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The Retrograde: A Video Game Podcast
by Andrew Bascom and Mikey Ehrenworth
Every week we take a look back at some of our the most beloved or infamous video games which shaped our childhood. But is hindsight 20/20, or do these games still deserve their perfect 10/10?
Episodes
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Summer Check In (Resident Evil: Requiem, Mixtape, Survivor 50, and more!)
Heads up, D-Pads! This episode is coming at you a LITTLE BIT LATE. We sat down to record a check-in in May, but ONE OF US (Mikey) forgot to upload the episode before he fled the country for a 3-week trip. That said, it's still all the things you love about your two favourite hosts, but it's more…
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A (very late) Retrograde Gift Exchange
Happy Belated Holidays, D-Pads! As promised, we finally sat back down to exchange the gifts we forgot to give one another during our 2025-26 New Years Power Hour countdown. And, hey, since we're turning the mics on, why not catch ourselves up on all the fun stuff we've been up to since the break!...
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New Year's Eve Power Hour Countdown 2025 (plus 2026 Predictions AND Dispatch)
Back so soon, D-Pads? This week we return with our most anticipated episode of every year: the New Year's Eve Power Hour Countdown. Join us as we do a shot of beer every minute for 60 minutes to ring in 2026. Plus: we talk Dispatch, Arc Raiders, and make some predictions about what's to come in…
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Top 10 Favourite Things of 2025
Another year is in the books, D-Pads! Join us as we turn the mics back on to discuss what we consider to be one of the greatest years in recent memory. Sure, the world feels like it's burning alive... but the CONTENT! Let us know what we missed, and what are some of the TV Shows, music, movies…
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Silksong, Peacemaker, One Battle After Another, and more! October Check-In
Where have you been, D-Pads? We've been here, but we haven't seen you? Have our episodes not been posting, or have we just not had time for a check-in in a few months? You be the judge! This week we were stoked to find some time to recap one of the greatest years in gaming history including…
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Death Stranding 2, The Switch 2, The Last of Us Season 2 - July Check-In!
We're coming back 2 Fast, D-Pads! This week, there are too many 2's to talk about! Death Stranding 2, Switch 2, The Last of Us Season 2... and more! We couldn't hold it in any longer, so we decided to dust off the microphones and hit record for your listening pleasure. Join us on Twitter:...
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The Last of Us Season 2 - Better than the Game? (A Retrograde Check-In!)
You haven't heard the last of us, D-Pads! That's right, we're back with another bonus check-in to discuss how season 2 of The Last of Us has been progressing. Plus: Blue Prince, Clair Obscure: Expedition 33, Thunderbolts, and more! We've missed every single one of you, and can't wait to come back...
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Gaming Check-In PLUS Death Stranding Trailer Impressions
Did you miss us, D-Pads? Well we missed you! We couldn't wait to turn the mics back on and start shootin' the poop. It's been months since we were able to sit across a small room from one another and have our favourite para-social listeners voyeuristically consume everything we had to say. We're...
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New Years Eve Power Hour Countdown (...with 2025 predictions)
Happy New Year, D-Pads! We're back with one of our most highly demanded episodes ever: New Years Eve Power Hour! Whether you're looking to drink along with us (one shot of beer per minute for 60 minutes leading up to Midnight) or just listen along as we recount some of our 2024 predictions,...
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BONUS: A Retrograde Check In
Did you miss us, D-Pads? Well, we missed you. And we missed each other! We decided to check in JUST as we promised to give everyone a quick update on what we've been up to since changing from our old weekly schedule. We discuss: Silent Hill 2, Return of the Golden Idol, Star Wars: Outlaws,...
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The Retrograde Retrospective (We're Changing!)
It's time to turn a new page, D-Pads! This is the week we usher in a new change to The Retrograde: A Video Game Podcast! It's been an unbelievable 6 (plus) years, but we've decided to make a change to our regular weekly main feed episodes. You'll still get all the Retrograde content you love, but...
