Retro Ridoctopus

S8E8 - The Brig: A Dash of Demon (w/ J. F. Dubeau & Amy Frost)

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Tonight… locked in the pit of despair we call THE BRIG… we have the creators of the long-running storytelling podcast ACHEWILLOW and the first Achewillow novel "A DASH OF DEMON"! Both chronicle the exploits in and around a fictional Canadian/American town, where you can get a darn good cup of coffee, but also… possibly disemboweled by a demon. :o

Writer, J.F. Dubeau and narrator/producer Amy Frost spill the tea on how Achewillow came about, just what the heck COZY HORROR is and why food (baking in particular) is so intrinsic to the show's DNA. Later on, we try something new, as guests and hosts alike take turns dropping some recipes on your butts!

Pre-order your copy of A Dash of Demon from your local bookseller or snag one from our favorite!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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S8E7 - Ep 175: Character Variants, Alternate Costumes & Palette Swaps

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Tonight we'll be spotlighting characters that have had a ton of different VARIATIONS over the years. Think costumes, alternate dimensions and even the dreaded heel turn!

We plumbed the depths of video games and comic books to find just the right candidates to create quite the motley crew for you to enjoy. Ever see #Batman on the same list as #SimonBelmont ? Well, now you have! And the medium that shows off these different versions of our characters can be anything. Action figures, cartoons, games, comics and movies. For this episode, we are all over the place!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: 40 Years in Hollywood (w/ actor Daniel Roebuck)

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Our guest tonight is a legendary character actor who you have definitely seen in more movies and TV shows than you can COUNT!

Daniel Roebuck has 273 acting credits on IMDB since his debut in 1985. You might recognize him from TV shows like Matlock, Nash Bridges, or a truly EXPLOSIVE appearance on LOST! He’s also appeared in movies like Rivers Edge, The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals, The Munsters, Terrifier 3 and so so many more. His new project is The Hail Mary… and right now, he’s has the distinct misfortune to be LOCKED in THE BRIG!!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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S8E6 - Ep 173: TurboGrafx-16 / The Little PC-Engine That Could

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:00:00 -0000

The black sheep of the 16bit console generation of video games was definitely the TurboGrafx-16, but does coming in third mean it wasn't great in it's own right? Heck no! (link in comments)

We run down a list of our nine favorite TURBOTASTIC games (plus a few more in there for good measure) on the system that was called the PC-Engine in Japan. We cover everything from head-banging cave babies to everyone's favorite Jason Voorhees clone.

SHUBIBIN!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: Truish Crime (w/ author Jenny Toupin)

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Though Jenny Toupin has been writing books since the first grade, she just released her first full length novel!

The Blurry Man is a masterful portrait in psychological horror. The book is haunted by ghosts and grave robbing, by dolls and wannabe devil worship, but these things exist on the edges of the narrative. The heart of the Blurry Man is a guarded one, and you will not be ready when it is finally laid bare.

Jenny spills the bones on this truly awesome book, as well as the unbelievable true crime story that inspired it. Then, after a short reading, We'll choose Mudkip and SURF over to her love for Pokemon Emerald, Vampire: The Masquerade and Magic: The Gathering. All that and Kari Sanders gets a new best friend!

Dig up your copy of THE BLURRY MAN straight from the publisher!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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S8E5 - Ep 173: 16-bit Console Wars / SEGA vs Nintendo

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Back in the early to mid 90s, when a popular movie was turned into a video game, that game was often released for both of the 16-bit systems that dominated console gaming of the day. This meant that whether you owned a Super Nintendo or a SEGA Genesis you'd be able to snag a copy and play!

The thing is, in those days, these licensed games would often involve completely separate developers for each system, leading to a pair of games that were actually, nothing alike!

Tonight, with the help of our pal Aldo Aroujo, we will be talking about 16-bit licensed games that did just that! A single property that resulted in two totally different games... one for the SNES and one for the Genesis/Megadrive. Sure, the debate over which variation on a beloved theme was major fuel for the fires tended by partisan gamers of the day, but those days are long gone. Heck, we're gonna play 'em all!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: Paperbacks & Spinner Racks (w/ author Michael Burke)

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0000

Tonight, in that vinegar-laced cask of nightmare fuel we call THE BRIG… we have the clobberingly awesome, Michael Burke!

Mike is the author of many pulpy tales of horror, fantasy and more. He's here to promote his brand new novella “Vengeful Spirits”, which appears in the 2025 collection SINISTER SOCIETIES by Ruadan Books. Beyond all that, he’s the co-founder of the Eisner-award-winning comic and collectible store, Comicazi, in Somerville, MA!

The discussion shoots from Mike's favorite Conan stories to his most beloved run of the Fantastic Four and why his Great Grandmother deserves to be the hero of his pulp adventure stories. Hint... IT'S BECAUSE SHE LIVED THEM FOR REAL!!

Snag your copy of Sinister Societies direct from the publisher!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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S8E4 - Ep 172: Nobody Beats G.I. Joe!

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0000

G.I. Joe is the codename for America's daring, highly trained, special mission force. Its purpose: To defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world.

For millions of fans, the exploits of G.I. Joe have been chronicled in the forms of action figures, plastic vehicles, cartoons, video games and even live action movies! It's a lot to cover, but tonight, General Coopster Gold will lead this important mission briefing, aiming our battery operated searchlight on the characters of the "A Real American Hero" cartoon which ran from 1983 to 1994!

So fire up your Skystrikers, because we'll be shouting out six Joes and six agents of Cobra, all while managing to airdrop in an Octoponder and some UNCOMFORTABLE NATURE FACTS about actual cobras!

YO, JOE!!!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Crow's Nest: The SON of the BRIDE of THE DAY OF THE TENTACLE!

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0000

Last season, 8-Bit Alchemy and Parasite Steve devoted some playtime and one whole episode to the classic Lucas Arts point and click adventure game, Maniac Mansion. Now they dive into the sequel!

Day of the Tentacle is a true classic of the genre, but these guys are playing it for the first time! So stock up on some exploding novelty cigars, hop into your Chrono-Johns, and prepare for a far out trip through time because we have to stop that purple MANIAC from enslaving humanity!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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S8E3 - Ep 171: Fake Bands From Real Movies (w/ Ashes Von Nightmare)

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0000

In what might be our longest episode ever, we welcome back one half of the Throwdown Thursday Podcast (the great Ashes Von Nightmare) to talk about some of our favorite movies that feature fictional bands!

After a STONEHENGE-sized presentation on the one that started it all, Rob Reiner's seminal classic THIS IS SPINAL TAP, we move onto 8 other films that are also GONNA ROCK YOU (tonight). We've got everything from outright comedies to hard-hitting Oscar-winning dramas. Some of these flicks have full soundtracks by their "fake bands" and others only a track or two. Does the cast sing and play their instruments? Who did the writing?

Make no mistake, while the bands are all made up... this ROCK AND ROLL is as real as it comes! \,,/

And if horror and indie films are your idea of a good time... check out the what Ashes came to promote, the Dead of Winter Festival coming to Worcester, Massachusetts Feb. 21st & 22nd 2026!

NOTE: This episode is dedicated to the wonderful Catherine O'Hara, who passed just hours after this recording. Our hearts were not ready and are thoroughly broken. #RIPCatherineOhara

#SpinalTap #ThisIsSpinalTap #ThatThingYouDo #Airheads #AMightyWind #AlmostFamous #2gether #StillCrazy #Rockstar #SteelDragon #Stillwater #StrangeFruit #TheFolksmen #MickeyandMitch #TheWonders

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: Dawn of An Undead Glitch (w/ author Chris Philbrook)

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0000

Back in the BRIG is a 10-time Amazon/Audible best selling author of the long running post apocalyptic zombie mega hit series ADRIAN'S UNDEAD DIARY and much much more!

This time, Chris is here to chat about his brand new smash hit LitRPG novel AN UNDEAD GLITCH! This one takes the zombie apocalypse and makes it digital, via an incredibly well realized (sadly fictional) game environment. Think "Dungeon Crawler Carl" or "Ready Player One", but with ZOMBIES and tons of crude humor!

What's extra cool is that the audio book for An Undead Glitch is a Retro Ridoctopus co-production—featuring engineering and narration by Parasite Steve and original retro game style music and sound effects by 8-Bit Alchemy! Expect plenty of talk on all of that, plus a discussion of our favorite glitches in gaming.

Oh yeah... and WE HAD A CONTEST, which Chris graciously chooses the winners for!! SPOILER ALERT...(everyone is a winner).

SHUBIBIN!!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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S8E2 - Ep 170: Shrieking About Horror Comics (w/ artist Derek Rook)

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0000

This week, things are gonna get a little MESSY, as we welcome back a true comic book expert. In the virtual studio is artist Derek Rook, (from Rough House Publishing) to talk about his newest book and horror comics as a whole!

After a excruciatingly cool expose on the (hot off the presses) GORE SHRIEK RESURRECTUS Vol. 3, we take a SCARY amount of pleasure spotlighting HORROR-CODED stuff from the 60s, 80s, 90s... all the way up to today! Expect some serious GUSHING about the characters, creators, titles and story lines that left their marks on us.

Get your copy of GORE SHRIEK RESURRECTUS Vol. 3 at the Rough House Publishing website!

#Hellboy #SwampThing #DeadWorld #JunjiIto #BlackestNight #HorrorComics

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: Rampage in Peoria (w/ game designer Brian F. Colin)

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:00:00 -0000

Having worked for Bally Midway in the 1980s, game designer / artist / animator Brian F. Colin has created and worked on more classic arcade games than you can shake a giant mutant wolfman at!

RAMPAGE, XENOPHOBE, ARCH RIVALS, PIGSKIN 621ad, GENERAL CHAOS and RAMPAGE WORLD TOUR, just to name a few! Brian infused each of these games with the sardonic wit of MAD Magazine, while ensuring each of these games pushed the limits of what had been created. These were titles that broke new ground and resonated with audiences of the day and are remembered fondly by classic gamers!

Brian shares a metric ton of stories from his decades in the industry and dishes all about his upcoming Kickstarter: GENERAL CHAOS - MAJOR SNAFU! The Long-awaited Sequel to the hilarious Squad-based, RTS Sega Genesis Battlegame!

General Chaos - Major Snafu is in Pre-Launch now and you should definitely sign up to be notified when the campaign launches!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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S8E1 - Ep 169: Rob Reiner Retrospective

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0000

2025 ended with a truly unthinkable tragedy that we are all still reeling from. Retro Ridoctopus could think of no better way to pay tribute to the great Rob Reiner, than by dedicating the first episode of season 8 to those films of his that have brought us so much joy for so many decades.

From tense courtrooms, to the Cliffs of Insanity and the thousand laughs and tears in between, we each picked two movies Rob directed and try our best to put into words what these true classics have meant to us over the years.

#afewgoodmen #theprincessbride #princessbride #ghostsofmississippi #robreiner #standbyme #asyouwish #youcanthandlethetruth

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 168: Season 7 Finale / First Time Viewing of Classic Films

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0000

All tentacles are in the air as we reflect on and celebrate another successful season of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast!

After copious amounts of reminiscing over another amazing year, we dive into our annual final topic. Like every year, we asked you for voice mails, giving your quick reviews of a classic movie you watched for the first time this year. Every single year, this block gets longer and longer and season 7 was no exception. Thank you for coming out in droves to be a part of the show and for helping to make Retro Ridoctopus what it is.

But listener beware... for lurking within this finale is the startling HORCHATA SCARE OF 2025...

SHUBIBIN!!!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Crow's Nest: Maniac Mansion (A Breaking and Entering Adventure)

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0000

If your purple tentacles are tingling, that might just be because our pal Nintenjoe joined us for NUMEROUS playthroughs of the classic LucasArts point and click adventure game Maniac Mansion! Seriously, this one has a ton of different ending and we got almost all of em!

So watch out for falling meteors and get that hamster in the microwave because things are about to get WEIRD.

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 167: A Big Box of Crayons

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0000

For our last regular episode of season 7, we are talking about a childhood experience everyone out there can relate to. Sitting down with a big box of crayons and a coloring book!

With the help of guest host Christine (AKA Mrs. Parasite), we'll share a bit of history on the Crayola company before diving into some colorful childhood memories revolving around crayons. Get ready for some personal coloring techniques and a run down of our favorite and least favorite #Crayola crayon colors of all time.

Then, after the Octoponder, we expand the discussion into numerous other ways we were able to play with color. Things like markers, colored pencils, water color paint and much much more!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: The Sound of the Dark (w/ Daniel Church AKA Simon Bestwick)

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0000

Tonight, in the BRIG, we are thrilled to welcome back an incredible guest from all the way across the pond!

Simon Bestwick is an accomplished as well as prolific British contemporary horror author, whose acclaimed work includes the novels Black Mountain, Hell’s Ditch, The Devil’s Highway and Wolf’s Hill as well as numerous short short collections such as 2020’s “And Cannot Come Again: Tales of Childhood, Regret, and Innocence Lost”.

Chalking up no less than 4 British Fantasy award nominations (so far), Simon’s work has been described as ‘Brilliant’ by the Guardian and ‘among the most important writers of contemporary British horror’ and he's here to chat about his newest book (as Daniel Church)... The Sound of the Dark!

Also expect plenty of chatter about Simon's love for Doctor Who and his favorite schlocky paperbacks and obscure 80s horror flicks. Prepare to walk away with some serious recommendations to check out!

Pick up the new Daniel Church book THE SOUND OF THE DARK, today!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 166: Meet the Muppets!

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0000

It's time to play the music... It's time to light the lights... It's time to meet the Muppets on Ridoctopus Tonight!

Your host of the moment Coopster Gold has a backstage pass to the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational show around! For this episode, we celebrate some of our favorite all time characters from Jim Henson's The Muppets! We're talking Frogs, Pigs, Dogs and all the wacky Whatevers in between!

And later on, 8-bit Alchemy delivers a Muppetational installment of his long running music-focused segment, Compose Yo'Self! YAAAAAAAYYY!!!!!

#themuppets #themuppetshow #KermitTheFrog #kermit #misspiggy #gonzo #Drteeth #electricmayhem #bigbird #sesamestreet #jimhenson

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 165: Which Witch Movies?

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0000

Double, double, toil and trouble... fire burn and cauldron... (well you know).

With the help of our be-broomed co-host Greenie (AKA The Green Witch of the Shire) we squeeze one last episode into the spooky season! This one is all about movies involving witches! We're talking mean ones, green ones and even seldom seen ones! Some are sort of nice, but some will turn smelly little children into mice!

#witches #thewitches #hocuspocus #warlock #kikisdeliveryservice #wickedwitch #pumpkinhead #haloween

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: The Nights & The Days of Ellen Datlow

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0000

The legendary Ellen Datlow has been called “the venerable queen of horror anthologies” per the New York Times, and with over 40 years in the business, it's not hard to see why!

Returning to the podcast, Ellen has brought two amazing authors from her new horror anthology, "Night & Day" from Simon & Schuster! Kari Sanders and Parasite Steve get to chat with Rachel Harrison and Kaaron Warren, as well as Ellen herself before ending with an author reading of Kaaron's story "Bitter Skin"!

Snag your copy of this truly killer book today!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 164: Lovecraftian Horrors / The Guy With All The Tentacles

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0000

This episode is not for the faint of heart, nor the weak of mind...

For our second spooky episode of 2025, we tackle the cosmic horrors of H.P. Lovecraft--and we do it through the lens of... well, a LENS!

We've picked six Lovecraft inspired films to raise from the unknowable depths. Three direct adaptations of his stories, and three more that are what has come to be known colloquially as... LOVECRAFTIAN. Hold onto your sanity folks, things are about to get cosmic.

#Lovecraft #HPLovecraft #Lovecraftian #Cthulhu #Dagon #StewartGordon #JohnCarpenter

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: A Shot of Immortality (with Thomas Sniegoski & Jeannine Acheson)

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:34:00 -0000

We welcome back New York Times Best Selling Author, Thomas Sniegoski (author of the Herculoids comics and the bestselling The Fallen series of novels), and Jeannine Acheson (co-author of Vampiverse comics) to chat about their HOTLY ANTICIPATED dark-fantasy novella!

"Nira: A Constance Evermore Story" is out now from Bad Hand Books and is gorgeously illustrated by Thomas Brown!

Order NIRA from Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/Nira-Constance-Evermore-Thomas-Sniegoski/dp/B0DYWM716S

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 163: Scooby Doo, Take Two!!

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 05:00:23 -0000

Hey gang! Fire up those ascots and tie off your Mystery Machines because it's time to dive back into the topic of everyone's favorite mystery-solving scaredy dog... Scooby Doo!

This time, we are focusing on a few of the nearly 50 Scooby movies. Whether they were released on TV, VHS, DVD, streaming or theatrically, they all count. We each pick two to spotlight and, as usual, get thick into the weeds as we creep up stairs, down abandoned mines and through haunted amusement parks to unmask those pesky mystery men!

#scooby #scoobydoo #mysterymachine #hannabarbera

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 162: Nintendo & Sega Hard (w/ Mike Levy)

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 05:00:29 -0000

About 100 episodes ago, we recorded Ep 060: Nintendo Hard / The Triumphant Return of Nintenjoe where we discussed some NES games that we loved despite their extreme levels of difficulty.

Tonight, we are dipping back into that topic with the awesome Mike Levy from the Dongled channel on YouTube. We've got a whole new crop of tough as nails games for ya, and this time we decided to widen the scope to include SNES and Genesis titles as well!

Expect limited continues, plenty of one hit kills and definitely no Konami code for extra lives. Will your favorite hard games make the list? Listen and find out!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 161: Play Sets / Where Action Figures Hang Their Hats

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:00:22 -0000

This week, all your BASE are belong to Retro Ridoctopus!

We are celebrating the crown jewel of any action figure toy line! Whether you called it a base, playset, headquarters, or battle station... we all drooled over those commercials. Begging our parents to pony up even more cash so we could bring a little piece of our action figures' world home!

He-Man had Castle Grayskull and the Thundercats had Cat's Lair... but that's barely scratching the surface. In this episode, your Octo-hosts rattle off a veritable city's worth of play sets across all different toy lines from the 80s and 90s. So go pick out your favorite "guys" and familiarize yourselves with the locations of all available foot pegs because it's time to play!

#heman #mastersoftheuniverse #thundercats #tmnt #teenagemutantninjaturtles #Starriors #gijoe #sectaurs #starwars

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Ep 160: Everyone's Favorite Uncle / A Tribute to John Candy

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 05:00:40 -0000

Legendary comedic actor John Candy left us on March 4th, 1994 at the age of 43, much to the dismay of his millions of fans. To help celebrate his life and career, we have a returning guest-host and John Candy super-fan, Retroid and co-host of the Spooky Picture Show, Raina Madison !

We each picked 2 of our favorite Candy films to spotlight, but knowing us, it's a safe bet we'll mention way more than that. Though John was probably far too humble to have ever believed it, his enormous absence is still felt these 30 years later. Fortunately, he left us a library of fun to remember him by!

#johncandy #planestrainsandautomobiles #UncleBuck #SCTV #whoisharrycrumb #spaceballs #johncandymovies #homealone

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"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 159: Legacy of a Madman / A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0000

Love him or hate him, the career of John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was one for the ages. With the help of our pals Synopsis Grim and Portland Maine's own, DJ Rick Johnson, we'll hop on a crazy train and journey across five decades—spotlighting five albums from the solo career of heavy metal's one and only Prince of Darkness.

Along the way, we'll share plenty about each track and what listening to these albums has meant to us over the years. Obviously, we are all huge metal heads and Ozzy was a major influence in shaping the music that shaped each one of us.

And since you're here... check out Rick Johnson's blog: HEAVY METAL NOMAD!

#ozzy #ozzyosbourne

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"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: Axolotls and Other Aquired Tastes (w/ author Clay McLeod Chapman)

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0000

This week, down in the slimy, ever-squirming blackness of the BRIG, we have the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominated author of such acclaimed horror as Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, Kill Your Darling, Stay on the Line, What Kind of Mother, Ghost Eaters and much much more… he’s two parts Vonnegut, one part Ellison… and like nine more parts tornado made of crazed weasels... it's Clay McLeod Chapman!

Snag your copy of ACQUIRED TASTE at your local bookseller or from one of our favorites!

And keep up with all things CLAY on his official website!

https://claymcleodchapman.com/

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Crow's Nest: Becoming The Guardian Legend

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0000

For another "Couch Bro-Op", Parasite Steve and 8-Bit Alchemy play through one of the most criminally under appreciated titles on the NES. The Guardian Legend was released in 1988, and to this day, there's still nothing like it!

This hybrid action-adventure/shoot 'em up game was developed by Compile—a company who has quite the pedigree when it comes to vertical shooting games. You take control of a nameless female cyborg, with the ability to shift between humanoid and spaceship forms. Because—like the Megamaid...she's a TRANSFORMER.

As a humanoid, you'll traverse a vast sci-fi labyrinth, collecting power-ups, new sub-weapons and keys that unlock vertical shoot-em up levels (twenty-one in all)! The controls are tight, the exploration is fulfilling and the bosses are pure nightmare fuel!

If you haven't played this absolute gem of a game, change that as soon as possible. The Guardian Legend is a must have for fans of both classic Zelda and vertical SHMUPS!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 158: Swarm of Superheroes (w/ Randy Carter)

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0000

We welcome back Randy Carter (from Swarm of Comics) for a soaring discussion on the Golden and Silver Ages of superhero comics!

The Golden Age of comic books in the United States spanned 1938 to 1956, beginning with the 1938 debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. And the Silver Age is generally considered to span 1956 to 1970. That period began with the publication of DC Comics' Showcase #4 (October 1956), which introduced the modern version of the Flash, Barry Allen.

For this episode, your Octo-hosts will each pick 1 superhero from the Golden Age and 1 from the Silver Age! As usual, you can expect plenty of deep cuts and rambling as we navigate this enormously important period of time. Nuff said?

Follow Randy Carter's Swarm of Comics, on his ongoing CGC unboxing adventures!

And if thrashy death metal is your thing... you gotta put Swarm of Eyes in your ear holes!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: Spending Some Dead Money (w/ Jesse Scoble & Devinder Thiara)

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:37:40 -0000

For this episode of THE BRIG, we are joined by the writing team of Jesse Scoble and Devinder Thiara who rode in from the Great White North to promote their new weird western comic, DEAD MONEY!

Jesse is an award-winning game writer with credits on: Assassin’s Creed Origins & Odyssey, Far Cry 5, Watch Dogs 2, HyperScape, and Wizard101. TTRPG work includes A Game of Thrones d20, the Marvel Multiverse RPG, and Vampire.

Devinder is a tabletop RPG writer with credits on Dune, Conan, John Carter of Mars, and the new Marvel Multiverse RPG. A published short story author, he is a history buff, and a longtime fan of SF/fantasy.

Support Dead Money on Kickstarter and get in on this killer project before it explodes!

And sign up for the Dead Money newsletter!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 157: Killer Dolls and Other Rad "Girl Toys" (w/ Taryn Barber)

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0000

For this episode, we get in touch with our softer sides...

Get ready to hear a handful of super rad GIRL TOYS that go way beyond playing with dolls. Properties like the Care Bears, My Little Pony and Rainbow Brite have been slapped on as many things as He-Man or the Transformers over the years, and have had just as many reboots. And while we may mention the cartoons, our focus here is on the TOYS!

Parasite Steve is on assignment (wrestling crabs in the Outer Banks) but stepping in as guest host is the amazing and velvet-voiced Taryn Barber! A very long time friend of the show, Taryn is the President of Amalga-Mania and the mastermind behind all the incredible artisan soaps over at ACID KITTY! We are so happy to have her back!

#CabbagePatchKids #CareBears #StrawberryShortcake #RainbowBrite #PollyPocket #LittlestPetShop

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 156: Going On Rails / A Gallery of Light Gun Games (w/ Nintenjoe)

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0000

RELOAD!! RELOAD!! PER-KANNG!!

Whether you're aiming your NES Zapper at some 8-bit ducks or feeding quarters into an arcade to head-shot some video zombies, you're experiencing the white-knuckled action of a niche sub-genre of video games known as a LIGHT GUN GAMES or ON RAILS SHOOTERS!!

Tonight, with the help of our old buddy, Nintenjoe, we'll spotlight some personal favorites! We start with beloved titles like Duck Hunt, House of the Dead and Time Crisis and, as we are want to do, move to a bunch of obscure hidden gems that went under the radar!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 155: The Pulp Action/Adventure Films of the 1990s (w/ Scott Clevenger)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0000

With the help of our pal Scott Clevenger (from The Slumgullion podcast) we dish all about four stylish 90's action/adventure films that were looking to the pulps of the 30s for inspiration! These movies featured heroic characters from a bygone era of pulp magazines, comic strips and serials!

We'll each present one of the four films while diving into their pulpy origins. By the time these films were made, these characters weren't as well known as in their heyday, but there would never have been a Batman without The Shadow, The Phantom or Dick Tracy!

Listen to Scott and Jeff dissect Star Trek and all kinds of pop culture geekitude on The Slumgullion podcast!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: The Mythology Behind the Mythology (w/ author Christopher Golden)

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0000

This week, down in that rusted out hull we call the BRIG… we are honored to have New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Christopher Golden! Chris is the author of such novels as Snowblind, Road of Bones, Ararat, The House of Last Resort, 13 Buffy The Vampire Slayer novels and more comics than you can shake a RIGHT HAND OF DOOM at!

Since his debut in 1994 (with "Of Saints and Shadows"), Chris has written stories featuring such beloved characters as Hellboy, Buffy, Daredevil, Alien, The X-Men and so many more! We'll try to get him to talk about all that, his newest novel "The Night Birds" and how even after 30 years, he can still suffer from imposter syndrome!

WARNING!! WARNING!! This episode contains a surprise appearance of one of Chris' closest friends/collaborators! Chris had no idea!

Follow Christopher Golden on Facebook , Instagram and BlueSky and check out his official website!

And if battling shapeshifting Icelandic witches sounds like your idea of a good time, order your copy of THE NIGHT BIRDS wherever books are sold!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 154: Amazing Animals Facts 2 / Extinct Creatures

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0000

Coopster Gold takes us back to our Amazing Animal Facts theme from last season, but with a twist! This time we only picked those creatures who have sadly joined the ranks of the EXTINCT.

We decided to leave the dinosaurs out of it, focusing on such fantastic beasts as Mighty Moas, Tasmanian Tigers, Woolly Rhinos and, of course, the poster animal for extinction, the Dodo.

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: Normalizing Inclusion (w/ author Errick Nunnally)

Tue, 27 May 2025 05:00:00 -0000

This time in the BRIG, we have an enormously talented artist, graphic designer and author of the novels Blood For The Sun, All The Dead Men, Lightning Wears a Red Cape and his brand new one: The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile! All that and he’s a former Marine, a black belt in Krav Maga..

It’s Boston’s own… Errick Nunnally!

The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile is a Black nerd coming-of-age novel set in 1970s Boston about a boy who struggles to learn the truth behind his mother’s claims of otherworldly origins in the smoldering aftermath of the Civil Rights era and COINTELPRO's dying breaths.

Purchase this awesome novel from our friends at Copper Dog Books or anywhere books are sold!

And check out the official website of artist, author, Errick Nunnally!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 153: Behind the Wheel / Games That Drive Us (w/ Synopsis Grim)

Tue, 20 May 2025 05:00:00 -0000

Retroids, start your engines! This episode is all about driving and racing games! We're talking arcades, Atari, Super Nintendo, the N64, and into the era of Playstation and X-Box! As long as the game puts you behind the wheel, it counts!

Along for the ride is our old pal and former host of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast, Synopsis Grim AKA BOSS RUSH MODE!! So buckle up and floor that gas pedal. It's the finish line or BUST!

Later on, we'll brake for an Octoponder This, then gun it for another installment of Parasite Steve's BOOKSHELF OF THE DAMNED, featuring the fantastic "EIGHT CYLINDERS" by Jason Parent, which has been described as "a wild mix of Fury Road, Dante’s Inferno, and Lovecraftian horror".

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 152: The Last Huckleberry / A Tribute to Val Kilmer

Tue, 06 May 2025 05:00:00 -0000

Val Kilmer was an actor's actor. The rare sort of movie star whose focus was always on creating the best performance possible. Even when not the leading man, he through himself into every role, always elevating what had been written on the page into something special.

Over the course of an impressive 30 year career, Val was shaped by the Hollywood machine into a bonafied movie star. From lighter fair like Top Secret and Real Genius to performances in Tombstone, The Doors, Willow, Heat and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang... Val proved there was no genre he couldn't master. No character he couldn't make memorable and, perhaps most impressive, wholly his own. His contributions to the film industry are as vast as they are undeniable.

Val Kilmer passed away from pneumonia on April 1, 2025 at the age of just 65.

For this tribute episode, we discuss 12 of what we consider to be his most important films.

#valkilmer

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: If Hellraiser and Gatsby had a baby (w/ author Cat Scully)

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 05:00:44 -0000

This week, down in the eldritch unknown of the BRIG… we have returning guest, Cat Scully!

A talented artist, video game developer, writer and novelist … Cat is the author of Jennifer Strange and comes back to chat all about her hotly anticipated novel BELOW THE GRAND HOTEL! We’ve got the roaring 20s, flapper dresses, Ziegfeld Girls... Faustian bargains, mouths where there shouldn’t be mouths...you know, all the ingredients of a good time!

Pre-Order your copy of BELOW THE GRAND HOTEL from Copper Dog Books to lock in your enamel hotel key pin and drink recipe cards!

And then... keep up with all things Cat Scully on her website, browse her etsy shop Haints and Hollows and follow her on Instagram!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 151: The Movies of Saturday Night Live!

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0000

Between 1980 and 2010, a total of eleven SNL movies were produced. Some are great, others are far from it and there are plenty in between. But love em or pan em, these comedies were foundational viewing for many of us who grew up in the 90s and beyond!

In this episode, Coop continues his Saturday Night Live theme and we spotlight a total of of our personal favorite SNL films, including the really obvious one! Party on, Wayne! And party on Garth!

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Crow's Nest: Tiny Toons Games (were all a little loony)

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 05:00:18 -0000

Hiya, Toonsters!

Parasite Steve and 8-Bit Alchemy had a totally toontastic time re-playing some classic Tiny Toon Adventures video games, and you're gonna hear about it! This is a property that produced more games than you realize and some of them are absolutely worth any retro gamer's time!

Covered meticulously in this episode are: • Tiny Toon Adventures (NES) • Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland (NES) • Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break (Game Boy) • Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montana's Movie Madness (Game Boy) • Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure (SEGA Genesis) • Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! (Super Nintendo)

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 150: The Sketches of Saturday Night Live!

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 04:00:00 -0000

LIVE FROM (somewhere on the internet) IT'S (a podcast about) SATURDAY NIGHT!!!

Saturday Night Live is more than a TV show, it's an American institution. As much a part of our lives as apple pie and cutting people off at intersections. Now in it's 50th season, the show is older than any of the Octo-hosts, but that just means that it's been a staple for our entire lives!

For this first part of 2 SNL themed episodes, we are concentrating on the sketches. Each of us picking out 3 of our all time favorites to spotlight and to (ahem) to to reproduce parts of. We had an awesome time with this episode and laughed more than usual!

Side note: There was a glitch with Parasite Steve's audio and it does get pretty distracting. We apologize and hope that it doesn't completely ruin the fun.

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: Doing Witchcraft in the Withering Hours (with author Morgan Sylvia)

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0000

Morgan Sylvia is an author from Maine with numerous published works including novels, short stories, poetry collections and everything in between. Whether she's writing long or short form, one thing is clear, the quality of the prose itself is always top of mind. This lends a musical quality to the language of her work. A poetic fingerprint that most authors never achieve. In other words, you should be reading her stuff!

Visit her official website for all things Morgan!

Snag your copy of the amazing (deluxe limited edition) The Withering Hours from Weird House Press!

And check out her author page on Amazon!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 149: The Really Extreme Ghostbusters + MIB & Godzilla the series (w/ Drew Mollo)

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:00:00 -0000

Building on our Real Ghostbusters episode, we decided to not only focus on the sequel to that legendary cartoon, but spotlight three major animated series the helped shaped the 90s!

Drew Mollo (from Splash Pages) is back for the second week in a row, as we tackle The Extreme Ghostbusters, Men In Black The Series and Godzilla The Series! Aside from all being continuations of popular sci-fi/action movies, these fantastic shows were all produced by Richard Raynis and Jeff Kline and shared a unique visual design.

8-Bit Alchemy hosts and weighs in as the other three hosts each take one of the shows to present, along with one episode they loved most. Later, everyone will answer last week's Octo-Ponder This question, before Coopster Gold proves, once again, that HE'S GOT ISSUES!

#ghostbusters #extremeghostbusters #slimer #whoyougonnacall #godzilla #godzillatheseries #mib #meninblack #meninblacktheseries

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 148: The Extremely Real Ghostbusters (w/ Drew Mollo)

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0000

Who you gonna call? Why, Drew Mollo (from the Splash Pages podcast) that's who!

As a lifelong Ghostbusters super-fan, Drew has spent years memorizing Tobin's Spirit Guide and definitely knows how to read a P.K.E. Meter. A good thing too, because for this episode, we're be spotlighting 8 episodes from this seminal animated series! Expect plenty of Peter, Ray, Egon, Winston as well as a few buckets of slime as we stock up on Ecto-Cooler and get to work.

Later on, we'll read your Retroid answers to this week's Octoponder This question, before Parasite Steve pumps the breaks on the Ecto-1 in front of a class seven DIE MONSTER!

#ghostbusters #therealghostbusters #slimer #whoyougonnacall

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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Ep 147: Wild Wild Western Games, Cartoons & More (Part 2 of 2)

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0000

Our Wild Wild Westerns theme continues! But before we ride off into the sunset, there's still some rip-roaring fun to be had!

Join your saddle-sore hosts Rattlesnake Steve, Doc Cooperday and The 8-Bit Kid as they rustle up some westerns in basically every media besides movies! We've got a wagon full of cartoons, video games, a short story collection and even (what some might call) a Power To The Metal in disguise. And after that, we'll answer the Octoponder This question from two weeks back ourselves, before we prove that Doc Cooperday has some serious issues!

And if you're looking to snag a copy of the book Steve mentioned, it's Tales of the Callamo Mountains by Larry Blamire!

#reddeadredemption2 #sunsetriders #wildarms #CowboysOfMoomesa

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)

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The Brig: The Sinister Ascension of THEM! (with author Marc L. Abbott)

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0000

On another episode of the BRIG… we’ve got a talented Brooklyn based filmmaker, actor, podcaster and award winning author. Marc Abbott!

Marc's short stories have been featured in numerous anthologies including the Bram Stoker Nominated horror anthologies New York State of Fright & Under Twin Suns, not to mention the two-time African American Literary Award-winning horror anthology, Hell at the Way Station. And if that wasn’t enough, he’s also the co-host of (one of my favorite shows) the BEEF WINE AND SHENANIGANS podcast and is here tonight to chat all about his new horror novel SINISTER ASCENSION!

And after treating us to a reading of Sinister Ascension's first explosive chapter, Marc sticks around to talk about his favorite 50s monster movies!

Order your copy of SINISTER ASCENSION from the Mocha Memoirs online shop!

Still wondering WHO IS MARC L. ABBOTT?

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"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

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Ep 146: Wild Wild Western Movies (Part 1 of 2)

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0000

Hope you've packed plenty beans, bacon, whiskey and lard because we are headed WEST!

Hitch your wagon train to three nefarious-looking desperadoes by the names of Rattlesnake Steve, Doc Cooperday and The 8-Bit Kid because for this first episode of our Wild Wild Westerns theme, we cover some of our favorite Western MOVIES! From Wayne to Eastwood, Russell & Kilmer to...SCOTT GLENN?? We cover a wide breadth of this expansive genre that once ruled the silver screen!

Stick around to hear your answers for this week's Octoponder This and an rip roarin' edition of Compose Yo-self by our not so little buddy, the 8-bit Kid! And tune in in two weeks as we continue the fun, talking all about westerns in other media!

Yeehaww!!!

RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------

"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)

"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

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Crow's Nest: What Lies Beyond Shadowgate?

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:00:53 -0000

This Crow's Nest shines the torchlight on a sequel that was 35 years in the making!

At Retro Ridoctopus, we love point and click adventure games and for Parasite Steve and 8-Bit Alchemy, that journey started with a game called Shadowgate on the NES. Fast forward to 2024, whena small indie game developer, (started by the the original creators of the Macventure Series which included not only Shadowgate but also Déjà Vu and The Uninvited) have crafted a love letter to those beloved games in the form of BEYOND SHADOWGATE!

In this episode, we chat about our recent playthrough of the game and pretty much just gush for an entire hour because this game was everything we could have ever wanted...AND BEYOND.

Learn more about BEYOND SHADOWGATE on the ZOJOI website!

#shadowgate #theuninvited #dejavu #nes #nintendo #macventure #pointandclickgames

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The Brig: Vampirella and The Herculoids / The Ultimate Team-Up (with Jeannine Acheson & Tom Sniegoski)

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 06:00:16 -0000

For the season 7 premiere of THE BRIG… Retro Ridoctopus is proud and honored to present two incredible guests who are absolutely tearing up the indie comics scene!

First, we have a thirty five plus year veteran of the comics industry, and frequent collaborator of Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola and other total industry legends...New York Times Best Selling Author, Tom Sniegoski! With him is Tom's writing partner, Jeannine Acheson, whose work appears in books like The Vampiverse, Soul Taker, Pantha The Blessed and the Accursed & Vampirella Dark Reflections!

We'll get the hear them talk about their lifelong friendship and how they ended up working on some of the coolest horror and dark fantasy comics today!

Order the pair's brand new illustrated novella NIRA from Bad Hand Books!

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"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)

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Ep 145: Not Enough Screen Time (Part 2 of 2)

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:38:00 -0000

Sometimes supporting and background characters shine brighter than the heroes do!

Continuing our new Season 7 format, we are splitting this theme into two episodes. Part 2 concentrates on memorable background characters from Video Games. And later, 8-Bit Alchemy will drop the first B-Segment of the season in the form of a DIE MONSTER!

If you missed it, check out Not Enough Screen Time Part 1 which covered our favorite supporting characters from TV shows and cartoons!

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Crow's Nest: Is this a Nosferatu or a Yesferatu? (with Jeff Carroll)

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 06:00:41 -0000

Our first bonus episode of season 7 is a spirited but level-headed discussion about NOSFERATU (2024) with author & film maker, Jeff Caroll. Both Jeff and Parasite Steve feel strongly about the film, but one liked it and the other? Well, not so much.

This is a new type of episode for Retro Ridoctopus, but s always, we keep things friendly and respectful. No matter which side of the Nosferatu fence you fell on, you may end up learning a thing or two!

Watch THE BLACK NUN (2021) on Tubi, written and directed by Jeff Carroll...and check out all his killer books on Amazon!

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Ep 144: Not Enough Screen Time (Part 1 of 2)

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 06:00:45 -0000

Sometimes supporting and background characters shine brighter than the heroes do!

For our new Season 7 format, we are splitting this theme into two episodes. Part 1 concentrates on memorable background characters from TV shows and cartoons. And later, we'll ask you to OCTOPONDER what your favorite TV spin-off is!

In two weeks, look out for Not Enough Screen Time Part 2 which will cover our favorite supporting characters in Video Games!

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Ep 143: Season 6 Finale / First Time Viewing of Classic Films

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Another insane season of Retro Ridoctopus comes to a close. We had a new co-host, more interviews than ever and a triceratops-sized barrel of nostalgic fun!

After copious amounts of reminiscing over another amazing year, we dive into our annual final topic. Like every year, we asked you for voice mails, giving your quick reviews of a classic movie you watched for the first time this year. Every single year, this block gets longer and longer and season 6 was no exception. Thank you for coming out in droves to be a part of the show and for helping to make Retro Ridoctopus what it is.

You, Retroids... deserve all the SHUBIBINS!!!

Ep 142: Scooby Doo and the Rut-Roh Ridoctopus

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Hey gang! It's time to pay tribute to one of the greatest cartoons of all time, so pack some Scooby Snacks, check your flashlight batteries and hop in the Mystery Machine, because this is our tribute to Scooby Doo!

For our penultimate episode of Season 6, Justin Cooper leads us through abandoned amusement parks, haunted mansions and old defunct coal mines, in search of ghouls, ghosts and other phoney baloney creeps that we guarantee with turn out to be dudes in masks. Also, wires and holograms are probably involved.

For part one, we each pick an episode from the original SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU! (1969). Then, after a monster-filled Octoponder, we'll finish things off in the second half by each spotlighting a different Scooby show that we personally dig.

Like, jinkies! It's gonna be wild, man!

The Brig: My Life as a AAA Game Developer (with Richard Dansky)

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 19:41:14 -0000

With two decades’ experience in video games, Richard Dansky has contributed to over 40 AAA titles in iconic franchises like Ghost Recon, Assassins Creed, Might & Magic, Splinter Cell, Far Cry, Hunt: Showdown and Rainbow Six. For this final BRIG of season 6, we'll hear all about his incredible career—how he started writing for Vampire: The Masquerade for White Wolf Entertainment and eventually ended up becoming the Narrative Director for the popular Tom Clancy brand of games... and even how he found the time to write 8 novels along the way!!

As if that isn't not cool enough, helping out as co-host, we got our friend and Tom Clancy super-fan, Aldo Araujo! He'll be asking the hard hitting video game questions before we swing things around to Richard's books and a reading of his humorous Christmas horror story, "Kicking Santa's Ass"!

For more info on Richard Dansky's life and career, visit his official website!

Ep 141: Toys Outta Time (with Andy Zamon)

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 06:00:40 -0000

Many of us played with plastic "guys" when we were kids. Specifically action figures from our favorite cartoons and movies. This episode is all about the phenomenon of modern day companies like NECA, Super7, Storm Collectibles, Boss Fight Studios and others who are putting out insanely high quality figures of these same properties we loved as kids!

Each host picked 2 lines of these TOYS OUTTA TIME to spotlight. Expect stuff like TMNT, Bucky O'Hare, Silverhawks, Battletoads, Herculoids, He-Man and more! Along for the ride we have a dear friend, Andy Zamon who, aside from being one of the most prolific figure collectors we know, is also the artist behind Z-3D Forge, which is THE place to go for your custom figure bases!

The Brig: Cosmic Horror in the Weird West (with author Keith Lansdale)

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 06:00:41 -0000

Back for his second stint in the brig, we've got Keith Lansdale! Keith is a gifted writer, editor and director of horror and humor... including comics, short stories, novels, screenplays and his new Weird Western novella Elijah’s Elixer! We chat about all the cool stuff he's been up to in the last two years and later on, he delivers a reading from his fantastic new novella! It's a rip-roarin' good time!

Here's a handy list of Keith's good works that we covered in this episode!

Blood and Bullets (which includes the novella "Elijah's Elixer")
About That Snowy Evening...: Stories Inspired by Classic Poems
Gimme Five Comics #3
Big Lizard

Ep 140: Mummies Mummies Everywhere! (with Greenie & Leikjarinn)

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 05:00:01 -0000

Rounding out our trio of monster-riffic episodes for October 2024, we are spotlighting yet another classic monster... THE MUMMY! And to do it, we have two of our favorite returning guest hosts, Greenie (The Green Witch of the Shire) and our Icelandic buddy Birkir AKA Leikjarinn!

Whether mention of a shambling, bandage-wrapped, curse-inflicting baddy makes you think of Boris Karloff, Brendan Fraser or any number of others, we've got you covered! Each of us have picked one Mummy movie to spotlight, and as always... everyone gets a chance to weigh in!

The main mummy illustration in the icon for this episode was drawn by @teejhero who makes incredible wooden wall art like no other!!! Check out his online shop!

The Brig: Our Big Dumb Robot Overlords (with Jonny Ruckus)

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0000

We met Jonny Ruckus at Granite State Comic Con and were totally blown away by his amazing work for the BIG DUMB ROBOT CON! This is a collective of like-minded 3-D printer hobbyists and robot builders dedicated to fabricating screen perfect robot characters from your favorite movies and cartoons!

We chat with Jonny about the building process and what kind of stuff they've got in the pipeline. And later on, we get his reactions to a list of robot characters suggested by the Retroids in our popular Facebook group! Will your favorite character be appearing in a future Big Dumb Robot Con? Listen and find out!

Follow the Big Dumb Robot Con on Instagram!

And check out all the sick OZ merch on Ruckus Tees!

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Ep 139: The Hairiest Scariest Werewolf Movies (with concept artist Michael Broom)

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 05:00:39 -0000

Awooooooo!! The moon is full and things are about to get HAIRY!

For our second monster-riffic epsiode in a row, we are going werewolf hunting! Along for the ride is Hollywood special effects artist, Michael Broom! Mike is the writer/artist of the insanely original graphic novel Membrane and with credits like The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Predators, X-Men First Class, Wolves, Creepshow (the series) and more... nobody's about to question this dude's pedigree!

Octo-host, Coopster Gold leads the discussion as we talk creature designs, transformations, folklore and eventually, our favorite werewolf movies. It's a HOWLING good time!

Follow Mike Broom on Instagram at michaelbroomart And snag your copy of the gore-geous 200 page graphic novel MEMBRANE: BOOK ONE!

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Ep 138: Halloween TV Specials

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0000

The first of three consecutive Retro Ridoctopus monster-riffic episodes for season 6's month of October!

This episode is broken up into two distinct parts. The first covers those made for TV specials that would have us marking our calendars and TV Guides. Sometimes it would be a 25 minutes cartoon, sometimes a made for TV movie, either way, Halloween specials were part and parcel with the holiday when we were growing up.

And for the second half of the episode, we shine the candlelight on Halloween episodes of existing TV shows. These were episodes that broke format to inject a little costumed mayhem for the spooky season and we loved them!

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Ep 137: Unfinished Business / Games We Couldn't Beat

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0000

8-Bit Alchemy leads a walk down memory PAIN, as we dredge up all the video games we loved but could never beat. Sometimes this was do to us just never getting good enough, but other times, we have to consider the quality of the games themselves. Were they hard but fair? Or, in the end, were they complete F*@2ing bull$!#?!?!?

This is an episode of frustration that ends up being pretty cathartic... but in a fun way! Smacked in the middle is this week's Octoponder This, where we each get to brag about one notoriously difficult game we DID finish. And we end things with Parasite Steve pulling another story from the BOOKSHELF OF THE DAMNED.

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The Brig: Rocking That Horror Aesthetic (with author L. Marie Wood)

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 05:00:43 -0000

Is this episode a dissertation, an audio essay, or just a chat between friends?

L. Marie Wood becomes the second person in Ridoctopus history to get locked in the BRIG three times! On this occasion, she chats about new new non-fiction book, "The Horror Aesthetic: Essays from the Dark Corners of the Genre"! It's a book that shares perspectives of the horror genre; providing study and nuance to the spine-tingling storytelling we all love!

We also dive into the good, the bad and the problematic of CANDY MAN (1992) and numerous other classic horror films!

Pre-Order you copy of The Horror Aesthetic right here!

And for more from Mocha Memoirs Press, please consider helping bring to life their newest anthology, A CRACK IN THE CODE!

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Ep 136: Best Friends Forever!

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:40:25 -0000

We've all got that one best friend. Your bestest buddy, your #1 pal, your BFF! The one person who's seen you at your worst and ALWAYS had your back.

Well, this episode is dedicated to characters we feel set the standard for what it means to be best buddies! Your Octo-hosts will share 6 pairs of some of the all time greatest friendships in cartoons and animated film, as well as some personal stories about their own #1 pals!

Seriously, this episode is wholesome AF.

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Ep 135: Battlin' Like a Boss 2

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 22:36:00 -0000

We welcome our buddy Nintenjoe back again to talk about one of the most memorable aspects of any video game, the BOSSES!!

Whether they're in charge of a single stage or are the final challenge waiting at the end, these characters are sure to make an impact. We'll tackle the more iconic "last guys" first, spotlighting iconic final bosses who come back again and again over multiple entries of a given series. Later on, we each choose 3 (possibly more obscure) battles that were really memorable to us personally.

Thrown in the middle is a musical interlude of an OCTOPONDER, where we'll play your favorite boss battle theme! Overall, this is an episode that video game fans won't want to miss!

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The Brig: A Bouquet of Skunk Apes and Xenomorphs (with author Kristin Dearborn)

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 05:00:34 -0000

This week we have a talented author whom NY Times Best Seller Christopher Golden called “one of the most talented under-the-radar writers the horror genre has to offer”. Kristin Dearborn has written numerous published short stories, novels and novellas including Woman in White, Stolen Away, The Amazing Alligator Girl and her newest novel Faith of Dawn, which is just crawling with skunk apes!

If it screams, squelches, or bleeds, Kristin has probably written about it!

And later on, we discuss her deep admiration for monsters and plunge into the blackness of space for a spoilery discussion on the new Xenomorph flick, ALIEN: ROMULUS!

Obviously, Kristin is very awesome! Check out her official website!

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The Brig: Rambling Through the Avenues of Dumb (with producer Chris Gersbeck)

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 05:00:03 -0000

Back for his second stint in the BRIG… it’s writer/comedian/producer Chris Gersbeck!

With his company Dumb Industries, Chris produces and hosts a metric ton of hilarious weekly programs (including but not limited to) The Mads Are Back, The Mary-Jo Pehl Show, The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour and the retro gaming centric, Super Dumb Bros!

Chris talks about how it feels to be finally on a break after producing 49 consecutive live-streams of THE MADS ARE BACK. We also talk about some of the other great shows on https://dumb-industries.com and plenty of just general geekiness.

This is one of those episodes that really turned into 3 guys just hanging out and was a lot of fun to record!

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Ep 134: Themes From A Memory 6 (Nickelodeon Edition)

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 05:00:06 -0000

It's music time again, folks!

And holy crap, Nintenjoe has returned to the helm for his first episode of season 6 as the main host! Appropriately, it's his popular recurring Themes From a Memory series!! This time, the mission was to choose intro theme songs from Nickelodeon cartoons and live action shows! As we've done so many times before, each host has chosen 3 songs which we play for you in separate blocks!

This is our longest running series and we are so happy to welcome our buddy Nintenjoe back in the Captain's chair!

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The Brig: NecronomiCon 2024 / A Celebration of Weird Fiction (with author K. H. Vaughan)

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:18:42 -0000

The work of K. H. (Ken) Vaughan has appeared in numerous volumes of the New England Horror Writers’ WICKED series, as well as a myriad of other anthologies such as both volumes of Once Upon an Apocalypse, New Moon Quarterly, the award winning Nox Pareidolia, and more!

For this episode, we'll chat about Ken's short fiction and his involvement with the popular biennial celebration of weird fiction NecronomiCon! He also drops a very saucy, very NSFW reading on our laps that Retro Ridoctopus definitely wasn't prepared for!

NecronomiCon 2024 takes place in Providence, RI on August 15-18, 2024. Check the website for details!

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The Brig: The FEARS of Ellen Datlow

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 05:00:33 -0000

The legendary Ellen Datlow has been called “the venerable queen of horror anthologies” per the New York Times, and with over 40 years in the business, it's not hard to see why!

In celebration of her new horror anthology, "Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror" from Tachyon Publications... Retro Ridoctopus proudly presents "The Fears of Ellen Datlow"! We'll have readings from horror masters Livia Llewellyn, Bracken MacLeod, and Simon Bestwick and just generally have an awesome time!

And if you prefer, here is the video!

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Ep 133: Watching The Disney Afternoon

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 05:00:30 -0000

For many of us, rushing home to plop our butts in front of the Disney Afternoon was a seminal part of childhood! From Gummi Bears, Ducktales and Rescue Rangers to Goof Troop, Tail Spin and beyond, these were some of the best produced children's cartoons on television and we ate 'em up!

In this episode, Coopster Gold leads us through a discussion of 6 of our favorite Disney Afternoon shows! We'll even play the corresponding theme songs because... you're welcome!

All that with an OCTOPONDER smacked in between, plus 8Bit Alchemy drops a RETRO NOUVEAU!

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The Brig: Indie Horror on a Budget (with filmmaker Bobby Canipe Jr.)

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -0000

Returning guest, Bobby Canipe Jr. started his film making career with the killer 2022 documentary "Mom n' Pop: The Indie Video Store Boom of the 80s/90s" but has been making horror flicks ever since!

For this episode, we'll touch upon what it was like starting from nothing to doing a documentary on video stores to making numerous scary movies a year for SRS Cinema! We'll talk about tons of his films including Amityville Ripper, Grandma, 31 Kills of Halloween and his upcoming 1950s sci-fi horror pastiche, Venus Die-Trap!

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Ep 132: Not So Special Effects (with Bad CGI Sharks' Jason Ellsworth)

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 05:00:19 -0000

In a rare non-celebratory episode, we welcome the co-writer/star/director of the hilarious flick, BAD CGI SHARKS, Jason Ellsworth to join us in a critical discussion on some of the LESS impressive FX we've seen in movies. These are the sequences that are so jarringly inadequate, they hit like a Mac truck, smashing any semblance of immersion to smithereens.

We each pick 2 examples of the worth effects we could think of and describe them in excruciating detail for your listening pleasure!

Aside from his truly great indie flick BAD CGI SHARKS, you can also catch Jason shouting about movies on the weekly YouTube show, MAJAMA JAMS!

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Ep 131: Wanna Be a Brawler / The Best Beat 'em Up Games

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 05:00:07 -0000

A 'beat 'em up' or 'brawler' is a style of video game where the player character walks from left to right, beating up a seemingly endless number of enemies, until reaching the inevitable boss encounter at the end of the level. Simple, repetitive and addictive as heck, this genre of games were very popular in the late 80s and early 90s with beloved entries such as Final Fight, Double Dragon, Golden Axe and many many more.

For this episode, we'll present 6 primary games that we love in the genre, as well as plenty of honorable mentions!

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The Brig: Heroes Among Shadows (with author Paul McNamee)

Sun, 23 Jun 2024 13:25:22 -0000

Rotting in the BRIG this week, we have another returning guest, Paul R. McNamee!

Paul is a talented author and lover of all things pulp… who’s short stories have appeared in multiple anthologies and magazines including STORYHACK, WEIRDBOOK, and BLOOD ON THE BLADE. And in 2021, he released the superhero novel Hour of the Robot!. His brand new collection, HEROES AMONG SHADOWS, was just released last month from Frizzen Flash Press and we’re gonna talk all about it!

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Ep 130: X-Men Cartoon Apocalypse (Part 2 of 2)

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -0000

The X-men theme that was just too big for one episode continues!

In this second action-packed installment of our X-Men Cartoon Apocalypse, we celebrate 2 more of the 4 major X-men cartoons! As with last time, each host will present a favorite episode from each. Joining the team just time is new recruit and X-Men über fan, Kevin "Kex" Hayes!

For this first part, we are covering...
• Wolverine and the X-Men
• X-Men 97

Excelsior!!

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Ep 129: X-Men Cartoon Apocalypse (Part 1 of 2)

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 09:12:45 -0000

This idea has been brewing for a while and it was just too big for one episode!

This action-packed episode celebrates 2 of the 4 major X-men cartoons! Each host presents a favorite episode from each with the help of our very special guest... our returning pal and constant poster Santino "The San Man" Mancebo!

For this first part, we are covering...
• X-Men: The Animated Series (AKA: X-Men '92)
• X-Men Evolution

'Nuff said or what?

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The Brig: Creating After Cancer (with writer Josh Nealis)

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -0000

Good friend of the show, Josh Nealis (from Cutthroat Comics) makes Ridoctopus history by becoming the only person to get locked in THE BRIG for a THIRD TIME!

He talks candidly with Parasite Steve about his latest books "Gloves Off: Going Toe-to-Toe with Cancer", "Judy and Her Irrational Fears" the final issue of his "Turkey Sharks" comic series and what it was like creating all that stuff while battling cancer.

Whatever you do, do NOT forget to click this link and visit Cutthroat Comics on the web! It's SUPER effective!

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Ep 128: The King of Cult / A Tribute To Roger Corman (with Raina Madison)

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 05:00:25 -0000

Roger Corman did it all and he did it in spades.

Whether you call him the King of Cult or the Pope of Pop Cinema, it's no exaggeration to say that Corman had an output unmatched by anyone in the industry. And while he is perhaps known as much for his schlock as his amazing Poe Cycle with Vincent Price, one thing is for sure. The man constantly did what he loved, and that was making movies!

For this tribute episode, we set sail with movie aficionado, Raina Madison, and dive right into the man's expansive catalog of films, presenting 12 in all. Seems like a lot, but considering Corman directed 56 films and produced almost 500, that's barely the tip of the iceberg!!

Later on we'll blast on through this week's OCTOPONDER THIS and hear all about Justin Cooper's latest ISSUES!

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The Brig: Living Dead Dolls (with co-creator Damien Glonek)

Tue, 28 May 2024 05:00:00 -0000

This week, in THE BRIG… Deader is Better!

We welcome the co-creator of the world's longest continually running series of collectible horror themed dolls. The Living Dead Dolls. Make no mistake, folks… this is a guy who makes nightmares come to life, New Jersey’s own… Damien Glonek!

Ever wondered how you can turn a quirky little idea into a vast 26 year empire, beloved and fiercely collected by fans the world over? Well, Damien tells us how it all went down. And for the ride is our occasional host (and Living Dead Doll superfan) Greenie!

And keep up with all the newest LDD pre-orders on the official website!

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Ep 127: The Dinosaur Boom of the 80s & 90s

Tue, 21 May 2024 05:00:00 -0000

The 1980s and 90s saw the release of an unprecedented number of cartoons, movies, toys and games starring DINOSAURS! And unlike the adventure films of the 60s & 70s these projects took everyone's favorite extinct behemoths out of their hidden savage land environments and made them cool again. Mashing them together with genres like science fiction, post-apocalypse and even sitcoms!

You want dinos that fly spaceships? We got 'em. For this episode, we cover movies and cartoons like The Land Before Time, Denver the Last Dinosaur and Dinosaucers, but also toylines, video games and more!

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Crow's Nest: The Bloodsoaked Legacy of Kain

Tue, 14 May 2024 05:00:04 -0000

It's 11:00 in Nosgoth. Do you know where your vampires are?

This week's motley crew includes Parasite Steve, Synopsis (Boss Rush Mode) Grim and Lady Carianna (in her first appearance)! All three have stocked up on Hearts of Darkness and have a serious blood lust for the classic PS1/PS2 series known as THE LEGACY OF KAIN!

These gothic dark fantasy treasures are known for their incredible entwining narrative, epic dialogue and high caliber voice acting and we are going to sink our teeth to each and every one! Expect much geeking out, plenty of voice clips starring Simon Templeman, Michael Bell, Tony Jay and more, and even one epic reading done 100% from memory!

Vae Victis!!

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The Brig: Mapping the GODFOE Universe (with artist Joshua Adams)

Tue, 07 May 2024 05:00:21 -0000

The GODFOE Universe: APOLLYON 20XX is a gritty new indie comic from the team of artist Joshua Adams and writer Dan Evans. For this episode, the book's artist Joshua give the lowdown on this massive media-panning project, which will eventually span comic, novels, films and even video games. Is that ambitious enough for ya?!

For more info on this awesome project, check out the official website!

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Ep 126: Amazing Animal Facts!

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 05:00:15 -0000

Our secret nerdom revealed at last! We at the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast are all huge geeks about animals and all sorts of creatures that walk, crawl, swim and fly over this fantastic blue marble we call Earth!

For this science-centric episode, the Octo-hosts each pick 4 animals we think are the most fascinating and share a bunch of fun facts about them! Pretty simple, pretty different and hopefully, pretty stinkin' fun, too!

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The Brig: Throwing Horns and Chiseling Bones (with author Renee S. DeCamillis)

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 05:00:53 -0000

This week, down in the dank and the dark of that den of madness we call the BRIG… we've got the wicked cool Renee S. DeCamillis!

Renee is a talented writer and editor of all types of horror, the author of numerous published short stories and her recently released debut novel, Chisel The Bone. And as if that wasn’t enough, she’s also the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the band Scars Aligned!

Pre-Order her new one CHISEL THE BONE right now!

Also, follow Renee on Instagram and get lost in the dark labyrinth that is her official website!

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Ep 125: Looney Tunes Super Star Spotlight

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 05:00:28 -0000

Is it Duck Season? Wabbit Season?! With over one thousand episodes of Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies you never have to choose!

Before the pig pops out of the drum... we'll build blocks of episode-picks around 4 of the most legendary characters! We'll talk some history, personal memories and fun facts about these screwball heroes of the Golden Age of Cartoon Animation!

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Ep 124: Saturday Morning Anime Explosion!

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 05:00:34 -0000

In the 90s was when the anime floodgates opened in America, when programs like FOX KIDS started playing blocks of Japanese cartoons! But did we really need to catch 'em all?

Shows like Shaman King, Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, Monster Rancher and even (the best left forgotten) Fighting Foodons were trying to cash in on the enormous Pokemon craze. But there were others too. A few diamonds in the rough, as it were. And while your individual mileage may vary on this EXPLOSION of like-minded content, we share our thoughts on 6 shows that we remember watching... for better or worse.

And later on, Parasite Steve drops a very anime inspired Retro Nouveau for a game he is currently obsessed with called Unicorn Overlord!

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Ep 123: Summoning Final Fantasy (with Bobby MacGibbon)

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:41:32 -0000

When it comes to classic RPG series, Final Fantasy is always in the conversation. This long running series has achieved LEGENDARY status with 16 main titles and a Bahamut-sized hoard of sequels and spin-offs.

This week, with the help of our Retroid Bobby MacGibbon, we'll spotlight our favorite games, characters and even summon monsters in the series. So gear up that Buster Sword with all your best Materia, and saddle up your Chocobo because we're heading out for adventure!

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Nintenjoe's Jukebox: Live Laugh Love - Thanks For Playing

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 05:00:02 -0000

This episode is dedicated to someone who has been my second Mother since I was ten years old, Parasite Steve and 8 Bit Alchemy's Mom Nancy.

Please check out Crow's Nest: Our Mom's Favorite Games first as I play the music from the games mentioned in that episode plus some of the music that reminds me of her.

I also share some personal memories and stories I have with Mom (or as I always called her, Other Mother).

Thanks for listening.

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The Brig: Stephen King Rules (with HorrorHound's Michael Miller)

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 05:00:38 -0000

Parasite Steve leads a sprawling discussion between two true-blooded fans, who unabashedly gush over both movies and books in the horror genre! Not every kid learns to read with Salem's Lot, but our guest this week is exactly that cool! When journalist Michael Miller isn't writing an article or interviewing one of horror's top stars, you can bet he's injecting the genre he loves direct into his veins (figuratively).

Expect talk of Lansdale, Barker, Hooper and of course, the master himself, Stephen King. We discuss the various adaptations, including what we loved and would do differently given the chance.

Check out HorrorHound Magazine for Michael's interviews and articles!

And if you're in the area, come see us live at HorrorHound Weekend 2024! It's March 23rd thru the 25th in Cincinnati, OH!

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Ep 122: Video Game Myths & Urban Legends

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0000

Even before the internet, rumors about weird stuff in video games were always swirling around the playground. Sometimes it was how to get a new character or access to part of a stage. Other times it would be a code for more lives, a secret boss fight or even just some crazy glitch.

But how many of those tantalizing tricks and tidbits ended up being true in the end? Some? Most? NONE? One things for sure, whether we 100% believed the rumor, a metric tonne of us ran home to try to find out ourselves!

For this episode, we present 12 such urban legends for your consideration. And later on, after the OCTOPONDER THIS, you'll get Coopster Gold's second installment of "I'VE GOT ISSUES"!

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Crow's Nest: We Finally Beat Xardion!

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:29:05 -0000

Xardion isn't exactly a classic of the SNES, but 8-Bit Alchemy & Parasite Steve recently discussed it as one of the games their mother used to love and was actually able to beat. Well, thanks to much perseverance and level grinding, when if comes to this bizarre Run and Gun RPG Platformer, the boys are now (almost) as cool as she was!

This game is weird in a dozen ways, but if you can stick with it long enough and eventually get into the strange rhythm... it's actually a pretty rewarding experience.

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Ep 121: Portable Perfection (with Nintenjoe)

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0000

With host 8-Bit Alchemy at the wheel, the crew hits the road. We've got plenty of snacks, a trunk full of AA batteries and our favorite classic portable video game systems! Our companions are the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, the DS, the Game Gear, the PSP and on this long and lonesome highway, we're gonna play 'em all!

Oh did we mention that Nintenjoe hopped in at the last minute?

Later on we'll do the Octoponder thing before Parasite Steve debuts his brand new B-segment Monochrome Manor!

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Crow's Nest: Pirates of Dark Water

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:45:05 -0000

Noy Jitat! Pirates of Dark Water is a pirate fantasy adventure series by Hanna Barbera, which originally aired between 1991 and 1993. And since our very own Coopster Gold happens to be a HUGE fan of the show, he's at the helm with one eye set on ADVENTURE in the land of Mer!

So grab your nearest monkey-bird and settle into the CROW'S NEST for a comprehensive ride through this fantastic series!

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Crow's Nest: Our Mom's Favorite Games

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:51:39 -0000

Dedicated to the only person we know who could beat Xardion, our mom Nancy.

This is a Crow's Nest that's not only totally on brand, but functions as a bit of therapy for the hosts. As tribute to the mother of Parasite Steve and 8-Bit Alchemy, the boys endeavor to spotlight all the random video games she loved over the years. Expect NES, SNES, TurboGrafX 16, Genesis, N64 and beyond! We guarantee you have never seen a video game list like this one, or ever will again. Truly, our mom was one one a kind.

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Ep 120: Pirate Crew Building (with/ Greenie)

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0000

With the Green Witch of the Shire (AKA Greenie) on deck, our new host Coopster Gold takes the helm for the first time, setting his spyglass on those swashbuckling, scallywags that once sailed the seven seas. YARRR, of course we be talking pirates!

After some basic history on the real deal, we begin building our own personal crews (fantasy football style)... choosing a ship, animal mascot, 2 crew members, a first mate and of course, a Captain to keep 'em all in line. The characters are chosen from all corners of pop culture so you never know who's gonna be mentioned next!

And after all that and an Octoponder, we have another guest B-segment. This time from an old friend who's name rhymes with Brintenjoe...

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The Brig: Splatter Folklore (with author Thomas R. Clark)

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 06:00:50 -0000

If you don't know what the difference between EXTREME HORROR and SPLATTERPUNK is, author Thomas R. Clark is here with the low down! For about two hour hours, we chat about the craft, what he digs about the extreme stuff and his newest Splatterpunk collection, Immoral Dilemmas!

And later on, we dive headfirst into a sprawling discussion about that beloved sci-fi franchise mega-hit from the 70s and all the toys and play sets that went along with it. No, not THAT ONE... we're talking PLANET OF THE APES!

Buy Tom's books wherever you get your reading material and be sure to visit his website!

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Ep 119: Bad Movies Need Love Too (with author Ed Kurtz)

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:00:41 -0000

Sometimes, bad movies are the most fun you'll have in front of a small screen. All you gotta do is grab some like-minded friends and good times can be had by all. And while your personal mileage may vary, is there a science to the phenomenon? A credible explanation as to what separates the Good-Bad from the downright awful?

Eh, who cares. In the spirit of liking what you like, we're gonna shout out a slew of movies we love in spite of their flaws!

Along for the ride is the most excellent author/editor Ed Kurtz!

And later on, don't miss the debut of our brand new B-Segment as Justin Cooper tells you why he's GOT ISSUES.

Snag your copy of Ed's new anthology "In the Cold, Cold Ground: An Anthology of New England Horror" over at the Zon and other fine book sellers!

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The Brig: Granting No Quarter (with author Rey Nichols)

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 06:00:40 -0000

Down in the eldritch unknown of the BRIG… we have a writer, monster hunter and lover of staring too long into the abyss! Rey Nichols is the author of the Apollo Grant books and is here to talk all about the newly released third in that series GRANT NO QUARTER!

And if you stick around to the end, you'll find out how she got to be 2 degrees from Kevin Bacon and what her and Parasite Steve's top Bacon movies are!

Snag your copy of Grant No Quarter and all the Apollo Grant books direct from Mocha Memoirs Press!

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Ep 118: Video Pinballs Never Tilt

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 06:00:21 -0000

It's season 6 and the start of a whole new era of Ridoctopus with our new host Justin Cooper (AKA Coopster Gold)! Our man from Shytown wastes no time settling in as we celebrate some mean pinball video games. But there's no need to drive to your nearest amusement hall because these games can be played on such home platforms as the original Nintendo, various Game Boys, the TurboGrafx-16 and even MS-DOS!

And after we drop all the digital silver balls, we've got our first ever guest B-Segment as our pal Russ Lyman (from The Weekly Warp Pipe) says DIE MONSTER! You can find the video that inspired Russ's appearance on his YouTube channel! Be sure to like and subscribe to keep your world fun, bit by bit!

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S5E26 - Ep 117: Season 5 Finale / First Time Viewing of Classic Films

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0000

What can we say? We just didn't want this season to end...

After copious amounts of reminiscing over another amazing year, we dive into our annual final topic. Like every year, we asked you for voice mails, giving your quick reviews of a classic movie you watched for the first time this year. Every single year, this block gets longer and longer and season 5 was no exception. Thank you for coming out in droves to be a part of the show and for helping to make Retro Ridoctopus what it is.

Retroids... this one is for you.

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Retro Ridoctopus is:
• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile

S5E25 - Ep 116: Godzilla: The Eras Tour (1999-2023)

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 06:00:03 -0000

To celebrate the release of Godzilla Minus One and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, we've got an episode so full of kaiju mayhem, we had to split it into two parts!

Back for the conclusion of this epic journey is our buddy Aldo, who continues to flex his superfan knowledge along the way. This time, Nintenjoe and Parasite Steve deliver the goods on the Millennium and MonsterVerse eras respectively, before this journey reaches it's final destination with the films that don't fit so neatly into the larger sections.

Don't worry, we didn't forget Shin!

S5E24 - Ep 115: Godzilla: The Eras Tour (1954-1995)

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 06:00:39 -0000

To celebrate the release of Godzilla Minus One and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, we've got an episode so full of kaiju mayhem, we had to split it into two parts!

Along for this epic journey is our pal Aldo, who takes us through the first 15 Godzilla movies (which comprise what is known as the Showa period) starting with the original Gojira in 1954, and ending with 1975's Terror of Mechagodzilla.

Then your host 8-Bit Alchemy takes over, delivering every earth-shattering footstep of the Heisei era, which began with 1984's Return of Godzilla (known in America as Godzilla 1985) all the way through 1995's Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.

Look out for our follow-up part 2 where Nintenjoe and Parasite Steve will get around to the year 2,000 and beyond! It's GODZILLAAAAAAA!!!!

The Brig: Reaping the Carrion Harvest (with author Morgan Sylvia)

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0000

For our last BRIG of season 5, Parasite Steve welcomes an old & dear friend who just happens to be another insanely talented writer!

Visit her official website for all things Morgan!

Snag your copy of the amazing (deluxe limited edition) Carrion Harvest from Thunderstorm Books!

And check out her author page on Amazon!

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S5E23 - Ep 114: TMNT Party / Nintenjoe's Last Stand

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 06:00:58 -0000

The bummer is we have to bid farewell to our brother Nintenjoe, as this is his final time hosting the show. But being the totally radical dude that he is, he straps on the blue mask to lead us one final time into the land of nostalgia, as we celebrate the cinematic films of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Bringing the pizzas is our very good friend, Justin Cooper (from the Epic Tales From The Sewers Podcast), who practically exudes the green ooze of Turtle fandom from every pore! Trust us, dudes, this episode is so jam packed with Mutant Turtles and Teenage Ninjas, you'll have no choice but to say COWABUNGA!

The Brig: Try Everything and Power Through (with author Kasey Lansdale)

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0000

For this episode of THE BRIG, we chat with the incredibly cool Kasey Lansdale! You might have seen her name on numerous anthologies, in the credits for Shudder's Creepshow or on one of her acclaimed country music albums. For this episode, we learn how she built an expansive career by never saying no to anything new!

A little later on we'll chat about some retro horror movies, but first, Kasey throws us a read from her story "The Disappeared" which appears in the newly released "Deathrealm Spirits" out by Shortwave Publishing!

Check out Kasey's official website!

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S5E22 - Ep 113: Ray Harryhausen and the Miracle of Dynamation (with screenwriter Scott Clevenger)

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 05:00:01 -0000

Special effects titan Ray Harryhausen is rightfully renowned for pushing the medium of stop motion animation and single-handedly creating some of the most memorable on-screen monsters ever captured on screen. For this epic journey, we welcome back Scott Clevenger (from the Slumgullion podcast) to celebrate the mythic life and career of this legendary artist.

After starting with a little history on the man himself, we'll each present one of Harryhausen's 17 films. Making sure to keep his wonderful, if monstrous, creations in the spotlight.

Later on we have the results of the HARRYHAUSEN BATTLE ROYAL poll which we posted to the Facebook group before ending things on Nintenjoe's (hopefully not final) B-Segment.

On Twitter (X), be sure to follow Jeff @TheSlumgullion and Scott @Scottclevenger AND... you can and should listen to The Slumgullion anywhere you listen to our show and check out their website!

S5E21 - Ep 112: Video Game Horror Obscura (Part 2)

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 05:00:04 -0000

Here it is, horror fans... the second half of our first (maybe only) two part episode!

8-Bit Alchemy and "All Hallows" Steve aren't done screaming out obscure horror games, in fact, this episode covers four more! Some are more obscure than others but all are worth celebrating. We even drop some honorable mentions along the way, so strap back on your chainsaw hands and buckle up, because the ride is far from over!

S5E20 - Ep 112: Video Game Horror Obscura (Part 1)

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 05:00:54 -0000

Our first ever two part episode starts with a massive tribute to the Grandfather of all Gaming Gore, SPLATTERHOUSE! We'll take you game by game, room by viscera-painted room, through Rick's red-knuckled journey as he takes up the TERRORMASK to save his beloved Jennifer from the forces of EVIL!

After that, we'll each drop one OBSCURE horror game that we think deserves to have more eyeballs on it before ending things on the OCTOPONDER. We had over 60 responses this time and we're gonna read all of your amazing answers to the question: "What was the first game that truly scared you?"

If you're looking for even more Video Game Horror Obscura, have no fear because PART 2 is coming up shortly and will include 4 more games to sink your collection teeth into!

The Brig: Last Road to Fear Town (with vocalist Bob Mendell)

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 05:00:50 -0000

Starting the spooky season right, we slammed the BRIG door on an awesome dude with some KILLER horror cred!

Not only is Bob Mendell the vocalist for the metal bands On Your Deathbed & Drained, he's also an actor, a SFX makeup artist and the actor manager at Fear Town Haunted House! Ever wonder what it takes to run a major haunted attraction? Bob has the receipts!

Later on, we'll swing things around to talk about our favorite Retro Horror movies and what got us into the genre!

But before you go...

Put some ON YOUR DEATHBED in your ear holes!

Get your tickets to FEAR TOWN right here!

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S5E19 - Ep 111: Retro Toy Lines (with Greenie)

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 05:00:17 -0000

On another toy-centric episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast, Nintenjoe takes the reins as we present some of our favorite Retro Toy Lines. Here we aren't just spotlighting one or two toys, but the entire lines as a whole.

Along for the ride is "Mrs. Alchemy", Steph, AKA "Green Witch Of The North", AKA "GREENIE", in her first appearance on the show! She adds an incredibly valuable voice to the discussion, talking passionately about toys that none of us ever had!

And as always, we have the Octoponder, this week's B-Segment (from 8-Bit Alchemy) and if you make it all the way to the end, a very important announcement regarding the future of the podcast.

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S5E18 - Ep 110: Dissecting the Alien Franchise (with podcaster El Goro)

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 05:00:18 -0000

In space, no one can hear you scream... ...but this is only a podcast, so you don't have to worry about that.

With the help of Xenomorph-superfan and movie-dissecting guru, El Goro (from the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast), we're going to spill the ovomorphs on the entire Alien franchise! Starting with Ridley Scott's horror sci-fi masterpiece ALIEN (1979) and going all the way through ALIEN: COVENANT (2017).

Truly, this episode is the perfect organism.

Listen to El Goro every week on the TALK WITHOUT RHYTHM PODCAST!

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S5E17 - Ep 109: BANG! SPOOF! It's Parody Superheroes!

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 05:00:35 -0000

In every medium where superheroes exist, there are characters that spoof the genre. Some, (like the Tick), carry their own parody comics & shows. But others exist within the world of their property (as a show within a show) where these meta heroes are enjoyed by the already fictional characters of that property (like Radioactive Man is to Bart Simpson). So, up and atom, gentle listener, because in this episode, we gonna cover it all!

Crammed in between is an Octoponders where we ask you to get creative and come up with a parody superhero of your own! And later on, Parasite Steve covers the ninja-tastic Cyber Shadow on another installment of Retro Nouveau.

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S5E16 - Ep 108: The Super Nintendo Turns 32

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 05:00:16 -0000

If you already feel old, how does it feel to know that the Super Nintendo came out 32 years ago?

For many of us, the 90s were defined by the 16-bit generation of video games. The successor to the enormously successful Nintendo Entertainment System was of course the good old SNES. A system that would push the envelopes the look, sound and overall experience of what a home video game could be, and go on to become a legend in it's own right.

For this episode, we cover some of the history, the technical specs (what was MODE 7 anyway?) and, of course, some of our favorite games! Expect some obvious classics as well as some deep cuts because your Octo-Hosts are huge fans of the good old SNES!

Later on, we'll get to this week's Octo-Ponder as well as a little COMPOSE YO'SELF from 8bit (or should we say 16bit) Alchemy!

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Crow's Nest: Capcom VS Marvel VS Street Fighter

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:00:14 -0000

This is a supplemental Crow's Nest to "Ep 107: Gaming the Marvel Way (with Ian Wallace)". In that episode we went through enough Marvel video games to fill a Danger Room, but there were some glaring omissions...

Righting the chief of those wrongs, we decided to celebrate the first 6 (all the sprite based ones) Capcom Marvel fighters! We start with the Children of the Atom and end with a New Age of Heroes, citing each game's unique mechanics as well as playable, non-playable and secret unlockable characters!

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The Brig: Stephen Lomer Gets "Punked" (with the cast of PNN)

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 05:00:57 -0000

Stephen Lomer is many things. Aside from being a pal, he's an Amazon Best Selling author, as well as a talented actor, producer and screenwriter!

For his first appearance in the BRIG, we decided to do something a little different, by getting 4 cast members of his YouTube show The Parody News Network to appear throughout and kind of gum up the works! Much to Stephen's chagrin, Killarney Traynor, Christa D. Terry, Tim Baird and Teresa Lomer all join in on the fun!

Retro Ridoctopus has never attempted anything like this before and is not likely to again so please, sit back and enjoy the chaos. The interruptions may be scripted, but Stephen's bewildered reactions are 100% genuine! When he admits that he has no idea what's going on... he aint kiddin!

Check out Stephen Lomer's official website! And browse his popular novels and short story collections on Amazon!

Also... don't miss Teresa Lomer's next stand-up gig at the Burren in Somerville on August 23rd!

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S5E15 - Ep 107: Gaming the Marvel Way (with Ian Wallace)

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0000

Greetings, Mad Marvelites!

We've got a whole action packed episode all about video games that feature your favorite fearless super heroes like Spider-Man, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk and of course, those marauding mutants, the Uncanny X-Men! We'll start at the very beginning and bring you through the glory days of the arcades, to 16 bit home consoles like the Super Nintendo and Genesis, all the way to the Playstation and beyond!

Along for this jam-packed journey, all the way from Amalga-Mania, is the Boy Wonderful himself, Ian Wallace--whose valuable voice and endless expertise may prove more valuable than a fistful of infinity gems! So power up you arc reactors and throw on a pair of ruby quartz glasses because this episode is truly one for the books. The funny books, that is.

Excelsior!

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Crow's Nest: Our Favorite Marvan (behind the scenes with Andrew Parks)

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 05:00:58 -0000

We hope you enjoy this supplemental mini-episode! This was taken from the unpublished pre-interview from our recent BRIG with veteran actor Andrew Parks!

Not only do you get about 20 minutes of more Andy, you'll be "treated" to some unedited behind the scenes stuff for the podcast itself. Retro Ridoctopus has never published anything like this before and we hope you all dig it!

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The Brig: Foreheads Are Better Than None (with actor Andrew Parks)

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 05:00:03 -0000

We've been huge fans of Andrew Parks, ever since seeing his unforgettable turn as the alien Kro-Bar in Larry Blamire's THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA (2001). It was an incredible privilege to be able to hang out and chat about his extensive career in movies and television!

You'll hear stories about Jimmy Stewart, Angela Landsbury, Jim Beaver and frequent collaborator (not to mention two time BRIG inhabitant), Larry Blamire! We also talk extensively about such irreverent Blamire classics as DARK AND STORMY NIGHT (2009) and of course, TRAIL OF THE SCREAMING FOREHEAD (2007)!

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S5E14 - Ep 106: Non-Disney Cartoon Movie Throwback (with Jesse)

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 05:00:55 -0000

We bring a friend on to discuss some seriously fantastic animated films that deserve more love. The thing is, not a one was made by Disney! Cartoon movies by Dreamworks, Don Bluth, Rankin Bass and more are covered in this sprawling discussion, so buckle up!

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The Brig: Mystery Woman (with author Killarney Traynor)

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0000

This week, in the damp, dark BRIG, we've tossed the multi-talented Killarney Traynor!

Aside from having a crazy cool name, Killarney is a New England-born actress, novelist, stunt-woman, singer, director and martial artist, who has has written 8 novels and is a regular actress on the PNN web series as the chronically unimpressed Lenore!

We chat all about the craft of writing and why she loves mystery so much. Later, you'll be treated to a reading from her haunted house novel, "Tale Half Told"!

Check out Killarney's website! And watch her on PNN!

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S5E14 - Ep 105: Themes From A Memory 5 (Title Screen Edition)

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0000

It's music time again, folks!

Nintenjoe's popular recurring Themes From a Memory is BACK. This time, the mission was to choose title screen music from our favorite video games! And to do so, we welcome back our old pal (and 4th host of the first 2 seasons of this very show) Synopsis Grim AKA Boss Rush Mode!

Later, we play an 11 minute long MEGA block of Retroid picks and 8-Bit Alchemy delivers a Retro Nouveau! It's all like, SUPER crazy!!!

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The Brig: Wicked Sick of These Giant Centipedes (with author Rob Smales)

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0000

Our good friend Rob Smales finds himself (and his pooch) locked in the BRIG! We have a sprawling discussion about his writing process, his two newest books, bad movies and horror books we loved as kids. And smashed in at about the halfway point, you'll find a reading from his new novella "Laundrylegs" which is absolutely not to be missed!

Snag your copy of Rob's books, Laundrylegs and Wicked Sick!

And for cryin' out loud, check out his website, would'ya?

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S5E13 - Ep 104: Toy Fads / The Good, The Bad & The Furby

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:00:17 -0000

We've all experienced the phenomenon of it feeling like a toy came out of nowhere to become the must have holy grail of kid property that absolutely every single person your age already had!

In this episode, we'll be talking all about Toy Fads and to do so, we have some help from a first time contributor, Haley, who not only suggested the episode topic, she sent us two voice mails!

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The Brig: Cowering Beneath The Red Umbrella (with filmmaker James Lamond)

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0000

Subscribe and experience BENEATH THE RED UMBRELLA on all major podcast platforms!

And check out James Lamond's film work on the official It Came From The 508 website and follow them on Facebook!

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S5E12 - Ep 103: Missing the Point & Click Adventure Games

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0000

The fact is, not all gamers are looking for ACTION and MAXIMUM KILL COUNTS. For many, the Point and Click genre offered an alternative, relaxed experience with simple controls and puzzles that really made you think.

In this episode, we'll sweep the mouse over the genre's initial heyday in the early 90s and follow it's trajectory all the way up to today! All that plus an OCTOPONDER before Parasite Steve slides out another tale off the BOOKSHELF OF THE DAMNED.

Looking to try out most of the classic games we talked about in this episode? Head on over to playclassic.games and you can play them right in your web browser!

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Crow's Nest: Wandering High & Low in Middle Earth (with Leikjarinn)

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0000

Our Icelandic, Twitch streaming, artistic pal Leikjarinn joins us for a third time! And with the help of Parasite Steve The Grey... the two abandon the comfort of the Shire and delve straight into vast expanse of Middle Earth! For around 90 minutes, you'll hear about all things Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit--books, movies, games and what your hosts love about them!

