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Confession time: I had a dual motive in mind when I invited Chris Sims of War Rocket Ajax and The ISB to join us for the most recent episode of Retronauts. One, he knows a lot about Batman, making him a perfect foil for our Batman-centric episode. But also, he’s the cowriter of Dynamite Comics’ upcoming SwordQuest series. With issue Zero due out in a couple of weeks, now seemed like a perfect…

You may recall that once, a long, long time ago, we launched a biweekly podcast called Retronauts Micro. And if you think back to that dim and distant time, you might remember that we kicked the whole thing off with a look at a fairly obscure ’80s personal computer from Texas Instruments known as the TI-99/4A. I even put together a video version of that episode!…

This week, we look at Bubble Bobble's most successful variant, Bust-A-Move.

It’s the epic conclusion to last week’s amazing episode! Eh, well, OK, maybe I’m fudging things a bit. But I did promise after last week’s talk of Bubble Bobble that I’d follow up with a piece on sequel Puzzle Bobble, and by cracky that’s exactly what we have here. Of course, most of our listeners are based in the U.S., so you probably know this series by its inexplicable localized title,…

The latest Retronauts Micro arrives in two delicious flavors…

…audio flavor, and video flavor. Q*Bert is such an abstract, visual game, it would seem sort of ridiculous not to include images while discussing it, right? So, for this week’s Retronauts Micro, I’ve upgraded the mini-podcast to a mini-video as well. Though of course, the audio version remains for you purists in the audience.…

What is a podcast? A miserable pile of nostalgia!

Hello, friends, and welcome to another Retronauts Micro episode. Seems like we’ve had a lot of them, eh? Well, we’re trying to get the schedule back on track after the disruption caused by the unexpected passing of Satoru Iwata — as of next week, we’ll be back on our usual routine. Sorry for the slightly jumbled order! As something of a Type A personality, I’m pretty sure it bothers me more than…

This week in Retronauts, you shall be as gods

Hi everyone! It’s a little something different this week for Retronauts Micro.

A few years ago, I revisited a game I deeply hated, Xenogears, with the intention of giving it a second chance. After pouring a heck of a lot of time into it, I came away not precisely changed, but with a deeper understanding of my issues with the game along with a deeper appreciation of what director Tetsuya…