x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Retro Ridoctopus

Retro Ridoctopus

Come aboard as your 3 wacky octo-hosts dive deep into the 70s, 80s, 90s and beyond to discuss things like classic gaming, movies, tv shows, cartoons, music and even toys!

tv & film video games

All Episodes

02:21:14

Ep 140: Mummies Mummies Everywhere! (w/ Greenie &...

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/10/29

Rounding out our trio of monster-riffic episodes for October 2024, we are spotlighting yet another classic monster... THE MUMMY! And to do it, we have two of our favorite returning guest hosts, Greenie (The Green Witch of the Shire) and our Icelandic buddy Birkir AKA Leikjarinn!Whether mention of a shambling, bandage-wrapped, curse-inflicting baddy makes you think of Boris Karloff, Brendan Fraser or any number of others, we've got you covered! Each of us have picked one Mummy movie to spotlight,

en-US

01:44:39

The Brig: Our Big Dumb Robot Overlords (w/ Jonny Ruckus)

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/10/22

We met Jonny Ruckus at Granite State Comic Con and were totally blown away by his amazing work for the BIG DUMB ROBOT CON! This is a collective of like-minded 3-D printer hobbyists and robot builders dedicated to fabricating screen perfect robot characters from your favorite movies and cartoons! We chat with Jonny about the building process and what kind of stuff they've got in the pipeline. And later on, we get his reactions to a list of robot characters suggested by the Retroids in our popular

en-US

02:18:57

Ep 139: The Hairiest Scariest Werewolf Movies (w/...

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/10/15

Awooooooo!! The moon is full and things are about to get HAIRY! For our second monster-riffic epsiode in a row, we are going werewolf hunting! Along for the ride is Hollywood special effects artist, Michael Broom! Mike is the writer/artist of the insanely original graphic novel Membrane and with credits like The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Predators, X-Men First Class, Wolves, Creepshow (the series) and more... nobody's about to question this dude's pedigree! Octo-host, Coopster Gold leads

en-US

02:45:38

Ep 138: Halloween TV Specials

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/10/08

The first of three consecutive Retro Ridoctopus monster-riffic episodes for season 6's month of October! This episode is broken up into two distinct parts. The first covers those made for TV specials that would have us marking our calendars and TV Guides. Sometimes it would be a 25 minutes cartoon, sometimes a made for TV movie, either way, Halloween specials were part and parcel with the holiday when we were growing up. And for the second half of the episode, we shine the candlelight on Halloween

en-US

02:05:26

Ep 137: Unfinished Business / Games We Couldn't Beat

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/10/01

8-Bit Alchemy leads a walk down memory PAIN, as we dredge up all the video games we loved but could never beat. Sometimes this was do to us just never getting good enough, but other times, we have to consider the quality of the games themselves. Were they hard but fair? Or, in the end, were they complete F*@2ing bull$!#?!?!? This is an episode of frustration that ends up being pretty cathartic... but in a fun way! Smacked in the middle is this week's Octoponder This, where we each get to brag about

en-US

01:42:21

The Brig: Rocking That Horror Aesthetic (w/ author L....

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/09/19

Is this episode a dissertation, an audio essay, or just a chat between friends? L. Marie Wood becomes the second person in Ridoctopus history to get locked in the BRIG three times! On this occasion, she chats about new new non-fiction book, "The Horror Aesthetic: Essays from the Dark Corners of the Genre"! It's a book that shares perspectives of the horror genre; providing study and nuance to the spine-tingling storytelling we all love! We also dive into the good, the bad and the

en-US

01:51:41

Ep 136: Best Friends Forever!

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/09/10

We've all got that one best friend. Your bestest buddy, your #1 pal, your BFF! The one person who's seen you at your worst and ALWAYS had your back. Well, this episode is dedicated to characters we feel set the standard for what it means to be best buddies! Your Octo-hosts will share 6 pairs of some of the all time greatest friendships in cartoons and animated film, as well as some personal stories about their own #1 pals! Seriously, this episode is wholesome

en-US

02:09:08

Ep 135: Battlin' Like a Boss 2

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/08/30

We welcome our buddy Nintenjoe back again 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. We'll tackle the more iconic "last guys" first, spotlighting iconic final bosses who come back again and again over multiple entries of a given series. Later on, we each choose 3 (possibly more obscure) battles that were really

en-US

01:42:12

The Brig: A Bouquet of Skunk Apes and Xenomorphs (w/...

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/08/27

This week we have a talented author whom NY Times Best Seller Christopher Golden called “one of the most talented under-the-radar writers the horror genre has to offer”. Kristin Dearborn has written numerous published short stories, novels and novellas including Woman in White, Stolen Away, The Amazing Alligator Girl and her newest novel Faith of Dawn, which is just crawling with skunk apes! If it screams, squelches, or bleeds, Kristin has probably written about it! And later on, we discuss her deep

en-US

02:01:51

The Brig: Rambling Through the Avenues of Dumb (w/...

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/08/20

Back for his second stint in the BRIG… it’s writer/comedian/producer Chris Gersbeck! With his company Dumb Industries, Chris produces and hosts a metric ton of hilarious weekly programs (including but not limited to) The Mads Are Back, The Mary-Jo Pehl Show, The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour and the retro gaming centric, Super Dumb Bros! Chris talks about how it feels to be finally on a break after producing 49 consecutive live-streams of THE MADS ARE BACK. We also talk about some of the other great

en-US

02:03:29

Ep 134: Themes From A Memory 6 (Nickelodeon Edition)

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/08/13

It's music time again, folks!And holy crap, Nintenjoe has returned to the helm for his first episode of season 6 as the main host! Appropriately, it's his popular recurring Themes From a Memory series!! This time, the mission was to choose intro theme songs from Nickelodeon cartoons and live action shows! As we've done so many times before, each host has chosen 3 songs which we play for you in separate blocks! This is our longest running series and we are so happy to welcome our buddy Nintenjoe

en-US

02:03:44

The Brig: NecronomiCon 2024 / A Celebration of Weird...

