For many of us, rushing home to plop our butts in front of the Disney Afternoon was a seminal part of childhood! From Gummi Bears, Ducktales and Rescue Rangers to Goof Troop, Tail Spin, Gargoyles and beyond, these were some of the best produced children's cartoons on television and a whole bunch of 'em of them spawned some terrific video games!

In this episode, Nintenjoe leads us through a discussion of 6 of our favorite Disney Afternoon shows and their corresponding games! We even have blocks of theme songs pairing the cartoon songs with those of their video game counterparts because... you're welcome!

All that with an OCTOPONDER smacked in between, plus 8Bit Alchemy drops his first COMPOSE YO'SELF of season five!

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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile

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Peter N. Dudar & L. L. Soares are two talented best buds who definitely know their way around horror!

The Bram Stoker Award-Nominated, Dudar, having written such memorable titles as "A Reqiuem For Dead Flies", "Blood Cult of the Booby Farmers" and "Goat Parade" unleashed his newest grimy Grindhouse nightmare in late 2022, "The Mississippi Glory Hole Mutilations" from Grinning Skull Press.

And because truth is stranger than fiction, Soares took home a Stoker the same year Dudar was nominated for his first novel, "Life Rage". Since then, he's published skin-crawling yarns such as "Rock 'N' Roll", "Hard", "Buried In Blue Clay" and his newest, "Teach Them How To Bleed", from Bloodshot Books.

In this first BRIG of season 5, we get the goods on both of their newest books, before diving head first into a sprawling conversation about Creature Double Feature! In true Ridoctopus fashion, we each picked one classic monster flick that was played on the program and proceed to have an absolute blast talking about them!

For all the monster kids, this is gonna be a fun one!

Check out Peter N. Dudar official website: http://www.peterndudar.com And follow both him and L.L. Soares on Facebook!

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Season 5 begins with a barrage of stars and swipes as we spotlight everyone's favorite men in black (pajamas)... NINJAS!

Over the decades, appearing on just about every console since the Atari 2600, ninjas have been a true staple of video games. For this episode, we spotlight some of out favorite appearances from the 8bit and 16bit eras and beyond!

Later on, we'll tell you which Ninja Turtle is the most popular to play as (according to our Facebook group) and Nintenjoe will sharpen his blade on the whetstone that is DIE MONSTER.

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It's that time again, Retroids! Time to stick the proverbial fork in another season of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalo-podast.

For this episode, we reminisce about the episodes that challenged us, the topics we were nervous to tackle and the guests we still can't believe agreed to come on.

Later, we do our annual thing of talking about a classic film that we FINALLY JUST watched for the first time! After giving you our picks, we have submissions from our listener-pals who were kind enough to join in on the fun!

Big LOVE and SHUBIBINS go to everyone who has stuck with us for so long and to all the new Retroids we picked up along the way!

See you in season 5!

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Jason David Frank joined Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the 17th episode of its first season. Green with Evil was the title, but fans latched onto the character of Tommy almost immediately. and while he was introduced as the "evil" Power Ranger, Tommy wouldn't stay that way for long, going on to become the show's longest running cast member and by far the most popular.

For this episode, we pay tribute to his memory.

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a United States-based suicide prevention network of over 200+ crisis centers that provides 24/7 service via a toll-free hotline with the number 9-8-8. It is available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.

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For 30 years, Kevin Conroy has been the voice of one of the most beloved comic book characters of all time and to say his loss was one that hit us hard is an understatement. Without that dulcet baritone, it feels like the world has gotten a little darker.

For this episode of The Crow's Nest, we spend about an hour celebrating Kevin's historic performance and describe why, in so many ways, he was OUR Batman.

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• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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We may be smarter than the average bear, but for our second episode devoted to the animation powerhouse Hanna Barbera, we needed a little help.

Enter the Velvet Joker himself, Mr. Rich Davis from Splash Pages The Comic Book Club podcast! Together, we'll celebrate 8 classic cartoon shows from the 60s to the 90s while playing you blocks of theme songs along the way! This may be our longest episode all season so strap into your Flintmobile and toss a fistful of Smurfs in your pocket because it's HANNA BARBERA REVISITED!

Watch/Listen to the Splash Pages Video/Audio podcast right here on The Dorkening!

And join in on the fun with Splash Pages: A Comic Book Club on Facebook!

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Let us take you on a musical journey through a landscape forged mostly of rock and metal. Each Octo-host will present 4 albums that are not just favorites of ours but important. We'll wax about how each one helped make us into the people we are today and why they will always hold a special place in our hearts.

Later on we'll ask you to name an important concert you attended, before finally dropping another new game that plays like an old game with Retro Nouveau!

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For everything Chris Philbrook, you gotta go straight to the source: https://www.thechrisphilbrook.com/

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Jammed in between the incredibly popular N64 and Wii consoles, Nintendo released a really great system with a tons of exclusive games that unfortunately made a much smaller splash. We are here to celebrate the GameCube just before it's 21st birthday! Nintenjoe will lead the discussion and cover the technical stuff before we start presenting some of our favorite games!

Later on, we'll read the results of our Octoponder This poll to see what our Retroid's favorite series that started on the GameCube is. And finally, 8-Bit Alchemy will take us home with an unexpected DIE MONSTER (that you will now be expecting).

Let's A-Go!!

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• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile

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