A liberating invention needs a liberated world. On the New Liberation Army’s Founding Day, we’re receiving a non-electronic tablet to coordinate destiny, starting a cult, being watched in our sleep, seeing stars, sleeping in the dirt chamber, uniting our recruitment efforts, installing an elevator in the castle, putting indie stores out of business, employing those we’ve made unemployable, hallucinating an elf, appraising question marks, stealing a sword to create a conversation, literally descending from the rafters, and smelling what Rock is vaulting. When the world is twisted, so are people’s minds. 00:00 Intro | 03:08 Toran Castle Lore |05:05 Commander Tir |13:51 Stars of Destiny | 18:45 Toran Castle Exploration | 22:47 Recruiting in Kaku | 26:13 Recruiting in Kwaba | 28:13 Recruiting in Seka | 33:31 Recruiting in Garan | 36:32 Recruiting in Great Forest | 42:19 Operation Lepant | 48:00 Lepant Home Invasion | 55:54 Real Net | 59:14 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

A liberating invention needs a liberated world. On the New Liberation Army’s Founding Day, we’re receiving a non-electronic tablet to coordinate destiny, starting a cult, being watched in our sleep, seeing stars, sleeping in the dirt chamber, uniting our recruitment efforts, installing an elevator in the castle, putting indie stores out of business, employing those we’ve made unemployable, hallucinating an elf, appraising question marks, stealing a sword to create a conversation, literally descending from the rafters, and smelling what Rock is vaulting. When the world is twisted, so are people’s minds. 00:00 Intro | 03:08 Toran Castle Lore |05:05 Commander Tir |13:51 Stars of Destiny | 18:45 Toran Castle Exploration | 22:47 Recruiting in Kaku | 26:13 Recruiting in Kwaba | 28:13 Recruiting in Seka | 33:31 Recruiting in Garan | 36:32 Recruiting in Great Forest | 42:19 Operation Lepant | 48:00 Lepant Home Invasion | 55:54 Real Net | 59:14 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Suikoden E7: Hello, Fellow Thieves [Lepant, Part I]

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This is the fixed version, we hope! Here we go then, too late for regrets. And too early for lining up great walls, declaring false identities, seizing the moment to fake a temper tantrum, blaming fate for problems, finding skilled professionals with no obvious means of employment, making Mathiu an offer he can refuse, confusing doctor with sensei, murdering soldiers in front of children, giving kids a year of homework, seeking a Headquarters, denying Camille’s payment, throwing dice in a magic cup, scouring a haunted castle, and giving our castle a new name. That’s what you get for acting big even when you’re dead. 00:00 Intro | 03:20 Odessa Is Dead | 05:36 Kwaba Fortress | 14:07 World Mappin’ | 18:25 Seika | 22:26 Mathiu’s House | 41:20 Kaku | 44:46 Kaku Tavern | 50:01 Tai Ho | 54:40 Toren Castle | 01:03:18 Real Net | 01:08:58 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

This is the fixed version, we hope! Here we go then, too late for regrets. And too early for lining up great walls, declaring false identities, seizing the moment to fake a temper tantrum, blaming fate for problems, finding skilled professionals with no obvious means of employment, making Mathiu an offer he can refuse, confusing doctor with sensei, murdering soldiers in front of children, giving kids a year of homework, seeking a Headquarters, denying Camille’s payment, throwing dice in a magic cup, scouring a haunted castle, and giving our castle a new name. That’s what you get for acting big even when you’re dead. 00:00 Intro | 03:20 Odessa Is Dead | 05:36 Kwaba Fortress | 14:07 World Mappin’ | 18:25 Seika | 22:26 Mathiu’s House | 41:20 Kaku | 44:46 Kaku Tavern | 50:01 Tai Ho | 54:40 Toren Castle | 01:03:18 Real Net | 01:08:58 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Suikoden E6: Soul Eating in Front of a Children [Seika & Toran Castle]

In any case, we have to go up. Let’s go. While there we’re investing in dad lore, finding Child Ted on the battlefield, plucking facts off The Cutting Room Floor, hiking up a snowy mountain, trusting a man with a bowl cut, remaining ignorant of bitter, drinking a beverage that is clearly poisoned, expressing discontent and doing something about it, poking around an isolated community, bonding with Odessa in the middle of the night, gaslighting the blueprint ninja, engaging in sexual innuendo, walking all the way back home, killing men in the sewer, and saying goodbye to a heroine. Throw my body in the river. 00:00 Intro | 04:51 Suikoden Pre-history | 12:50 Mt. Tigerwolf | 17:27 Ledon | 32:20 Sarady | 38:15 Moonlit Night | 44:33 Morning | 47:02 The Lenankamp Debacle | 56:33 Real Net | 59:56 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

In any case, we have to go up. Let’s go. While there we’re investing in dad lore, finding Child Ted on the battlefield, plucking facts off The Cutting Room Floor, hiking up a snowy mountain, trusting a man with a bowl cut, remaining ignorant of bitter, drinking a beverage that is clearly poisoned, expressing discontent and doing something about it, poking around an isolated community, bonding with Odessa in the middle of the night, gaslighting the blueprint ninja, engaging in sexual innuendo, walking all the way back home, killing men in the sewer, and saying goodbye to a heroine. Throw my body in the river. 00:00 Intro | 04:51 Suikoden Pre-history | 12:50 Mt. Tigerwolf | 17:27 Ledon | 32:20 Sarady | 38:15 Moonlit Night | 44:33 Morning | 47:02 The Lenankamp Debacle | 56:33 Real Net | 59:56 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Suikoden E5: Mother-Commander [Mt. Tigerwolf & Sarady]

Everything’s okay, make sure to hide your faces. Before we dry out, we’re trusting the scoundrel Viktor with our lives, dining and dashing, shifting rows for better attack, sharpening weapons, attaching runes, daydreaming about murdering imperials, finding Odessa behind a clock, reaching the Time To Sewers, meeting our rebel conspirators, realizing we narc’d on comrades, censroing crucifixion, performing a casual arson, walking through a burning building and killing everyone inside, freeing/confusing Varkas and Sydonia, putting all of our faith in a Fire Spear blueprint for the secret factory. Father goes his way, I go mine. 00:00 Intro | 02:52 Cornered At The Inn | 08:24 Viktor Debrief | 12:46 Lenankamp | 18:18 Keyaki Inn Showdown | 23:52 Sewer Conference | 35:53 Rockland Reckoning | 38:23 Grady’s Burning Mansion | 43:24 Return To Lenankamp | 50:23 Real Net | 57:52 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

Everything’s okay, make sure to hide your faces. Before we dry out, we’re trusting the scoundrel Viktor with our lives, dining and dashing, shifting rows for better attack, sharpening weapons, attaching runes, daydreaming about murdering imperials, finding Odessa behind a clock, reaching the Time To Sewers, meeting our rebel conspirators, realizing we narc’d on comrades, censroing crucifixion, performing a casual arson, walking through a burning building and killing everyone inside, freeing/confusing Varkas and Sydonia, putting all of our faith in a Fire Spear blueprint for the secret factory. Father goes his way, I go mine. 00:00 Intro | 02:52 Cornered At The Inn | 08:24 Viktor Debrief | 12:46 Lenankamp | 18:18 Keyaki Inn Showdown | 23:52 Sewer Conference | 35:53 Rockland Reckoning | 38:23 Grady’s Burning Mansion | 43:24 Return To Lenankamp | 50:23 Real Net | 57:52 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Suikoden E4: Viktor Lays It Thicker [The Liberation Army]

Loneliness is a slow acting, but fatal, poison. Before we ingest the antidote we’re taking a dragon to see a play, becoming tax collectors, watering the seeds of class warfare, cheating Marco out of a million bits, reading epitaphs, refusing to strike children, bullshitting a bullshitter, trapping the feds in ant holes, installing stairs in a mountain, fighting the unbeatable ant queen, performing some light colonialism, slaughtering bandits, murdering Imperial soldiers for the crime of child abuse, getting our bits stolen, using the Soul Eater, narcing on a friend, wandering for 300 years, and escaping through the kitchen. Never let your friends who like the cops go to walgreens. 00:00 Intro | 03:33 Return to Gregminster | 05:10 Kraze Debrief | 08:00 Tiny Characters Huge World | 11:21 Rockland | 23:13 Grady’s House | 27:20 Mount Seifu | 32:39 Cave | 39:10 Varkas &amp; Syndonia | 44:16 Return to Rockland | 47:04 Back to Gregminster | 51:53 Ted’s Home | 01:05:08 Real Net | 01:09:48 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

Loneliness is a slow acting, but fatal, poison. Before we ingest the antidote we’re taking a dragon to see a play, becoming tax collectors, watering the seeds of class warfare, cheating Marco out of a million bits, reading epitaphs, refusing to strike children, bullshitting a bullshitter, trapping the feds in ant holes, installing stairs in a mountain, fighting the unbeatable ant queen, performing some light colonialism, slaughtering bandits, murdering Imperial soldiers for the crime of child abuse, getting our bits stolen, using the Soul Eater, narcing on a friend, wandering for 300 years, and escaping through the kitchen. Never let your friends who like the cops go to walgreens. 00:00 Intro | 03:33 Return to Gregminster | 05:10 Kraze Debrief | 08:00 Tiny Characters Huge World | 11:21 Rockland | 23:13 Grady’s House | 27:20 Mount Seifu | 32:39 Cave | 39:10 Varkas &amp; Syndonia | 44:16 Return to Rockland | 47:04 Back to Gregminster | 51:53 Ted’s Home | 01:05:08 Real Net | 01:09:48 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Suikoden E3: Did You Talk to the Graveyard? [Rockland & Mt. Seifu]