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Chained Together (PC) Review
Time to Climb, D-Pads! This week we made the awful decision to try to claw, jump, (and drive?) our way out of hell in Chained Together! It's a game that's been taking the streaming world by storm, so we figured it'd be a great way to test our "friendship" (read: six year podcasting relationship)....
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Top 10 Games of All Time
This is a big one, D-Pads! We've finally decided to tackle the list to end all lists! We've danced around it since the beginning of our podcast, but now that we're 6 years deep and just around the corner from a massive change to our release schedules, we decided to give the people what they want:...
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Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Review
Hey! Listen, D-Pads! This week we tackle one of the most celebrated video games of all time. It's The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past! The Super Nintendo didn't know what hit it when this game launched way back in the early 90's, and to be honest: neither did we! Somehow neither of us played...
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Top 5 Gaming Soundtracks of All Time
Listen up, D-Pads! We're going heavy on the audio this week as we sit down to iron out our lists of top 5 Gaming Soundtracks of all time! There's a hefty helping of subjectivity in this episode, so bear with us as we try to justify our picks with a single song off of each soundtrack to justify…
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Gaming's Hottest Takes (Part 2)
Earmuffs, D-Pads! This week you might not want to hear some of what we have to say. Back by popular demand, we decided to sit down and rattle off some of our biggest gripes and hottest takes from the world of gaming. Which game franchise fumbled the ball the worst? Does we need achievements in...
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The Best (and worst) of Gaming's Greatest Franchises
Bring in the behemoths, D-Pads! This week we're digging into some of the greatest franchises in gaming! But it wouldn't be enough for us to praise them endlessly, would it? Instead we've challenged ourselves to crown the Best, Worst, and Most Underrated of each franchise. We all love Metal Gear,...
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Olympics Go! Paris 2024 Review
Skip this one, D-Pads! Sorry to be the bearers of bad news, but this week we played through all that this year's Olympics video game had to offer, and we regret to inform you it MIGHT NOT be worth playing. Olympics Go! Paris 2024 may sound like a confusing title (and that's because it is) but...
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The Video Game Olympics: Paris 2024
Games Wide Open, D-Pads! (That's the motto for this year's Olympics, for some reason!) This week we get into the Olympic Spirit to celebrate everyone's favourite "once every four years" event! While the world's greatest athletes descent upon Paris to test themselves against one another, we…
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Best Years in Gaming: 2000
Y2K is real, D-Pads! This week we celebrate surviving the turn of the new millennium with a look back at what many consider to be one of the greatest years in video game history: 2000! Every time we do a deep dive on one of the great years in gaming it feels like we further complicate the debate…
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Would You Rather (Gaming Edition)
Time to make some decisions, D-Pads! This week we decided to have a little fun by posing some of the most difficult, quirky, and downright nonsensical Would You Rather questions we could think of. Would you rather always be star powered, or always be mini? Would you rather spend your life in a…
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Stephen's Sausage Roll Review
Order up, D-Pads! This week we decided to take some advice from the prolific game designer Jonathan Blow and try out what he described as one of the greatest puzzle games of all time: Stephen's Sausage Roll! Back in 2016 it was more of a critical darling, but should this game have had more mass...
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First Person Shooter Genre Draft
Look here, D-Pads! Whether you got your start with old PC games like Duke Nukem 3D, or huddled around a CRT screen with 3 of your buddies playing Goldeneye, First Person Shooters make up some of the most iconic and highly appreciated games of all time. As games began the shift from 2D to 3D…
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Braid, Anniversary Edition
Let's go back in time, D-Pads! But this time, it's not JUST to look at a retro game. It's to look at a now-sixteen-year-old game with rewind mechanics at its core. Braid first hit the scene in 2008 as a darling of the Indie Game community, and set Xbox Live Arcade up for a run which would change...
