RPGFan's Retro Encounter

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

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is an offbeat adventure game from the creative team behind Capcom's Ace Attorney series. A ghost named Sissel wakes up above his dead body, and decides to solve his own murder. From there a tale of using supernatural ghost powers to save murder victims and thwart international conspiracies begins, using only GHOST and TRICK buttons on the Nintendo DS touchscreen.Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Jonathan Logan, Jo Padilla

Retro Encounter brings back its homage to Ask Me Another in a new quiz show for the end of 2019! Two new contestants, two returning contests, one new host, and sixty new questions are here to play, and the topics range from Suikoden characters to Zelda dungeons to professional wrestling. We got weird this episode.Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Hilary Andreff, Alana Hagues, Leona McCallum, Mike Salbato, Zach Wilkerson

We're back for part 2 of our Vagrant Story discussion! Our two panelists go over the Vagrant Story endgame, Ashley Riot's motivations, and the future of Vagrant Story in today's episode. There are some kind words about Yasumi Matsuno and some less-kind words about block-pushing puzzles.Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Jo Padilla