Both magic sisters think I’m hot. While we admire ourselves in the floor, we’re losing our father to a border crisis, reporting to a Krazy boss, hiring a magician who looks like my wife, auto-walking home, playing a real guitar, defining a Gremio, rifling through Milich’s clothing, questioning the reality of Ted, keeping a food journal, dreaming in black and white, leaping in the elephant dragon’s basket, fighting forest monsters, obtaining the emperor’s astrology report, and opening the invitation to destiny. You must decide what is right, understand? 00:00 Intro | 02:47 Enter Tir McDohl | 06:10 Barbarossa’s Court | 13:40 Royal Palace Exploration | 19:54 In My Father’s House | 23:00 Exploring Gregminster | 33:23 Back In My Father’s House | 46:23 Report To Kraze | 53:13 Magician's Island | 59:29 Leknaat | 01:04:06 Real Net | 01:11:20 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

Both magic sisters think I’m hot. While we admire ourselves in the floor, we’re losing our father to a border crisis, reporting to a Krazy boss, hiring a magician who looks like my wife, auto-walking home, playing a real guitar, defining a Gremio, rifling through Milich’s clothing, questioning the reality of Ted, keeping a food journal, dreaming in black and white, leaping in the elephant dragon’s basket, fighting forest monsters, obtaining the emperor’s astrology report, and opening the invitation to destiny. You must decide what is right, understand? 00:00 Intro | 02:47 Enter Tir McDohl | 06:10 Barbarossa’s Court | 13:40 Royal Palace Exploration | 19:54 In My Father’s House | 23:00 Exploring Gregminster | 33:23 Back In My Father’s House | 46:23 Report To Kraze | 53:13 Magician's Island | 59:29 Leknaat | 01:04:06 Real Net | 01:11:20 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Suikoden E2: Ouroboros of Young Masters [Gregminster & Magician's Island]

In the first episode of our fourth season, we’re talking when where and how Suikoden first released, basic pronunciation guidelines, how the hell to play Suikoden in 2022, finding inspiration in anime soccer, identifying hot sound smiths, reading a german magazine ad, digging up and then settling old scores, indulging in the instructions, watching the intro movie, and deciding what to name Tir McDohl. All of this has to happen so we can play Suikoden II in a few months. 00:00 Intro | 02:47 Release History | 05:59 Water Margin | 07:26 Development Team | 20:00 Promotional Media | 22:14 Contemporary Reception | 26:56 How We’re Playing Suikoden | 32:49 Instruction Manual | 35:32 Suikoden Intro Screen | 40:42 Press Start | 44:53 Real Net | 47:00 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

In the first episode of our fourth season, we’re talking when where and how Suikoden first released, basic pronunciation guidelines, how the hell to play Suikoden in 2022, finding inspiration in anime soccer, identifying hot sound smiths, reading a german magazine ad, digging up and then settling old scores, indulging in the instructions, watching the intro movie, and deciding what to name Tir McDohl. All of this has to happen so we can play Suikoden II in a few months. 00:00 Intro | 02:47 Release History | 05:59 Water Margin | 07:26 Development Team | 20:00 Promotional Media | 22:14 Contemporary Reception | 26:56 How We’re Playing Suikoden | 32:49 Instruction Manual | 35:32 Suikoden Intro Screen | 40:42 Press Start | 44:53 Real Net | 47:00 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Suikoden E1: Please Tell Me The Answer [Introduction]

The only Squall permitted here is you. As we sort through computer generated cut scenes, we’re trying to remember the power of friendship, completing the time loop, accepting sorceress power, talking to myself, wandering through the desert, collapsing in futility, finding our soulmate in the abyss, becoming a no winged angel, speaking without a voice, blowing feathers around, holding up wedding rings, staring at a headstone, shooting a home video, shoving hot dogs in the mouth hole, raising a finger in ambiguity, and finally watching our sad boy find his smile. Next week we begin season 4, featuring Suikoden and Suikoden II back 2 back. 01:20 Intro | 04:35 Post Battle Ethereal Chaos | 08:06 Matron’s House | 17:00 CG Cut Scene | 39:27 Pre Post Credits | 45:03 Credits | 53:24 Final Fantasy VIII: Videogame | 59:40 Real Net | 01:05:45 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

The only Squall permitted here is you. As we sort through computer generated cut scenes, we’re trying to remember the power of friendship, completing the time loop, accepting sorceress power, talking to myself, wandering through the desert, collapsing in futility, finding our soulmate in the abyss, becoming a no winged angel, speaking without a voice, blowing feathers around, holding up wedding rings, staring at a headstone, shooting a home video, shoving hot dogs in the mouth hole, raising a finger in ambiguity, and finally watching our sad boy find his smile. Next week we begin season 4, featuring Suikoden and Suikoden II back 2 back. 01:20 Intro | 04:35 Post Battle Ethereal Chaos | 08:06 Matron’s House | 17:00 CG Cut Scene | 39:27 Pre Post Credits | 45:03 Credits | 53:24 Final Fantasy VIII: Videogame | 59:40 Real Net | 01:05:45 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Final Fantasy VIII 44: Is Love the Problem? [Epilogue]

Face my wrath for seeking thy sealed power. As we kompress time, we’re multiplying save points and sorceresses, stepping over dead SeeDs on the beach, fastening wings to a castle, sealing our powers away, evaporating a rainbow, deducing latin paintings, weighing everyone in our party, turning blood green, slaying a fallen GF, meeting up with Xu and the CC Club, obtaining Proof of Omega, listening to an incoherent villain speech, fighting my ring, slaying a legendary beast, and facing off against the final sorceress. Get it over with, fight her now. 02:00 Intro | 04:03 Commencement Room | 10:53 The Castle | 12:55 Sphinxuar | 16:10 Tri-Point | 22:25 Trauma | 25:25 Red Giant | 29:58 Krysta | 33:50 Gargantua | 35:58 Catoblepas | 38:57 Tiamat | 40:30 Disc 4 World Map | 43:47 Omega Weapon | 47:48 Ultimecia | 01:00:18 Griever | 01:09:55 The Extreme | 01:18:28 | Real Net | 01:21:55 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

Face my wrath for seeking thy sealed power. As we kompress time, we’re multiplying save points and sorceresses, stepping over dead SeeDs on the beach, fastening wings to a castle, sealing our powers away, evaporating a rainbow, deducing latin paintings, weighing everyone in our party, turning blood green, slaying a fallen GF, meeting up with Xu and the CC Club, obtaining Proof of Omega, listening to an incoherent villain speech, fighting my ring, slaying a legendary beast, and facing off against the final sorceress. Get it over with, fight her now. 02:00 Intro | 04:03 Commencement Room | 10:53 The Castle | 12:55 Sphinxuar | 16:10 Tri-Point | 22:25 Trauma | 25:25 Red Giant | 29:58 Krysta | 33:50 Gargantua | 35:58 Catoblepas | 38:57 Tiamat | 40:30 Disc 4 World Map | 43:47 Omega Weapon | 47:48 Ultimecia | 01:00:18 Griever | 01:09:55 The Extreme | 01:18:28 | Real Net | 01:21:55 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Final Fantasy VIII 43: I Can't Even Final Fantasy [Ultimecia's Castle]

I have a lot to tell you, unless you don’t want to hear it. In which case I’ll understand. After we put a bullet in the head of Triple Triad, we’re identifying the father of the son, ramming Lunatic Pandora, parking our dragon at the base, quitting our jobs to go drink, telling my boy we’re not a posse, killing the unkillable friend, wandering away to get kidnapped, swapping in disc four, junctioning a person to another person, mugging our imperiled girlfriend, and falling through compressed time. Hey hey, come on people.  02:30 Intro | 04:04 Ragnarok’n | 18:50 Fujin &amp; Raijin |21:35 Return to Lunatic Pandora | 26:45 Seifer Showdown | 38:00 Seifer &amp; Rinoa | 42:24 Adel | 46:45 Time Compression | 49:51 Real Net | 53:09 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

I have a lot to tell you, unless you don’t want to hear it. In which case I’ll understand. After we put a bullet in the head of Triple Triad, we’re identifying the father of the son, ramming Lunatic Pandora, parking our dragon at the base, quitting our jobs to go drink, telling my boy we’re not a posse, killing the unkillable friend, wandering away to get kidnapped, swapping in disc four, junctioning a person to another person, mugging our imperiled girlfriend, and falling through compressed time. Hey hey, come on people.  02:30 Intro | 04:04 Ragnarok’n | 18:50 Fujin &amp; Raijin |21:35 Return to Lunatic Pandora | 26:45 Seifer Showdown | 38:00 Seifer &amp; Rinoa | 42:24 Adel | 46:45 Time Compression | 49:51 Real Net | 53:09 Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Final Fantasy VIII 42: About to Do a Blessed Sacrament [Lunatic Pandora]

A comprehensive podcast where we discuss a classic Japanese Roleplaying Game (JRPG), chapter by chapter, beat by beat. We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. Season 1: Xenogears | Season 2: Chrono Cross | Season 3: Final Fantasy VIII | Season 4: Suikoden &amp; Suikoden

Really great in-depth analysis and humor. Everyone chimes in perfectly and has great chemistry. Definitely scratches my nostalgia bug. Will be listening to other series from them. Legit 5 stars.

A Must If You Played It

Fantastic podcast, vicariously reliving my Xenogears playthrough, keep doing what you’re doing!

