For the 32nd birthday of the SNES, we go through some of the history, specs and games that make it one of our favorite gaming consoles of all time!
If you already feel old, how does it feel to know that the Super Nintendo came out 32 years ago?
For many of us, the 90s were defined by the 16-bit generation of video games. The successor to the enormously successful Nintendo Entertainment System was of course the good old
We spotlight parody superhero characters that carried their own property as well as ones that are intened to be fictions within fiction.
In every medium where superheroes exist, there are characters that spoof the genre. Some, (like the Tick), carry their own parody comics & shows. But others exist within the world of their property (as a show within a show) where these meta heroes are enjoyed by the already fictional characters of that property (like Radioactive Man is to Bart Simpson).
An entire chest bursting episode devoted to the celebration and analysis of all 6 Alien films!
In space, no one can hear you scream... ...but this is only a podcast, so you don't have to worry about that.
With the help of Xenomorph-superfan and movie-dissecting guru, El Goro (from the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast), we're going to spill the ovomorphs on the entire Alien franchise!
Nintenjoe takes use back through some of our favorite toy lines with the help of our guest Greenie, who brought Barbie and Living Dead Dolls!
On another toy-centric episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast, Nintenjoe takes the reins as we present some of our favorite Retro Toy Lines. Here we aren't just spotlighting one or two toys, but the entire lines as a whole.
Along for the ride is "Mrs.
Bob Mendell crawls out of his grave to talk about his band ON YOUR DEATHBED and his work at the haunted house FEAR TOWN!
Starting the spooky season right, we slammed the BRIG door on an awesome dude with some KILLER horror cred!
Not only is Bob Mendell the vocalist for the metal bands On Your Deathbed & Drained, he's also an actor, a SFX makeup artist and the actor manager at Fear Town Haunted House!
We celebrate some incredible but lesser known video games starting with the Splatterhouse series!
Our first ever two part episode starts with a massive tribute to the Grandfather of all Gaming Gore, SPLATTERHOUSE! We'll take you game by game, room by viscera-painted room, through Rick's red-knuckled journey as he takes up the TERRORMASK to save his beloved Jennifer from the forces of EVIL!
We continue the horror extravaganza with even more creepy video games that you need to play!
Here it is, horror fans... the second half of our first (maybe only) two part episode!
8-Bit Alchemy and "All Hallows" Steve aren't done screaming out obscure horror games, in fact, this episode covers four more! Some are more obscure than others but all are worth celebrating.
For over 30 years, Ray Harryhausen revolutionized what a movie monster could be—bringing joy & wonder to generations of fans.
Special effects titan Ray Harryhausen is rightfully renowned for pushing the medium of stop motion animation and single-handedly creating some of the most memorable on-screen monsters ever captured on screen. For this epic journey, we welcome back Scott Clevenger (from the Slumgullion podcast) to celebrate the mythic life and career of this legendary artist.
Author, actor, singer, songwriter, Kasey Lansdale has built a career of never being afraid to yes.
For this episode of THE BRIG, we chat with the incredibly cool Kasey Lansdale! You might have seen her name on numerous anthologies, in the credits for Shudder's Creepshow or on one of her acclaimed country music albums. For this episode, we learn how she built an expansive career by never saying no to anything new!
For Nintenjoe's final turn as your host, we chat about the totally rad films of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
The bummer is we have to bid farewell to our brother Nintenjoe, as this is his final time hosting the show. But being the totally radical dude that he is, he straps on the blue mask to lead us one final time into the land of nostalgia, as we celebrate the cinematic films of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!