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Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

Retrograde Amnesia

A chapter by chapter, beat by beat analysis of classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG). We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. We"ve covered Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. Yes, we will kill god.

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53:02

Final Fantasy VIII 34: Best Looking Wife Here [White...

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective ·

2022/03/14

It’s like a swear jar, for meat. Inside the jar, we’re waking up in the infirmary again, asking mom where the rest of her kids are, lying about why we want Ellone, listening to the legend of Hyne, denying responsibility of Rinoa, trading pornography for playing cards, stealing my girlfriend, talking to myself on the railroad tracks, loving only what I can’t have, confessing to a body, adding mom to my party, running all over salty dinosaur bones, interacting with the glitch hole, and finding the

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01:04:45

Final Fantasy VIII 33: Another Mommy to Imprint On...

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2022/03/07

Surrender soul, lose brain. After that, we’re wondering if it’s over, staring at an unconscious person, falling into a cold coma, closing out the SeeD candidates, cleaning up after NORG, refusing to remove my sorceress clothes, hearing the ultimate goals of Ultimecia, punching a wall, zoning out during a work meeting, believing Ellone is on the White SeeD Ship, passing out near a bed, debasing ourselves for money, using a gunblade as a prop, looking for Ellone in the past, and limiting our time

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01:01:34

Final Fantasy VIII 32: Too Deep in the Sh*t [Battle...

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2022/02/28

FATIGUED. We’re excessively caffeinated and we’re rubbing Gardens, doing sick poses in unison, looking for Mark, improvising a fighting game, observing the Braveheart Effect, giving our special boy ring a name, combing through dorms, killing hockey monsters, meeting a Cerberus, confronting Seifer, missing gunblade pulls, rising like a broken puppet, drawing Alexander, and closing out disc two with a sorceress battle. We don’t know what’s going on anymore, ya’ know? 01:16 Intro | 03:36 Bash Into Them

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01:05:09

Final Fantasy VIII 31: Protect the Hot Dogs [Battle...

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2022/02/21

Yes, we will kill mom. In this uniquely arranged hell we’re acquiring more depression in Trabia, betting on the MogMogMoogle Team, building a god-blessed glove, preparing a cursed motivational speech, cruising past a deer, taking our buddy’s ring, fighting to prove we belong, launching motorbikes, holding onto a cliffside for two hours, ignoring the previous problem, manipulating the boy of destiny, and reclaiming authority with a good-actually speech. I just need about four more inches. 02:05 Intro

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58:33

Final Fantasy VIII 30: Irvine's Gaslighting Showdown...

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2022/02/14

A ball rolls onto the court. Today, on the baller’s field, we’re determining why the sorceress is the sorceress, enshrining Selphie in the party, questioning the use of violence, showing growth through command, shooting a free throw, gaslighting the whole party, becoming children, camping at the beach, hogging sis, misdirecting affection, forcing love, losing memories, forgetting pain, reframing the assassination attempt, being visited by the faeries, and telling Rinoa to come with us. The cowboy

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01:01:04

Final Fantasy VIII 29: Dilapidated & Brown [Trabia...

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2022/02/07

I don’t think I have time for this. For this reverse paradox we’re identifying sucking pouch technology, wearing SeeD clothes, learning arcane animal capture rules from Chocoboy, blowing a ChocoWhis, scattering chicobos, losing cards, defining the concept of Home, meeting Selphie’s Friend, developing whatever, reading about Ehrgeiz, drawing zombie from a graveyard, fixing a computer terminal, installing stuffed animal surveillance, and telling our deceased friends about a dream that came true. See

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01:07:57

Final Fantasy VIII 28: Big Bad Rascal Content...