Fake Net has been initialized

A comprehensive podcast where we discuss a classic Japanese Roleplaying Game (JRPG), chapter by chapter, beat by beat. We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. Season 1: Xenogears | Season 2: Chrono Cross | Season 3: Final Fantasy VIII | Season 4: Suikoden &amp; Suikoden

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

Hi. Before spending an entire episode on Xenogears' Desert Attack chapter, we inventory the accumulation of foreshadowing and its primary distribution method, Citan Uzuki. We go on to debate the logistical fallacies of Grahf's costume, spin our propeller-hats at Citan's conversation with "Emperor," and meet a surely band of sand pirates. We must find god's resting place and resurrect him. That is our final prayer. 00:22 - Intro 00:55 - On the prodigious amount of foreshadowing from Tetsuya Takahashi through Citan Uzuki (concert flyer referenced) 04:45 - Implications of a cut line of dialogue, and its reuse in Chrono Cross 07:33 - Anime dream with Grahf and two unknown conspirators 08:45 - Why's Grahf look like that 12:30 - Picking up with Fei &amp; Citan, imprisoned in an Aveh transport trip 13:19 - "The One Who is Torn Apart" (music sample) 16:50 - Citan's interiority and the importance of em dash —Words— 18:50 - Citan astral projects to a meeting with "Emperor" 25:33 - Does Citan's family think he is Jack Bauer 27:44 - Imagining all of this from only Fei's perspective 29:10 - Sand Pirates 30:34 - Xenogears has anthropomorphic dolphins 33:15 - The boys finally break out of jail 34:40 - Citan "Lei Wulong" Uzuki 35:04 - Speculation on the origin of Fei's fighting style 35:40 - Sensei x Doc 40:52 - Brigandier vs Weltall 43:52 - Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Hi. Before spending an entire episode on Xenogears' Desert Attack chapter, we inventory the accumulation of foreshadowing and its primary distribution method, Citan Uzuki. We go on to debate the logistical fallacies of Grahf's costume, spin our propeller-hats at Citan's conversation with "Emperor," and meet a surely band of sand pirates. We must find god's resting place and resurrect him. That is our final prayer. 00:22 - Intro 00:55 - On the prodigious amount of foreshadowing from Tetsuya Takahashi through Citan Uzuki (<a href="https://xeno-underground.net/media_xenogears_concert.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">concert flyer referenced</a>) 04:45 - Implications of a cut line of dialogue, and its reuse in Chrono Cross 07:33 - Anime dream with Grahf and two unknown conspirators 08:45 - Why's Grahf look like that 12:30 - Picking up with Fei &amp; Citan, imprisoned in an Aveh transport trip 13:19 - "The One Who is Torn Apart" (music sample) 16:50 - Citan's interiority and the importance of em dash —Words— 18:50 - Citan astral projects to a meeting with "Emperor" 25:33 - Does Citan's family think he is Jack Bauer 27:44 - Imagining all of this from only Fei's perspective 29:10 - Sand Pirates 30:34 - Xenogears has anthropomorphic dolphins 33:15 - The boys finally break out of jail 34:40 - Citan "Lei Wulong" Uzuki 35:04 - Speculation on the origin of Fei's fighting style 35:40 - Sensei x Doc 40:52 - Brigandier vs Weltall 43:52 - Outro Find us on Patreon at <a href="patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 5: Additional Ominous Banter [Desert Attack]

In the first proper episode of Retrograde Amnesia, we frame the anime introduction in the context of the time it was made and Xenogears' overarching narrative. We go on to debate the necessity and the rationale for an additional three layer-prologue before some discussion on Lahan Village and its freakish populace. We also talk the importance of portrait-characters, the deliciousness of technobabble, small-town sleeparounds, and that son of a bitch Dan. Episode One covers the prologue through Fei's exit from Lahan village. 00:23 - Xenogears introduction 01:32 - Anime prologue recap and discussion / biblical references 03:50 - Technobabble dissection 07:48 - Speculation over depictions of mania inside the Eldridge 08:30 - "You shall be as gods," as a statement and a repeating theme 11:30 - Spotlight on the Eldridge's captain 13:08 - After the Eldridge crashes 16:45 - Prologue text / Lore dump of the modern world 19:00 - Lahan flash-forward sequence 21:50 - Xenogears actually starts in Lahan village 22:50 - Imminent flashback sequence from Fei's maid 24:30 - Fei's house, Fei's friends, local wedding preparation 24:48 - Fuckin' Dan 26:37 - Speculation that Fei, like Goku, is slightly too optimistic and aloof 27:27 - Futzin' about town / Lahan village appraisal 29:56 - "My Village is Number One" sample 33:59 - Prostitutes &amp; Prophets 35:01 - Fuckin' Dan 37:25 - Checking on Alice / Fei through time 40:23 – Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

In the first proper episode of Retrograde Amnesia, we frame the anime introduction in the context of the time it was made and Xenogears' overarching narrative. We go on to debate the necessity and the rationale for an additional three layer-prologue before some discussion on Lahan Village and its freakish populace. We also talk the importance of portrait-characters, the deliciousness of technobabble, small-town sleeparounds, and that son of a bitch Dan. Episode One covers the prologue through Fei's exit from Lahan village. 00:23 - Xenogears introduction 01:32 - Anime prologue recap and discussion / biblical references 03:50 - Technobabble dissection 07:48 - Speculation over depictions of mania inside the Eldridge 08:30 - "You shall be as gods," as a statement and a repeating theme 11:30 - Spotlight on the Eldridge's captain 13:08 - After the Eldridge crashes 16:45 - Prologue text / Lore dump of the modern world 19:00 - Lahan flash-forward sequence 21:50 - Xenogears actually starts in Lahan village 22:50 - Imminent flashback sequence from Fei's maid 24:30 - Fei's house, Fei's friends, local wedding preparation 24:48 - Fuckin' Dan 26:37 - Speculation that Fei, like Goku, is slightly too optimistic and aloof 27:27 - Futzin' about town / Lahan village appraisal 29:56 - "My Village is Number One" sample 33:59 - Prostitutes &amp; Prophets 35:01 - Fuckin' Dan 37:25 - Checking on Alice / Fei through time 40:23 – Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Xenogears 1: Initializing FakeNet [Prologue + Lahan Village]

Behold the introduction of a brand new segment: Egregious Oversights and Corrections. After that we're bebopping back into Nortune’s D Block where we try to avoid talking about Citan's deviancy, attempt to trash talk our arena battling opponents, use our weakness as strength, and listen to some D Block poetry. We also realize Hammer might be playing us, and determine Gundam is patient zero for mech fiction. Then Wiseman literally drops in and solves inscrutable riddles from previous anime flashbacks. Everybody, Super Sonic Racing.  00:43 - Intro 02:03 - Egregious Oversights and Corrections  05:58 - Returning to D Block after slaying monsters 10:22 - C Block semi finals: Hamamoto, Firewheel, Silverstar  12:30 - Pre-battle blues  15:32 - Wiseman's lore dump showdown at the Gear Hanger (Music samples: "Jaws of Ice," "Knight of Fire (live)") 30:00 - Battle Arena finals versus Rico/Stier  32:00 - Twitter followers Rico voice actor submissions  34:30 - Rico's ominous resolve 35:29 - We meet Dominia while Elly &amp; The Proud Boys talk ethics in genocide  43:36 - Outro  Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Behold the introduction of a brand new segment: Egregious Oversights and Corrections. After that we're bebopping back into Nortune’s D Block where we try to avoid talking about Citan's deviancy, attempt to trash talk our arena battling opponents, use our weakness as strength, and listen to some D Block poetry. We also realize Hammer might be playing us, and determine Gundam is patient zero for mech fiction. Then Wiseman literally drops in and solves inscrutable riddles from previous anime flashbacks. Everybody, Super Sonic Racing.  00:43 - Intro 02:03 - Egregious Oversights and Corrections  05:58 - Returning to D Block after slaying monsters 10:22 - C Block semi finals: Hamamoto, Firewheel, Silverstar  12:30 - Pre-battle blues  15:32 - Wiseman's lore dump showdown at the Gear Hanger (Music samples: "Jaws of Ice," "Knight of Fire (live)") 30:00 - Battle Arena finals versus Rico/Stier  32:00 - Twitter followers Rico voice actor submissions  34:30 - Rico's ominous resolve 35:29 - We meet Dominia while Elly &amp; The Proud Boys talk ethics in genocide  43:36 - Outro  Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RetroAmnesiaPod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 14: A Mutilated State [Battling Champ]

It's about that time, players. We're discussing giant robots and the feelings people are feeling while inside of them as we wipe the floor with villainous stooges, recognize the necessity of equipping items before a boss fight, question Citan's concern for the innocent, observe Rico's declining mental state, watch Elly turn face, and witness how much Fei loves heart-to-heart conversations before, during, and after serious conflict. Heart stopping mysteries are solved, robots fall in slow motion, the soundtrack glues everything together, and what in the world was that black Gear? Night Purge is the first episode we recorded in the day time.  00:40 - Intro 01:30 - Purge precursors  03:45 - Elly &amp; the Proud Boys check in to get walloped 06:40 - Initializing Fei Net (Music sample: "Steel Giant (live 20th Anniversary Concert") 09:52 - Proud Boys get walloped  16:48 - Fei exposes Elly to her war crimes (Music sample: "Lost, Broken Shards") 25:54 - Weltall &amp; Stier versus Hecht/Dominia 30:00 - Heroes team up to push a missile away from D Block (Music sample: "The Wounded Shall Advance into the Light") 34:35 - What the fuck was that  36:28 - Robots holding robots (Music sample: "Shattering Egg of Dream") 42:15 - Back in D Block, Hammer conspires with Elly  46:53 - Big Joe's on the world map  50:46 - Outro  Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

