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RetroforceGO! Episode 30: New Year's Retrolutions photo

Welcome to the last Monday of 2007, folks. Did you have a good year? Did you get everything that you wanted? Did you accomplish all the things that you planned for yourself over the last year? Yeah, me neither. But at least your friends here at RFGO! can manage to accomplish putting out more shows while the world gets ready to overconsume cheap champagne and make hollow promises of self improvement. 

 Highlights!

  • BLADES OF STEEL!
  • It's Alien Soldier, Chad
  •  Spongebob Squarepants Poetry Slam, more pretentious than Underpants Slam
  • Less Rev Rant, but way more Rev
  • I liked I am Legend
  • Top Ten lists ahoy!
  • I might be getting an angry email from a famous developer
  • Retrolutions FTW!
  • Long show is long

So that wraps up a whole year, folks. We're really glad that we made it to the end of 2007 without crashing or burning (especially in the Paraguayan plane crash of Rev's design) and that the show has become more fun than a barrel of Chad Concelmos on Nitrous Oxide. So while you're preparing for tonight's festivities, make sure to click this link and listen to the latest show while trying on your fancy tuxes and sexy dresses, spending the brief amount of time that 2007 has to offer looking forward to another year full of RetroforceGO!

I know we are. Happy New Year!








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GrayFox's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 15:41
GrayFox
FUCK YEAH.
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 15:48
Spartacus
READY TO RETROFORCE
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 15:52
Knivy
Downloading =).
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 15:53
Cheeburga
Happy new year Dtoid.
Alanar's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 15:54
Alanar
The download link sends me to Japanator... Is there something wrong with the link or with my computer?
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:03
Rainbowblack
Yay!! I'll be listening to this tonight
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:05
Chad Concelmo
@Dyson,
Actually, no it's not. :) :)
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:06
Chad Concelmo
Happy 2008, everyone! :)
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:08
Darren Nakamura
Hooray for Retroforce! Happy 2008 Chad.
madninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:08
madninja
Good to know it is long for some reason I sense something will happen during the episode.
Remo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:09
Remo
Anybody else having trouble downloading?
I just end up with a 70kb file.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:21
Eschatos
LETS GO MOTHAFUCKERS
ShinSennju's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:23
ShinSennju
OMG! Just as Remo said, the download instantly finished and ended up a 75 kb file :S
JTHomeslice's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:28
JTHomeslice
My download isn't working either.
Tertiee's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:36
Tertiee
If you take out the last forward slash the download link works like so:

[url]www.japanator.com/~japanatordump/RetroforceGO!-Episode-30-New-Year's-Retrolutions.mp3[/url]
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:38
Darren Nakamura
Help! The iTunes version isn't downloading.
Remo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:46
Remo
Thanks this should [url=http://www.japanator.com/~japanatordump/RetroforceGO!-Episode-30-New-Year's-Retrolutions.mp3]download[/url]
Remo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:48
Remo
dammit didn't work (sorry for blank post).
Dyson's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:49
Dyson
Downloading should be fixed now. The problem is that the Internet doesn't like apostrophes in file names. Who knew?

And once again, Chad Concelmo is proven right ...

Happy New Year!!
Remo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:54
Remo
Phew, I was afraid I'd have to go without my weekly dose of retroforce.
Variable Gear's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:56
Variable Gear
Playing...now.

Thanks for the show, guys, and happy new year everyone!
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 16:57
Darren Nakamura
Hooray! The iTunes version is downloading now!
Alanar's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 17:31
Alanar
It finally works... Thanks, Dyson!
And Happy New Year from everyone! It's finally 2008 (here in Germany)!
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 17:42
Batthink
Happy New Year fellas!

I also added another resolution.

10. Download Megaman 2 from VC.
GrayFox's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 17:43
GrayFox
Space Giraffe haters.....
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 18:08
Darren Nakamura
Hooray...? Chad's going to punch me in the face?
d0nfil0fi0's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 18:28
d0nfil0fi0
Let the controversy begin: I totally agree with Dyson's choices on his list. I've always thought that Super Mario 64 wasn't a great 3D Mario game (hated the fact that you only have like 15 worlds and each "star" is just a different approach on the same places), and my hate even grew up after Super Mario Galaxy, which shows what a really 3D Mario should have been. Super Mario Galaxy

And being a self declared Nintendo fan, yeah... I also hated Twilight Princess. I see it as the Resident Evil 4 of Zelda games: awesome gameplay, until you realize all you are doing has no sense. And the Ganon fight was totally useless.

The Metroid Prime vote wasn' bad either. Metroid Prime 2 sucked, Metroid Prime 3 was great, but more action oriented than soft paced (the only thing that kept me until the end was the awesome controls... but all the voiceover really runed it all).

But Metroid Prime for the GC was a truly masterpiece.

