Retro Ridoctopus

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 O...

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-O...

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 che...

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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 C...

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...

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 cove...

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 BI...

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!! Follow Leik on Twitter @Leikjarinn and wa...

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 Ridoctop...

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...