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Summer Game Fest 2024: Everything You Need to Know
It's that time of year, D-Pads! The summer is upon us and that means one thing: new game announcements! While we're still a bit upset about the passing of E3, Summer Game Fest and its satellite showcases have done a great job picking up where it left off. This week we sit down to discuss all of…
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Gamer Shame
Time for confession, D-Pads! This week we sit down to discuss our biggest "Gamer Shames." Sure, we've played a lot of games over our lives, but every so often we find ourselves ashamed of our own habits. Whether it's a franchise we've never actually played, a game we hate which others seem to…
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Will you Game in your 80's? (Listener Questions Part 4)
Pencils down, D-Pads! We've received your questions and comments and have built up a backlog rivaling that of our unplayed video games. We figured we'd take a week to plow through some of the unanswered listener questions which we've been sitting on! Will we be gaming as old folks? Do we have any...
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What's Wrong with Sports Video Games? (...and how to fix them)
Hut hut, D-Pads! Today we take to the gridiron... and the rink... and the court... all from the comfort of our gaming chairs as we discuss the current state of Sports Video Games! As two lifelong gamers with a heavy appreciation of their sporting counterparts, we wanted to check in on where the...
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Crow Country (PC / Xbox / PS5)
Time travel back to 1990, D-Pads! This week we tried out the game that's taking PS1 era survival horror fans by storm: Crow Country! While it only came out recently, this game feels like it was pulled directly from the 1990s. It's a loving homage to the likes of Silent Hill and Resident Evil, but...
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Fallout on Prime Spoilercast
TV Never Changes, D-Pads! This week we wrap up our conversation about Fallout on Prime by recapping the final 4 episodes, and giving our thoughts on whether or not the show ultimately stuck the landing. Is the Fallout TV Show worth preserving in a cold-war era vault? Or is it just a mutated…
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Pilot Wings (SNES) Review
Seatbelts fastened, D-Pads! This week we take to the skies (and more often than not, plummet to the earth) as we look back at one of gaming's most iconic flight simulation games: Pilot Wings for the Super Nintendo! Neither of us played this one back in the day, so this week was our first time...
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Sega Genesis Console Draft
Let there be light, D-Pads! This week we pay homage to one of the most iconic retro consoles of all time: The Sega Genesis! Known as the Mega Drive outside of North America, this sleek looking powerhouse of the 1990s stunned the home console market by directly competing against the behemoth that...
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Fallout TV Show: Half-Season Check-in
Lock in, D-Pads! This week we're venturing out into the wasteland of Prime Video to salvage what we can from arguably the most talked about TV Show out there at the moment: It's Fallout on Prime! Conveniently, one of us is a lifelong fan of the gaming franchise Fallout, while the other has only...
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Balatro Review (PC / Xbox / Playstation / Switch)
Ante up, D-Pads! This week we can't resist the call of what might be the hottest game on the market right now: Balatro! We've taken some time to learn the ropes and really get a sense of what this Poker Inspired Deck Building Roguelike is all about. Is Balatro really as great as everyone says? Or...
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Gaming Peripherals Tier List (Part 2)
It's time for an add-on to our episode about add-ons, D-Pads! This week we're wrapping up our look at some of the most iconic gaming peripherals of all time. Sure, no one should set foot on a Tony Hawk Ride skateboard, but that doesn't mean we should toss out every hunk of plastic we've hooked up...
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Gaming Peripherals Tier List (Part 1)
Time to get a little bit more, D-Pads! What's better than your favourite game? The peripherals which make your favourite game EVEN better! We've all held a giant chunk of plastic in our hands and either felt self conscious, or felt like gaming couldn't get any better. This week we sit down to…
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Super Mario Bros. Super Show - Episode 1 Breakdown
Do the Mario, D-Pads! This week we took a trip back to the Mushroom Kingdom to check out one of the most infamous Super Mario properties of all time: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! It only aired for one season and featured the likes of "Captain" Lou Albano as Mario and Danny Wells as Luigi…
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Dune 2: Battle for Arrakis
May your blades chip and shatter, D-Pads! This week we ride the hype train all the way to Arrakis as we look back at the game that laid the groundwork for all Real Time Strategy games to come: Dune 2 Battle for Arrakis! It's also known as Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty, but we're here to find...