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/08/07

The work of K. H. (Ken) Vaughan has appeared in numerous volumes of the New England Horror Writers’ WICKED series, as well as a myriad of other anthologies such as both volumes of Once Upon an Apocalypse, New Moon Quarterly, the award winning Nox Pareidolia, and more!For this episode, we'll chat about Ken's short fiction and his involvement with the popular biennial celebration of weird fiction NecronomiCon! He also drops a very saucy, very NSFW reading on our laps that Retro Ridoctopus definitely

en-US

01:59:35

The Brig: The FEARS of Ellen Datlow

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/08/01

The legendary Ellen Datlow has been called “the venerable queen of horror anthologies” per the New York Times, and with over 40 years in the business, it's not hard to see why!In celebration of her new horror anthology, "Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror" from Tachyon Publications... Retro Ridoctopus proudly presents "The Fears of Ellen Datlow"! We'll have readings from horror masters Livia Llewellyn, Bracken MacLeod, and Simon Bestwick and just generally have an awesome

en-US

02:29:54

Ep 133: Watching The Disney Afternoon

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/07/30

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 and beyond, these were some of the best produced children's cartoons on television and we ate 'em up! In this episode, Coopster Gold leads us through a discussion of 6 of our favorite Disney Afternoon shows! We'll even play the corresponding theme songs because... you're welcome! All that with an OCTOPONDER smacked in

en-US

01:09:54

The Brig: Indie Horror on a Budget (w/ filmmaker...

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/07/23

Returning guest, Bobby Canipe Jr. started his film making career with the killer 2022 documentary "Mom n' Pop: The Indie Video Store Boom of the 80s/90s" but has been making horror flicks ever since!For this episode, we'll touch upon what it was like starting from nothing to doing a documentary on video stores to making numerous scary movies a year for SRS Cinema! We'll talk about tons of his films including Amityville Ripper, Grandma, 31 Kills of Halloween and his upcoming 1950s sci-fi

en-US

02:02:46

Ep 132: Not So Special Effects (w/ Bad CGI Sharks'...

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/07/16

In a rare non-celebratory episode, we welcome the co-writer/star/director of the hilarious flick, BAD CGI SHARKS, Jason Ellsworth to join us in a critical discussion on some of the LESS impressive FX we've seen in movies. These are the sequences that are so jarringly inadequate, they hit like a Mac truck, smashing any semblance of immersion to smithereens.We each pick 2 examples of the worth effects we could think of and describe them in excruciating detail for your listening pleasure! Aside from

en-US

02:09:26

Ep 131: Wanna Be a Brawler / The Best Beat 'em Up Games

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/07/02

A 'beat 'em up' or 'brawler' is a style of video game where the player character walks from left to right, beating up a seemingly endless number of enemies, until reaching the inevitable boss encounter at the end of the level. Simple, repetitive and addictive as heck, this genre of games were very popular in the late 80s and early 90s with beloved entries such as Final Fight, Double Dragon, Golden Axe and many many more.For this episode, we'll present 6 primary games that we love in the genre, as

en-US

01:29:56

The Brig: Heroes Among Shadows (w/ author Paul McNamee)

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/06/23

Rotting in the BRIG this week, we have another returning guest, Paul R. McNamee!Paul is a talented author and lover of all things pulp… who’s short stories have appeared in multiple anthologies and magazines including STORYHACK, WEIRDBOOK, and BLOOD ON THE BLADE. And in 2021, he released the superhero novel Hour of the Robot!. His brand new collection, HEROES AMONG SHADOWS, was just released last month from Frizzen Flash Press and we’re gonna talk all about

en-US

02:21:01

Ep 130: X-Men Cartoon Apocalypse (Part 2 of 2)

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/06/20

The X-men theme that was just too big for one episode continues! In this second action-packed installment of our X-Men Cartoon Apocalypse, we celebrate 2 more of the 4 major X-men cartoons! As with last time, each host will present a favorite episode from each. Joining the team just time is new recruit and X-Men über fan, Kevin "Kex" Hayes! For this first part, we are covering... • Wolverine and the X-Men • X-Men 97 Excelsior!! ----------------------------------------Retro Ridoctopus is:•

en-US

02:12:32

Ep 129: X-Men Cartoon Apocalypse (Part 1 of 2)

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2024/06/18

This idea has been brewing for a while and it was just too big for one episode! This action-packed episode celebrates 2 of the 4 major X-men cartoons! Each host presents a favorite episode from each with the help of our very special guest... our returning pal and constant poster Santino "The San Man" Mancebo! For this first part, we are covering... • X-Men: The Animated Series (AKA: X-Men '92) • X-Men Evolution 'Nuff said or what? ----------------------------------------Retro Ridoctopus

en-US

272 results

Similar Podcasts

BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

David Yontef

Nerd Culture - A Gamekings Podcast

Blammo Media

UPodcast

UPodcast

The Writers Hangout

Sandy Adomaitis

The Sarah Fraser Show

Sarah Fraser