Red Leaf Retrocast (Gaming, Anime, Wrestling)

Scary and spooky month is here. We may rant about some current games we are playing for a bit (0-22). Some puzzling and topical news is on the doc such as a new Intellivision console and talking about industry culture in "crunch" time (22-42).  Being that Halloween is near, naturally we were due for a horror themed episode. Join us as we discuss six differently scary and spooky retro games (44-end...

It's spooky season. During the intro of this episode we briefly discuss our initial impressions over a few of the new Fall 2018 seasonal anime (0-16).Tori has started a new quest which involves watching retro anime films, and we discuss some of the standouts he has watched so far including a Takahata film (16-38).Naturally, since Halloween is around the corner we go into some horror/suspense/psych...

Take out WCW brick by brick. We introduce this episode with some NXT and NXTUK talk along with some women's wrestling going on (0-15). This spotlight is all about the early 90's WCW faction called The Dangerous Alliance lead by Paul E. Dangerously (15-44). Tier 3 indie was busy lately with Progress Ch 76 headlining Wembley as the boys from the Smack It Down podcast joins JD to discuss this monumen...

September 2018 has past which means time to discuss the latest game releases. We briefly discuss the PSVR anniversary and a few games during the sale and Drew talks about his latest Call of Duty exploits in the beta and more (0-19). The Tokyo Game Show happened and some interesting news came from it ranging from a Yakuza successor to the Playstation Classic being revealed (19-46) This cast natural...

Are you assuming the Game Boy's gender? This cast opens with some typical talk over recent releases and game playing like Mega Man, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Freedom Wars and more (0-30). We give some brief news updates worth touch on such as the closure of Tell Tale Studios (30-39).  Sticking with the theme of the episode, the cast dives into a brief little history over the handheld powerhouse, t...

Do you have the Armstrong Curse? Special end to the episode covers a live event interview. Just a quick short intro for this one with some Super Show Down thoughts (0-11). Our spotlight here is over former NWA and WCW wrestler Brad Armstrong (11-27). The indie scene remains strong and rising, so we discuss OTT Wrestlerama 2 Walter v Devlin, a bit over what's been happening in Lucha Underground, to...

Summer 2018 anime reviews. First off, we just have a short little usual intro (0-14). The Summer season is over. Each host picked 3 shows they would like to review from the Summer 2018 season (14-2:28).Angolmois (14-21)Hanebado (21-33)Grand Blue (33-47)Happy Sugar Life (47-59)Steins Gate 0 (59-1:24)Cells at Work (1:24-1:41)Asobi Asobase (1:41-1:50)Revue Starlight (1:50-2:03)Lupin Part 5 (2:03-2:28...

Rated R Superstar! After I introduce a new guest host, we run down quickly what has happened in women's wrestling: Shine 53, Mae Young Classic 2 and Stardom's 5 Star Grand Prix (0-12).JD also recounts a Beyond Wrestling show he went to titled: Somebody's Farewell Probably main evented by Cage v Jordynne Grace (12-28). Our spotlight for this covers Edge. The man that started as a tag team specialis...

Fall 2018 anime preview. First off, Tori has his last quest update (0-33). With Summer coming to an end, a new anime season is upon us. Each host picks 3 shows they would like to highlight for the upcoming Fall anime 2018 season (33-1:14). Our anime up for review comes from Studio Gainax by the name of Nadia Secret of Blue Water. We break down a very plot heavy show, the wide variety of characters...

BAH! Yes, the OG cast is back as we open up the cast talking about our first impressions over Spiderman and Shadow of the Tomb Raider (0-17). The cast got together and went to the Retro World Expo in CT, and we had quite the gaming adventure (17-32). Nintendo finally had a direct covering how Switch Online is going to work, and revealed some more game releases on the horizon. How did they do (31-5...

We love to fight. In this intro to the episode we discuss Defiant's tv title match last month of Ospreay v Walter, and catch up with both Mae Young Classic 2 and Stardom's 5 Star Grand Prix (0-16). Our spotlight in this episode covers the excellent ring worker Dave 'Fit' Finlay. He was the man that kickstarted training WWE's golden age of women's wrestlers (16-41). In our Tier 3 indie wrestling di...

We are going way back in this one. First off, some interesting news and discussion came out regarding a certain anime industry name having choice critisism regarding Crunchyroll and the state of the anime industry (0-48). Next, Tori and Hiki mark out and fan-gasm with a lot of discussion regarding all things Idolmaster: anime, game, waifus, and more (48--1:27). Our anime up for review is the famou...