It's about that time, players. We're discussing giant robots and the feelings people are feeling while inside of them as we wipe the floor with villainous stooges, recognize the necessity of equipping items before a boss fight, question Citan's concern for the innocent, observe Rico's declining mental state, watch Elly turn face, and witness how much Fei loves heart-to-heart conversations before, during, and after serious conflict. Heart stopping mysteries are solved, robots fall in slow motion, the soundtrack glues everything together, and what in the world was that black Gear? Night Purge is the first episode we recorded in the day time.  00:40 - Intro 01:30 - Purge precursors  03:45 - Elly &amp; the Proud Boys check in to get walloped 06:40 - Initializing Fei Net (Music sample: "Steel Giant (live 20th Anniversary Concert") 09:52 - Proud Boys get walloped  16:48 - Fei exposes Elly to her war crimes (Music sample: "Lost, Broken Shards") 25:54 - Weltall &amp; Stier versus Hecht/Dominia 30:00 - Heroes team up to push a missile away from D Block (Music sample: "The Wounded Shall Advance into the Light") 34:35 - What the fuck was that  36:28 - Robots holding robots (Music sample: "Shattering Egg of Dream") 42:15 - Back in D Block, Hammer conspires with Elly  46:53 - Big Joe's on the world map  50:46 - Outro  Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RetroAmnesiaPod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 16: Super Nacho Information: Rubbing Tanks [Night Purge]

It's episode 13, the best number. We begin with an outrageous Blue Guy/Red Guy Digital Thunderdome sequence before moving onto the Battle Arena and discovering someone tried to make a fighting game in the middle of this role-playing game. We also find Hammer The Supplier in our modern society, get body shamed by French cooks on a planet that doesn't have France, question whether Rico seeks justice or recruitment, stomp out grotesque monsters in the sewer, experiment with vertical platforming, and discuss the biological and social nature of Solarian sympathy. Memory cubes exist in Xenogears' world but the real life versions of save points are apologies. 00:49 - Intro  02:17 - Eric's text-to-speech puppet theater production, "Red &amp; Blue Brain Guys, Part 1" 04:53 - Breaking down brain ministry and their techno-sphere  12:23 - D Block'n around  15:28 - C Block, Battling Arena (music sample: "Invasion" "Stage of Death") 18:43 - There is a sub-Destrega arena mech fighting game in Xenogears  23:40 - Creeper in the darkness  26:16 - Battle Arena: Tin Robo, Titan, W-Shaver, MUSHA 28:46 - Seeking justice and beating ass in the sewer with Rico  37:25 - Citan's emerging skills  38:40 - CSI D Block Sewers  42:54 - Redrum 47:23 - Round 2 with Citan and "Emperor" in the JPEG Cosmic Zone  51:40 - Chris' Gebler etymology update 54:48 - Elly and the proud boys sort out their orders To Purge  01:00:50 - Outro  Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

It's episode 13, the best number. We begin with an outrageous Blue Guy/Red Guy Digital Thunderdome sequence before moving onto the Battle Arena and discovering someone tried to make a fighting game in the middle of this role-playing game. We also find Hammer The Supplier in our modern society, get body shamed by French cooks on a planet that doesn't have France, question whether Rico seeks justice or recruitment, stomp out grotesque monsters in the sewer, experiment with vertical platforming, and discuss the biological and social nature of Solarian sympathy. Memory cubes exist in Xenogears' world but the real life versions of save points are apologies. 00:49 - Intro  02:17 - Eric's text-to-speech puppet theater production, "Red &amp; Blue Brain Guys, Part 1" 04:53 - Breaking down brain ministry and their techno-sphere  12:23 - D Block'n around  15:28 - C Block, Battling Arena (music sample: "Invasion" "Stage of Death") 18:43 - There is a sub-Destrega arena mech fighting game in Xenogears  23:40 - Creeper in the darkness  26:16 - Battle Arena: Tin Robo, Titan, W-Shaver, MUSHA 28:46 - Seeking justice and beating ass in the sewer with Rico  37:25 - Citan's emerging skills  38:40 - CSI D Block Sewers  42:54 - Redrum 47:23 - Round 2 with Citan and "Emperor" in the JPEG Cosmic Zone  51:40 - Chris' Gebler etymology update 54:48 - Elly and the proud boys sort out their orders To Purge  01:00:50 - Outro  Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RetroAmnesiaPod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 13: Grahf's Spreadsheet [Brave Battlers + The Sewers]

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We live in a new room. It has a playlist of one song. It never stops. We're also talking about Kislev's strength-based merit system, meeting a new candidate for Best Doctor, receiving advice from a toilet nun, interpreting Kislev's iconography, sending Rico's brain to hell, shutting Hammer up, jumping on a moving train without committing suicide, and being amused by Fei's resolve to "just go wild." Fei denies he cares about Rico but due to classic male insecurity he cannot admit he cares about Rico. Just like me.  00:36 - Intro  01:06 - We are the champions (Music sample: "Pay for the People’s Joy”) 07:25 - Wandering around Nortune's A Block 10:22 - Chimney jumping into a toilet  15:16 - Kickin back at the Wildcat Bar 17:00 - Visiting Central District Administration 22:43 - Kaiser Sigmund's offer and Rico's involuntary flashbacks (Music sample: "Faraway Promise (live 20th Anniversary Concert)") 33:20 - Heist planning with Hammer at the doctor's house 34:55 - Rico's friends are concerned about Rico  39:30 - Catching the train (Music sample: "The Jaws of Ice")  41:50 - Infiltrating the Gear dock  46:25 - Catching up with Rico in the desert  50:36 - Outro  Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

We live in a new room. It has a playlist of one song. It never stops. We're also talking about Kislev's strength-based merit system, meeting a new candidate for Best Doctor, receiving advice from a toilet nun, interpreting Kislev's iconography, sending Rico's brain to hell, shutting Hammer up, jumping on a moving train without committing suicide, and being amused by Fei's resolve to "just go wild." Fei denies he cares about Rico but due to classic male insecurity he cannot admit he cares about Rico. Just like me. 00:36 - Intro  01:06 - We are the champions (Music sample: "Pay for the People’s Joy”) 07:25 - Wandering around Nortune's A Block 10:22 - Chimney jumping into a toilet  15:16 - Kickin back at the Wildcat Bar 17:00 - Visiting Central District Administration 22:43 - Kaiser Sigmund's offer and Rico's involuntary flashbacks (Music sample: "Faraway Promise (live 20th Anniversary Concert)") 33:20 - Heist planning with Hammer at the doctor's house 34:55 - Rico's friends are concerned about Rico  39:30 - Catching the train (Music sample: "The Jaws of Ice")  41:50 - Infiltrating the Gear dock  46:25 - Catching up with Rico in the desert  50:36 - Outro Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RetroAmnesiaPod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 15: The Only Toilet in the Ignas Continent [Gear Dock Raid]

Yes. This time we're exploring Aveh's capital, Bledavik, and plotting ways to bust Margie out of the prison she doesn't know she's in. We meet Ramsus, Miang, Shakhan, Vanderkaum, and an absolute wreck of a man who lives in the sewer. We wonder if gambling is the only human vice the stretches through time, speculate who's behind Dan's mysterious agency, and appreciate the interplay between fighting and sneaking. The best cure I ever came across for hangover was raw meat, and plenty of it. 00:37 - Intro 01:30 - Fei comes to terms with his responsibilities 02:10 - Sandcrawling across Ignas 06:20 - Enter Aveh (Music sample "The Ancient Dance") 07:20 - Let's meet Ramsus and Miang and talk shit about Vanderkaum 11:00 - Let's meet Shakhan 13:00 - Let's meet Margie 16:35 - Exploring Bledavik 23:20 - Exploring South Shakhan Square 25:24 - Exploring the tournament grounds / Operation Ruckus 29:10 - Sister of Nisan restructures our plan for us 29:40 - The importance of tournaments in fighting fiction 33:00 - Big Joe, fuckin' Dan, and Mystery Man 36:45 - Gay revelry 37:50 - Fei vs Gonzales 38:42 - Bart takes a button mash swim through the sewers 39:30 - Fei vs Big Joe 41:54 - Sneakin' through Aveh Castle (Music sample: "Invasion") 44:34 - Fei vs Scud 46:03 - Fei vs fuckin' Dan 49:00 - Fei vs Mystery Man / Wise Man 50:52 - Bart makes it to Margie 52:57 - Forced-shadowing 57:00 - Outro, disintegration of Chris Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Yes. This time we're exploring Aveh's capital, Bledavik, and plotting ways to bust Margie out of the prison she doesn't know she's in. We meet Ramsus, Miang, Shakhan, Vanderkaum, and an absolute wreck of a man who lives in the sewer. We wonder if gambling is the only human vice the stretches through time, speculate who's behind Dan's mysterious agency, and appreciate the interplay between fighting and sneaking. The best cure I ever came across for hangover was raw meat, and plenty of it. 00:37 - Intro 01:30 - Fei comes to terms with his responsibilities 02:10 - Sandcrawling across Ignas 06:20 - Enter Aveh (Music sample "The Ancient Dance") 07:20 - Let's meet Ramsus and Miang and talk shit about Vanderkaum 11:00 - Let's meet Shakhan 13:00 - Let's meet Margie 16:35 - Exploring Bledavik 23:20 - Exploring South Shakhan Square 25:24 - Exploring the tournament grounds / Operation Ruckus 29:10 - Sister of Nisan restructures our plan for us 29:40 - The importance of tournaments in fighting fiction 33:00 - Big Joe, fuckin' Dan, and Mystery Man 36:45 - Gay revelry 37:50 - Fei vs Gonzales 38:42 - Bart takes a button mash swim through the sewers 39:30 - Fei vs Big Joe 41:54 - Sneakin' through Aveh Castle (Music sample: "Invasion") 44:34 - Fei vs Scud 46:03 - Fei vs fuckin' Dan 49:00 - Fei vs Mystery Man / Wise Man 50:52 - Bart makes it to Margie 52:57 - Forced-shadowing 57:00 - Outro, disintegration of Chris Find us on Patreon at <a href="patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 8: Oblivious to the Dire Nature of Captivity [Operation Aveh + The Tournament]