At least better than all those Haloz.
kintaeb's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 18:29
kintaeb
Dyson is awesome for being the only person I know to publicly say they didn't like Mario 64, and I agree. The game was just too similar all throughout, at least in Super Mario Galaxy you go to different planets to complete the star, not see the same things only with a different objective.

He loses cool points for saying Metroid Prime games suck.
fig455's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 18:47
fig455
good stuff
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 18:52
Fading Star
Happy New Year everyone.
madninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 19:13
madninja
That was a not great announcement about not a certain game on not Xbox Live not Topher. Haha, great episode I finally know what kinds of modern games you guys like. (Dyson makes me sad) Do any of you have Earthbound I can borrow?
Dyson's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 19:40
Dyson
My first "Fuck you!" Awesome way to ring in the New Year.

Everybody have a great evening, whether it be out and about or camping on Live.

Props to d0nfili0fi0 and kintaeb, and sorry to make Madninja Sadninja. Everyone else: HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!!!!!
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 19:46
eternalplayer2345
Thanks for mentioning passage. i just played through it twice and tis a powerful and emotional game indeed. i really wish more people could see what this game is about.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 21:06
Samit Sarkar
iTunes-ing now. T-minus an hour and fifty minutes to 2008!
Justin Villasenor's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 21:39
Justin Villasenor
Thanks so much for bashing the "Casual games are taking over ZOMG! We shall now bash anything that we perceive as "casual"" mantra that some people have started spouting over the last year. It just strikes me as so inane and stupid a position.
Clockwork's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 22:01
Clockwork
Whoa whoa whoa, what's this Passage game that's 5 minutes long that I must play? Link me. LINK LINK LINK!
madninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 22:32
madninja
Hahaha, Sadninja is the greatest. I forgive you Dyson (note to self, kill Dyson) :)
runningapples's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 23:45
runningapples
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I will literally take alway everything you guys every love and stuff it down a dolphin blow hole so it can die IF you disgrace my Mortal Kombat (2-d only)again. Heed my warning! Well since you guys rock, if you ever diss 2-d Mortal Kombat please mention me as a MK lover :]
here comes the cat again:
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runningapples's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 23:55
runningapples
oh.... I didn't put in the picture (sad cat)... well look at my other picture on one of your MK rant
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 00:30
Wedge
I don't know what this about, coz' I just got home from the weekend.

But I totally played (and beat) Actraiser for the first time last night, and that was awesome.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 02:31
s0lesurviv0r
I'm going to have alot of catching up to do when I get my 360.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 03:13
s0lesurviv0r
Ha ha, love the chat about dreamcast, mine just died so I'm getting a new one from a local store.
RJG's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 05:32
RJG
Dyson, last podcast, you mentioned comments of mine from the podcast previous to THAT one, that you said you would get to NEXT podcast, which would be this one. You didn't. I want my glory time damnit. What were you going to say?

Okay, I know I'm late to the party, but here goes.

My New Year's Retrolution: I want to finally finish Chrono Trigger, FFIV or FFVI. I have never finished any of them. I get bored halfway through them, then stop, then when I go to play it again, forget where I'm up to, then just say "fuck it" and start again.
Detry's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 06:22
Detry
LOL RJG, I do the same thing.

My latest is with BioShock, i've started the game 3 times then get bored and forget wtf I was doing or where I was at and just start over. Same with Far Cry and replaying through Chrono Trigger and Zelda: Mask of Majora, I have a lot of fun playing through them but then just get bored and just don't go back.

Just taste I guess... I couldn't stop playing 'Naruto: Rise of a Ninja", 'Mass Effect' or 'Assassins Creed' or 'CoD4: Modern Warfare(including a lot of multiplayer achievments)' until completion. All are considered average or above by all, and by most gamers games like BioShock and ChronoTrigger are considered better games but for some reason I couldn't STOP playing those other games until completion.

Personal taste I guess.

But using BioShock as the example, I love the game but have no desire to finish it right now, I dunno.

BTW: Buy Naruto: Rise of a Ninja because it was too short and I NED MOAR.
topcow's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 10:21
topcow
Great episode. Keep this momentum going into the new year.

Always remember that Vigo watches.

ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 11:18
ZServ
the only list I didnt agree with was i think Rev's about storytelling in games. Assassin's Creed really amazed me in that field; Im just awe struck that it didnt make that list lol
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 11:53
Chad Concelmo
Don't worry, Dexter: my punches feel like soft hugs from a kitten. :)
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 13:46
Darren Nakamura
Hooray! Soft kitten hug punches!
Virtualgirl's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 14:21
Virtualgirl
I feel so out of the loop, I need to catch up on RFG!!! Today is the day!!
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 15:52
njsykora
If Chad and Topher swap round in the new year remember this.

Chad will get Rez on XBLA. That is a week of win for XBLA.
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