Retro Ridoctopus

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/6fcdd757-d44f-4e85-b67c-58c1af9abd90

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/c8e239e5-eca6-45ba-8a94-542f3170f5ce

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/97f88d69-ea11-49e9-b1f0-86a80e74f4ae

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/1ec74745-f04a-4933-8b43-5ac6e91086d3

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/48a77e0c-3355-4172-b9cb-d7c6e98cd1a7

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. ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/9df12b69-3b93-4378-811f-29f221451aac

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/bc78fec4-375e-4a19-8068-8d16149eb6b4

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"! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/28e1ddc1-13ca-4f75-9310-1574b633e8f7

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. ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/309e4860-cbea-4c5f-8c52-a0487e89719d

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/3150b0bc-e083-4f42-a9e5-c5e4373f3e1b

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/3eb087e8-d374-47e3-9f32-d10142b8c838

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. ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/67be28cf-546e-4941-9004-c94ff6709e4d

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... ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/de6c3294-a51f-4424-b609-0a03cfba4fd7

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/309619cc-c148-47fc-af19-64e54a0345df

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/bc1bc955-04f8-4242-92d2-d2c0a590d500

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/3556e03c-7841-46e8-b2a3-fb41c8f37c11

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve (read) • 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/877d1459-c47a-4dc2-be1a-88a158f1b2a9

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

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

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