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The Brig: My Life as a AAA Game Developer (w/ Richard Dansky)

Richard Dansky has helped create some of the most beloved video game franchises of all time and boy does he have some stories to tell!

With two decades’ experience in video games, Richard Dansky has contributed to over 40 AAA titles in iconic franchises like Ghost Recon, Assassins Creed, Might & Magic, Splinter Cell, Far Cry, Hunt: Showdown and Rainbow Six. For this final BRIG of season 6, we'll hear all about his incredible career—how he started writing for Vampire: The Masquerade for White Wolf Entertainment and eventually ended up becoming the Narrative Director for the popular Tom Clancy brand of games... and even how he found the time to write 8 novels along the way!!

As if that isn't not cool enough, helping out as co-host, we got our friend and Tom Clancy super-fan, Aldo Araujo! He'll be asking the hard hitting video game questions before we swing things around to Richard's books and a reading of his humorous Christmas horror story, "Kicking Santa's Ass"!

For more info on Richard Dansky's life and career, visit his official website!


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Ep 141: Toys Outta Time (w/ Andy Zamon)

This time we're talking all about modern action figures of classic shows and games!

Many of us played with plastic "guys" when we were kids. Specifically action figures from our favorite cartoons and movies. This episode is all about the phenomenon of modern day companies like NECA, Super7, Storm Collectibles, Boss Fight Studios and others who are putting out insanely high quality figures of these same properties we loved as kids!

Each host picked 2 lines of these TOYS OUTTA TIME to spotlight. Expect stuff like TMNT, Bucky O'Hare, Silverhawks, Battletoads, Herculoids, He-Man and more! Along for the ride we have a dear friend, Andy Zamon who, aside from being one of the most prolific figure collectors we know, is also the artist behind Z-3D Forge, which is THE place to go for your custom figure bases!


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The Brig: Cosmic Horror in the Weird West (w/ author Keith Lansdale)

Keith comes back to chat about his new novella Elijah's Elixer, his issue of Gimme Five comics and more!

Back for his second stint in the brig, we've got Keith Lansdale! Keith is a gifted writer, editor and director of horror and humor... including comics, short stories, novels, screenplays and his new Weird Western novella Elijah’s Elixer! We chat about all the cool stuff he's been up to in the last two years and later on, he delivers a reading from his fantastic new novella! It's a rip-roarin' good time!

Here's a handy list of Keith's good works that we covered in this episode!


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Ep 140: Mummies Mummies Everywhere! (w/ Greenie & Leikjarinn)

The tomb has been defiled, the scroll of Thoth has been read and the dead walk again! One of the classic monsters, mummy movies are everywhere!

Rounding out our trio of monster-riffic episodes for October 2024, we are spotlighting yet another classic monster... THE MUMMY! And to do it, we have two of our favorite returning guest hosts, Greenie (The Green Witch of the Shire) and our Icelandic buddy Birkir AKA Leikjarinn!

Whether mention of a shambling, bandage-wrapped, curse-inflicting baddy makes you think of Boris Karloff, Brendan Fraser or any number of others, we've got you covered! Each of us have picked one Mummy movie to spotlight, and as always... everyone gets a chance to weigh in!

The main mummy illustration in the icon for this episode was drawn by @teejhero who makes incredible wooden wall art like no other!!! Check out his online shop!


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The Brig: Our Big Dumb Robot Overlords (w/ Jonny Ruckus)

We talk with one of the minds behind the Big Dumb Robot Con, a collective of hobbyist-builders dedicated to fabricating screen perfect robot characters from across pop culture!

We met Jonny Ruckus at Granite State Comic Con and were totally blown away by his amazing work for the BIG DUMB ROBOT CON! This is a collective of like-minded 3-D printer hobbyists and robot builders dedicated to fabricating screen perfect robot characters from your favorite movies and cartoons!

