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Retronauts Podcast Thread
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ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
Yeah, Kohler blew my mind once or twice with his power-leveling exploits.
I've booted up the PSP game tonight just to do some of those tricks. Amazing.
Having spent two hours with it again I think it's definitely only behind XII and IX for me.
First Bubble Bobble, now FFIV, Retronauts bringing the hot tips!
Skeletos311
Junior Member
I liked the Yoshi episode. It really brought back memories of when SMW was coming out and Yoshi was kind of a big deal. At least to me he was. I thought Yoshi was the coolest thing ever. I remember I would draw Yoshi over and over all over my homework.
Fenster Mayhew
Member
I'm reading this post from my solid-gold toilet
ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
And yet, somehow, a Retronauts Micro went up on the Patreon feed today...
ironjoe989
Member
In my kids Tae Kwon Do class when anyone does something amazing, the whole class lines up, points both fingers gun style at the recipient, and shouts "You're awesome!"
I just did that at my computer screen in your honor.
Retronauts makes my limited time to game a little more bearable, not to mention my job. You've even inspired me to play FFIV again, though I'm sticking with the DS version to see what's different.
reelbigtink
Member
Just read about Retronauts joining PodcastOne. I think it's a good thing but could it change anything about the show?
brianmcdoogle
Member
The bummer is that all the past episodes are going to be behind a paywall:
So, looks like this weekend I'm going to have to get an archive going like I did with 1-100 on the 1UP days.
My only concern is with older episodes going behind a paywall. I get that they did manage to get them to keep them free for a period of time (multiple months, going by the blog post) but it feels somewhat counter to the spirit/goals of the podcast to have episodes on certain topics not easily referenced by new fans or someone who is just taking a deep dive on a specific subject they covered. That said, it's not like these episodes are getting 1UP'd, and presumably if anything happens to PodcastOne or, god forbid, they bail out of Retronauts I assume the episodes would become easily accessible freely again somewhere.
yeah putting old episodes behind a paywall makes no sense for a show like retronauts. they really need to find a way to work around that policy. i haven't gotten around to downloading plenty of episodes for games i plan to play because the show is sort of supposed to be timeless. don't make me rush through parodius dangit.
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
They said in their post they'd give it a few months, let the fans grab 'em. In the end, no different from the gigs and gigs on a hard drive I have of the previous runs' episodes.
1st world problem: never will have the time to relisten to the whole thing I think!
2nd 1st world problem: was some news previously, still hoping that DVD is underway?
Glad to see you'll have sales guys lining up some dollars, let you keep making the show. Good luck!
1st world problem: never will have the time to relisten to the whole thing I think!
2nd 1st world problem: was some news previously, still hoping that DVD is underway?
Glad to see you'll have sales guys lining up some dollars, let you keep making the show. Good luck!
thats a bummer. like when i went to download an older episode of "how did this get made" and realized all the old episodes were behind some new paywall
but hey, if this helps keep the podcast going it's fine. realistically, i'm rarely going to go back and listen to old episodes, since i've been listening since day one and heard them all
but hey, if this helps keep the podcast going it's fine. realistically, i'm rarely going to go back and listen to old episodes, since i've been listening since day one and heard them all
ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
Psst, this isn't going away for the foreseeable future:
retronauts.libsyn.com
retronauts.libsyn.com
As someone who has been listening to Retronauts since episode one on 1up, I would just like to say that I could not care less about having to deal with ads and an easily avoidable paywall. I am all in favour of whatever incredibly minor inconvenience is necessary for Jeremy to make this his full-time job. I really admire how much of his life and career have been devoted to something as unprofitable as documenting and commenting on video game history. Someone as intelligent, articulate and well-liked as Jeremy could have easily moved on to the developer/publisher side of the industry and made a very good living. Instead, he has followed his passion and offered up countless hours of entertainment for free to the ungrateful and overly critical people of the internet. So anyone complaining, please just think before you speak and get some perspective.
Bobs cool too.
I second this 100% !
yep, pretty much this
Bless you, sir.
ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
Aww, thanks. And thanks for not overlooking Bob, who is completely essential to all of this even if at the moment he's not as visibly involved as I am due to his having, you know, a real job. Which is why our primary goal this year is to make the show/site profitable enough for it to support both of us full-time. Bob's backed me as I take the first step, and now I need to return the favor... which means, yeah, ads, because that's the reality of things. But no compromises to the show or site's quality.
ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
We already have! MGC.
Fenster Mayhew
Member
A backhanded compliment is technically still a compliment, so I'll take it!
nckillthegrimace
Member
I'm not getting them either.
