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Terranigma 2: Countdown to Geezer [Five Towers]

Whatever you think, I know entirely. This time we’re touching the box, meeting Yomi, realizing the menu is real, encountering the whole hole, freezing the populace, setting out for the overworld, talking to a face, getting the basics of combat, ...

Xenogears 46: Expressing Anger Through Lore [Merkava Calls]

I am fated so as not to be able to kill myself. On this ecstatic episode we're visiting the Ark Park, warning the Elements, imagining nanomachine battles, falling between sculptures, clinging our fists, insulting science experiments, reducing ours...

Xenogears 45: Exegesises on Cruxifixes [Promised Land + Waiting Death]

Girl, that hurt.  Today we're crucifying machines and Chu-Chu, negotiating with Krelian, finding our precious birds, doing sick combos, doing even sicker combos, doing the sickest combos, listening to Omen, wondering why we were left alive, d...

Terranigma 1: Pal Territory [Crysta]

The first episode of our Terranigma miniseries begins! The first episode is free to all and the remainder will continue on the miniseries tier ($5).

We have a look of trouble about ourselves. In the debut episode of our Terranigma miniseries...

Xenogears 44: Circumstances that Led to This Coitus [Above Mahanon + Paradise]

Don't worry, I won't die. Today we're being a man and confronting the problem, performing an anime kiss, becoming one body, having awkward sex in Maria's room, embracing feminism with Margie, experiencing reincarnation through remote viewing, losi...

Xenogears 43: More Stereo Dripping [The Stars Know]

Let us unravel the mystery of Shakespearean demises with our animal friends.   This time we're checking in with disc 2, genociding the Croaker Tribe, solving arcane riddles to put rocks in holes, discovering ancient murals, falling throu...

Xenogears Perfect Works 8: Character Quiz

The final Perfect Works episode is here, and it is certainly an episode. We go deep on character lore and miscellaneous facts about the various backstories that may or may not have made their way into the game. Of all the lore in the book, this ch...

Xenogears 42: Merge for the Kill [Soul Vessel]

Let us join together as we unravel the mystery of interdimensional chair sitting. On this episode we're getting deposited in dungeons, meeting Shopkeeper Johnny, eating death, replacing fuses to open lock A, solving arcane puzzles to open lock B, ...

Laying out the next phase of the podcast

As we've been saying, the eventual content structure of the podcast is going to revolve around the model of a main series and a miniseries. As the Perfect Works series wraps up with episode 8 coming up very soon, we're shifting toward the new mode...

Xenogears Perfect Works 7: Science & Gear Quiz

We make these quizzes to own each other and entertain you. 

This time, we're talking about the Science and the Gears. 

 What do you pray for in a world in which such things (both aspirations and desires) can be attained ...

Xenogears 41: The Ultimate JPEG [Break the Seal]

If only you didn't exist. This time we're continuing to dream, imposing a total sentence of ten years, reacquiring Knight of Fire, shattering Ramsus' absolute confidence, launching nanoparticles into the atmosphere, battling Solarian super weapons...

Time of the Bonus 9: The Xenogears Intro Movie

Join us for a thorough analysis of the Xenogears introductory movie. The introduction of Xenogears seeds the the game's plot right before our eyes. At the same time, it provides the answers to the mysteries introduced throughout the game.  2020-06-24 19:23:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Xenogears 40: Being Naked in Tubes Together [Shot Down!]

Please insert Disc 2. This time we're literally and virtually sitting in chairs, unpacking our own existence, spending quality time painting our partners, exploring our interiority through our reclaimed souls, loving the same soul across epochs of...

Xenogears Perfect Works 6: Geography & Monster Quiz

Read up, dear reader. 
We're doing another quiz show to test the the Perfect Works knowledge of Chris. The Perfect Works contains some quite miscellaneous facts about the world of Xenogears. Some of quite interesting, some of it quite inco...

Xenogears 39: Monotheism is Not on the Menu [Shevat's Move + Broken Ties]

Let's go, Fei. In this episode we're acting on Emperor Cain's directions, concluding managers are no longer needed, denying mental health issues exist, selecting Ramsus as our favorite tool, realizing we're our own subordinate, registering as tena...

