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Retro Ridoctopus

Season 4

S4E8 - Ep 075: Board Game Movie Pitch Session (with The Slumgullion)

With the help of Jeff and Scott from the Slumgullion podcast, we deliver pitches for fake movies based on real board games! Hey, it worked for Clue.

Call this episode a palate cleanser!

As big fans of the film version of CLUE, we thought it would be fun to come up with our own movie pitches for films based on classic board games. For this very special episode of Retro Ridoctopus, our pals Jeff Holland and Scott Clevenger (from the Slumgullion podcast

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S4E9 - Ep 076: Battlin' Like a Boss (with 8BitGlitch79)

We offer tribute to all the memorable boss battles of video game history! Bowser, Robotnik and so many more!

We welcome our buddy Shaun (8BitGlitch79) back to the show to talk about one of the most memorable aspects of any video game, the BOSSES!!

Whether they're in charge of a single stage or are the final challenge waiting at the end, these characters are sure to make an impact. 

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S4E10 - Ep 077: Iceland Goes Back To The Future (with Leikjarinn)

We buckle into the DeLorean, hit 88 MPH and travel back to one of the most beloved movie trilogies of all TIME.

With the help of our favorite Icelandic pal, Birkir Fannar (AKA Leikjarinn, AKA Leik) we travel BACK to 1985 to gush over the classic movie trilogy BACK TO THE FUTURE. We discuss the films themselves and what they've meant to us over the years. Leik (who stayed up really late to record with us due to the time difference) goes into how huge the movies were

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The Crow's Nest: Over the Moon Knight (with Old Man Wade)

We tackle a modern show for a change! The Disney+ series Moon Knight is discussed with full spoilers so be warned!

Check out the Old Man Wade Show wherever you get your podcasts and read his stuff on BAM! SMACK! POW!


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S4E11 - Ep 078: Primetime RULES, Bedtime DROOLS (with Phil Conti)

With the help of our #1 Retroid, we do a deep dive on four non-kid retro TV shows we had to stay up past our bedtime to watch!

A fun round table discussion chosen by this week's guest, Phil Conti!

Phil is an old friend and one of our most active Retroids in the Facebook group. It was great finally getting to sit down and chat about TV shows we stayed way past our bedtime to watch as kids. Shows that in some cases, we WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SEE! 

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S4E12 - Ep 079: Beast Wars Transformers (with GwenNinja)

We rocket right through the rift and crash down on the transistor and claw world of Beast Wars Transformers!

With the help of Transformers super fan, GwenNinja we cover THE Transformers cartoon of the 90s!

First, we each spotlight a favorite episode before blasting into a bunch more fun like coming up with our own characters for this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question and finally

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Crow's Nest 22 - How To Geek In Iceland (with Leikjarinn)

Our favorite Icelandic buddy returns to spill the licorice on growing up as a gamer in Iceland!

Returning guest Birkir Fannar (AKA Leikjarinn) hops back on the mic as promised, to deliver a bit of a biography on, well, himself! We discuss some American conceptions of Iceland and which Disney character is so prevalent there, Leik grew up thinking he was an Iceland original! 

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S4E13 - Ep 080: Vehicles / Characters That Drive Us

We gas up and cover some iconic vehicles that are as important as the heroes who drive/fly/operate them!

Ready for some ships, quips and automobiles?

When iconic hero vehicles come to mind, you probably think of things like the Batmobile, The DeLorean and of course KITT. Funny thing is, we are going to dive a little deeper than that. 

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Crow's Nest 23 - Batmobiles In The Belfry

The #1 most iconic vehicle in all of geekdom, we discuss and rate every on screen version of the Batmobile!

ZOOM! PLOWIE! Out of the shadows speeds this supplemental Crow's Nest!

Since we just talked about 8 awesome vehicles on our last mainline episode (080: Vehicles / Characters That Drive Us) we wanted to take the time to spotlight one we purposely swerved around. 

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Nintenjoe's Jukebox: The Second Coming

Nintenjoe is back at it again with his own show! He'll be playing some killer video game music for your listening pleasure!

Track listing:

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Duke’s Theme – Battle Arena Toshinden The Windmill Peak – A Hat in Time Strife and Ruin – Blasphemous Counter Attack – Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Venus – Contra Shattered Soldier 

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