It's August 2018 with guest Colin from the retrogaming cast. After a short introduction, the cast here give our thoughts over two gameplay trailers that came out recently: Cyberpunk 2077 and The Quiet Man (0-29). Naturally, the remainder of the cast is over some of the more notable August 2018 game releases, and we give our opinions over them (29-end) We Happy Few   Dead Cells   Overcooked 2   Fir...

Women's wrestling is good and cool and fun! Travis joins JD to discuss and break down the wide world of women's wrestling. Our spotlight wrestler for this one is about Akira Hokuto whom is arguably one of the greatest women's wrestlers of all time (0-28). We have a discussion topic focused on women's wrestling and naturally we have some thoughts about the upcoming WWE Evolution ppv (28--46). For t...

Best host Tori from the anime cast has joined the retro group in this one. What non-podcast games have we been playing (0-16)? Some worthy news has come out about a new Streets of Rage games, more Shovel Knight DLC, and Onimusha (16-33). Our theme is over retro anime games and we really hit the well with games based on some of the most interesting anime of decades past (33-end). Dragon Ball: Shenl...

The Hart Foundation lives on. Rad and JD make eps 10 a super long special one. We begin with small discussion over WOS wrestling, Sami Callihan in Impact, Shane Strickland's month and more (0-17) Our wrestler spotlight this time is over long time Hart Foundation member Jim the Anvil Neidhart (17-32). Indie scene coverage is over Ch 73,74 of Progress wrestling and followed up by a quick recap of Ev...

Waifus are for laifus. Yes, in this episode we cover an anime with two fantastic female characters. First, Tori has 4 quest updates over comedy anime (0-26). Then, our main discussion topic this episode is about waifus. The culture surrounding it, how we relate or don't relate to it, and talk about some our favourite female anime characters (26-1:13). Our anime for review this episode is the episo...

Good old Canadian Joe aka PNG has joined the cast of RLR for this episode as we start by briefly talking about some games we have been playing (0-16). Nintendo had a direct already featuring even more updates over their crazy hyped game Smash Ultimate coming to the Switch. We all share our thoughts about it (16-35). Our theme this episode is focused on games based from cartoon shows. Obviously the...

Ohhhhhh Yeahhhh!!! In episode 9, Rad and JD have a fun start by JD talking about him going to Progress Wrestling's Coast to Coast tour event in Boston. We also have a loose discussion over the return of World of Sport Wrestling on UK television (0-20) Our wrestler spotlight this time is over the Macho Man Randy Savage himself (20-38). For the indie scene coverage here we discuss in this episode Im...

We are at the mid-point of 2018. Drew and JD are back to catch up with what we have been streaming and playing the last month (0-21). Our discussion this month we discuss our top games so far into the year and look upon the horizon of what games we are hyped for the reamainder of the year (21-54). For the month of July, we discuss the releases, but also disucss some games we have missed during the...

The days of Dungeons and Dragons be it kids in their basements during the 70's or even in living rooms with friends today leaves countless memories. After our short little intro (0-13) Tori has two quest updates for you guys (13-32). Our main topic this episode is about anime based on video games and visa versa. We keep it on the shorter side as to not just list off so many of them (32-1:05). Base...

JD and Colin have been playing many games besides the podcast ones: Odin Sphere, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon for Colin while JD has a lot to say over Assassin's Creed Origins. JD also gives some more first impressions over the fixed Watch Dogs and Octopath Traveler (0-29). Some recent news that caught our eye is up for discussion as well as thoughts over the latest content update from No Man's Sky tit...

Shades of Shibata! This episode begins with a discussion on our immediate thoughts surrounding the newly announced WWE all women's ppv coming in Oct 2018. This is followed by some thoughts over wXw's 16 Carat Gold Night 1 ppv from 2009 (0-21) Our wrestler spotlight for the episode is over one of NJPW's 'Three Muskateers' Katsuyori Shibata (21-39). Our indie focus starts out with a recap of events...

Hot dang fun anime times ahead. JD got a RightStuff package in the mail, and our main man/best host Tori has two quest updates over Eden of the East and Katangatari (0-38). We have a couple discussion topics this time as it is finally time to review the Spring anime season (38-2:05). Then, as we do, the hosts outlook the Summer 2018 anime season and take a look at some shows that now qualify for r...

The people voted! This episode is brought by you guys. We begin with our usual catching up and talking a bit about the new Octopath Traveler (0-22). Our topic of discussion is a focus and history over the Sega CD. What did it do right, wrong, and in between it all (22- 58). Since this cast is all about the Sega CD, we picked six games that were exclusive to the old cd based extension (58-end). Hea...