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2022/01/31

You were just as attractive when you used to beat me up. On this instant anti-classic we’re witnessing a cow abduction, mistaking chicabos for ghosts, speaking with a cat, locating table flowers, getting trucked by a chocobo, judging drop-outs, repairing dangerous roads, exchanging a vase for a rock, re-losing Georgie, saving a child from a train, lying to gain entry, manipulating dialogue boxes, stealing cards from children, dunking on Zell in his room, drawing Pandemona, and beating up or rival’s

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57:17

Final Fantasy VIII 27: Non-Traditional Looking...

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2022/01/24

Specialist is surprised they let you in. Tonight we’re going to an isolationist village, paying five G’s for Ultima, going 323 meters underground just for fun, listening to diegetic Julia, reading at a bad time, finding a god damn Laguna statue, falling off another cliff, becoming what’s in our hearts, working to earn anything, showing off my big open hand, punching an ass, and convincing Shumis to perform their talents. If you have come here, you must know Master Laguna. 02:07 Intro | 04:49 Winter

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51:16

Final Fantasy VIII 26: Nida is the New Bingo [Centra...

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2022/01/17

Let’s play for fun, from now on. This time we’re becoming Commander, taking down Card Club cardsters, meeting the true CC King, piloting army school across the world map, surviving twenty minutes, observing an octahedral frame, appreciating lost art, drawing pain, placing eyes in concrete, putting numbers in magic fire, challenging a norse god, and slaughtering slow knife boys in order to summon their king. Those who defeat me will be granted august powers. 01:39 Intro | 02:36 Classroom Check-In |

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01:01:13

Final Fantasy VIII 25: The Ballad of Wimbly Donner...

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2022/01/10

We must heal the trauma of war with music. On this one fourth of one hundred episode we’re planning a show, arranging a score, selecting instruments, becoming the cowboy, watching Squall sleep, wearing our Sunday best, trapping our dick, absolutely fucking up the composition, sitting near porn, taking a swing at a date, saying anything to leave, confessing insecurities, crying in the rain, losing cards to a scrub, and wondering about NORG. Find your own Wimbly Donner. 01:33 Intro | 04:13 Concert

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01:01:27

Final Fantasy VIII 24: This MF (Master Fisherman)...

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2022/01/03

If you can drink every day, you must be in good health. This time we’re visiting a sullen expatriate, apologizing to a pissy mayor, accepting we’re beacons of violence, deducing cigarette etymology, watching diplomacy fail, calling for the Iron Clad, reuniting with our friends, feeling a feeling, stating the need for battles, resorting to both sides-ism, learning from a hologram, stopping Grease Monkey’s harasser, planning a show, and naming a new leader of Garden. It is your destiny to lead the way

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01:07:26

Final Fantasy VIII 23: Lonely Twerp [Fisherman's...

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2021/12/27

Hi, I’m done crying. Today we’re learning about a sea monster, listening to Selphie’s thoughts, hearing the reality of Garden’s origin, exploring the paradox of Edea’s SeeDs, using Ellone to bridge time, toiling in bed, ramming our military academy into a hippie commune, meeting a master fisherman, lying to tourists, playing Triple Triad for keeps, driving an old man crazy with our fishing skills, and observing a Moomba doll. I’m done making my own booze. 01:34 Intro | 03:02 Leviathan | 07:20

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58:42

Final Fantasy VIII 22: Alien in the Basement [Return...

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2021/12/20

I sent my students to kill my wife. And yet, we’re eliminating symbiotic organisms, transforming our school into our car, admiring the balcony vista, setting out to open sea, thinking too much, half-assing a tour of our school, experiencing retrograde amnesia, making a boyfriend promise, losing our temper, delivering our report to NORG, revealing a surprise marital connection, and murdering a capitalist overlord. It’d be heartbreaking to know I was forgotten. 01:12 Intro | 04:03 Mobile Structure

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01:03:16

Final Fantasy VIII 21: I Love Clockin' In [Return to...

