Back in the BRIG is a 10-time Amazon/Audible best selling author of the long running post apocalyptic zombie mega hit series ADRIAN'S UNDEAD DIARY and much much more!
This time, Chris is here to chat about his brand new smash hit LitRPG novel AN UNDEAD GLITCH! This one takes the zombie apocalypse and makes it digital, via an incredibly well realized (sadly fictional) game environment. Think "Dungeon Crawler Carl" or "Ready Player One", but with ZOMBIES and tons of crude humor!
What's extra cool is that the audio book for An Undead Glitch is a Retro Ridoctopus co-production—featuring engineering and narration by Parasite Steve and original retro game style music and sound effects by 8-Bit Alchemy! Expect plenty of talk on all of that, plus a discussion of our favorite glitches in gaming.
Oh yeah... and WE HAD A CONTEST, which Chris graciously chooses the winners for!! SPOILER ALERT...(everyone is a winner).
SHUBIBIN!!
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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This week, things are gonna get a little MESSY, as we welcome back a true comic book expert. In the virtual studio is artist Derek Rook, (from Rough House Publishing) to talk about his newest book and horror comics as a whole!
After a excruciatingly cool expose on the (hot off the presses) GORE SHRIEK RESURRECTUS Vol. 3, we take a SCARY amount of pleasure spotlighting HORROR-CODED stuff from the 60s, 80s, 90s... all the way up to today! Expect some serious GUSHING about the characters, creators, titles and story lines that left their marks on us.
Get your copy of GORE SHRIEK RESURRECTUS Vol. 3 at the Rough House Publishing website!
#Hellboy #SwampThing #DeadWorld #JunjiIto #BlackestNight #HorrorComics
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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Having worked for Bally Midway in the 1980s, game designer / artist / animator Brian F. Colin has created and worked on more classic arcade games than you can shake a giant mutant wolfman at!
RAMPAGE, XENOPHOBE, ARCH RIVALS, PIGSKIN 621ad, GENERAL CHAOS and RAMPAGE WORLD TOUR, just to name a few! Brian infused each of these games with the sardonic wit of MAD Magazine, while ensuring each of these games pushed the limits of what had been created. These were titles that broke new ground and resonated with audiences of the day and are remembered fondly by classic gamers!
Brian shares a metric ton of stories from his decades in the industry and dishes all about his upcoming Kickstarter: GENERAL CHAOS - MAJOR SNAFU! The Long-awaited Sequel to the hilarious Squad-based, RTS Sega Genesis Battlegame!
General Chaos - Major Snafu is in Pre-Launch now and you should definitely sign up to be notified when the campaign launches!
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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2025 ended with a truly unthinkable tragedy that we are all still reeling from. Retro Ridoctopus could think of no better way to pay tribute to the great Rob Reiner, than by dedicating the first episode of season 8 to those films of his that have brought us so much joy for so many decades.
From tense courtrooms, to the Cliffs of Insanity and the thousand laughs and tears in between, we each picked two movies Rob directed and try our best to put into words what these true classics have meant to us over the years.
#afewgoodmen #theprincessbride #princessbride #ghostsofmississippi #robreiner #standbyme #asyouwish #youcanthandlethetruth
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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All tentacles are in the air as we reflect on and celebrate another successful season of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast!
After copious amounts of reminiscing over another amazing year, we dive into our annual final topic. Like every year, we asked you for voice mails, giving your quick reviews of a classic movie you watched for the first time this year. Every single year, this block gets longer and longer and season 7 was no exception. Thank you for coming out in droves to be a part of the show and for helping to make Retro Ridoctopus what it is.
But listener beware... for lurking within this finale is the startling HORCHATA SCARE OF 2025...
SHUBIBIN!!!
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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If your purple tentacles are tingling, that might just be because our pal Nintenjoe joined us for NUMEROUS playthroughs of the classic LucasArts point and click adventure game Maniac Mansion! Seriously, this one has a ton of different ending and we got almost all of em!
So watch out for falling meteors and get that hamster in the microwave because things are about to get WEIRD.
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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For our last regular episode of season 7, we are talking about a childhood experience everyone out there can relate to. Sitting down with a big box of crayons and a coloring book!
With the help of guest host Christine (AKA Mrs. Parasite), we'll share a bit of history on the Crayola company before diving into some colorful childhood memories revolving around crayons. Get ready for some personal coloring techniques and a run down of our favorite and least favorite #Crayola crayon colors of all time.
Then, after the Octoponder, we expand the discussion into numerous other ways we were able to play with color. Things like markers, colored pencils, water color paint and much much more!
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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Tonight, in the BRIG, we are thrilled to welcome back an incredible guest from all the way across the pond!
Simon Bestwick is an accomplished as well as prolific British contemporary horror author, whose acclaimed work includes the novels Black Mountain, Hell’s Ditch, The Devil’s Highway and Wolf’s Hill as well as numerous short short collections such as 2020’s “And Cannot Come Again: Tales of Childhood, Regret, and Innocence Lost”.
Chalking up no less than 4 British Fantasy award nominations (so far), Simon’s work has been described as ‘Brilliant’ by the Guardian and ‘among the most important writers of contemporary British horror’ and he's here to chat about his newest book (as Daniel Church)... The Sound of the Dark!
Also expect plenty of chatter about Simon's love for Doctor Who and his favorite schlocky paperbacks and obscure 80s horror flicks. Prepare to walk away with some serious recommendations to check out!
Pick up the new Daniel Church book THE SOUND OF THE DARK, today!
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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It's time to play the music... It's time to light the lights... It's time to meet the Muppets on Ridoctopus Tonight!
Your host of the moment Coopster Gold has a backstage pass to the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational show around! For this episode, we celebrate some of our favorite all time characters from Jim Henson's The Muppets! We're talking Frogs, Pigs, Dogs and all the wacky Whatevers in between!
And later on, 8-bit Alchemy delivers a Muppetational installment of his long running music-focused segment, Compose Yo'Self! YAAAAAAAYYY!!!!!
#themuppets #themuppetshow #KermitTheFrog #kermit #misspiggy #gonzo #Drteeth #electricmayhem #bigbird #sesamestreet #jimhenson
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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Double, double, toil and trouble... fire burn and cauldron... (well you know).
With the help of our be-broomed co-host Greenie (AKA The Green Witch of the Shire) we squeeze one last episode into the spooky season! This one is all about movies involving witches! We're talking mean ones, green ones and even seldom seen ones! Some are sort of nice, but some will turn smelly little children into mice!
#witches #thewitches #hocuspocus #warlock #kikisdeliveryservice #wickedwitch #pumpkinhead #haloween
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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