Retro Ridoctopus

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...

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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 pe...

---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve ( read ) • 8-Bit Alchemy ( listen ) • Nintenjoe ( subscribe ) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Retro Ridoctopus is part of the Dorkening Podcast Network , the Inebri-Art Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee ! Find out more at https://ret...

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!! 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 ov...

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 the...

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 be...

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...

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...

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 Ninten...

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! ----------------------------...

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...

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

---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve ( read ) • 8-Bit Alchemy ( listen ) • Nintenjoe ( subscribe ) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Retro Ridoctopus is part of the Dorkening Podcast Network , the Inebri-Art Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee ! Find out more at https://ret...

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! Special thanks to our newest sponsor, Silk City Hot Sauce ! If heat with uncompromising flavor is your thing visit their awesome website and enter the coupon code: DORK to get 20% off yo...

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 se...

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 Oct...

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 a...

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! ---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve ( read ) • 8-Bit Alchemy ( listen ) • Nintenjoe ( subscribe...

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 f...

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...

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! -----------------------...

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...

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...

---------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is: • Parasite Steve ( read ) • 8-Bit Alchemy ( listen ) • Nintenjoe ( subscribe ) ---------------------------------------- All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Retro Ridoctopus is part of the Dorkening Podcast Network , the Inebri-Art Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee ! This podcast is powered by P...