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective ·

2021/12/13

What’s on your mind, old man? Maybe it’s loafing amid a crisis, fighting faculty members, doubting the dawn of time, refusing to swear an allegiance, having a meltdown, suffering hot dog denial, falling for a hologram, taking a knee, arguing missile survival tactics, exploring a dank oil stratum, refusing to trust friends with basic tasks, and beating up Oilboyles. This was just dad’s basement workshop. 01:38 Intro | 05:00 Return to Balamb | 07:44 Garden Under Siege | 16:00 Infirmary | 20:43 Quad |

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54:33

Final Fantasy VIII 20: What's a Smithereen? [Missile...

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective ·

2021/12/06

I don’t want to die, there’s so much in life I want to enjoy. On this episode we’re ramming a car into a mountain, leisurely ignoring imminent missile attacks, shaking down Caraway, bullshitting our way into a base, tricking idiot soldiers, killing those same soldiers off screen, mashing buttons to push things, hacking a computer, setting a self destruct timer, referencing the Hi Ho Tank, blowing up a tank, and spiraling into a hopeless depression. Did you put me on this team because you hated me

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54:48

Final Fantasy VIII 19: Cowboy Aesthetics [D-District...

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2021/11/29

It’s time to play the action movie. This time we’re following monsters to find Squall, fighting other monsters in jail, suffering exploration monotony, beating a man for his Battle Meter upgrade, improving Squall’s humanity, concocting a ridiculous escape plan, heroically saving Zell, falling down stairs, splitting up to escape, realizing we’re in a desert prison, not falling to our death, and splitting up to outrun missiles. Irvine’s sin is unforgivable. 00:31 Chris Talks About Gundam ZZ | 03:56

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54:45

Final Fantasy VIII 18: The Sorceress'...

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective ·

2021/11/22

The dream is dead. On this episode we’re waking up in jail, suffering from dipshit separation syndrome, remaining oblivious to Ward warping, moving cells, kicking Zell, surrendering to a Mean Cop, meeting small monsters, stating an obvious definition, receiving electrocution, using magic in jail, readying missiles for launch, submitting to globalist SeeD paranoia, tricking prison guards, growing to super size, and beating up our beautiful boys. I must live. 03:18 Intro | 05:31 Jailed | 13:30

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53:28

Final Fantasy VIII 17: Mom Jeans [Winhill]

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2021/11/15

Squall is dead. So we’re Laguna. Today we’re talking disc swap technology, taking refuge in a cozy cabin, lying to Ellone about mortal danger, finding solace as a Weird Uncle, boggling the brains of Kiros and Raine, learning Julia’s fate, identifying faeries, showing Kiros around town, finding a curious map, watching life pass by, and finding family in a small town. They hate me, but I still have to shop. 01:26 Intro | 04:41 Good Morning, Laguna | 11:21 Winhill Courtyard | 14:50 Winhill Pub Chat |

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01:00:52

Final Fantasy VIII 16: Very Exploitable [Disc One ft....

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective ·

2021/11/08

Now that we’re through Disc One and Squall is dead, we’re going to try a little something different by bringing on some persons of lordly caliber to do some high-level recapping and high level bullshitting: Curtis and Karl from the Every F'n FF podcast, purveyors of everything Final Fantasy and staunch defenders of Final Fantasy VIII. Discussed: the Final Fantasy with Blackwater; Squall is an asshole, but that's okay; Rinoa is good; more Laguna should exist; exploitation of FFVIII's mechanics, Final

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01:17:02

Final Fantasy VIII 15: Sit Back and Enjoy the Show...

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective ·

2021/11/01

This game is full of idiots and they’re all on our team. Tonight we’re dividing into two teams, referring to our father as That Man, brandishing the Odine Bangle, screaming down Rinoa, evading lockdown, solo confronting Edea, bearing witness to a fascist oration, solving a Resident Evil puzzle, watching a parade, walking on a dead guy’s face, saving the princess, enduring loneliness and isolation, freaking out, choking, taking the shot, and closing out disc one with boss battles. This is reality. No

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