Fenster Mayhew
Member
The transition to the new feed may take a little bit of time to wrap up. Right now it seems that people using iTunes can access it, though you may need to unsubscribe/resubscribe to get things working again.
If you're not using iTunes and can't download the file, can you tell me what podcast app/program you're using? Contrary to what a lot of people out there think, iTunes isn't a podcast host and instead points users towards a file hosted elsewhere. I'm currently using Downcast for my podcast player and it's still pulling from the old Libsyn feedmeaning Yoshi games is still the newest episode.
If you're not using iTunes and can't download the file, can you tell me what podcast app/program you're using? Contrary to what a lot of people out there think, iTunes isn't a podcast host and instead points users towards a file hosted elsewhere. I'm currently using Downcast for my podcast player and it's still pulling from the old Libsyn feedmeaning Yoshi games is still the newest episode.
Fenster Mayhew
Member
I'm actually not sure what's going to happen with our Stitcher and Google Play Music feeds. I've reached out to our Podcast One rep, so hopefully I can get some answers soon.
nckillthegrimace
Member
I'm also using Downcast.
ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
This is correct. He also talked me out of quitting the show about a year ago when the stress of work, family concerns, and sinking a few dozens hours a month into this show had me suffocatingly depressed, filled with palpable self-loathing, and about one setback away from throwing myself off a bridge. Which, in turn, started things rolling for the move to making Retronauts a proper media property. So yeah, all of this is HIS fault.
RadarScope1
Member
I just watched the Urban Champion vid. Even though the game is garbage, I really appreciate Jeremy's approach to providing context on every piece of content he creates. He placed the game in context of both the past (Game & Watch) and present/future (1-2 Switch). I actually had no idea about the connection to the LCD boxing game, and I have spent a lot of time mulling over the legacy of the black box lineup. Great stuff.
Loved the Final Fantasy IV episode. Thanks to Kohler for busting out his hot, back-of-the-magazine leveling tips.
I really need to pick up the PSP version at some point. After not having played IV for a long time, the DS version was the one I played again a few years ago. All I could think throughout was, "Wow, I remember this being a lot easier. I somehow got worse at playing JRPGs?".
I really need to pick up the PSP version at some point. After not having played IV for a long time, the DS version was the one I played again a few years ago. All I could think throughout was, "Wow, I remember this being a lot easier. I somehow got worse at playing JRPGs?".
Vic_Viper
Member
Put all the old retronauts podcasts in my iTunes library to listen to at work on my phone. But the way they are sorted on my phone is completely random and extremely annoying. Does anyone have a list I can use to rename them with episode numbers and titles? I'm at work now so I couldn't find one easily atm but will look when I get home. Was hopeing that someone else here already had one.
Also is there a place to get all the old 1up Show and the other shows podcasts? Would like to be able to download them all at once if at all possible. I know when 1up was closing people had put some torrents together but it's been so long now that it's not as easy to find. Wish I had saved them at the time.
Also is there a place to get all the old 1up Show and the other shows podcasts? Would like to be able to download them all at once if at all possible. I know when 1up was closing people had put some torrents together but it's been so long now that it's not as easy to find. Wish I had saved them at the time.
Fenster Mayhew
Member
Soundcloud has a complete chronological listing of our post-1UP episodes, and you can find all of our 1UP episodes on archive.org.
Vic_Viper
Member
Thank you!
For some reason the old Retronauts episodes on iTunes don't download even though they are still available on the app.
Going back through these old episodes bring back so many good memories. 1up was by far the best place to go during its time, and still rivals almost every other site to this day. Giantbomb is the only other site that can even compare but it's still not the same
Fenster Mayhew
Member
Are you talking about the 1UP episodes? Because we don't own those and the people who do clearly don't care.
3/13/2017
We will forever remember this date as the day the PodcastOne paywall on the archives fell. We struggled for a long 7 days, and we will remember and honor our fallen bretheren until the we draw our last breath.
https://twitter.com/retronauts/status/841357899389636610
We will forever remember this date as the day the PodcastOne paywall on the archives fell. We struggled for a long 7 days, and we will remember and honor our fallen bretheren until the we draw our last breath.
https://twitter.com/retronauts/status/841357899389636610
rottendevice
Member
I'm getting tired of music episodes. They aren't informative/interesting in the same way traditional episodes are.
I still love the show...
ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
Explain?
In the 80's Sega arcade episode in the beginning your voice was getting picked up by a second mic and you were in double stereo. Just you though and not the entire episode.