In the pilot episode of Retrograde Amnesia, a podcast series covering Xenogears in exhaustive detail, we contextualize Xenogears in the professional (and our personal) climate of 1998. We clarify why we've decided to make this comprehensive podcast series, whether we expect Xenogears' themes and ideas to stand the test of time, and how to best play Xenogears with modern hardware. Episode Zero lets you decide whether this project is either a rationalization or an explanation of our devastating attentiveness to a twenty-one year-old videogame. Subsequent, proper podcast episodes will devour Xenogears chapter-by-chapter (and the recording quality greatly improves after episode two). Links &amp; References: Xenogears’ story lives on, thanks to its ambitious creator by Jeremy Parish, Polygon.com

In the pilot episode of Retrograde Amnesia, a podcast series covering Xenogears in exhaustive detail, we contextualize Xenogears in the professional (and our personal) climate of 1998. We clarify why we've decided to make this comprehensive podcast series, whether we expect Xenogears' themes and ideas to stand the test of time, and how to best play Xenogears with modern hardware. Episode Zero lets you decide whether this project is either a rationalization or an explanation of our devastating attentiveness to a twenty-one year-old videogame. Subsequent, proper podcast episodes will devour Xenogears chapter-by-chapter (and the recording quality greatly improves after episode two). Links &amp; References: <a href="https://www.polygon.com/features/2018/3/5/17058874/xenogears-xenosaga-history-tetsuya-takahashi-auteur-creators-in-games" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Xenogears’ story lives on, thanks to its ambitious creator</a> by Jeremy Parish, <a href="http://Polygon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Polygon.com</a>

Xenogears 0: Expectations & Reality

Hello today. We begin with a routine check to see if this podcast is enhancing our damaging our love of Xenogears. We move on to lose faith in the acumen of our favorite doctor, determine the best air-jacking sequence in role-playing games, make sense of Deathblows, become suspicious of Hammer's connections, appreciate framing and directing decisions, acknowledge airship feints, hat-tip Grahf's non-stop flexing and insistence on remaining "fucking awesome," and shake our heads at a certain pirate's rejection of democratic military authority. Flipping switches and riding conveyor belts is some of my favorite content. 00:40 - Intro 02:28 - Egregious Oversights &amp; Corrections (Music sample: "The Valley Where the Wind is Born") 06:02 - Wrapping up Nortune 10:52 - Chris breaks down how Deathblows are earned 14:09 - Destroying animals on the world map 17:34 - The Goliath Factory Airjack (Music sample: "Steel Giant") 23:40 - Fis-6 boss fight and its intriguing iconography 26:40 - Goliath cockpit conversations (Music sample: "Wings") 32:30 - The gang runs into a wall (Music sample: "Grahf - Emperor of Darkness") 43:58 - They're alive (Music Sample: "Leftovers from the Dreams of the Strong, 20th Anniversary Concert") 50:21 - Ramsus runs into a wall 56:04 - Miang runs into a wall 59:36 - Outro Citations: Xenogears - Retrospective Review and Analysis via Resonant Arc  Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Hello today. We begin with a routine check to see if this podcast is enhancing our damaging our love of Xenogears. We move on to lose faith in the acumen of our favorite doctor, determine the best air-jacking sequence in role-playing games, make sense of Deathblows, become suspicious of Hammer's connections, appreciate framing and directing decisions, acknowledge airship feints, hat-tip Grahf's non-stop flexing and insistence on remaining "fucking awesome," and shake our heads at a certain pirate's rejection of democratic military authority. Flipping switches and riding conveyor belts is some of my favorite content. 00:40 - Intro 02:28 - Egregious Oversights &amp; Corrections (Music sample: "The Valley Where the Wind is Born") 06:02 - Wrapping up Nortune 10:52 - Chris breaks down how Deathblows are earned 14:09 - Destroying animals on the world map 17:34 - The Goliath Factory Airjack (Music sample: "Steel Giant") 23:40 - Fis-6 boss fight and its intriguing iconography 26:40 - Goliath cockpit conversations (Music sample: "Wings") 32:30 - The gang runs into a wall (Music sample: "Grahf - Emperor of Darkness") 43:58 - They're alive (Music Sample: "Leftovers from the Dreams of the Strong, 20th Anniversary Concert") 50:21 - Ramsus runs into a wall 56:04 - Miang runs into a wall 59:36 - Outro Citations: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noqAAhRSBX8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Xenogears - Retrospective Review and Analysis via Resonant Arc</a> Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RetroAmnesiaPod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 17: Nationalist Robot Boss [Secret Weapon]

Hello! After a brief spell of hot-blooded desert carnage, Fei and Citan make their way to the artifact-hunting boom town of Dazil. We discuss the ethics of the Ethos organization, Citan's not very subtle manipulation of Fei, and the pointless but delightful omnipresence of Big Joe. Fei also has one hell of the time in the Aveh desert. Your hot-blooded desire for battle has not been tamed. Your basic nature is unchanged. It's great for us but not great for Fei. 00:21 - Introduction - Exit Blackmoon Forest 01:14 - Fei's present mental state 02:35 - The ethics of murdering and robbing prospectors in the desert 04:55 - Enter Dazil. Music sample: "City of Burning Sands" 08:30 - Citan's got a plan 09:20 - Ethos etymology 12:58 - Exploring Dazil 13:24 - BIG JOE 17:40 - Gear workshop / Bridge talk 20:56 - Sand buggy rental initiative 23:08 - Fei decides to run into the desert 25:30 - Fei encounters an unidentified flying object in the desert 26:43 - Fei hijacks a motorcycle and leaves a man to die in the desert 28:00 - Get in the Gear, Fei 29:57 - Grahf steals the show. Music sample: "Grahf - Emperor of Darkness" 35:00 - Grahf's three precepts 38:02 - Grahf and Citan as independently operating Fei life coaches 39:55 - I need you to kill this sand wyrm 44:13 - Outro / Lament of Fake Net Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Hello! After a brief spell of hot-blooded desert carnage, Fei and Citan make their way to the artifact-hunting boom town of Dazil. We discuss the ethics of the Ethos organization, Citan's not very subtle manipulation of Fei, and the pointless but delightful omnipresence of Big Joe. Fei also has one hell of the time in the Aveh desert. Your hot-blooded desire for battle has not been tamed. Your basic nature is unchanged. It's great for us but not great for Fei. 00:21 - Introduction - Exit Blackmoon Forest 01:14 - Fei's present mental state 02:35 - The ethics of murdering and robbing prospectors in the desert 04:55 - Enter Dazil. Music sample: "City of Burning Sands" 08:30 - Citan's got a plan 09:20 - Ethos etymology 12:58 - Exploring Dazil 13:24 - BIG JOE 17:40 - Gear workshop / Bridge talk 20:56 - Sand buggy rental initiative 23:08 - Fei decides to run into the desert 25:30 - Fei encounters an unidentified flying object in the desert 26:43 - Fei hijacks a motorcycle and leaves a man to die in the desert 28:00 - Get in the Gear, Fei 29:57 - Grahf steals the show. Music sample: "Grahf - Emperor of Darkness" 35:00 - Grahf's three precepts 38:02 - Grahf and Citan as independently operating Fei life coaches 39:55 - I need you to kill this sand wyrm 44:13 - Outro / Lament of Fake Net Find us on Patreon at <a href="patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 4: Booze is My Life Companion [Dazil]