Also, for anyone who has ever struggled with hobbies that ebb and flow, or passions you may have once cast aside suddenly becoming interesting again... you'll want to stick around for the final 30 minutes as well. Leik talks about his decision to movie a bit farther away from retro games, and devoting more of his free time to improving his artistic skills.

Follow Leikjarinn on Twitter @Leikjarinn and definitely check out his Twitch channel!

S5E11 - Ep 102: Flash Cartoons of The Early 2000s

Tue, 30 May 2023 05:00:00 -0000

Long ago, in the early 2,000's... in a time before YouTube...

The internet had these wacky things called FLASH PORTALS. Sites like like Newgrounds, CampChaos, Ebaumsworld, Albino Blacksheep and Homestar Runner became platforms where animators and other creatives could deliver their own unique brand of comedy in the form of short (sometimes musical) cartoons. It was the birth of a new form of entertainment and the world was ready to absorb it all!

After spotlighting some of our favorite websites and Flash cartoons from those days, 8-Bit Alchemy has a B segment for ya and it all ties together!

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S5E10 - Ep 101: Carnival Redemption Games / That's The Ticket!

Tue, 16 May 2023 05:00:00 -0000

Let's put video games on pause for a minute and throw some quarters into those types of games that spit out tickets! Skee-Ball, Whack-A-Mole, Coin Pushers and so many more! In this episode you'll learn the difference between a Redemption Game and a Merchandiser, as well as get some history on various mainstays of Chuck-E-Cheese and most any Carnival or Midway!

Keep pumping in those coins, because we have an Octoponder and our first ever C segment! What?!

The article on Tedium.co we reference in this episode: https://tedium.co/2022/12/09/arcade-ticket-redemption-game-history/

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The Brig: The Dark Apnea of TV's Frank (with MST3K legend Frank Conniff)

Tue, 09 May 2023 05:00:26 -0000

This time, we have a true geek LEGEND, in the BRIG!

Frank Connif is a writer and comedian best known as TV’s Frank from Mystery Science Theater 3000 and is the author of nine books! Currently he performs with Trace Beaulieu in the monthly live streaming movie-riffing show, The Mads Are Back!

In true Ridoctopus style, we forcibly incarcerate our beloved guest and get him to chat about his career. From MST3K to Sabrina The Teenage Witch and Invader ZIM, Frank really spills the beans. It's okay, we cleaned them up after.

Watch THE MADS ARE BACK! Buy signed and personalized copies of Franks BOOKS! Check out Frank's official WEBSITE!

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The Brig: Star Trek Metal (with Heather Michele & Jason Ashcraft from Of Romulus)

Thu, 04 May 2023 05:00:00 -0000

Heather Michele & Jason Ashcraft from the new Start Trek metal band OF ROMULUS transport directly into The Brig!

In the Captain's chair is Nintenjoe, who gets ready to engage in an hour long gab session with his two musically inclined prisoners. Debriefing them on their time in Helion Prime and what led them to forming what may very well be the first Star Trek themed metal band!

Buckle up, Trekkers because for this one, all phasers are set to STUNNING.

Follow the band on Facebook!

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S5E9 - Ep 100: First Fandoms!!

Tue, 02 May 2023 05:00:22 -0000

In celebration of hitting 100 mainline episodes, we welcome former octo-host Boss Rush Mode (aka SynopsisGrim) as well as our very good friends, Ashes Von Nightmare, Taryn Barber, Ian Wallace, Linda The Gamer Gal, and Justin Cooper!

Originally broadcast as a live stream on Apr 27, 2023, we did our best to turn this off-format monstrosity into an episode for our podcast listeners! For just around two hours, we each present a fandom that we feel was our very first. Some of these have been discussed on the show before, but others may surprise you!

Here's to 100 more!

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The Brig: Memoirs of a Lifelong Monster Kid (with actor Frank Dietz)

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 05:00:45 -0000

Frank Dietz appeared in such 80s horror cult classics as "Zombie Nightmare" and "Black Roses" but tonight he comes on to talk about his new film "Rock and Doris (try to) Make a Movie"!

PLUS, you'll also get to hear all about his extensive career in Tinseltown, from acting to becoming an animator on such Disney films as "Tarzan" and "Atlantis: The Lost Empire", producing the award winning documentary "Beast Wishes" and even writing an episode of "Creepshow"!

This is an epic story told by the man who lived it. So grab some popcorn and get comfortable. The ticket is on us!

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The Brig: Lightning in Her Wires (with author Caitlin Avery)

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0000

Caitlin is the award-winning author of three novels and a memoir. She worked as a SAG actress for 10 years while penning her memoir, "Lightning in My Wires". After the birth of her son, her family moved back to Boston, where she wrote her award-winning adventure-thriller, "The Last Cruz"!

Her new one is called "Life of Cyn" and you can hear all about it and even a reading of the first chapter in this episode of THE BRIG!

Follow Caitlin on Instagram! Visit the author's website! Buy her books on Amazon!

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S5E8 - Ep 099: Sci-Fi on the Screen / Trek, Wars & Beyond!

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 05:00:24 -0000

Captain Nintenjoe leads us on a three hour journey through space, as we ZOOM around, geeking out about various Science Fiction movies and TV shows! First things first, we get the two elephants out of the way, by devoting the first half of the episode to Star Trek, Star Wars as well as their famous creators. But after that, all Sabaq bets are off!

Later on, 8-Bit Alchemy drops a themed Compose Yo'self before we turn the ship around and take the voyage home!

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The Brig: The Mads Are Back & They Brought Snacks (with producer Chris Gersbeck)

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 05:00:47 -0000

Comedian, producer Chris Gersbeck joins us for a hilarious interview about his show THE MADS ARE BACK. Starring Mystery Science Theater 3,000 legends, Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff, the show celebrates the duo's MST3K roots by live riffing a different terrible movie each month!

Since launching The Mads Are Back as a ticketed livestream in July 2020, The Mads have released over twenty livestreams including six shorts compilations, and have welcomed guests such as Mike Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, Jonah Ray, and many other cast members and writers from Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Chris talks to Parasite Steve and 8-bit Alchemy about the genesis of how the show came about, as well as the process of what goes into each episode of THE MADS ARE BACK and all the great shows on https://dumb-industries.com!

Combine that with the scoop on their latest mega event Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time, and you've got yourself one heck of a BRIG!

What can we say, it's a DUMB time to be alive!

S5E7 - Ep 098: Tokusatsu and The Kaiju Boom (with Colleen & Santino)

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0000

This week, we are joined by our pals, Colleen the Conqueror and Santino "The San Man" Mancebo to geek out about the Japanese phenomenon called TOKUSATSU!

Listen if you're a fan of Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Beetle Borgs or anything of the kind! As well as delivering some heartfelt presentations, we manage to play a bunch of theme songs as well!

SHUWATCH!

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The Brig: Flapjacks & Funny Books (with Larry Blamire)

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 05:00:38 -0000

Larry Blamire returns again (for the first time) to talk all about his newest books "Still At Large" and "Flapjack Alley". One is out now, the other is on the way, but both as chock full of delightful absurdist humor that is sure to either split your side, or possible leave it in stitches.

Later on, we get Larry to do the reminiscing thing about the early days of his career working for the stage in Boston. You'll hear how he met some of the actors and aliens who would later appear in THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA, and thrill as your Octohosts drop a surprise dramatic reading of BRIDE OF THE MUTANT'S TOMB on Larry's lap!

As the kids say... this one's a hoot, pops!

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S5E6 - Ep 097: Toys You Build / Fun Assembly Required

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 05:00:48 -0000

Blocks, bricks and other toys you build are the topic of the week on this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast!

We spend the first half of the episode on this history of LEGO, shining our headlamps on some of our favorite sets and more. Then, after constructing our Octoponder, we'll switch gears to present some lesser known building toys we loved over the years. Tune in and see how things stack up!

And later, Parasite Steve drops another edition of Retro Nouveau with the Shinobi-like 2-D action hack and slasher, VENGEFUL GUARDIAN: MOONRIDER!

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The Brig: Spontaneous Human Combustion (with author Richard Thomas)

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 05:00:56 -0000

Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of seven books: three novels—"Disintegration", "Breaker", and "Transubstantiate" as well as three anthologies and over 150 published short stories!

We locked him up in THE BRIG to talk about his newest release "Spontaneous Human Combustion" which has made the final ballot for the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards! The discussion turns to famous authors who have helped him along the way and plenty of stuff about the craft itself. And later on, Richard reads us his story "Undone" in its entirety!

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S5E5 - Ep 096: Video Game Movies / The Good & the So Bad They're Good

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:00:05 -0000

Are all video game movies really that bad? Absolutely not!

For this episode, we breakdown 6 films based on video games that we feel are worth talking about! Some are good, some are not so good, but our opinions on which ones are which might just surprise you!

Later on, we read a metric ton of Retroid answers for this week's OCTOPONDER THIS and 8-bit Alchemy will drop a B-segment on your laps that is sure to make you SQUIRM!

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The Brig: Opening the Tales of Time (with author L. Marie Wood)

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 06:00:26 -0000

Author, screenwriter, poet, professor and winner of all the awards, L. Marie Wood enjoyed her first stay in THE BRIG so much, she's back for a second round! We get to talking about her new books and how it feels to be nominated twice (same category, same year) for the Bram Stoker Awards! And later on, she reads her story "Upperville" from "The Tales of Time", proving there are some places you can never truly leave.

Raw, energetic joy abounds in this one, so if you're looking for dark and broody, this may not be the episode for you. ;)

You can order THE OPEN BOOK and it's companion piece THE TALES OF TIME right now on Amazon, And please check out the official website of L. Marie Wood!

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S5E4 - Ep 095: NERF War Stories

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 06:00:59 -0000

I think we can all agree that biodegradable recreational foam has never been more fun than when its being fired at your best pal's face! That's why that in this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast, we aim to lay down NERF history and pull the trigger on some cherished childhood memories all revolving around this classic toy line!

After that, we'll switch to round table mode and present 6 of our favorite NERF guns. Tack on an Octoponder and another edition of Power To The Metal and you've got yourself a good time!

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S5E3 - Ep 094: The Amazing Colossal Episode of Science!

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 06:00:04 -0000

Hey kid. Do you wanna know about this thing called INERTIA? How about some of that cool WATER PRESSURE or maybe how to pick up an ICE CUBE with a piece of STRING??

Well you're in luck because this week on the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast, we're talking all about SCIENCE SHOWS! The ole nostalgia ray is being aimed at Mr. Wizard, Beakman's World and of course, Bill Nye The Science Guy. We cover the basics of each show, and spill the atoms on some really cool experiments. Best of all, we do it all in the name of SCIENCE!

Later on, we ask for one memorable at-home experiment you tried out as a kid for this week's OCTOPONDER. And Parasite Steve puts on his Nintenjoe pants to drop his very first ever entry of POWER TO THE METAL!

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S5E2 - Ep 093: Playing The Disney Afternoon

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 06:00:32 -0000

For many of us, rushing home to plop our butts in front of the Disney Afternoon was a seminal part of childhood! From Gummi Bears, Ducktales and Rescue Rangers to Goof Troop, Tail Spin, Gargoyles and beyond, these were some of the best produced children's cartoons on television and a whole bunch of 'em of them spawned some terrific video games!

In this episode, Nintenjoe leads us through a discussion of 6 of our favorite Disney Afternoon shows and their corresponding games! We even have blocks of theme songs pairing the cartoon songs with those of their video game counterparts because... you're welcome!

All that with an OCTOPONDER smacked in between, plus 8Bit Alchemy drops his first COMPOSE YO'SELF of season five!

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The Brig: Creature Double Feature (with authors Peter N. Dudar & L. L. Soares)

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Peter N. Dudar & L. L. Soares are two talented best buds who definitely know their way around horror!

The Bram Stoker Award-Nominated, Dudar, having written such memorable titles as "A Reqiuem For Dead Flies", "Blood Cult of the Booby Farmers" and "Goat Parade" unleashed his newest grimy Grindhouse nightmare in late 2022, "The Mississippi Glory Hole Mutilations" from Grinning Skull Press.

And because truth is stranger than fiction, Soares took home a Stoker the same year Dudar was nominated for his first novel, "Life Rage". Since then, he's published skin-crawling yarns such as "Rock 'N' Roll", "Hard", "Buried In Blue Clay" and his newest, "Teach Them How To Bleed", from Bloodshot Books.

In this first BRIG of season 5, we get the goods on both of their newest books, before diving head first into a sprawling conversation about Creature Double Feature! In true Ridoctopus fashion, we each picked one classic monster flick that was played on the program and proceed to have an absolute blast talking about them!

For all the monster kids, this is gonna be a fun one!

Check out Peter N. Dudar official website: http://www.peterndudar.com And follow both him and L.L. Soares on Facebook!

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S5E1 - Ep 092: Attack of the Video Game Ninjas!

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 06:00:05 -0000

Season 5 begins with a barrage of stars and swipes as we spotlight everyone's favorite men in black (pajamas)... NINJAS!

Over the decades, appearing on just about every console since the Atari 2600, ninjas have been a true staple of video games. For this episode, we spotlight some of out favorite appearances from the 8bit and 16bit eras and beyond!

Later on, we'll tell you which Ninja Turtle is the most popular to play as (according to our Facebook group) and Nintenjoe will sharpen his blade on the whetstone that is DIE MONSTER.

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S4E24 - Ep 091: Season 4 Finale / First Viewing of Classic Films

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 06:00:21 -0000

It's that time again, Retroids! Time to stick the proverbial fork in another season of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalo-podast.

For this episode, we reminisce about the episodes that challenged us, the topics we were nervous to tackle and the guests we still can't believe agreed to come on.

Later, we do our annual thing of talking about a classic film that we FINALLY JUST watched for the first time! After giving you our picks, we have submissions from our listener-pals who were kind enough to join in on the fun!

Big LOVE and SHUBIBINS go to everyone who has stuck with us for so long and to all the new Retroids we picked up along the way!

See you in season 5!

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Crow's Nest 26 - Jason David Frank / Forever Green

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 06:00:49 -0000

Jason David Frank joined Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the 17th episode of its first season. Green with Evil was the title, but fans latched onto the character of Tommy almost immediately. and while he was introduced as the "evil" Power Ranger, Tommy wouldn't stay that way for long, going on to become the show's longest running cast member and by far the most popular.

For this episode, we pay tribute to his memory.

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Crow's Nest 25 - Kevin Conroy / Our Batman

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:00:27 -0000

For 30 years, Kevin Conroy has been the voice of one of the most beloved comic book characters of all time and to say his loss was one that hit us hard is an understatement. Without that dulcet baritone, it feels like the world has gotten a little darker.

For this episode of The Crow's Nest, we spend about an hour celebrating Kevin's historic performance and describe why, in so many ways, he was OUR Batman.

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S4E23 - Ep 090: Hanna Barbera Revisited (with podcaster Rich Davis)

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 06:00:28 -0000

We may be smarter than the average bear, but for our second episode devoted to the animation powerhouse Hanna Barbera, we needed a little help.

Enter the Velvet Joker himself, Mr. Rich Davis from Splash Pages The Comic Book Club podcast! Together, we'll celebrate 8 classic cartoon shows from the 60s to the 90s while playing you blocks of theme songs along the way! This may be our longest episode all season so strap into your Flintmobile and toss a fistful of Smurfs in your pocket because it's HANNA BARBERA REVISITED!

Watch/Listen to the Splash Pages Video/Audio podcast right here on The Dorkening!

And join in on the fun with Splash Pages: A Comic Book Club on Facebook!

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S4E22 - Ep 089: Music That Makes Us

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 06:30:25 -0000

Let us take you on a musical journey through a landscape forged mostly of rock and metal. Each Octo-host will present 4 albums that are not just favorites of ours but important. We'll wax about how each one helped make us into the people we are today and why they will always hold a special place in our hearts.

Later on we'll ask you to name an important concert you attended, before finally dropping another new game that plays like an old game with Retro Nouveau!

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The Brig: Undead Diaries & 80s Machismo (with author Chris Philbrook)

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0000

For everything Chris Philbrook, you gotta go straight to the source: https://www.thechrisphilbrook.com/

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S4E21 - Ep 088: The Nintendo GameCube Turns 21

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 06:00:58 -0000

Jammed in between the incredibly popular N64 and Wii consoles, Nintendo released a really great system with a tons of exclusive games that unfortunately made a much smaller splash. We are here to celebrate the GameCube just before it's 21st birthday! Nintenjoe will lead the discussion and cover the technical stuff before we start presenting some of our favorite games!

Later on, we'll read the results of our Octoponder This poll to see what our Retroid's favorite series that started on the GameCube is. And finally, 8-Bit Alchemy will take us home with an unexpected DIE MONSTER (that you will now be expecting).

Let's A-Go!!

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S4E20 - Ep 087: Glow In The Dark Toys (& How They Work)

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:00:06 -0000

Lots of toys came in GLOW IN THE DARK varieties, but do you know how they worked? For this episode, we drop a little history and pinch of science of your butts all to answer the question... how do glow in the dark things work?

And before you can say SCARE GLOW, we swing things around to our normal format and each present a handful of phosphorescent fun we remember from when we were kids. Tack on some incredible answers to this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question and a POWER TO THE METAL segment and you got yourself a whole steaming episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast!

SHUBIBIN!!

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The Brig: An Organized Ruleset for Make Believe (with author Trisha J. Wooldridge)

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 05:00:01 -0000

Learn more about the fabulous new book we dished on in the episode by visiting the publisher's page for HEART, WINGS and FIRE!

Check out Trisha's website at https://anovelfriend.com and be sure to follow her on Facebook and Twitter!

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S4E19 - Ep 086: Curses and Urban Legends of Cinema

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 05:00:37 -0000

Mysterious fires! Untimely deaths!! Bolts of lighting hitting Italian churches!!! Can a movie production truly be cursed? We present the evidence for 6 famously maligned films and leave it up to you (The Retroids) to decide!

And later on, after a particularly creepy Octoponder This, the one called Parasite will bellyache about a random video game boss in another edition of DIE MONSTER!

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S4E18 - Ep 085: Cheat Day!

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 05:00:34 -0000

For this episode, Nintenjoe leads us on a journey to dust off some classic video game cheats! We split the discussion in to imputable codes (button sequences you have to press at a certain time) and typable cheats (secrets accessible only by password or by inputting a certain name for your quest). We cover some great ones!

Later on, we'll tackle this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question as well as get another edition of 8-Bit Alchemy's COMPOSE YO'SELF, which does NOT go as planned!

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The Brig: What's In The Box (with filmmaker James Lamond)

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 05:00:31 -0000

Check out James Lamond's film work on the official It Came From The 508 website and follow them on Facebook!

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S4E17 - Ep 084: Free Toy Inside / The Bygone Age of Cereal Box Prizes

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 05:00:45 -0000

This episode is definitely part of a balanced breakfast.

Ignoring the dirty looks from mom, this week, we jam our grubby mitts into some cereal boxes to pull out the free toy packed inside! Remember those Wacky Wall Walkers? How about the Nabisco Spoonmen? Listen as we chronicle some of the weirdest and most memorable free prizes from the 50s to the mid aughts!

Later on, we'll tackle this week's Octoponder This and hear which cereal mascot our Retroids think would take the belt in a massive Royal Rumble style battle royal. And Nintenjoe takes us home with another band you need to check out in Power To The Metal!!

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S4E16 - Ep 083: Playing Cards and Building Decks (with Dani)

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 05:00:12 -0000

When we decided to do an episode on card games, we immediately thought of our good friend Dani! She was a professional casino dealer for over 12 years and possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of not just Magic The Gathering but just about any card game you could mention.

So roll up your sleeves and prep those poker faces, because we cover everything from Go Fish and Solitaire to Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh!

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S4E15 - Ep 082: Themes From A Memory 4 (Anime Edition)

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:12 -0000

It's music time again, folks!

Nintenjoe's popular recurring Themes From a Memory is BACK. This time, the mission was to choose cartoon shows from the land of the rising sun, Japan! That's right, we play some killer theme songs from anime old and new, some in English, some in Japanese. As always, we hope you'll have plenty to be nostalgic about while finding one or two new things you'll want to check out!

Also lurking in this episode, we announce the three winners to our 900 Retroids Facebook contest. Let's throw some tentacles in the air for Eric Michaud, Russ Lyman and Mary Hart!

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Crow's Nest 24 - Knock, Knock... Anyone Sweet Home?

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 05:00:33 -0000

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S4E14 - Ep 081: Predator and Prey / No Time To Bleed

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 05:00:28 -0000

There's something out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man...

In honor of the new period Comanche vs Predator show "PREY", we power up our plasma cannons and set our triangular sites on the every movie and darn nearly every video game to feature a member of the Yautja race!

All that plus we'll read the answers to this week's Octoponder This question before Nintenjoe gets us to the CHOPPA with his first edition of Retro Nouveau!!