We chat with Jonny about the building process and what kind of stuff they've got in the pipeline. And later on, we get his reactions to a list of robot characters suggested by the Retroids in our popular Facebook group! Will your favorite character be appearing in a future Big Dumb Robot Con? Listen and find out!

Follow the Big Dumb Robot Con on Instagram!

And check out all the sick OZ merch on Ruckus Tees!


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Ep 139: The Hairiest Scariest Werewolf Movies (w/ concept artist Michael Broom)

When the wolfsbane blooms and the moon is full... is like, the perfect time to throw on some killer werewolf flicks!

Awooooooo!! The moon is full and things are about to get HAIRY!

For our second monster-riffic epsiode in a row, we are going werewolf hunting! Along for the ride is Hollywood special effects artist, Michael Broom! Mike is the writer/artist of the insanely original graphic novel Membrane and with credits like The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Predators, X-Men First Class, Wolves, Creepshow (the series) and more... nobody's about to question this dude's pedigree!

Octo-host, Coopster Gold leads the discussion as we talk creature designs, transformations, folklore and eventually, our favorite werewolf movies. It's a HOWLING good time!

Follow Mike Broom on Instagram at michaelbroomart And snag your copy of the gore-geous 200 page graphic novel MEMBRANE: BOOK ONE!


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Ep 138: Halloween TV Specials

A tribute to our favorite vintage Halloween specials that would infect the airwaves during the spooky season!

The first of three consecutive Retro Ridoctopus monster-riffic episodes for season 6's month of October!

This episode is broken up into two distinct parts. The first covers those made for TV specials that would have us marking our calendars and TV Guides. Sometimes it would be a 25 minutes cartoon, sometimes a made for TV movie, either way, Halloween specials were part and parcel with the holiday when we were growing up.

And for the second half of the episode, we shine the candlelight on Halloween episodes of existing TV shows. These were episodes that broke format to inject a little costumed mayhem for the spooky season and we loved them!


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Ep 137: Unfinished Business / Games We Couldn't Beat

A discussion about all the video games we played to death but weren't very good at.

8-Bit Alchemy leads a walk down memory PAIN, as we dredge up all the video games we loved but could never beat. Sometimes this was do to us just never getting good enough, but other times, we have to consider the quality of the games themselves. Were they hard but fair? Or, in the end, were they complete F*@2ing bull$!#?!?!?

This is an episode of frustration that ends up being pretty cathartic... but in a fun way! Smacked in the middle is this week's Octoponder This, where we each get to brag about one notoriously difficult game we DID finish. And we end things with Parasite Steve pulling another story from the BOOKSHELF OF THE DAMNED.


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The Brig: Rocking That Horror Aesthetic (w/ author L. Marie Wood)

The wonderful L. Marie Wood returns for her third episode to chat about her non-fiction book, The Horror Aesthetic!

Is this episode a dissertation, an audio essay, or just a chat between friends?

L. Marie Wood becomes the second person in Ridoctopus history to get locked in the BRIG three times! On this occasion, she chats about new new non-fiction book, "The Horror Aesthetic: Essays from the Dark Corners of the Genre"! It's a book that shares perspectives of the horror genre; providing study and nuance to the spine-tingling storytelling we all love!

We also dive into the good, the bad and the problematic of CANDY MAN (1992) and numerous other classic horror films!

Pre-Order you copy of The Horror Aesthetic right here!

And for more from Mocha Memoirs Press, please consider helping bring to life their newest anthology, A CRACK IN THE CODE!


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Ep 136: Best Friends Forever!

An episode devoted to pairs of characters who are the ultimate ride or die, best friends forever!

We've all got that one best friend. Your bestest buddy, your #1 pal, your BFF! The one person who's seen you at your worst and ALWAYS had your back.

Well, this episode is dedicated to characters we feel set the standard for what it means to be best buddies! Your Octo-hosts will share 6 pairs of some of the all time greatest friendships in cartoons and animated film, as well as some personal stories about their own #1 pals!

Seriously, this episode is wholesome AF.


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