new announcements and trailers to break down as well!

Plus: Andrew has spent the last week exploring Hell-A in Dead Island 2, and Mikey has some promising news about Alan Wake 2!

7 Games We Want to FORGET (...so we can play them again)

There are some games you want to forget ALL about...

...but maybe not for the reason you're thinking.

This week we think back to some games which we'd love to play again for the very first time.

Whether it's the unforgettable story reveal of Bioshock, the confounding puzzles of Portal, or the childhood whimsy a game like Super Mario 64, we reminisce on what some of our favourite games felt like when they first entered out lives.

Let us know which games we missed!

F-Zero X: Still Worth Playing 25 Years Later?

Buckle Up, D-Pads! This week we take to the mean streets of Mute City with our old pal Captain Falcon (before he found fame in Smash Bros) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the N64's fastest games: F-Zero X! When it came out, Shigeru Miyamoto himself warned us that we've never raced anything quite as fast as an F-Zero vehicle, but decades later is that speed enough of a thrill to keep us going? Join us as we rate this classic racer, and make sure to catch our gameplay segment here: https://youtu.be/3khLHbc7jIg Plus: More updates on Alan Wake 2, and a surprising amount of conversation about cereals.

The Game Awards: Predictions and Criticisms

As we get close to the end of one of the greatest years in gaming history, everyone has their eyes set on the upcoming Game Awards!

The nominations for The Game Awards were just announced, and with such a strong year there were bound to be some upsets and disappointments.

This week we sit down to give our predictions for some of the most significant categories, PLUS we question some of the decision making behind the event itself.

This is not a smear campaign on The Game Awards, but we certainly have some thoughts on how it might be improved.

Spider-Man 2: Have Sequels Gotten Stale?

If you thought that one of the greatest years in gaming was already over: think again.

October brought us one of our most anticipated games of the year, and we've finally had time to get ourselves caught in its web: it's Spider-Man 2!

Insomniac Games returns with their sequel to what many consider to be the greatest Super Hero game of all time, but the question remains: will this be more of the same, or will they manage to push the genre forward?

Let us know your thoughts!

Super Mario Bros. Wonder: Full Review

It's finally arrived!

This week we take an in depth look at, and review of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Even though it was only announced this year, and was therefore a no-show on our "most anticipated games of 2023" lists in January, when we found out we'd be getting the first new mainline 2D Mario Platformer since 2012, we were ecstatic.

Clear your schedules, because that's exactly what we did as we planned to spend the entire episode giving our thoughts on one of the most unexpected games of the year.

Five Nights at Freddy's: The Movie (RetroGrave Spoilercast)

We've finally made it to our last week of RetroGrave 2023, and to celebrate we've decided to take a deep dive into a movie based on the horror game which gave us one of our most popular episodes ever recorded: Five Nights at Freddy's!

The movie entered development in 2015 just a year after the first game's release. Was it worth the 9 year wait? Will this be the spawn of a slew of sequels just like the game experienced?

Join us this week to hear all of our takes as we break it all down!

Plus: Super Mario Wonder, and Spider-Man 2!

Are there Any ENJOYABLE Horror Games? (Listener Questions: RetroGrave Edition)

This week we're taking a bit of a break from the heart-pounding hallways of games like Fears to Fathom and Don't Be Afraid to stick our hand in the mailbag and see what comes out!

We asked for your horror-themed questions, and you came out with some great ones. Are there actually any enjoyable horror games?

What makes a GOOD jump scare?

Which video game power ups to horror games need to make them less spooky?

All of this and more!

Feel free to submit your questions (horror or otherwise) to theretrogradepodcast@gmail.com

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