Greetings! The wrasslin’ boys Fei and Bart have fallen Gear-first into a dank cave system. We discuss the contextually appropriate but questionably alive organisms down there before we run into your classic old-sage-in-a-cave, Balthazar. This prompts a dive into the influence of gnostic Christian texts, speculation on the creation myth metaphor, Xenogears' internal god-tier systems, and the tight grip on the pen that writes history. A man made god? Created with the wisdom of a god? Such a Gear would have the power of a thousand Gears. In a wave of its arm, it could destroy whole cities. Its battle cries would thunder in the heavens. 00:22 - Intro 01:18 - The boys fall through a sinkhole into a cave / Corvette sidequest 03:17 - Pirate territory and ethics 04:14 - Citan "Foreshadower" Uzuki chats with a silver-haired, very tanned man aboard the Yggdrasil 06:19 - Destroying the local flora and fauna in Gear combat 11:04 - Boulder #2 &amp; Beyond 11:30 - Spelunking &amp; self-sufficiency 12:35 - This cave-dwelling, Gear-fixing dude Balthazar lives here 13:20 - Balthazar etymology 15:40 - FOSSICKER 19:50 - Balthazar's myths and legends. "Omen" (music sample) 32:15 - Gear education and cave switch flipping 35:09 - Bart asks about the "God Gear" and we ask about localization 39:50 - Who's controlling history? 40:39 - Balthazar sees Weltall, the host for the spirit of the slayer of god 43:14 - Balthazar's relationship with Calamity 45:43 - Weltall &amp; Brigandier vs Calamity 52:00 - Meeting up with Sigurd and (Old) Mason...and Citan 52:57 - Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Greetings! The wrasslin’ boys Fei and Bart have fallen Gear-first into a dank cave system. We discuss the contextually appropriate but questionably alive organisms down there before we run into your classic old-sage-in-a-cave, Balthazar. This prompts a dive into the influence of gnostic Christian texts, speculation on the creation myth metaphor, Xenogears' internal god-tier systems, and the tight grip on the pen that writes history. A man made god? Created with the wisdom of a god? Such a Gear would have the power of a thousand Gears. In a wave of its arm, it could destroy whole cities. Its battle cries would thunder in the heavens. 00:22 - Intro 01:18 - The boys fall through a sinkhole into a cave / Corvette sidequest 03:17 - Pirate territory and ethics 04:14 - Citan "Foreshadower" Uzuki chats with a silver-haired, very tanned man aboard the Yggdrasil 06:19 - Destroying the local flora and fauna in Gear combat 11:04 - Boulder #2 &amp; Beyond 11:30 - Spelunking &amp; self-sufficiency 12:35 - This cave-dwelling, Gear-fixing dude Balthazar lives here 13:20 - Balthazar etymology 15:40 - FOSSICKER 19:50 - Balthazar's myths and legends. "Omen" (music sample) 32:15 - Gear education and cave switch flipping 35:09 - Bart asks about the "God Gear" and we ask about localization 39:50 - Who's controlling history? 40:39 - Balthazar sees Weltall, the host for the spirit of the slayer of god 43:14 - Balthazar's relationship with Calamity 45:43 - Weltall &amp; Brigandier vs Calamity 52:00 - Meeting up with Sigurd and (Old) Mason...and Citan 52:57 - Outro Find us on Patreon at <a href="patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 6: Institutionalized Brainwashing [Stalactite Cave]

Life is a movie that flashes back between floating platforms and floating ships. Between these dire circumstances we're evaluating Fei's exclusive friendship with portrait characters, sorting out the Ministry's latest AOL keywords, noting Bart and Rico's mutual admiration, learning some Gear aesthetic choices, watching Fei's miserable attempts to fish with his bare hands, accepting more Shevat revelations, and trying to find common ground in Fei and Elly's mutually assured destruction. Citan isn't a man, he's a concept. And we may be him. Precarious, ominous, whateverous - it's OK not to feel whole. 00:32 - Intro 02:05 - Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part II 06:00 - Unpacking the Ministry's gossiping paranoia 15:42 - Elly &amp; Fei floating on Mother Base 17:27 - Aboard the Yggdrasil 2 25:05 - Elly &amp; Fei floating on Mother Base again 31:00 - Aboard the Yggdrasil 2 again 36:35 - Elly &amp; Fei floating on Mother Base and determining self-worth (Music sample: "Faraway Promise") 43:00 - Fei eats garbage 47:01 - Outro / Time Dread Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Life is a movie that flashes back between floating platforms and floating ships. Between these dire circumstances we're evaluating Fei's exclusive friendship with portrait characters, sorting out the Ministry's latest AOL keywords, noting Bart and Rico's mutual admiration, learning some Gear aesthetic choices, watching Fei's miserable attempts to fish with his bare hands, accepting more Shevat revelations, and trying to find common ground in Fei and Elly's mutually assured destruction. Citan isn't a man, he's a concept. And we may be him. Precarious, ominous, whateverous - it's OK not to feel whole. 00:32 - Intro 02:05 - Ministry Technosphere Theater, Part II 06:00 - Unpacking the Ministry's gossiping paranoia 15:42 - Elly &amp; Fei floating on Mother Base 17:27 - Aboard the Yggdrasil 2 25:05 - Elly &amp; Fei floating on Mother Base again 31:00 - Aboard the Yggdrasil 2 again 36:35 - Elly &amp; Fei floating on Mother Base and determining self-worth (Music sample: "Faraway Promise") 43:00 - Fei eats garbage 47:01 - Outro / Time Dread Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RetroAmnesiaPod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 18: Dry, Crumbly Conversation [Escape Ignas + Adrift at Sea]

Hey. We're in Nortune now, which means everything is different until it becomes the same again. Enigmatic forces of questionable benefit are everywhere. Prison initiation rituals are unavoidable. There are suspect choices on diversity and representation. Fei finally sleeps a lot. We also discuss pretentious attempts at creating introspection, our wish for a D Block Animal Crossing spinoff, bomb collars in popular fiction, Rico's clear origins in Blanka, and bro'ing out Hamer The Supplier. At the end our JRPJesus returns to put more sins on a tab that he will never pay.  00:40 - Intro / Elru + Element Corrections 02:38 - Enter Kislev 04:25 - Kaiser Sigmund's musical detour (music sample: "Pray For The People's Joy") 08:43 - Snake basket spaceship and its Masked Woman 11:43 - Pretentious old timey film grain flashbacks (music sample: "Far Away Promise") 18:21 - Bunk Bed, Dorm, D Block, Kislev, Nortune 19:23 - Meeting Rico &amp; The Battle Boys 23:21 - Questionable prisoner ranking systems via Baptismal Ceremony 28:30 - Exploring D Block (music sample: "Invasion") 38:04 - Latina's Bar and its shifty anthropomorphic otter, bro 41:44 - Rue Cohen's battle arena hard sell 43:15 - D Block has a new doctor 51:15 - Outro  Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com

Hey. We're in Nortune now, which means everything is different until it becomes the same again. Enigmatic forces of questionable benefit are everywhere. Prison initiation rituals are unavoidable. There are suspect choices on diversity and representation. Fei finally sleeps a lot. We also discuss pretentious attempts at creating introspection, our wish for a D Block Animal Crossing spinoff, bomb collars in popular fiction, Rico's clear origins in Blanka, and bro'ing out Hamer The Supplier. At the end our JRPJesus returns to put more sins on a tab that he will never pay. <ul> <li>00:40 - Intro / Elru + Element Corrections</li> <li>02:38 - Enter Kislev</li> <li>04:25 - Kaiser Sigmund's musical detour (music sample: "Pray For The People's Joy")</li> <li>08:43 - Snake basket spaceship and its Masked Woman</li> <li>11:43 - Pretentious old timey film grain flashbacks (music sample: "Far Away Promise")</li> <li>18:21 - Bunk Bed, Dorm, D Block, Kislev, Nortune</li> <li>19:23 - Meeting Rico &amp; The Battle Boys</li> <li>23:21 - Questionable prisoner ranking systems via Baptismal Ceremony</li> <li>28:30 - Exploring D Block (music sample: "Invasion")</li> <li>38:04 - Latina's Bar and its shifty anthropomorphic otter, bro</li> <li>41:44 - Rue Cohen's battle arena hard sell</li> <li>43:15 - D Block has a new doctor</li> <li>51:15 - Outro</li> </ul> Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RetroAmnesiaPod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>

Xenogears 12: Black Market Concerns [Kislev Capital]

Salutations! In our latest installment, we explore the expansive accommodations of the Yggdrasil, muse over whether or not Bart has actual respect or ironic respect, suspect Old Mason made an unwise investment in higher education, and receive another heaving heaping helping of lore from Mason and Citan. And then, our first boss gauntlet against Gebler's finest knuckleheads. This podcast is brought to you by —Drive—®. —Drive—Life Is Pain. Drink It Up® 00:24 - Intro / PlayStation 2's improvement of the PlayStation experience 02:00 – “The JRPG Protagonist Is Me Paradox” 03:31 - All aboard the Yggdrasil. "Yggdrasil" and "Leftovers from the Dreams of the Strong" (music samples) 08:00 - Fei's Gear has some blackbox parts, man 08:47 - On-board medic seems suspect 09:48 - The bunkhouse boys 12:00 - Engine room super smash brothers 13:02 - Old Mason's Elegant Gun Room 15:20 - Yggdrasil bridge 16:00 - The importance of Franz and secondary characters 17:35 - Arrival at Pirate's Lair 18:50 - Bart Fatima, hero of the proletariat 20:24 - Fuel source speculation / Big Slurp 21:25 - Tea time with Old Mason / Mason's Info Dump 26:00 - Fei the incurious 27:40 - Margie and Fatima Jasper info dump 29:26 - Planning room logistics 32:43 - Why we fight (ourselves) 35:45 - Sigurd and Citan provide the latest rationale for Fei to kill things 37:29 - Gebler Special Forces' procession of portraits 40:30 - Boss gauntlet 44:40 - Fei performs a CheckSum and resolves to help out 46:40 - Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Salutations! In our latest installment, we explore the expansive accommodations of the Yggdrasil, muse over whether or not Bart has actual respect or ironic respect, suspect Old Mason made an unwise investment in higher education, and receive another heaving heaping helping of lore from Mason and Citan. And then, our first boss gauntlet against Gebler's finest knuckleheads. This podcast is brought to you by —Drive—®. —Drive—Life Is Pain. Drink It Up® 00:24 - Intro / PlayStation 2's improvement of the PlayStation experience 02:00 – “The JRPG Protagonist Is Me Paradox” 03:31 - All aboard the Yggdrasil. "Yggdrasil" and "Leftovers from the Dreams of the Strong" (music samples) 08:00 - Fei's Gear has some blackbox parts, man 08:47 - On-board medic seems suspect 09:48 - The bunkhouse boys 12:00 - Engine room super smash brothers 13:02 - Old Mason's Elegant Gun Room 15:20 - Yggdrasil bridge 16:00 - The importance of Franz and secondary characters 17:35 - Arrival at Pirate's Lair 18:50 - Bart Fatima, hero of the proletariat 20:24 - Fuel source speculation / Big Slurp 21:25 - Tea time with Old Mason / Mason's Info Dump 26:00 - Fei the incurious 27:40 - Margie and Fatima Jasper info dump 29:26 - Planning room logistics 32:43 - Why we fight (ourselves) 35:45 - Sigurd and Citan provide the latest rationale for Fei to kill things 37:29 - Gebler Special Forces' procession of portraits 40:30 - Boss gauntlet 44:40 - Fei performs a CheckSum and resolves to help out 46:40 - Outro Find us on Patreon at <a href="patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 7: Grasping for the Next Available Metaphor [Pirate's Lair]