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Nintenjoe's Jukebox: The Second Coming

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:30 -0000

Track listing:

Block 1

Duke’s Theme – Battle Arena Toshinden The Windmill Peak – A Hat in Time Strife and Ruin – Blasphemous Counter Attack – Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Venus – Contra Shattered Soldier

Block 2 - Arcade

Freeway – TMNT Arcade In A Tight Squeeze – Super Contra Shadow Elf in the Harsh Fight – D&D Shadow Over Mysteria Kombat Tomb – Mortal Kombat 2 Arcade Gargos Theme – KI2 Arcade

Block 3 - Chiptune Goodness

King Fish – Thunder Force 3 Genesis Highway Theme – Rollergames NES Special Stage Theme – Sonic 2 Genesis Stage 3 – Gremlins 2: The New Batch NES Funky’s Fugue – DKC SNES

Block 4 - BIG Finish

Big Blue – F-Zero SNES Event Battle – Mega Man X: Command Mission GC Yellow Planet – Bucky O’Hare -NES The Climax of the Tower – Valkyrie Profile -PS1 You In Heep Big Trouble (Dark Horse) – Sunset Riders SNES

Final Song The Final Shellshock – TMNT Turtles In Time Arcade

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Crow's Nest 23 - Batmobiles In The Belfry

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 05:00:11 -0000

ZOOM! PLOWIE! Out of the shadows speeds this supplemental Crow's Nest!

Since we just talked about 8 awesome vehicles on our last mainline episode (080: Vehicles / Characters That Drive Us) we wanted to take the time to spotlight one we purposely swerved around. The Batmobile debuted in 1938 in Detective Comics #27 and has been cleaning up the streets of Gotham ever since!

For this episode, we cover and rate every film version of Batman's iconic wheels and even a few you might not be expecting!

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S4E13 - Ep 080: Vehicles / Characters That Drive Us

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 05:00:49 -0000

Ready for some ships, quips and automobiles?

When iconic hero vehicles come to mind, you probably think of things like the Batmobile, The DeLorean and of course KITT. Funny thing is, we are going to dive a little deeper than that. For this episode, we'll shine the headlights on 8 vehicles from movies, tv and cartoons that really feel like characters in their own right.

And later on, we've got a BIG THINK Octoponder that requires a bit of creativity, and Parasite Steve will deliver his latest new game that looks and plays like an old game for another Retro Nouveau!

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Crow's Nest 22 - How To Geek In Iceland (with Leikjarinn)

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:00:51 -0000

Returning guest Birkir Fannar (AKA Leikjarinn) hops back on the mic as promised, to deliver a bit of a biography on, well, himself! We discuss some American conceptions of Iceland and which Disney character is so prevalent there, Leik grew up thinking he was an Iceland original!

All that an lots more in this fun and educational episode of THE CROW'S NEST!!

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S4E12 - Ep 079: Beast Wars Transformers (with GwenNinja)

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:00:12 -0000

With the help of Transformers super fan, GwenNinja we cover THE Transformers cartoon of the 90s!

First, we each spotlight a favorite episode before blasting into a bunch more fun like coming up with our own characters for this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question and finally rating every Maximal and Predacon who had multiple bodies!

It's a cybernetic celebration that'll have you shouting Retro Ridoctopus MAXIMIZE!!!

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S4E11 - Ep 078: Primetime RULES, Bedtime DROOLS (with Phil Conti)

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:28 -0000

A fun round table discussion chosen by this week's guest, Phil Conti!

Phil is an old friend and one of our most active Retroids in the Facebook group. It was great finally getting to sit down and chat about TV shows we stayed way past our bedtime to watch as kids. Shows that in some cases, we WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SEE!

Later on, we'll tackle an Octoponder question which deals more with bedtime than Primetime... and before we sail off into the sunset, Nintenjoe will deliver the goods with another killer edition of POWER TO THE METAL!

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The Crow's Nest: Over the Moon Knight (with Old Man Wade)

Tue, 31 May 2022 05:00:33 -0000

Check out the Old Man Wade Show wherever you get your podcasts and read his stuff on BAM! SMACK! POW!

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S4E10 - Ep 077: Iceland Goes Back To The Future (with Leikjarinn)

Tue, 24 May 2022 05:00:06 -0000

With the help of our favorite Icelandic pal, Birkir Fannar (AKA Leikjarinn, AKA Leik) we travel BACK to 1985 to gush over the classic movie trilogy BACK TO THE FUTURE. We discuss the films themselves and what they've meant to us over the years. Leik (who stayed up really late to record with us due to the time difference) goes into how huge the movies were in Iceland, providing a unique cultural perspective as well as plenty of laughs.

Later we'll ask this week's OCTOPONDER THIS and read the answers all you RETROIDS left in the group. And finally Parasite Steve will drop his first DIE MONSTER of the season!

Follow Leik on Twitter @Leikjarinn and watch out for his new YouTube channel when it drops!

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The Crow's Nest: Nintenjoe's Jukebox / Boss Battle Themes

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:00:01 -0000

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S4E9 - Ep 076: Battlin' Like a Boss (with 8BitGlitch79)

Tue, 10 May 2022 05:00:30 -0000

We welcome our buddy Shaun (8BitGlitch79) back to the show to talk about one of the most memorable aspects of any video game, the BOSSES!!

Thrown in the middle is a musical interlude of an OCTOPONDER, where we'll play your favorite boss battle theme! Overall, this is an episode that video game fans won't want to miss!

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S4E8 - Ep 075: Board Game Movie Pitch Session (with The Slumgullion)

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 05:00:21 -0000

Call this episode a palate cleanser!

As big fans of the film version of CLUE, we thought it would be fun to come up with our own movie pitches for films based on classic board games. For this very special episode of Retro Ridoctopus, our pals Jeff Holland and Scott Clevenger (from the Slumgullion podcast) stopped by to help out. We play classic commercials for each game and really got into the theme!

Our Retroids really came out in force this week to weigh in on the main theme, calling out a ton of board games they would love to see on the big screen for this week's OCTOPONDER THIS! And finally, Nintenjoe takes us home with his first ever UNCOMFORTABLE NATURE FACT!

On Twitter, be sure to follow Jeff @TheSlumgullion and Scott @Scottclevenger AND... you can and should listen to The Slumgullion anywhere you listen to our show and check out their website!

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S4E7 - Ep 074: Blue Streak / Sonic Through The Ages (with Aldo Araujo)

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 05:00:19 -0000

A Blue Streak speeds by and wouldn't you know... it's SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!!

The video game icon raced onto the scene in 1991 and has been doing loop-de-loops and bopping badniks ever since! For this extra long episode, we welcome SEGA aficionado, Aldo Araujo to chat about more Sonic games than you can shake a leg at. We cover such classic systems as the Genesis, Game Gear, SEGA CD, Dreamcast and beyond! Just try to keep pace!

Later on, we'll ask this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question before Parasite Steve takes us across the finish line with another tome for the BOOKSHELF OF THE DAMNED!

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S4E6 - Ep 073: Wrestling Then & Now (with Domenic Parillo & George O'Connor)

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 05:00:23 -0000

With the help of our pals, independent wrestler, Domenic Parillo & George O'Connor (from Swarm of Eyes and Homeless Comics), we embark on an epic journey. Wrestling memories are shared, discussed and celebrated, as we talk about our love for the art form. Hear about our live experiences and why we think the audience is as big a part of the sport as the wrestlers themselves.

Later, we'll answer this week's OCTOPONDER THIS and namedrop our favorite wrestlers of all time. Finally, to end the episode, 8-Bit Alchemy drops a wrestling themed installment of RETRO NOUVEAU!

Check out George's metal band SWARM OF EYES and his crazy writing skills over at HOMELESS COMICS!

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The Brig: If You're Lookin' For A Paintballer... (with screenwriter L. Marie Wood)

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:00:55 -0000

Locked in THE BRIG this time is multi-award winning screenwriter, author & poet, L. Marie Wood! We have a great discussion about her various works, including her brand new novella THE BLACK HOLE! And later, we manage to squeeze in some Star Wars talk and discuss Lisa's favorite retro movie, Angel Heart!

Order THE BLACK HOLE direct from the publisher right now!

And please check out the official website of L. Marie Wood!

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S4E5 - Ep 072: The Greatest Cartoon Reboots (with Justin Cooper)

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:03:06 -0000

A whole episode that proves that sometimes, the second time really is the charm.

With the help of returning guest (and host of the EPIC TALES FROM THE SEWERS PODCAST) Justin Cooper, we present a slew of really well done cartoon reboots from recent years! Reboots tend to get a bad rap, but trust us, these are worth your time!

Later on, we'll tackle this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question before Nintenjoe takes us out kicking' and thrashin' with another POWER TO THE METAL!

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The Brig: The Turkey Sharks Meet Teddy Ruxpin (with writer Josh Nealis)

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 06:00:22 -0000

Josh Nealis (from Cutthroat Comics) makes Ridoctopus history by becoming the only person to get locked in THE BRIG twice! Parasite Steve and 8-Bit Alchemy grill him on all his fine works, but especially his latest slice of superhero hilarity, Turkey Sharks #2!

Whatever you do, do NOT forget to click this link and visit Cutthroat Comics on the web! It's SUPER effective!

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S4E4 - Ep 071: Mystery Meat & Potatoes (with Randy Carter)

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:00:08 -0000

This week, 8-Bit Alchemy scoops out some mashed potato-memories and choccy milk dreams as we talk about school lunches! We made sure to cover the good, the bad and the ugly, all with the help of returning guest, Randy Carter from the thrash metal band Swarm of Eyes!

We'll also read a bunch of Retroid responses to this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question: "What was your favorite drink to take to school in your lunchbox"? We also have a great voicemail from Christine (AKA Mrs. Parasite) which includes a menu item we never got in Massachusetts as well as a hard-hitting commentary on some major faults with the school lunch system in America.

Later on, Parasite Steve will drop another BOOKSHELF OF THE DAMNED on your collective lap with the brand new horror thriller "Road of Bones" by Christopher Golden!

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S4E3 - Ep 070: 90s Toys That Aren't Actually From The 90s

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 06:00:53 -0000

Imagine finding out that all the beloved toys you played with as a child were first released when your grandparents were little. Oh, it happened!

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The Crow's Nest: Super Mario Paint Bros.

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:00:16 -0000

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S4E2 - Ep 069: Forever Golden / A Tribute To Betty White

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 06:00:34 -0000

In this episode, we shine the golden spotlight on true television royalty. Betty White's career began on the radio at age 8 and it didn't stop for almost a century. Check it out, we even did research for this one!

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The Brig: Big Lizards, Tiger Kings & Other Weird Fiction (with writer Keith Lansdale)

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:01:03 -0000

Locked in the BRIG is the awesome, Keith Lansdale!

Keith has authored all kinds of stuff, including screenplays, comics, novels & short stories! His work has appeared alongside his famous dad Joe R. Lansdale but has done plenty on his own, co-writing the screenplay for THE PALE DOOR, CHRISTMAS WITH THE DEAD, and episode of CREEPSHOW and the new issues of the cowboys and dinosaurs pulp comic series RED RANGE.

Sit back and enjoy this special 1 on 1 episode of THE BRIG, as Keith spills about his new book BIG LIZARD and a bunch of other stuff he probably had no idea he'd be talking about. Whatever you do, don't miss the Tiger King story!!

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S4E1 - Ep 068: Pinball Wizardry

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 06:00:39 -0000

The premier of season 4 is all about BALLS. Specifically, the chrome kind that you slap around a table. We are talking, of course, about PINBALL!

Back in November 2021, we had an absolutely AMAZING time attending PINTASTIC NEW ENGLAND, where we each got to try out dozens of pinball games! Some were great, others were not, but the experience definitely awoke a newfound love of the genre in your Octo-Hosts. And for this episode, we each picked 4 games that stuck out to us the most to spotlight for ya!

Smack dab in the middle of our picks, you'll also get some of our Retroids' favorite tables as well. And finally, Parasite Steve will take us home with the first Retro Nouveau of the season.

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S3E17 - Ep 067: Season 3 Finale / First Viewing of Classic Films

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 06:08:00 -0000

It's that time again, Retroids! Time to stick the proverbial fork in another season of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalo-podast.

Season 3 certainly had it's ups and downs, but we came out the other side stronger than ever! For this episode, we reminisce about the episodes that challenged us, the topics we were nervous to tackle and the guests we still can't believe agreed to come on.

Later, we do our annual thing of talking about a classic film that we FINALLY JUST watched for the first time! After giving you our picks, we have submissions from 16 listener-pals who were kind enough to join in on the fun!

Big LOVE and SHUBIBINS go to everyone who has stuck with us for so long and to all the new Retroids we picked up along the way!

See you in season 4!

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The Crow's Nest: Clash At Demonhead / Tom Guycott's Wild Ride

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 06:00:02 -0000

Clash At Demonhead is a combination of words that either means something to you... or it makes you wonder if we've been eating paint chips. Either way, 8-Bit Alchemy and Parasite Steve had a great time recording this episode of the Crow's Nest! Give it a shot!

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The Brig: I Lost My Skeleton in Bronson Canyon (with filmmaker Larry Blamire)

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 06:00:45 -0000

The indie 50s-sci-fi-style-parody-masterpiece "THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA" isn't just the SHOCK SENSATION OF OUR TIME... the thing also just turned 20 years young!

Writer/director/actor/playwright/artist Larry Blamire has made movies, written books, battled mutants, fingered rocks, even matched wits with a narcissistic skeleton!! But none of that is going to help him tonight, because for the next 2 hours, he's gonna be locked in THE BRIG! And you can bet your last cranberoid that we have ways of making him talk!

In addition to sharing insider scoops and anecdotes about the production of his many wonderful films, Larry spills the bees on his brand new (and live as of 11/30/21) Kickstarter campaign!

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_CONTRIBUTE!_ The Kickstarter page for the brand new Lost Skeleton Lunchbox!
WATCH! The Blu-rays of Larry's film's are only at Hydraulic Entertainment!
READ! Visit Lulu to start building your own Larr-brary of Larry's keen books!
DISCOVER! The expansive world of Larry's steampunk epic Steam Wars!

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S3E16 - Ep 066: Party of One / Criminally Underrated Cartoons (with Tino the San Man)

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 06:00:44 -0000

Octo-Host, 8-Bit Alchemy continues the theme he started way back in EPISODE 3 with the return of PARTY OF ONE! That episode was all about spotlighting unpopular movies that we happened to love as kids, but this time it's all about cartoons! With the help of our longtime pal, musician and future clothing mogul Santino Mancebo (AKA Tino the San Man), we spend the episode finding the positive in some very under-celebrated animated shows including Star Wars Ewoks, Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realm, Stunt Dawgs and Mummies Alive!

Later on, Parasite Steve slides into you bookcase with the Bram Stoker award winning novel of 1996, Crota by Owl Goingback. Best of all, he has a couple of anecdotes from the author himself, which were sent especially for the podcast!

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S3E15 - Ep 065: John Carpenter / King of The Cult Classic

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 06:00:08 -0000

Joining us for this episode are two fantastic guests who both happen to be huge John Carpenter fans!

Christine (AKA Mrs. Parasite) makes her podcast debut to talk about THEY LIVE, while comic book artist Derek Rook (from Rough House Publishing) returns to gush about HALLOWEEN and lots more! Stick around for a some killer facts you might not know and a guaranteed good time!

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S3E14 - Ep 064: The Nintendo 64 / Dealing with Mental Health

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:01:52 -0000

The runtime on this one is a bit long, so buckle up!

For our 64th episode, we HAD to talk about the much loved third major Nintendo console, the N64! Your Octo-hosts present some favorite games for the system like Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, as well as a bunch of weird ones you might have missed!

Later on, we enter a sidebar about how Nintenjoe is dealing with his struggles with mental health. This part was totally unplanned but completely honest and heartfelt. It didn't fit the main discussion but we all felt it absolutely had to be left right where it was.

We also read your answers to this week's Octoponder This question before ending things with 8-Bit Alchemy's b-segment. This week, he takes a turn presenting a new game that plays like an old game for his first ever Retro Nouveau!

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The Crow's Nest: No Sleep Till End-World / A Quest For The Dark Tower (with DJ Rick Johnson)

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:00:17 -0000

A longish, but briskly paced chat about all seven Dark Tower books (by little known author Stephen King). Parasite Steve embarks on this epic journey with fellow King fan and Rock Jock, Rick Johnson of Portland Maine's 107.5 FRANK FM!

Note for those who have not read The Dark Tower series: Some spoilers are discussed, but we gloss over a lot and purposely avoid giving away plenty of the good stuff.

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S3E13 - Ep 063: Halloween Rewind / Costumes, Candy & Cool Stories

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:00:02 -0000

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The Brig: Princess Leia was NOT a Hologram (with Holographer Travis Paquin)

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 05:00:28 -0000

In a follow up discussion about holographs and holograms, we sit down for a chat with the talented artist behind Laserboy Holo, Travis Paquin! We cover many things, including how a hologram is made, what Polaroid had to do with the medium's prevalence in the 80s and why Travis chooses to make his own holographic film! There's also some stuff about sci-fi movies thrown in for that retro flavor!

Stop by the laserboyholo shop and contact Travis for custom made holograms! He's literally one of only a handful of artists still working in the medium today!

And you can watch videos of his process here!

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S3E12 - Ep 062: Toys with Holograms / We Got Rub Sign!

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:00:59 -0000

In the late 1980s, holograms were considered to be wondrous things of high futurism--a blend of art and science, of 3 dimensional magic and lasers. In short, they were really cool and absolutely freaking everywhere.

In this episode, we try our best to explain a little about what holography is and how holograms are made. Then we'll spotlight four retro toy lines which incorporated the technology... Transformers, Battle Beasts, Super Naturals & Visionaries!

And later on, Nintenjoe will spotlight some Super C enemies, with his first ever DIE MONSTER!

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The Crow's Nest: Themes From A Memory 3 (Part 2)

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 05:00:01 -0000

We received so many theme show requests for our Themes from a Memory 3, we couldn't fit them all in one episode! So here's the rest plus a few more handpicked by ya boy, Nintenjoe!

Also, in this episode we announce our new MYSTERY THEME CONTEST! A chance to win a complete series dvd set of the 90s classic cartoon show, The Pirates of Darkwater! All you got to do is listen to this episode for the mystery theme and guess the name of the show it is from! Nintenjoe will give you one clue in the episode but you deserve one more for reading the show notes...

Clue #2: There is a very good reason we are giving away a show called the PIRATES of Darkwater as the prize.

Post your guess (just one per person please) on the pinned post in our facebook group! The winner will be announced LIVE this Thursday at 7pm EST!

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S3E11 - Ep 061: Themes From A Memory 3 / Total Retroids Live (to tape)

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 05:00:19 -0000

Themes From A Memory turns THREE!

For those that don't know, this is our annual show where we play blocks of TV themes songs! Each Octo-Host has picked three of our favorites for you (these can be intro songs from retro cartoons and/or sitcoms). Once we are done with those, Nintenjoe will be playing two MEGA BLOCKS of all Retroid requests! It's gonna be a grand ole time for your nostalgia hungry ears so buckle up, grab a fruit roll-up and prepare to ROCK!

After all of that, 8-Bit Alchemy will be presenting this week's B-Segment in the form of another edition of COMPOSE YO-SELF!

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The Crow's Nest: Greetings From Adventure Island

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 05:00:43 -0000

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S3E10 - Ep 060: Nintendo Hard / The Triumphant Return of Nintenjoe

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 05:00:01 -0000

The man, the myth, our wayward third host... NINTENJOE is finally back!

The term Nintendo Hard has been used to describe video games that are especially challenging (Dark Souls for one). For this momentous episode, we'll spotlight some seriously hard video games on the original Nintendo. Some of these games are beloved classics and others are more obscure, but make no mistake... there isn't a cake walk in the bunch!

Later on, we'll read the answers to an OCTOPONDER THIS question we posted all the was back on May 20th! And finally, Parasite Steve will try hijacking one of 8-Bit Alchemy's classic B Segments from season 1!

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The Brig: Rocking The New Pulp (with author Paul R. McNamee)

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 05:00:08 -0000

Snag your copy of Hour of the Robot or request a signed copy from author Paul R. McNamee himself!

Then keep up with Paul on his blog and on social media! Twitter @pmcnamee67 Instagram @pmcnamee67 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/paul.mcnamee

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The Crow's Nest: Three May Keep a Secret (of Mana)

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 09:06:00 -0000

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The Brig: Laughing Black Vampire In Brooklyn (with author Steven Van Patten)

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 05:00:45 -0000

Snag some books and keep up with Steven Van Patten on his official website! And follow @svpthinks on Instagram and Twitter!

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The Crow's Nest: Zelda 2 / We Are Error

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 05:00:37 -0000

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The Brig: Vintage Video Store Rewind (with filmmaker Bobby Canipe Jr.)

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:00:10 -0000

Our guest Bobby Canipe Jr. is all over the place! Keep up with his new documentary: Mom N' Pop: The Indie Video Store Boom of the 80s/90s on Facebook! And subscribe to the Universe Retro channel on Youtube!

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The Crow's Nest: Crystalis? Crissle-Liss? Let's Call The Whole Thing Off.

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:00:56 -0000

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The Crow's Nest: The Legend of Willow / A Link to the NES

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 05:00:28 -0000

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S3E9 - Ep 059: Movie Sequels That Don't Suck

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:00:23 -0000

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The Brig: Crafting the Hellscape (with writer Josh Nealis)

Tue, 04 May 2021 05:00:15 -0000

Hellscape and all of Josh's darkly funny superhero comics are available right now at http://www.cutthroatcomics.com/index.html

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S3E8 - Ep 058: 16bit Hidden Gems (with Russ Lyman)

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 05:00:57 -0000

With help of our bud, Russ Lyman (YouTuber, gamer, DIY creator, that Mario car guy) we dig up some hidden gems from the 16bit era! That means that game for the Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis and even the TurboGrafx-16 are all on the table! Listen to find out which ones we chose to spotlight! Heck, maybe you'll find some new stuff to play!

