Retro Ridoctopus

The Crow's Nest: No Sleep Till End-World / A Quest For The Dark Tower (with DJ Rick Johnson)

Two old friends discuss their experiences with and hard-won affection for Stephen King's seven book long, magnum opus.

A longish, but briskly paced chat about all seven Dark Tower books (by little known author Stephen King). Parasite Steve embarks on this epic journey with fellow King fan and Rock Jock, Rick Johnson of Portland Maine's 107.5 FRANK FM!

Note for those who have not read The Dark Tower series: Some spoilers are discussed, but we gloss over a lot and purposely avoid giving away plenty of the good stuff.


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Retro Ridoctopus
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• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile

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S3E13 - Ep 063: Halloween Rewind / Costumes, Candy & Cool Stories

We kick the spooky season off with some Halloween memories on costumes, trick or treating and candy, candy candy!!!


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Retro Ridoctopus
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• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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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!

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The Brig: Princess Leia was NOT a Hologram (with Holographer Travis Paquin)

A fascinating discussion with the talented artist behind Laserboy Holo about lasers, science fiction and all things Holographic!

In a follow up discussion about holographs and holograms, we sit down for a chat with the talented artist behind Laserboy Holo, Travis Paquin! We cover many things, including how a hologram is made, what Polaroid had to do with the medium's prevalence in the 80s and why Travis chooses to make his own holographic film! There's also some stuff about sci-fi movies thrown in for that retro flavor!

Stop by the laserboyholo shop and contact Travis for custom made holograms! He's literally one of only a handful of artists still working in the medium today!

And you can watch videos of his process here!


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Retro Ridoctopus
is:
• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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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!

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S3E12 - Ep 062: Toys with Holograms / We Got Rub Sign!

Forget karate chop action... in the 1980s, holograms were all the rage!

In the late 1980s, holograms were considered to be wondrous things of high futurism--a blend of art and science, of 3 dimensional magic and lasers. In short, they were really cool and absolutely freaking everywhere.

In this episode, we try our best to explain a little about what holography is and how holograms are made. Then we'll spotlight four retro toy lines which incorporated the technology... Transformers, Battle Beasts, Super Naturals & Visionaries!

And later on, Nintenjoe will spotlight some Super C enemies, with his first ever DIE MONSTER!


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Retro Ridoctopus
is:
• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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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!

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The Crow's Nest: Themes From A Memory 3 (Part 2)

We had so many TV Theme Song requests for our last episode, Nintenjoe is gonna play you a bunch more!

We received so many theme show requests for our Themes from a Memory 3, we couldn't fit them all in one episode! So here's the rest plus a few more handpicked by ya boy, Nintenjoe!

Also, in this episode we announce our new MYSTERY THEME CONTEST! A chance to win a complete series dvd set of the 90s classic cartoon show, The Pirates of Darkwater! All you got to do is listen to this episode for the mystery theme and guess the name of the show it is from! Nintenjoe will give you one clue in the episode but you deserve one more for reading the show notes...

Clue #2: There is a very good reason we are giving away a show called the PIRATES of Darkwater as the prize.

Post your guess (just one per person please) on the pinned post in our facebook group! The winner will be announced LIVE this Thursday at 7pm EST!


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Retro Ridoctopus
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• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile

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S3E11 - Ep 061: Themes From A Memory 3 / Total Retroids Live (to tape)

Our annual music fest is back again as we play blocks of classic cartoon & TV show theme songs!

Themes From A Memory turns THREE!

For those that don't know, this is our annual show where we play blocks of TV themes songs! Each Octo-Host has picked three of our favorites for you (these can be intro songs from retro cartoons and/or sitcoms). Once we are done with those, Nintenjoe will be playing two MEGA BLOCKS of all Retroid requests! It's gonna be a grand ole time for your nostalgia hungry ears so buckle up, grab a fruit roll-up and prepare to ROCK!

After all of that, 8-Bit Alchemy will be presenting this week's B-Segment in the form of another edition of COMPOSE YO-SELF!


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Retro Ridoctopus
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• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile

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The Crow's Nest: Greetings From Adventure Island

Continuing the conversation on HARD NES GAMES, we chat about the Adventure Island series from Hudson Soft!


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Retro Ridoctopus
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• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile

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S3E10 - Ep 060: Nintendo Hard / The Triumphant Return of Nintenjoe

Our 3rd host, Nintenjoe returns to the show as we spotlight some of the most difficult NES games ever made!

The man, the myth, our wayward third host... NINTENJOE is finally back!

The term Nintendo Hard has been used to describe video games that are especially challenging (Dark Souls for one). For this momentous episode, we'll spotlight some seriously hard video games on the original Nintendo. Some of these games are beloved classics and others are more obscure, but make no mistake... there isn't a cake walk in the bunch!

Later on, we'll read the answers to an OCTOPONDER THIS question we posted all the was back on May 20th! And finally, Parasite Steve will try hijacking one of 8-Bit Alchemy's classic B Segments from season 1!


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Retro Ridoctopus
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• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile

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The Brig: Rocking The New Pulp (with author Paul R. McNamee)

A conversation with New Pulp Author Paul R. McNamee about his new book Hour of the Robot, 30s pulp and the 90s DC Animated Universe!

Snag your copy of Hour of the Robot or request a signed copy from author Paul R. McNamee himself!

Then keep up with Paul on his blog and on social media! Twitter @pmcnamee67 Instagram @pmcnamee67 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/paul.mcnamee


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Retro Ridoctopus
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• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile

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The Crow's Nest: Three May Keep a Secret (of Mana)

We talk about our recent playthrough of the classic RPG Secret of Mana with our pal, Eric Michaud!


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Retro Ridoctopus
is:
• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile

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