Schöne Grüße. Xenogears is a Japanese role-playing game, which means we have to wind up in a church. After poking around in Nisan we spend some time in its cathedral. Here we learn incest is an aspirational fantasy, contemplate the morality of genociding the Gonzales clan, and speculate Gnosticism’s influence on Sophia, the Ethos, and Nisan. Later, we discuss Solarian abductions, conduct operations for an all-out assault against to recapture Aveh, and what happens when we meet characters with names...but not portraits. Don't call me son cause you ain't my pops. 00:40 - Intro 02:26 - Exploring Nisan (music sample: "Singing of the Gentle Wind") 10:25 - Is Fei really an artist 13:02 - Entering the Cathedral (music sample: "The Wounded Shall Advance into the Light") 16:28 - Gallery gazing at the top of the cathedral 22:15 - Gnostic aeon breakdown 28:30 - Observing the painting of Sophia 33:35 - Checking in with Sister Agnes in the scroll room 36:05 - Old Mason rented a house in which Sigurd and Citan dump lore (music samples: "Nature", "The One Who is Torn Apart" , "The Jaws of Ice") 41:10 - Chris' Solaris quiz-down spectacular 45:23 - Bart storms off (music sample: "The Bonds of Sea and Fire (20th Anniversary Concert)") 47:02 - Talking about our feelings on a bridge instance #2 48:18 - We have a town hall and a table and a plan 52:02 - Predeployment on the Yggdrasil 54:50 - We're controlling Citan 57:40 - Xenogears' Lunar cycle speculation 58:20 - Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Schöne Grüße. Xenogears is a Japanese role-playing game, which means we have to wind up in a church. After poking around in Nisan we spend some time in its cathedral. Here we learn incest is an aspirational fantasy, contemplate the morality of genociding the Gonzales clan, and speculate Gnosticism’s influence on Sophia, the Ethos, and Nisan. Later, we discuss Solarian abductions, conduct operations for an all-out assault against to recapture Aveh, and what happens when we meet characters with names...but not portraits. Don't call me son cause you ain't my pops. 00:40 - Intro 02:26 - Exploring Nisan (music sample: "Singing of the Gentle Wind") 10:25 - Is Fei really an artist 13:02 - Entering the Cathedral (music sample: "The Wounded Shall Advance into the Light") 16:28 - Gallery gazing at the top of the cathedral 22:15 - Gnostic aeon breakdown 28:30 - Observing the painting of Sophia 33:35 - Checking in with Sister Agnes in the scroll room 36:05 - Old Mason rented a house in which Sigurd and Citan dump lore (music samples: "Nature", "The One Who is Torn Apart" , "The Jaws of Ice") 41:10 - Chris' Solaris quiz-down spectacular 45:23 - Bart storms off (music sample: "The Bonds of Sea and Fire (20th Anniversary Concert)") 47:02 - Talking about our feelings on a bridge instance #2 48:18 - We have a town hall and a table and a plan 52:02 - Predeployment on the Yggdrasil 54:50 - We're controlling Citan 57:40 - Xenogears' Lunar cycle speculation 58:20 - Outro Find us on Patreon at <a href="patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 10: Nun of These Characters [City of Peace]

It's Episode 11, our 12th episode. We open with Ramsus' nightmare and try to determine who's pulling the most strings. We battle with Elly's Loser Squad and watch Elly get dosed with space racism. We witness Vanderkaum realize his destiny, watch Ramsus transition from Powerful to Pathetic, note strong directorial decisions with archaic assets, identify who desires the power, and wonder if there really is a Mother God. Finally, the "Demon of Elru" debuts with monstrous, awestruck-dread energy. 00:36 - Intro, assembly of truth 01:41 - Ramsus' Red Guy nightmare 06:29 - Miang has a friendly chat with Grahf 09:00 - Identifying string-pullers 11:20 - Hot sounds with Franz 11:48 - Checking in with Elly &amp; the Loser Squad (music sample: "Knight of Burning Fire (slow version)") 16:10 - Fei dungeons up a mountain with his disposable buddies 19:29 - Fei/Weltall vs Loser Squad x2, Loser Squad x3, Elly/Vierge (music sample: "Tears of the Stars, Hearts of the People") 29:18 - Old Mason, Omen Mason 29:35 - Bledavik ambush 32:57 - We must play an awful shoot 'em up to penetrate the border fleet 35:59 - Vanderkaum's questionable credentials, Fei/Weltall vs Main Gun 37:55 - Fei/Weltall vs Vanderkaum/Dora 40:16 - Grahf thinks no one man should have all this power, shares it (music sample: "Grahf: Emperor of Darkness (20th Anniversary Concert)") 43:44 - Ramsus demands surrender from Yggdrasil crew, considers Sigurd 47:03 - Ultra Vanderkaum 51:45 - Demon of Elru - or - The Coolest Shit in this Videogame (music samples: "The One Who is Torn Apart" , "Fuse") 01:07:10 - Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com

It's Episode 11, our 12th episode. We open with Ramsus' nightmare and try to determine who's pulling the most strings. We battle with Elly's Loser Squad and watch Elly get dosed with space racism. We witness Vanderkaum realize his destiny, watch Ramsus transition from Powerful to Pathetic, note strong directorial decisions with archaic assets, identify who desires the power, and wonder if there really is a Mother God. Finally, the "Demon of Elru" debuts with monstrous, awestruck-dread energy. 00:36 - Intro, assembly of truth 01:41 - Ramsus' Red Guy nightmare 06:29 - Miang has a friendly chat with Grahf 09:00 - Identifying string-pullers 11:20 - Hot sounds with Franz 11:48 - Checking in with Elly &amp; the Loser Squad (music sample: "Knight of Burning Fire (slow version)") 16:10 - Fei dungeons up a mountain with his disposable buddies 19:29 - Fei/Weltall vs Loser Squad x2, Loser Squad x3, Elly/Vierge (music sample: "Tears of the Stars, Hearts of the People") 29:18 - Old Mason, Omen Mason 29:35 - Bledavik ambush 32:57 - We must play an awful shoot 'em up to penetrate the border fleet 35:59 - Vanderkaum's questionable credentials, Fei/Weltall vs Main Gun 37:55 - Fei/Weltall vs Vanderkaum/Dora 40:16 - Grahf thinks no one man should have all this power, shares it (music sample: "Grahf: Emperor of Darkness (20th Anniversary Concert)") 43:44 - Ramsus demands surrender from Yggdrasil crew, considers Sigurd 47:03 - Ultra Vanderkaum 51:45 - Demon of Elru - or - The Coolest Shit in this Videogame (music samples: "The One Who is Torn Apart" , "Fuse") 01:07:10 - Outro Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/AM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RetroAmnesiaPod</a>, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com

Xenogears 11: Mister Puniverse [Recapture Aveh + Desert Despair]

It's happened. We've come to value the meaningful and the meaningless information relinquished by Xenogears' localization. We're also justifying Margie as a manager, wondering why machines are gendered, watching the Ripper digest and disappear party members, identifying Ether Doubler acquisition methods, uncovering some ulterior motives at Etone H.Q., questioning Hammer's retention, referring to our biological father as "that man," expanding our nationalistic beef awareness, discovering mystery circles with Henry Mingus, pocketing used toilet paper, and refusing to touch a large turd. We wish happiness to all people of the world, even the house of sinning hermits. 01:14 - Intro 05:52 - Yggdraslin' our favorite NPC's (music sample: "Yggdrasil") 11:15 - Seafaring in Aquavy (music sample: "Emotion") 17:27 - Speaking to eleven monks at the Ethos H.Q. (music sample: "Ship of Regret and Sleep") 31:00 - Yggdraslin' II: Heathen Charity 34:40 - Kids say the darndest things at Billy's orphanage (music sample: "The Sky, Clouds, and You") 42:45 - R E D R U M R E D U X 46:04 - Billy confidently monologues about indoctrinating children 47:38 - Sigurd, who can exist outside the Yggdrasil, knows Billy 52:40 - Bishop Stone deploys Billy to do religious violence 55:34 - Old Elements: Wasted 58:25 - Outro Find us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @retroamnesiapod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