Later on we'll ask this week's Octo Ponder This (what game did you love even if most others didn't) and read off what the Retroids had to say in our FaceBook group! And to end things, 8-bit Alchemy will drop one final game for his first ever edition of Retro Nouveau!

Check out Russ Lyman's super fun channel on YouTube and find out what he's doing this time! New videos twice a week on gaming and a ton of creative DIY prrojects! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0iCYFvEbwPs-zwOhbVdLZQ

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S3E7 - Ep 057: Cartoon Networking

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:00:35 -0000

This week, your Oco-hosts will be spotlighting the great Cartoon Network! The network was there every day after school for a whole generation of kids, airing original toons alongside retro goodness! For this episode, each of us has picked two classic Cartoon Network originals to give a little history on and share our thoughts about!

And as always, lurking somewhere in there is this week's Octo-Ponder This as well as the return of a segment called DIE MONSTER!

And if you're looking to check out the Amalga-Mania Podcast & Entertainment Awards, CLICK HERE!

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S3E6 - Ep 056: Eddie Murphy, King of Zamunda (with Old Man Wade & Supawoke Javi)

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0000

We welcome a couple of fantastic guests, Wade and Supa Woke Javi from the OLD MAN WADE SHOW to talk about comedy legend Eddie Murphy! We do a little history and dive right in to Coming To America and the newly released sequel, Coming 2 America! Then, each of us presents our own favorite Eddie Murphy movie. That's 7 movies in all with an Octoponder crammed in between!

Join us for lots of laughs and nostlagia and stick around for Nintenjoe's latest POWER TO THE METAL segment!

Check out the Old Man Wade Show wherever you get your podcasts and read his stuff on BAM! SMACK! POW!

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The Crow's Nest: The Konami Code

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 05:00:09 -0000

For this episode of the Crow's Nest, Nintenjoe and 8-Bit Alchemy discuss the origins of the most famous video game code (it's a secret to everybody) of all time! Known by many as the Konami Code, the famous series of button presses has made it into a ton of games over the years, and you'll hear about a bunch of them in this episode!

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S3E5 - Ep 055: Konami History (with Linda AKA The Gamergirl)

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 05:00:13 -0000

This week, we hang out with ultra-cool Youtuber Linda (AKA The Gamergirl) to chat about the company Konami! One of our favorite video game developers, Konami has created and produced some of the most beloved and long lasting games series, like Castlevania, Contra, Gradius and Metal Gear! If you were a home gamer or arcade goer throughout the 80s and 90s, chances are you are gonna recognize a ton of the games we cover!

And don't forget to check out and subscribe to Linda AKA The Gamergirl's YouTube channel!

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The Brig: He's Got The Touch (with Transformers rocker Stan Bush)

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 02:00:00 -0000

Melodic rock legend Stan Bush gets locked in THE BRIG for a discussion on transforming robots, guitars that shoot lasers and what it's been like to have had THE TOUCH for 35 years! Stan may be known for his soundtrack appearances, but the guy has had a full, non-stop career with 14 studio albums! His newest is 2020's DARE TO DREAM which included the single BORN TO FIGHT. A song so awesome, we actually play it in full (with full permission from Stan) on this episode!

Don't miss the video version of this interview on our new YouTube channel!

Be sure to check out Stan's website where you can purchase all of his fantastic albums! And check out the links below for his newest videos!

True Believer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ZQcQ44-HM

Heat of Attack: https://youtu.be/IE5z4MQBXDs

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S3E4 - Ep 054: The Joy of Bob Ross

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:00:20 -0000

A happy little tree here, a sleepy mountain there... For this friendly episode of the Retro Ridoctopus podcast, 8-Bit Alchemy has got his pallet loaded with some phthalo blue, alizarin crimson and liquid hwite. Using only our fan brush, we are gonna try our best to paint you a nice little portrait of TV legend, Bob Ross! We'll start with his time spent in Alaska and work our way into his public life and work of bringing joy and relaxation to generations of folks as well as various woodland creatures.

A little later on, we'll ask you to Octoponder what classic video game or movie landscape you would have loved to see Bob paint. And to round things out... Parasite Steve is gonna go ahead and step out of character to bring you some uncomfortable nature facts about 3 of the smelliest trees in the world!

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S3E3 - Ep 053: Mechanized Fanfare / Super Giant Robots (with Justin Cooper)

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 06:00:02 -0000

We strap ourselves into the cockpit to a deep dive into the world of giant robots on this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalo-podcast! Along for the interstellar ride is our very good friend and fellow podcaster, Justin Cooper!

Stick around as we read the results of our big bloated Facebook battle MECHAPOCALYPSE and for another edition of Power To The Metal as Nintenjoe spotlights the band Hellion Prime! \,,/

Check out Justin Cooper on the following shows! Geeklife HQ Epic Tales From The Sewers The Fan-Tastic Podcast

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The Crow's Nest: Jim Henson's The Storyteller

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 06:00:55 -0000

When people told themselves their past with stories, explained their present with stories, foretold the future with stories, the best place by the fire was kept for... The Storyteller.

It's the first Crow's Nest of season 3 and we are talking about an under celebrated Jim Henson gem!
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S3E2 - Ep 052: The Mighty Morphin World of Saban

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 06:00:33 -0000

We cover the production powerhouse, Saban Entertainment, who's TV shows helped shape an entire generation of kids! Love them or not, Saban cracked the code on how to produce low cost entertainment that would strike a chord with viewers. In some cases adapting Japanese programming for a new audience and in many others creating something new! The results were admittedly varied, but anyone who grew up in the 1990s is sure to have some one or two fond memories sparked by this episode!

Later on, we'll read your answers for this week's OCTOPONDER THIS before finally giving the floor over to Boss Rush Mode for some fresh peeve petting!

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Episode Notes

The Brig: The Wildlife of Star Wars (with concept artist Terryl Whitlatch)

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:09:26 -0000

On this very special episode THE BRIG, we interview legendary conceptual artist Terryl Whitlatch!

The talented lady responsible for some of the most science forward creature design in the film industry! Terryl discusses her early career, her books, working on films like #StarWars:The Phantom Menace, Brother Bear & #Jumanji, what it was like reporting to #GeorgeLucas every Friday and even what she thinks about creature-rich properties she didn't work on like #Avatar and #MonsterHunter!

Oh and, Retroids... if you asked Terryl a question, you are absolutely going to wanna stick around to the end!

Snag your copy of Terryl's newly re-released illustrated epic "The Katurran Odyssey" and browse her catalog for more creatures (both real and imagined).

And don't miss Terryl Whitlatch on Artstation!

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S3E1 - Ep 051: Jim Henson / Master of Muppets

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:00:08 -0000

It's time to get things started! It's time to light the lights! It's... the season 3 premier of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast! Uh... TONIGHT!

From his early days peddling Wilkins Coffee, onto a Street called Sesame, Fraggle Rock, the mystical world of Thra and into the very heart of a Labyrinth, we render a portrait of the life and career of a true artistic genius. The one and only, Jim Henson!

Later Parasite Steve spotlights Woman of the Woods by Milton J. Davis for another Bookshelf of the Damned!

The Brig: High Quality Bird Puns (with author Nicole Givens Kurtz)

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:42:01 -0000

Pre-buy "A Theft Most Fowl: A Kingdom of Aves Mystery" on Amazon, right now!

Follow author Nicole Givens Kurtz on social media! Facebook & Twitter: @nicolegkurtz

And don't forget to visit her publishing company Mocha Memoirs Press and her author site!

S2E25 - Ep 050: Season 2 Finale / First Viewing of Classic Films

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 06:00:58 -0000

Our big, season 2 finale is one for and by the Retroids, as we share our memories and play voice mails sent to us by our amazing listeners and #podcastingfam! What's more, we got Andy Doyle and Ian Wallace from Epic Airways and Amalga-Mania joining us live--all to spotlight some classic films we've just seen for the first time!
So hunker up, buckle down and grab yourself a suction-cuppincake because this episode is 2.5 hours of unmissable retro fun!
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S2E24 - Ep 49: Handheld Games of Yesteryear

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 06:00:55 -0000

It's time to break out the double A's because this week, we are powering up some classic handheld video games and toys. They may not be sophisticated, but you could pick most up for short dough back in the day and all were 100% guaranteed to improve long car rides.

At least that was the theory.

We cover the Merlin by Parker Brothers, some table top arcade action by Coleco and who didn't own a few of those Tiger LCD games?? The episode even veers into toy territory with the legendary Speak and Spell and the not so legendary Etch-A-Sketch Animator 2000!!

S2E23 - Ep 48: Domo Arigato Mr. Nintendo!

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 06:00:02 -0000

Shigeru Miyamoto has created some of the most beloved video game characters of all time. We talk about his early work with Donkey Kong and a certain plumber called Jumpman, all the way past The Legend of Zelda and into the future with Star Fox! Happy birthday, Mr. Miyamoto and thanks for all the mushrooms!

Later on, we'll ask this week's Octo-Ponder This question before Boss Rush Mode Pets some Peeves about the Lovecraftian Hellscape that was 2020.

S2E22 - Ep 47: Happy Life Day / The Star Wars Holiday Special

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 06:00:00 -0000

Star Wars fans are a divided bunch but there are a few things we can all agree on. Empire is better than Clones, whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword never wielded a lightsaber and however you feel about the prequels, the Star Wars Holiday Special is undeniably the worst Star Wars thing EVER. Most of the Octo-Hosts had seen it before but for the sake of this episode, we sat through the thing again. That's right. 2 hours of unintelligible howling, humor that doesn't land, cringe worthy appearances from your favorite characters and most of all... PAIN.

Later on, 8-Bit Alchemy asks this week's Octoponder THIS question and Parasite Steve spotlights "How Much Do You Tip An Exorcist" for another edition of BOOKSHELF OF THE DAMNED.

Order your copy of "How Much Do You Tip an Exorcist?" by Patrick Rahall!

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The Brig: Part of a Balanced Beat-Down (with the Cereal Killaz)

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 06:00:00 -0000

Don't miss the Cereal Killaz Indiegogo campaign!

And behold the glorious works of our fine guests! Mikhail "Mythallica" Sebastian Andrew "Hien" Rattanakongkham
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Scare-A-Thon / Of Paint & OH F*** IT'S HALLOWEEN ALREADY!

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 05:00:41 -0000

This episode is part of the Epic Airways Podcast Network First Annual Scare-A-Thon! Be sure to listen for the secret word!

Don't miss the awesome full video version of this episode on Nintenjoe's channel!
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S2E21 - Ep 46: Public Service Entertainment

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 05:00:38 -0000

Buckle up for some helpful and hilarious Public Service Announcements that helped kids with a variety of things their parents probably should have been teaching them. If you remember Time for Timer, Woodsy the Owl or taking a fire safety quiz with Daffy Duck, you won't want to miss this episode because your 4 Octo-hosts are playing blocks of the good stuff!

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S2E20 - Ep 45: Playstation 2 Turns 20

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0000

In honor of the PS2's 20th anniversary and for your "edutainment", the Octo-hosts dust off 8 of our favorite Playstation 2 games! Some of these sweet babies are unabashed classics, though others are a bit more obscure. If you were/are a fan of the PS2, listen up and hopefully you'll discover a hidden gem or two!

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S2E19 - Ep 44: License to Play (with 8BitGlitch79)

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 05:00:22 -0000

Thaink every game based on a movie is a hot piece of trash? Well THINK AGAIN! We welcome our pal 8BitGlitch79 for a discussion of some of the movie games we loved growing up. Were these colored by the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia, or do they actually hold up today? Listen to find out!

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The Brig: Here To SLAY!

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 05:00:48 -0000

Purchase SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire on Amazon right now!

Learn more about the incredible authors who appeared on this episode! Nicole Givens Kurtz Jessica Cage Kai Leakes Valjeanne Jeffers Samantha Dunaway Bryant Penelope Flynn

And for more fiercely original Afrocentric spec fiction, be sure to check out the publisher of SLAY, Mocha Memoirs Press!
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S2E18 - Ep 43: Peripheral Vision (with Taryn Barber)

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 05:00:49 -0000

This week, we are joined by the velvet-voiced Taryn Barber from Amalga-Mania, who came packing her (original grey) NES Zapper. Together, the five of us set our sites on some of the best video game peripherals of old! Sure you had the games, but what about the NES Advantage, ROB the Robot or the POWER GLOVE? Also... what the heck is a U-Force?

Later we get a NEXT LEVEL voice mail from Portland Maine DJ Rick Johnson who wants to talk Track and Field! And to close things out, Parasite Steve drops the first DIE MONSTER of season 2 in a micro follow-up to our bonus episode, "The Crow's Nest: Faxanadu's & Faxanadont's".

Follow Amalga-Mania on Facebook and be sure to check out the legendary Amalga-Market and bid on some insanely cool stuff like action figures and comics!
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The Crow's Nest: Facing The Music (SPOILERS for Bill & Ted 3)

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 05:00:43 -0000

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S2E17 - Ep 42: Be Excellent To Each Other

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 05:00:21 -0000

In honor of Bill & Ted: Face The Music, we look back on two films which feature the most non-heinous exploits of Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan! Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and their subsequent Bogus Journey are two silly, good times type films with a very positive message. Sure they have more plot holes than all six seasons of LOST combined, but they also remind us to BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER! \,,/

After the main discussion, we'll ask you to name a historical person, place or moment that you'd use the time booth to witness! And finally, Nintenjoe parties on with both B&T soundtracks for a most triumphant edition of POWER TO THE METAL!
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S2E16 - Ep 41: R Rated to Our Childhood

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 05:00:24 -0000

This week, Boss Rush Mode shines the spotlight on a bizarre phenomenon--cartoons that were made for kids, but based on mature and R rated movies that they probably weren't allowed to see in the first place! We'll discuss the 80s and 90s toon versions of Rambo, Robocop, Conan the Barbarian and much, much more! Most of these shows we saw for the first time as research for this episode, so you'll get our reactions untainted by the lens of nostalgia.

And later on, we'll tackle a listener suggested Octoponder This, and 8Bit Alchemy will bring back THE 8-BIT MINUTE to discuss how he created a Konami-styled theme song for the EPIC TALES FROM THE SEWER podcast!
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The Brig: Encounters With Dorkness (with Ashley & Melissa)

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 05:00:41 -0000

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S2E15 - Ep 40: Themes From A Memory 2

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 05:00:53 -0000

In a full blown sequel to episode #16, Nintenjoe leads us in playing blocks of classic TV sitcom and cartoon show intros! It's our little homage to the humble beginnings of the podcast--back when we played blocks of video game music on the Boss Rush Mode channel (click here if you want to check that out)

A bit later on, we ask for your favorite TV theme that was attached to a "Top Tier Trash" show for this week's "Octoponder THIS"! And to close out the episode, Boss Rush Mode delivers another GROSS PHUCK FOOD HACK!

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The Brig: When Metal Was Hairy (with Adam Letourneau)

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 05:30:04 -0000

Check out the official website of Adam's awesome band HE SAID SHE SAID: www.hesaidshesaidri.com for videos, info and a list of upcoming shows!

And be sure to follow the band on Facebook and Instagram!

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The Crow's Nest: Faxanadu's & Faxanadont's

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:00:04 -0000

By all means, consider this a sequel to our first Crow's Nest "A Losing Battle Of Olympus"!

8-Bit Alchemy and Parasite Steve discuss their feelings about the (not so classic) NES game, Faxanadu. If you like single use keys, doors that re-lock, and having to slog your way back to the store to buy more keys then this might just be the game for you. Don't have negative thoughts. Remember your mantra.

Retro Ridoctopus is:

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8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
Nintenjoe (subscribe)

All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile. Listen to their sophomore album "Bloodwork Scriptorium" right now!

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S2E14 - Ep 39: The Wayback Snack Attack

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 05:00:37 -0000

Even the best stuff doesn't necessarily stick around forever. This week, we remember a bunch of junk foods that, sadly, are no longer sold in stores. :( Delicious and gone but not forgotten... how much of this crap did you used to cram in your beaks?

Later on, we ask you to Octoponder a childhood snack that you tried but always hated. And finally, Parasite Steve will shine the spotlight on Blaster Master Zero for another edition of Retro Nouveau!

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The Brig: Passing Strange (with Cat Scully)

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 05:00:50 -0000

We chat with artist, author, MAP-scallion, Cat Scully about her debut novel Jennifer Strange and how the Evil Dead films inspired her! This is another long interview because we are apparently just incredibly fun to talk to!

Preorder your copy of Jennifer Strange on IndieBound!

Check out this great interview for a Huge Give Away!

Browse all the awesomenes on Cat Scully's website!

Follow Cat Scull on Instagram

And check out her shop of fine wearables on Etsy!

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S2E13 - Ep 38: Golden Age of Japanimation

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 05:00:30 -0000

A discussion on Japanese Animation. We chat about our first experiences with the genre and spotlight some of our favorite lesser known films (also called OVAs, or Original Video Animation) from the 1980s and 1990s! How many of these underappreciated classics have YOU seen?

After the main discussion, we'll ask you to name an anime film that you either saw or wish you had been able to see on the BIG SCREEN! And finally, Nintenjoe spotlights another awesome metal band with another POWER TO THE METAL!

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The Crow's Nest: The TRUE Story of Murray (Dio's Devilish Pal)

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 05:00:57 -0000

Come for the info on concerts and stage antics from Dio's heyday, but STAY for the thrilling "true" story of his iconic mascot, Murray! Lifted from the actual 1987 Dream Evil tour program and dramatically recounted by Boss Rush Mode, this one is not something you'll want to miss!

Game music borrowed from "Chakan: The Forever Man" for the SEGA Genesis and "Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage" for the Super Nintendo.

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Boss Rush Mode (watch)
Parasite Steve (read)
8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
Nintenjoe (subscribe)

All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile. Listen to their sophomore album "Bloodwork Scriptorium" right now!

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The Brig: All My Friends Are Mutants (with Jeremy Flagg)

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 05:00:47 -0000

Jeremy Flagg is the creator of the dystopian superhero universe, CHILDREN OF NOSTRADAMUS. Taking his love of pop culture and comic books, he focuses on fast paced, action packed novels with complex characters and contemporary themes. He continues developing the universe with the Journal of Madison Walker, an ongoing serial set two hundred years in the future.

Check out all the post apocalyptic goodness on Jeremy's website!

And snag any or all of his amazing books on Amazon!

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S2E12 - Ep 37: Ronnie James Dio / The Bringer of the Horns

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 05:00:56 -0000

This week, Boss Rush Mode finds the courage to cross the rainbow bridge to pay tribute to one of the greatest heavy metal singers of all time, Ronnie James Dio! Starting with his early work with Ronnie and the Red Caps, we discuss his time with bands like Elf, Rainbow, the legendary BLACK SABBATH and on to his expansive solo career. Ronnie James had a remarkable career spanning more than half a century!

Later on, we'll ask you to STAND UP AND SHOUT your favorite all time song to feature Dio on vocals. And 8Bit Alchemy will present a very dragonish edition of UNCOMFORTABLE NATURE FACTS!

Retro Ridoctopus is:

Boss Rush Mode (watch)
Parasite Steve (read)
8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
Nintenjoe (subscribe)

All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile. Listen to their sophomore album "Bloodwork Scriptorium" right now!

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 05:00:09 -0000

We must remember...

TRAYVON MARTIN, ATATIANA JEFFERSON, AMADOU DIALLO, AIYANA JONES, JOHN CRAWFORD, BOTHAM JEAN, AHMAUD ARBERY, SEAN BELL, JONATHAN FERRELL, RENISHA MCBRIDE, TERENCE CRUTCHER, SANDRA BLAND, ERIC GARNER, TAMIR RICE, JORDAN EDWARDS, PHILANDO CASTILE, ALTON STERLING, JORDAN DAVIS, OSCAR GRANT, KEITH SCOTT, STEPHON CLARK, WALTER SCOTT, FREDDIE GRAY, MICHAEL BROWN, COREY JONES, DOUG LEWIS, BREONNA TAYLOR, GEORGE FLOYD.

blacklivesmatter #podcastblackout #icantbreathe

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The Brig: Arcades as an Artform (with Paul Niemeyer)

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:00:03 -0000

And check out Paul's auction website for lots of retro gaming goodies including signed reproductions of arcade marquees like SATAN'S HOLLOW!

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S2E11 - Ep 36: Unique Arcade Machines

Tue, 26 May 2020 05:00:00 -0000

Kids of the 80s and 90s will remember the experience of walking into an arcade with a sense of awe and wonder! What new machines had arrived since your last visit? And of those, which was going to grab you attention first? For this episode, we spotlight arcade games that stood out by daring to look different, even bizarre! Let's see which ones you remember!

And later on, we'll ask for your favorite childhood arcade spot before Boss Rush Mode cross checks the mic for another episode of his hockey segment THE PUCK STOPS HERE!

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The Brig: Lights, Camera, Corpsepaint (with Jeremy Saffer)

Tue, 19 May 2020 05:59:54 -0000

Snag Jeremy's AMAZING new coffee table book, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS at daughtersofdarknessbook.com and listen for an exclusive discount code for the book!

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The Crow's Nest: A River of Slime Runs Through It

Fri, 15 May 2020 05:00:03 -0000

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Boss Rush Mode (watch)
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A supplementary minisode that pairs great with Ep 34 of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast!