How to join the Discord community

Hey everyone! 

I just wanted to do a specific post to answer the question we get occasionally: How do I join the Retrograde Amnesia Discord server? Our server is for patrons-only, but we won't kick you out if you have to delete your ple...

Xenogears 38: Annoying Handyman [Tears for Fears + Fall of Solaris]

Chris didn't know Tears for Fears is a real band. On this episode we're telling Ramsus we're in different situations, putting four people in our party, realizing Emeralda is the original Bayonetta, meeting all of our friends again twice, declining...

Retrograde Amnesia: Future Structured & Whatnot

Hey everyone. Hope you're hanging in there.

Patreon is charging sales tax. Starting on July 1, Patreon will be2020-06-05 21:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Xenogears 37: Unworthy Molecular Machine [Krelian's Lab, Part II]

God has given us a right to rule over the universe. This time we're identifying our assholes, getting imprisoned in a CRT Danger Room, suffering betrayal, citing Arch Angels, arking artifacts, enduring an MRI, awakening some other inner-selves, re...

Xenogears 36: This is Reality. Let's Go. [Krelian's Lab, Part I]

We're opening our minds and drinking the purest form of nutrition; people. This time we're getting sucked up in a dust chute, destroying ventilation infrastructure, gluttonously gobbling up idle foodstuffs, hacking another computer, eating Soylent...

It's May and here's what is up with us.

Hello there! Thank you for your continued support and welcome to all of the new folks that have joined us this month.

For those unaware, we have a Discord server. You can join by linking your Discord account to your Patreon ...

Xenogears Perfect Works 5: Social Structure Quiz

The Perfect Works offers a deep exploration of the various social constructs and organizations that make up the geopolitical landscape and feed into the goals of the M Plan. Our goal is to find a fun way to talk through these constructs. 
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Xenogears 35: End of the Shitpipe [Escape Solaris + Lone Wolf]

This is better than Doc's bathtub! In these two chapters, we're loving raw sewage, wrecking security cubes, walking into wealthy Solarian's houses with poop-stained clothes, predicting soylent, telling our girlfriend her mom is hot, putting a show...

Time of the Bonus 8: Xenogears Comic Anthology, Part II

Part II of our series on the Xenogears Comic Anthology has arrived!

If you haven't read the scanlation, check it out her...

Xenogears 34: Doomsday Prep for the Super Rich [Into Solaris]

We're entering Solaris to beat up all the fascists, kill their leaders, and save the world. Our discussion and activities include wondering why Krelian let Emeralda go, denying the compulsion to adopt Maria, worrying about Hammer time, getting in ...

Season 2 Announcement Podcast

Here's the results and announcement show we recorded as we revealed the results to ourselves, recorded on May 4. Thanks to everyone who participated! Looking forward to the conclusion of Season 1 (which will take 55 episodes) and a new beginning w...

And the winner is...

Since many have asked, I'll spill the beans. 

Thank you for your support and participation. By a razor-thin margin, Chrono Cross will be the Retrograde Amnesia Season 2 game! There will be an official public announcemen...

Xenogears 33: Showing His Samurai Ass [Gate 3: The Deep]

We did three podcasts in one night. Probably a mistake, but there is no other way to discuss Rattan other than through the lens of a slight drunkenness and exhaustion.

How do you do? This time we're concluding Drunk Elevator Guy is an assign...

R4: Ridge Racer Type-4 Retrospective

And now, for something completely different.

Released in North America on May 1st 1999, R4: Ridge Racer Type-4 closed a generation—and a millennium—with character and class. Namco’s signature racing series, o...

32: Angle it for the Drop Ratio [Gate 2: Babel]

Calm down, your pants are too loud. In this episode, we're worrying Chu-Chu might be out of unique dialogue, witnessing the effect of monarchy's dissolution on the local non-playable populace, eating fish out of an aquarium, fantasy equipping Rams...