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Least Favourite Games of All Time
Turn off those consoles, D-Pads. We've been spending too long talking about "the best," and "our favourites." It's about time we grind things to a halt and talk about our least favourite video games of all time. Are these the worst video games of all time? Not necessarily. In fact: more often…
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Double Dragon (The Movie)
Find a partner and mash your medallions together, D-Pads! You asked, and we watched: this week we finally take a look at the heavily requested film adaptation of Double Dragon (1994) featuring the likes of Scott Wolf, Robert Patrick, and... Alyssa Milano's brother? With all the conversation...
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Old Windows Games TIER RANKING! (Microsoft Entertainment Packs)
Call your dads, D-Pads! It's time to boot up that old grey PC in your basement, click on over to Start - Program Files - Games, and see what you've got! If you were lucky enough to be born 30 or so years ago, you'll know what this is all about, and you'll likely have some opinions on what were…
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The Worst Year in Gaming History (Part 2: 1995)
Time for a pit-stop, D-Pads! As gamers we're still early enough into the lifecycle of our favourite medium to have been blessed with more fantastic years than bad ones. After the gaming crash of the 1980s, it looked like the sky was the limit! That is, until 1995. While no year is without a few...
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The Best Couch Co-Op Games of All Time
Time to dust off that Blockbuster card, D-Pads! This week we sit down side by side on a sofa built for two to discuss a style of gaming which just doesn't seem to exist anymore. While the introduction of online multiplayer games felt promising, the unforeseen casualty was the tried and true...
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Do We Need More Sex in Video Games? (Listener Questions Part 3)
We've been feeling the love since our 300th episode, so we wanted to give back to the listeners! This week we decided to open up the mail bag again and answer some of your burning questions. Why isn't there more sex in video games? What are our least favourite peripherals of all time? What makes…
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Episode 300 - Super Mario Bros. (NES)
It's our 300th Episode, D-Pads! When we first started this podcast roughly 6 years ago, the world had no idea what it was in for: a few weeks of poorly produced banter before the feed went silent? A forgotten corner of the internet where two friends catch one another up about their gaming habits?...
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Retro Review
Kick, Push, D-Pads! This week we strap on the elbow pads, slip into the knee pads, throw on a helmet, and take to the streets! Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is one of the original franchises which inspired this podcast, and as we get closer to episode 300 we wanted to take a week to play a game which is...
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The 1999 Video Game Draft
This week we party like it's 1999! All this talk about how great 2023 was for gaming stirred our ongoing debate over which years have been the best in gaming history. So far on the show we've done deep dives into 1996, 1997, 2001, and 2007, but somehow we missed one of the most fruitful years of...
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Most Anticipated Games of 2024
Happy New Year, D-Pads! This week we look forward to some of the year's biggest and most interesting releases. 2023 was an absolute powerhouse, but is it even possible to consider that 2024 might have just as much to offer? From The Plucky Squire, to Hades 2, to Star Wars: Outlaws, there are…
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Interactive New Years Eve Power Hour Countdown (with 2024 predictions)
Happy New Year, D-Pads! This week we decided to release a very special episode a bit earlier than our typical Tuesday release. If you're looking for something to do this New Year's Eve, we've got your covered! Join us as we take part in a 60 minute "Power Hour" where we drink a shot of beer every...
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Top 10 Releases of 2023
Well, D-Pads, another year has come and gone, and now we find ourselves looking back on one of the greatest years in not just GAMING history, but TV and Movies as well. Was it the delays of our COVID years pushing everything to the same release window, or just dumb luck? We don't know... but what...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Every week we take a look back at some of our the most beloved or infamous video games which shaped our childhood. But is hindsight 20/20, or do these games still deserve their perfect 10/10?
HOSTED BY
Andrew Bascom and Mikey Ehrenworth
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