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S2E10 - Ep 35: Ghostbustin' Makes Us Feel Good

Tue, 12 May 2020 05:00:53 -0000

Break out the Ecto-Cooler because this week's episode is a sprawling discussion on the only spirit-hunting team that still waits by the phone... the Ghostbusters! 8-bit Alchemy leads us down dusty library rows as we breakdown this beloved film series and well as the cartoon and even the 2009 video game which (like the films) was written by Ramis and Aykroyd! So strap in, power up and try not to get slimed!

Later on, Parasite Steve shines the spotlight on a remake of a classic SNES beat em up, NINJA SAVIORS: RETURN OF THE WARRIORS for another edition of Retro Nouveau!

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The Crow's Nest: Requiem For a Symphony (of the Night)

Tue, 05 May 2020 05:30:04 -0000

It's hard to argue that Symphony of the Night is one of the Castlevania series' most beloved entries. Currently, the game is playable (along with it's predecessor, Rondo of Blood) in the Castlevania Requiem collection. For this bonus episode, Parasite Steve snags the mic to discuss his recent playthrough of a game he first fell in love with 23 years earlier!

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S2E9 - Ep 34: An Unnecessarily Long Discussion on Happy Meal Toys

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 05:35:13 -0000

This week, we decided to dust off some memories on fast food toys. Whether it was McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's or even Pizza Hut, almost every chain was in the business of drawing in younger customers with the allure of individually packaged plastic fun they could get nowhere else! This discussion runs long so buckle in, take some blood pressure medication and let's see how many of these toys you remember!

After the main discussion, we'll ask for your favorite temporary fast food item, before Nintenjoe closes us out with another installment of POWER TO THE METAL!

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The Crow's Nest: This The Legend, Overkill

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 05:05:52 -0000

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S2E8 - Ep 33: MTV / When the M Stood For Music

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 05:35:34 -0000

On this episode, Retro Ridoctopus switches on some Music Television! We'll discuss the early years and spotlight some of the classic videos and MTV programs we watched over and over!

Later, this week's "Octoponder THIS" will ask for your favorite non-music related MTV show before 8-Bit Alchemy ends things with another edition of COMPOSE YO-SELF!

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S2E7 - Ep 32: Leslie Nielsen / Naked Files From Police Squad

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:00:20 -0000

On this episode, we spotlight the incredibly talented actor Leslie Nielsen! We'll chat about some of his earlier straight man work, but spend the bulk of our energies on his comedic stuff. "THE NAKED GUN", "POLICE SQUAD" and of course "AIRPLANE" are all comedy classics!

In other words... it’s the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the orange bowl on New Year’s Day.

Later on, we take turns paying tribute to some awesome independent artists that we think deserve your patronage!

Please check out: • The Gamescape Artist (gaming lansdcapes) • Ukiyo-e Heroes (samurai art) • Forest Haunt (creepy apparel) • Grace Duncan (cutesy art) • Joe Lisi (gaming art) • justm3hart (gaming art) • Don England (horror art) • Arthur Moon (incorrect music) • Rough House Publishing (horror comics)

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S2E6 - Ep 31: Dork-Vania / Soundtrack of the Night (with Ian Wallace)

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 05:53:00 -0000

Raise a chalice, Dork-Vania has arrived! This is part 5 of the 8 part event! Keep everything straight by checking here! You'll see all the episodes of all the great Dorkening shows involved and most importantly, the bloody good Castlevania prizes!

For our part, Retro Ridoctopus is concentrating on the seminal music of the series--each of us having handpicked double-shots of music for your listening pleasure. And since it is most definitely a horrible night for a curse, we welcome aboard the Boy Wonderful himself, Ian Wallace from Amalga-Mania!

Later on, Parasite Steve will be spotlighting another indie book in Curtis Lawson's pull-no-punches, "BLACK HEART BOYS' CHOIR".

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The Crow's Nest: A Losing Battle of Olympus

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:38:08 -0000

For our first bonus episode, 8-Bit Alchemy and Parasite Steve discuss their feelings about the (not so classic) NES game, The Battle of Olympus. If you like pixelated bewbs, having no idea where to go next or enjoy paying for things in olives, then this might just be the game for you.

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S2E5 - Ep 030: The Very Naughty Boy / A Tribute to Terry Jones

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:02:00 -0000

This week, the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast pays tribute to a true comic genius. Terry Jones wasn't just 1/6 of the legendary Monty Python, he was a writer, historian, director, famed Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies (I think). So get ready for some bad accents and some even worse impressions because on this episode, we go through the 4 Python films, remembering and celebrating them as only fans can.

https://retro-ridoctopus.pinecast.co/episode/b68fe0de547e4cec/ep-030-the-very-naughty-boy-a-tribute-to-terry-jones?fbclid=IwAR2YX3bLlZ_1FEw8dc4gUKwMNjpURZSQFCC01JaiffwtwmXloDX_j7bgu1A

TerryJones #MontyPython #HolyGrail #LifeofBrian

A bit later on, we'll ask this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question: "What existing female role would you like to see played by Terry Jones in drag?". And to round things out, Nintenjoe presents a brand new segment for 2020 that'll leave you asking "What You Say?".

And stay tuned for our preview of The Dorkening's mega crossover event, DORK-VANIA!

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S2E4 - Ep 029: Cereal Killers & Fillers (with Derek Lofstrom)

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:30:00 -0000

On this episode, the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast is joined in studio by the Duke of Deadpan, Derek Loftrom (winner of the "Submit a topic for a season 2" contest). Together, we take a trip down the cereal aisles of time and space to highlight some of our favorite killer (and not so killer) American breakfast cereals! There a bit of history involved and a quiz at the end of the week, so be sure to take notes.

A bit later on, we'll ask this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question: "What cereal makes your favorite milk?". And to round things out, 8-bit Alchemy is gonna present you with a bit of squirm with his new segment "Uncomfortable Nature Facts"!

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S2E3 - Ep 028: The Wacky World of Hanna Barbera

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 06:00:00 -0000

No mystery here, gang... on this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, we'll be aiming our flashlights on the American animation giant, Hanna Barbera! Host Nintenjoe starts out with a little studio history, before we dive right into into playing blocks of cartoon theme songs from 8 of our favorite shows!

Later, this week's "Octoponder THIS" will ask which classic Hanna Barbera toon you'd like to see a reboot of before Boss Rush Mode ends things with a brand new hockey themed segment he has dubbed "The Puck Stops Here."

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S2E2 - Ep 027: Classic Nickelodeon

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, we are all about our own personal experiences with the premier kid's network, Nickelodeon! 8-Bit Alchemy leads the discussion as we all choose 2 or 3 of our most beloved shows, complete with theme songs!

Later, this week's "Octoponder THIS" will literally splat you right in the face, so watch out for that. And finally, to close everything out, Parasite Steve spotlights the dark coming of age novella "Friends in High Places" by Rob Smales for a brand new segment called "Bookshelf of the Damned"!

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S2E1 - Ep 026: Mega Man / Rise of the Blue Bomber

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 05:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, we bring the pew pew and a little rock and roll with a spotlight on the popular Mega Man series! Capcom's blue boy wonder has starred in more games, across more consoles than we can cram into a single episode, that's why for our first episode of season 2, host Parasite Steve has decided to concentrate on the original 6 entries for the Nintendo Entertainment System!

Later, we'll ask you to "Get Wily With It" to come up with your own, original ROBOT MASTER for this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Nintenjoe snags the mic to highlight another underrated metal band in a segment we call "Power To The Metal"!

Retro Ridoctopus is:

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S1E25 - Ep 025: Season 1 Finale / First Viewing of Classic Films

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0000

Our big, season finale is one for and by the Retroids, as we share our memories and play almost 20 minutes of voice mails sent to us by our amazing listeners! Stay to the end if you can, because we also have a Godzilla-sized announcement about where we are going for season 2!

On and don't miss as Boss Rush Mode delivers his final "Peeve Pet", mercilessly breaking down the unmitigated excess of the 12 Days of Christmas!

Thanks for a great year, everyone!

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Alternate intro "Retrogtagon" by: Tino The San-Man

S1E24 - Ep 024: Retro-bution / Captain Power On

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0000

An underappreciated 80s gem, Captain Power and The Soldiers of the Future was definitely ahead of its time. Written by J. Michael Straczynski, this surprisingly dark, post apocalyptic series was aimed at both kids and adults but struggled to find an audience. We discuss the show, the VHS tapes and the brilliant line of interactive toys!

Later, for the last "Octoponder THIS" of the season, we ask for your favorite short lived TV show. And to close out the episode, Boss Rush Mode lets us know how he really feels about certain types of band logos in another edition of Petting Those Peeves!

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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile.
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S1E23 - Ep 023: The Dark Crystal / A Really Great Conjunction

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, 8-Bit Alchemy drops a great, garthim-sized conjunction on your heads as we explore the sprawling worlds of Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal! Our discussion covers the original film, the Age of Resistance series and beyond!

Special appearances by our roving reporter, Dr. Maddio, as well as our buddy Justin Cooper of Amalga-Mania and the Fan-Tastic Podcast!

A bit later... we'll ask you to choose a one-off movie that deserves receive a sequel series this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Parasite Steve drops DIE MONSTER to spotlight an annoying video game baddie that could TOTALLY have lived in the world of Thra!

#BlitzkrakBallzkrieg #SpituniaFairyoftheCigarBar

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S1E22 - Ep 022: Digging Up The Crow (with Derek Rook)

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, Parasite Steve welcomes his partner in crime, Derek Rook of Rough House Publishing! Continuing on with our October theme, the ROUGH MASTER GENERAL chats about a book that helped shape his career... that poetic masterpiece of tragedy and of young love lost, "The Crow". Over the course of our longest episode yet, we dig up some inside baseball regarding the original comic before segueing into the Brandon Lee film.

And since it can't rain all the time...

Later, we'll ask you to name a film that is too precious to you to ever be remade, for this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Nintenjoe highlights his segment's first soundtrack in another awesome "Power To The Metal"!

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S1E21 - Ep 021: Resident Evil: Itchy. Tasty.

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0000

This week, host Boss Rush Mode takes point to lead us on a mission through the seminal survival horror franchise known as Resident Evil! Though some may be more familiar with the film series, we point our flashlights into the dark, squirming corners of Capcom's original video game series. The originals, the remakes and even a spin-off or two!

In other words... zombies and lickers and tyrants, oh my!

A bit later on, for this week's "Octoponder THIS", we ask for your favorite horror themed video game. And to close things out, 8-Bit Alchemy spotlights another talented video game composer for a segment he likes to call, "Compose Yo' Self"!

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S1E20 - Ep 020: Kinder Terror / Childhood Frights

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0000

To usher in the spooky season, host 8-Bit Alchemy is hell bent on dredging up our worst childhood frights! We've all experienced it. Sometimes a single scene from a TV show or a movie was all it took to leave lasting scars, but other times, the really scary stuff happens IRL. Stuff that even today, we can't explain.

A bit later on, we ask you to summon up your scariest childhood nightmare for this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Boss Rush Mode shares some rage about restaurants, blizzards and even staples in another edition of PETTING THOSE PEEVES!

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S1E19 - Ep 019: Contra / Record of Alien Wars

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 04:00:00 -0000

This week, host Nintenjoe is locked, loaded and ready to talk about one of his favorite classic video game series, Contra! We set our sights on the 8-bit and 16 bit entries as well as the original arcade and beyond! So, input that Konami code and strap in for an alien busting episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast!

When the dust settles, we'll ask your favorite Contra inspired game for this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Parasite Steve presents the indie gem, Blazing Chrome for another RETRO NOUVEAU.

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S1E18 - Ep 018: Tears in the Rain / A Tribute to Rutger Hauer

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, we pay tribute to the late, great Dutch thespian, Rutger Hauer. Parasite Steve leads the discussion and reminisces about a slew of his favorite Hauer films and why the actor is so important to him.

Later, we'll ask you to imagine a role where you would have most liked to have seen Rutger cast (he was almost Riggs in Lethal Weapon, don't ya know) for this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Nintenjoe snags the mic to highlight another underrated metal band in a segment we call "Power To The Metal"!

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S1E17 - Ep 017: Sporting Entertainment

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 04:00:00 -0000

This stuff may not be in the same league as hockey, football or baseball but don't you dare call it "FAKE"! Boss Rush Mode leads a ruckus discussion about Sports Entertainment in all its varied forms. We cover GLOW (The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling), the WWF/WWE, Legends of the Hidden Temple, stuff on roller skates and more!

A bit later on, for this week's "Octoponder THIS", we ask your favorite sports entertainment personality. And to close things out, 8-Bit Alchemy spotlights a classic Nintendo tournament with another edition of "8-Bit Minute"!

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S1E16 - Ep 016: TV Intros / Themes From A Memory

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 04:00:00 -0000

In a format departure, Nintenjoe leads us in playing blocks of classic TV sitcom and cartoon show intros! It's our little homage to the humble beginnings of the podcast--back when we played blocks of video game music on the Boss Rush Mode channel (click here if you want to check that out)

A bit later on, we ask for your favorite TV theme that was attached to a "Top Tier Trash" show for this week's "Octoponder THIS"! And to close out the episode, Boss Rush Mode sets his teeth in a clench to rip apart "traffic", in another edition of Petting Those Peeves!

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S1E15 - Ep 015: Cartoon Comeback

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 04:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, 8-Bit Alchemy spotlights some beloved cartoons he would love to see come BACK FROM THE DEAD! And, just to be cool guys, each of the other 3 Octo-Hosts chime in with some of our childhood favorites that we think could are deserving of a proper comeback!

A bit later... we'll ask you to name one existing remake that you really enjoyed in this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Parasite Steve drops RETRO NOUVEAU to spotlight another new but retro-styled indie video game!

#Shubibin! #WackyDraws

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S1E14 - Ep 014: The Weirdest of them Al (with Randy Carter)

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 04:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, we welcome Randy "Too Pretty For Death" Carter, the lead vocalist of NH based heavy metal band Swarm of Eyes! After some serious HEAVY METAL talk, host (of the moment) Parasite Steve leads us on a journey through the mighty Weird Al Yankovic's first five albums! We discuss every hit and every deep cut, the parodies and the originals, while sharing our fond memories on growing up WEIRD.

Later, we'll ask you to lay down your favorite Al original song for this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Nintenjoe snags the mic to highlight another underrated metal band in a segment we call "Power To The Metal"!

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S1E13 - Ep 013: Mantle of the Batman

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 04:00:00 -0000

Tim Burton's original Batman film is turning 30! Criminals may be a superstitious cowardly lot, but we aint afraid of no BATS! Host, Boss Rush Mode leads us in a celebration of the Caped Crusader's many appearances in movies, cartoons, video game and MORE on this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast!

For this week's "Octoponder THIS", we ask your favorite Batman villain, and to close things out, 8-Bit Alchemy pays tribute to the amazing Danny Elfman with another edition of "Compose Yo-self"!

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S1E12 - Ep 012: Video Games That Should Have Been

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 04:00:00 -0000

Why was there no Gummi Bears game on the NES? Shouldn't there have been a 16-bit Ronin Warriors? Host, Nintenjoe asks the Ridocto-hosts to pitch some imaginary video games based on shows or movies we always loved!

A bit later on, we ask you to pitch an improved version of a licensed game that DID exist... (but should have been way better) for this week's "Octoponder THIS"! And to close out the episode, Boss Rush Mode steps up to confront some internet "logic" in another edition of Petting Those Peeves!

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S1E11 - Ep 011: Godzilla Gaming START T0 END

Tue, 28 May 2019 04:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, Professor 8-Bit Alchemy lays down a Kaiju-sized history lesson of Godzilla's many appearance in video games! From the Commodore 64 and Apple II to the NES, Game Boy and even the Sega Pico, you'll see that movies aren't the only media where BIG G reigns supreme.

A bit later... we'll ask you to name your favorite giant monster in this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Parasite Steve drops another DIE MONSTER to spotlight some of the deep dive TOHO references in the classic NES game Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!

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S1E10 - Ep 010: Girl Cartoon Throwdown (Of Ultimate Destiny)

Tue, 14 May 2019 04:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, Parasite Steve shows us the softer side of bad ass, as guests Ashes Von Nightmare & Patsy the Angry Nerd (from the Throwdown Thursday Podcast) discuss their favorite 80s girl cartoons!

And later on, we'll ask you to pony up your favorite female animated character for this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Nintenjoe snags the mic to highlight another underrated metal band in a segment we call "Power To The Metal"!

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S1E9 - Ep 009: Pac-Man Feverish

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Host, Boss Rush Mode takes us PAC in time to spotlight the first icon of gaming—that ghost gobbling, circle of ravenous yellow, Pac-Man! We chat about the myriad of the classic games, cartoons, lunchboxes, "rockin"soundtracks, the nutritional merits of video wafers and MORE on this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast!

And for this week's "Octoponder THIS", we unbox some breakfast memories by asking you to regurgitate your favorite cereal based on a cartoon or video game character (there were a ton in the 80s)! Then, to close out the episode, our resident composer is going to take you back to video game school with another edition of "The 8-Bit Minute"!

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S1E8 - Ep 008: Star Trek / Where No Podcast Has Gone Before

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 04:00:00 -0000

Host, Nintenjoe boldly goes to the final frontier to discuss our varied experiences with a little franchise called Star Trek! Holodecks, phaser settings and controversial kisses abound on this star studded episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast!

A bit later on, we ask your all time favorite Sci-Fi show or movie (that's not Start Trek or Star Wars) for this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Boss Rush Mode gives you a little peek behind the curtain for a little something we call the "GROSS FUCK FOOD HACK"!

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S1E7 - Ep 007: Collecting Dust

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, host, 8-Bit Alchemy dusts off some memories about childhood collectibles. Things like figures and cards—inexpensive purchasables that got their hooks in deep, making you feel like you had to GET (or in some cases, catch) 'EM ALL!

A bit later... we'll ask you to pony up the crown jewel of your collection for this week's "Octoponder THIS". Then, to close out the episode, Parasite Steve steps up to spotlight a great newish indie game called "Time Spinner" for a new segment we call "Retro Nouveau"!

#deepinthesheepbones

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S1E6 - Ep 006: Lost Board Games

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 04:00:00 -0000

On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, host (of the moment), Parasite Steve rolls the dice to embark on a round table discussion, where we remember some of our favorite obscure board games that (while totally awesome) lacked the staying power of fare like Monopoly or Clue.

And later on, we'll spout off some childhood regrets for this week's "Octoponder THIS". Then, to close out the episode, Nintenjoe snags the mic to highlight another underrated metal band in a segment we call "Power To The Metal"!

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S1E5 - Ep 005: A Time Before Stuff

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 05:00:00 -0000

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On this, the fifth voyage of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, host (at the post), Boss Rush Mode leads a discussion on the evolution of technology. We'll chat about what it was like growing up before and during a time when exciting stuff like "the internet", "walkmans" and "social" "media" were debuted to a willing public.

Later, we flip the topic of the week on its head for this week's installment "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, 8-Bit Alchemy spotlights the composer of the Spyro the Dragon games for a rockin' new segment, "Compose Yo Self"!

Also... duck dicks.

A lot of them.

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S1E4 - Ep 004: Transformers / More Than Meets These Guys

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 05:00:00 -0000

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On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, host, Nintenjoe leads us from the war-torn streets of Cybertron to the neon wastes of the 1980s as we celebrate our love for all things Transformers!

And later on, we your all time favorite Transformer character on this week's "Octoponder THIS". Finally, to close out the episode, Boss Rush Mode gets a chance to do the vent cathartic in a segment we have dubbed "Petting Those Peeves".

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S1E3 - Ep 003: Party of One / Awesome Movies That Get No Love

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 05:00:00 -0000

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On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, host, 8-Bit Alchemy leads us in a discussion of some seriously obscure movies! Each host presents a specific flick that we think more people should know about... or possibly stab a thousand times in the face with a flaming sword.

Later on, we'll ask you to dredge up your first theater memory for this week's "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, Parasite Steve spotlights and flushes out the history of a classic video game enemy, for a segment we like to call, DIE MONSTER!!

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S1E2 - Ep 002: Castlevania / Bloody Tears for Years

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 05:00:00 -0000

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On this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, host (of the moment), Parasite Steve leads us past moonlit graves, up the stairs of a treacherous clock tower and into Castle Dracula, for a discussion about one of our favorite gaming properties, Castlevania! We'll talk about our individual first experiences with the series, ending up at the fantastic anime series, now in its second season on Netflix.

And later on, we'll list off some elements we found were missing from that anime series, for this week's "Octoponder THIS". Then, to close out the episode, Nintenjoe snags the mic to highlight another underrated metal band in a segment we call "Power To The Metal"!

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S1E1 - Ep 001: Maiden Voyage / Childhood's End(urance)

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 05:00:00 -0000

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On this, the maiden voyage of the Retro Ridoctopus Cephalopodcast, host (at the post), Boss Rush Mode leads a discussion on the various things we dug way back in our childhoods and have somehow endured into our adult lives. Topics range from classic gaming, heavy metal, adventures with hummingbird moths and beyond!

Later, we flip the topic of the week on its head for this week's installment "Octoponder THIS". And to close out the episode, 8-Bit Alchemy snags the mic for a segment we like to call "The 8-Bit Minute"!

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