Having worked for Bally Midway in the 1980s, game designer / artist / animator Brian F. Colin has created and worked on more classic arcade games than you can shake a giant mutant wolfman at!
RAMPAGE, XENOPHOBE, ARCH RIVALS, PIGSKIN 621ad, GENERAL CHAOS and RAMPAGE WORLD TOUR, just to name a few! Brian infused each of these games with the sardonic wit of MAD Magazine, while ensuring each of these games pushed the limits of what had been created. These were titles that broke new ground and resonated with audiences of the day and are remembered fondly by classic gamers!
Brian shares a metric ton of stories from his decades in the industry and dishes all about his upcoming Kickstarter: GENERAL CHAOS - MAJOR SNAFU! The Long-awaited Sequel to the hilarious Squad-based, RTS Sega Genesis Battlegame!
General Chaos - Major Snafu is in Pre-Launch now and you should definitely sign up to be notified when the campaign launches!
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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This week, things are gonna get a little MESSY, as we welcome back a true comic book expert. In the virtual studio is artist Derek Rook, (from Rough House Publishing) to talk about his newest book and horror comics as a whole!
After a excruciatingly cool expose on the (hot off the presses) GORE SHRIEK RESURRECTUS Vol. 3, we take a SCARY amount of pleasure spotlighting HORROR-CODED stuff from the 60s, 80s, 90s... all the way up to today! Expect some serious GUSHING about the characters, creators, titles and story lines that left their marks on us.
Get your copy of GORE SHRIEK RESURRECTUS Vol. 3 at the Rough House Publishing website!
#Hellboy #SwampThing #DeadWorld #JunjiIto #BlackestNight #HorrorComics
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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Back in the BRIG is a 10-time Amazon/Audible best selling author of the long running post apocalyptic zombie mega hit series ADRIAN'S UNDEAD DIARY and much much more!
This time, Chris is here to chat about his brand new smash hit LitRPG novel AN UNDEAD GLITCH! This one takes the zombie apocalypse and makes it digital, via an incredibly well realized (sadly fictional) game environment. Think "Dungeon Crawler Carl" or "Ready Player One", but with ZOMBIES and tons of crude humor!
What's extra cool is that the audio book for An Undead Glitch is a Retro Ridoctopus co-production—featuring engineering and narration by Parasite Steve and original retro game style music and sound effects by 8-Bit Alchemy! Expect plenty of talk on all of that, plus a discussion of our favorite glitches in gaming.
Oh yeah... and WE HAD A CONTEST, which Chris graciously chooses the winners for!! SPOILER ALERT...(everyone is a winner).
SHUBIBIN!!
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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In what might be our longest episode ever, we welcome back one half of the Throwdown Thursday Podcast (the great Ashes Von Nightmare) to talk about some of our favorite movies that feature fictional bands!
After a STONEHENGE-sized presentation on the one that started it all, Rob Reiner's seminal classic THIS IS SPINAL TAP, we move onto 8 other films that are also GONNA ROCK YOU (tonight). We've got everything from outright comedies to hard-hitting Oscar-winning dramas. Some of these flicks have full soundtracks by their "fake bands" and others only a track or two. Does the cast sing and play their instruments? Who did the writing?
Make no mistake, while the bands are all made up... this ROCK AND ROLL is as real as it comes! \,,/
And if horror and indie films are your idea of a good time... check out the what Ashes came to promote, the Dead of Winter Festival coming to Worcester, Massachusetts Feb. 21st & 22nd 2026!
NOTE: This episode is dedicated to the wonderful Catherine O'Hara, who passed just hours after this recording. Our hearts were not ready and are thoroughly broken. #RIPCatherineOhara
#SpinalTap #ThisIsSpinalTap #ThatThingYouDo #Airheads #AMightyWind #AlmostFamous #2gether #StillCrazy #Rockstar #SteelDragon #Stillwater #StrangeFruit #TheFolksmen #MickeyandMitch #TheWonders
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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G.I. Joe is the codename for America's daring, highly trained, special mission force. Its purpose: To defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world.
For millions of fans, the exploits of G.I. Joe have been chronicled in the forms of action figures, plastic vehicles, cartoons, video games and even live action movies! It's a lot to cover, but tonight, General Coopster Gold will lead this important mission briefing, aiming our battery operated searchlight on the characters of the "A Real American Hero" cartoon which ran from 1983 to 1994!
So fire up your Skystrikers, because we'll be shouting out six Joes and six agents of Cobra, all while managing to airdrop in an Octoponder and some UNCOMFORTABLE NATURE FACTS about actual cobras!
YO, JOE!!!
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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Tonight, in that vinegar-laced cask of nightmare fuel we call THE BRIG… we have the clobberingly awesome, Michael Burke!
Mike is the author of many pulpy tales of horror, fantasy and more. He's here to promote his brand new novella “Vengeful Spirits”, which appears in the 2025 collection SINISTER SOCIETIES by Ruadan Books. Beyond all that, he’s the co-founder of the Eisner-award-winning comic and collectible store, Comicazi, in Somerville, MA!
The discussion shoots from Mike's favorite Conan stories to his most beloved run of the Fantastic Four and why his Great Grandmother deserves to be the hero of his pulp adventure stories. Hint... IT'S BECAUSE SHE LIVED THEM FOR REAL!!
Snag your copy of Sinister Societies direct from the publisher!
RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------
"Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read)
"8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen)
"Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe)
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Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile.