This weekend marks two very important occasions: the official start of Summer, and the start of a second year of RetroforceGO! It's astounding that we've lasted this long, but give or take the few weeks we didn't record, this is an anniversary of sorts for us.
I want to take this week's post as an opportunity to thank each and every one of you who listen to our show, subscribe to us on iTunes, and support our weekly foray into the land before polygons. We have such a blast recording every week, and to think that you guys have been through 50 episodes with us and haven't gotten sick of it yet is both heartwarming and humbling. From the bottom of our 8-bit hearts, we thank you.
So what's this week's episode about? It's funny you should ask that question, because uh ... I don't really know. It's episode 50, so we're just gonna kick it and look back at our first year together, if that's ok with you. It's the season for laziness anyway, right? And yard sales? Swimming, perhaps with dolphins?
Are you ready to Summer?
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1:40 PM on 05.25.2008
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Get Chad to talk about the ending of Indiana Jones 4, I'm too lazy to read his c-blog. What did you think C?
Congrats on the anniversary! Just repeat every inside joke that has been birthed from this podcast 20 times for the whole hour or two.
Anyway, happy 50 episodes guys, he's for even more! I love you guys, please, never stop doing this :3.
I don't have any questions this time, just carry on.
or maybe I should actually complete, Link to the Past first lol
Advice, suggestions and or pizza rolls please.
1) Summer is the season where I catch up on all my games since it's the longest break between semesters. What games do you all intend to catch up on, and what games are you looking forward to?
2) This one goes to Topher:
I recently beat (miraculously) U.N. Squadron. Now, I'm not a SHMUP connoisseur (good luck pronouncing that, Dyson), but it seems like everyone in that goddamn game is out to ram their ships into mine. What's their deal? Did they spend so much money on planes that they forgot to buy bullets or something?
If so, could Topher please read these assorted Sean Connery quotes while doing his hilarious impersenation?
"There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack."
"Damn you and your daily doubles!"
"Suck on it Trebeck. Suck it long, and suck it hard"
"Whats the matter? You can't talk with a gun in your mouth?"
"Whats the diffrence between you, and a mallard with a cold? One's a sick duck... I can't remeber how it ends, but your mothers a whore."
"Welcome to Chicago, this town stinks worse the a whorehouse at low tide"
"I'll take I have a hard on for 600."
Thanks!
Also, what if they remade & reworked Ikaruga and made it into a StarFox 64-esque shooter instead of a top-down one?
Would it work? Would it be fun or worth playing?
Also, please get Dyson to pronounce Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Obligitory cute picture:
*EL GASPO* No bonner for me? That makes me a sad panda.
Here it is though,
If Retroforcego! was a Phoenix Right style course drama, what roles do you think you all would play? I imagine that Rev be the sarcastic, but lovable Defense Attorney, Chad would be the happy, energetic defense aid, Topher would be the bitter prosecutor with a dark past, Dyson would be the clueless Judge, and Collete would be the evil mastermind who is manipulating the other charecters who is taken down in a epic three day long final case Is this anywhere near what you guys think?
So if you haven't played it, please go download a not rom then spend the whole show talking about how freakin' amazing it is.
Hypothetical scenario time!
If one day all games to come out in the last 12 years or so disappeared and all games developed were 2D with a totally retro feel, what would you miss the most about the vanished games and the general gameplay styles of those games?
Question: Since we see anniversary editions of games released every once in a while, are there any games that you think are so important that they should be re-released every X number of years (possibly with extras/updated graphics, but not necessarily) to run on current systems?
Those whippersnappers gotta learn about the classics SOMEHOW right?
Also: wouldn't be a great idea if when you started up a Playstation 4, XBox 1080 or Nintendo -insert stupid name here- you HAD to play a quick round of a random classic retro game before you could do anything else? :D
Here's to 50 more episodes!
And especially for Colette:
Also I recently beat Ikaruga and it was AMAZING!
Picture for Topher
Baby Cthulhu
Baby Chocabo
And is there something wrong with me for wanting to see Chad in an embarrasing sweater more than seeing a woman naked?
YOU ARE ALL SIMPLY
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Happy 50th Episode!
Is what I meant to say.
On the plane ride to Paraguay, you all happen to punch a panda on the decent to a epic plane crash and in the demise of all of the Retroforce hosts, you are all condemned to hell. So in hell, what do you think Satan would make you play for eternity? What would be the worst thing that you could play forever (and Dyson, halo is a cop-out, there is far worse out there)
and happy 50ths anniversary!
Topher:
Colette:
Chad:
Dyson
Love the show and hoping you keep going for many many episodes more and now cute picture.
The ultimate form of casual...
Mmm, styling.
What of THE BET?
You know the one I'm talking about. The one with the comment predictions and nakedness :D
Zombie Red Panda loves Retroforce nearly as much as I do!
I can’t be arsed to think of a question, but it doesn’t matter; the episodes are brilliant enough already. Also,
Why do you hate FPSs so much (especially that one game that rhymes with malo). Do you hate the gameplay? The controls? The stories (or lack of)? The fact that there are so many these days? Or did Duke Nukem touch you in your bathing suit area?
Here's to many more Retroforce Go!s.
However, I losten to it on my MP3, so this could be awkward.
Oh, and if any of you guys recording now have clothes, take them the hell off now, please.