It's happened. We've come to value the meaningful and the meaningless information relinquished by Xenogears' localization. We're also justifying Margie as a manager, wondering why machines are gendered, watching the Ripper digest and disappear party members, identifying Ether Doubler acquisition methods, uncovering some ulterior motives at Etone H.Q., questioning Hammer's retention, referring to our biological father as "that man," expanding our nationalistic beef awareness, discovering mystery circles with Henry Mingus, pocketing used toilet paper, and refusing to touch a large turd. We wish happiness to all people of the world, even the house of sinning hermits. 01:14 - Intro 05:52 - Yggdraslin' our favorite NPC's (music sample: "Yggdrasil") 11:15 - Seafaring in Aquavy (music sample: "Emotion") 17:27 - Speaking to eleven monks at the Ethos H.Q. (music sample: "Ship of Regret and Sleep") 31:00 - Yggdraslin' II: Heathen Charity 34:40 - Kids say the darndest things at Billy's orphanage (music sample: "The Sky, Clouds, and You") 42:45 - R E D R U M R E D U X 46:04 - Billy confidently monologues about indoctrinating children 47:38 - Sigurd, who can exist outside the Yggdrasil, knows Billy 52:40 - Bishop Stone deploys Billy to do religious violence 55:34 - Old Elements: Wasted 58:25 - Outro Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://patreon.com/retroAM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 22: God Tolerates Our Heathenism [A Young Priest + The Orphanage]

Ramsus attacks in this chapter, but so does Dominia. And so does Jessie, but only with his words and only at Bart. We're also questioning the ethical responsibility of GameSharks, admiring pirate and salvager bonds of sea and fire, expressing rage with quick camera cuts, missing every mother fucking X attack, noting the time/space error by the Yggdrasil's depth charges, not paying attention to Ramsus' Mirror Stance, conjuring an NPC Doctor Academy FanFic, jerkin' off with Bart, outlining Nisan sect and Etone god compatibility, and discovering what a butt kissin' talker looks like. We will kill god, but can you crucify an invertebrate? 00:45 - Intro 06:17 - Yggdraslin' as a Mass Effect progenitor 10:19 - Honor among pirates (and defectors) 13:15 - Enter Dominia (music sample: "Steel Giant") 19:06 - Ramsus &amp; Miang redux (music sample: "Knight of Fire") 25:00 - Classic Protagonist Incapacitation Sequence (music sample: "Lost, Broken Shards, live 20th Anniversary Concert") 30:34 - Bart and Elly seek an Etone on the Thames (music sample: "Thames - Man of the Sea") 32:50 - Margie interrupts some human trafficking and we meet Jessiah and Primera 36:58 - Our new friend and plot device, Billy Lee Black(music sample: "Ship of Regret and Sleep") 47:28 - Outro Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Ramsus attacks in this chapter, but so does Dominia. And so does Jessie, but only with his words and only at Bart. We're also questioning the ethical responsibility of GameSharks, admiring pirate and salvager bonds of sea and fire, expressing rage with quick camera cuts, missing every mother fucking X attack, noting the time/space error by the Yggdrasil's depth charges, not paying attention to Ramsus' Mirror Stance, conjuring an NPC Doctor Academy FanFic, jerkin' off with Bart, outlining Nisan sect and Etone god compatibility, and discovering what a butt kissin' talker looks like. We will kill god, but can you crucify an invertebrate? 00:45 - Intro 06:17 - Yggdraslin' as a Mass Effect progenitor 10:19 - Honor among pirates (and defectors) 13:15 - Enter Dominia (music sample: "Steel Giant") 19:06 - Ramsus &amp; Miang redux (music sample: "Knight of Fire") 25:00 - Classic Protagonist Incapacitation Sequence (music sample: "Lost, Broken Shards, live 20th Anniversary Concert") 30:34 - Bart and Elly seek an Etone on the Thames (music sample: "Thames - Man of the Sea") 32:50 - Margie interrupts some human trafficking and we meet Jessiah and Primera 36:58 - Our new friend and plot device, Billy Lee Black(music sample: "Ship of Regret and Sleep") 47:28 - Outro Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://patreon.com/retroAM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

Xenogears 21: Classic Protagonist Incapacitation Sequence [Ramsus Attack]

We. Are men. Of the sea. Or at least we try to be. Between the shards of these emotions we're discovering men who love to drink, clarifying the way to say words, debating more origin species of demi-humans, talking through the safety of combining inebriation and work assignments, learning a new card game, seeing what happens when antagonists are consumed by rage, and recognizing that treasure and people are both treasures. We don't know if the Captain is dosing his crew but we do know that you should never get wasted in an elevator. 00:40 - Intro 06:12 - The Thames! How are we pronouncing "Thames?" 07:50 - Hans has salvaged us (Music sample: "Thames: Man of the Sea") 14:29 - Rescue rationale aboard the Armor Ground 21:26 - Speed dealing in the Supply Entrance 28:47 - Sick Bay and its irritable doctor 30:00 - Observing the human wreckage at the Beer Hall 32:40 - Seeking authority at The Bridge 38:23 - The Captain, drinking, lays out the code of the Men of the Sea 41:36 - Under the sea with Elements old &amp; new 46:00 - Men have courage. And have appetites. 49:09 - Outro 50:54 - Presenting Mark Shepherd's full cover of "Thames: Man of the Sea" Citations: Xenogears and Xenosaga Study Guide Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroAM, on Twitter @RetroAmnesiaPod, and through e-mail at retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com.

We. Are men. Of the sea. Or at least we try to be. Between the shards of these emotions we're discovering men who love to drink, clarifying the way to say words, debating more origin species of demi-humans, talking through the safety of combining inebriation and work assignments, learning a new card game, seeing what happens when antagonists are consumed by rage, and recognizing that treasure and people are both treasures. We don't know if the Captain is dosing his crew but we do know that you should never get wasted in an elevator. 00:40 - Intro 06:12 - The Thames! How are we pronouncing "Thames?" 07:50 - Hans has salvaged us (Music sample: "Thames: Man of the Sea") 14:29 - Rescue rationale aboard the Armor Ground 21:26 - Speed dealing in the Supply Entrance 28:47 - Sick Bay and its irritable doctor 30:00 - Observing the human wreckage at the Beer Hall 32:40 - Seeking authority at The Bridge 38:23 - The Captain, drinking, lays out the code of the Men of the Sea 41:36 - Under the sea with Elements old &amp; new 46:00 - Men have courage. And have appetites. 49:09 - Outro 50:54 - Presenting Mark Shepherd's full cover of "Thames: Man of the Sea" Citations: <a href="http://xenogearsxenosagastudyguide.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Xenogears and Xenosaga Study Guide</a> Find us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroAM</a>, on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RetroAmnesiaPod</a>, and through e-mail at <a href="mailto:retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com">retrogradeamnesiapodcast@gmail.com</a>.

Xenogears 19: Do Men Drink Hard Seltzer?	[Men of the Sea]

Hello! For our second episode, we're coming to terms with the PlayStation's size limit for polygonal levels, discussing Citan's precarious position as a father figure and puppeteer, going over battle system basics, and cherishing the emotional necessity of Mitsuda's "Knight of Fire." Remember: if you're a kid who falls into the cockpit of a giant robot and you're going through some emotional mental trauma, you're going to have a bad time inside of this robot...but you're also going to unlock the robot's abilities. 00:23 - Introduction 01:00 - Speculation of Citan's living situation 01:30 - Absence of music &amp; direction 03:15 - This Japanese role-playing videogame has a jump button 04:48 - On-foot battle system overview / Monster economy speculation 09:55 - Citan's cartoon junk house at the top of the mountain 13:04 - What's in the shack out back 15:41 - Citan is my dad 17:00 - "Knight of Fire" appreciation &amp; obsessive exposition 20:57 - Fei returns to Lahan village 22:29 - Chris explains the Anime Freakout trope 23:30 - Get in the robot, Fei / Prologue revisited 26:07 - Mysterious commander Gear??? 26:44 - Fuckin Dan / Cruel Destiny 28:39 - Level 2 Anime Freakout 31:20 - Aftermath 33:48 - That's some good world map music ("Emotion") 35:20 – Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam. Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out content.retrogradeamnesia.com.  Twitter: @retroamnesiapod E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com

Hello! For our second episode, we're coming to terms with the PlayStation's size limit for polygonal levels, discussing Citan's precarious position as a father figure and puppeteer, going over battle system basics, and cherishing the emotional necessity of Mitsuda's "Knight of Fire." Remember: if you're a kid who falls into the cockpit of a giant robot and you're going through some emotional mental trauma, you're going to have a bad time inside of this robot...but you're also going to unlock the robot's abilities. 00:23 - Introduction 01:00 - Speculation of Citan's living situation 01:30 - Absence of music &amp; direction 03:15 - This Japanese role-playing videogame has a jump button 04:48 - On-foot battle system overview / Monster economy speculation 09:55 - Citan's cartoon junk house at the top of the mountain 13:04 - What's in the shack out back 15:41 - Citan is my dad 17:00 - "Knight of Fire" appreciation &amp; obsessive exposition 20:57 - Fei returns to Lahan village 22:29 - Chris explains the Anime Freakout trope 23:30 - Get in the robot, Fei / Prologue revisited 26:07 - Mysterious commander Gear??? 26:44 - Fuckin Dan / Cruel Destiny 28:39 - Level 2 Anime Freakout 31:20 - Aftermath 33:48 - That's some good world map music ("Emotion") 35:20 – Outro Get more Retrograde Amnesia: Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/retroAM" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/retroam.</a> Join the community and get bonus episodes, miniseries, and access to the RealNet. For a complete list of our bonus material, check out <a href="http://content.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">content.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/retroamnesiapod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@retroamnesiapod</a> E-Mail: <a href="mailto:podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com">podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com</a> Website: <a href="http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retrogradeamnesia.com</a>

Xenogears 2: Cartoon Junkhouse [Mountain Path + House on the Hill + Fallen Shadows]

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