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Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

Retrograde Amnesia 388 episodes Nov 9, 2026

Retrograde Amnesia is a podcast that analyzes classic Japanese role-playing games chapter by chapter and beat by beat. Each episode examines story, dialogue, mechanics, music, influences, and themes in depth. The show has covered games such as Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Phantasy Star IV, and Skies of Arcadia. It is an enthusiast retrospective series aimed at listeners who want detailed critical discussion of JRPGs.

Episodes

Skies of Arcadia | E23: C is for Kill [The Lynx]
Skies of Arcadia | E23: C is for Kill [The Lynx] Nov 9, 2026 01:04:20 Real sailors aren't afraid of the unknown. Before listening to this episode, you wouldn't know about us presenting the Moon Crystal to our new lady friend, realizing Bellena either is or isn't who we thought she was or wasn't, feeling the burn of deception, putting an end to all wars, tripping during a desperate escape sequence, performing sexy mischief, borrowing sound effects from Johnny Quest,
Skies of Arcadia | E22: Other Raiders of Lost Arks [Temple of Pyrynn]
Skies of Arcadia | E22: Other Raiders of Lost Arks [Temple of Pyrynn] Nov 2, 2026 50:34 We're flying across an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness. While taking in the sights, we're also flickering torch shadows with rapid texture maps, log rolling on barrels like (?) Donkey Kong, fighting tiki men chest guardians, killing turd transporters, massaging Chris' noodle, squaring off against Zivilyn Bane, turning lava into rocks with water, giving up on weapon colors, using a spine as
Skies of Arcadia | E21: Stranded Bumpkin Protagonist Folk [Maramba, Part II]
Skies of Arcadia | E21: Stranded Bumpkin Protagonist Folk [Maramba, Part II] Oct 26, 2026 01:11:10 It's been a while since we've had time to relax. Kick back while we're wondering why we have to ride a creature, going forth and seeking our fate, falling asleep right after work, ignoring a map and getting lost in a small sewer, realizing everything takes forever, patronizing a fortune teller, featuring Dr Robotnik's cousin, consuming spicy loqua, examining the dancer archetype, staying to watch
Skies of Arcadia | E20: It Gets Everywhere [Maramba, Part I]
Skies of Arcadia | E20: It Gets Everywhere [Maramba, Part I] Oct 19, 2026 59:51 Young desert traveler, stay a moment and listen to what I have to tell you. We have tales of voyaging through a concept art vision quest, subscribing to a moon science belief system, learning what money does, discovering a wandering bowl of water, saving sand in a bottle, abandoning the party, not drinking today, thinking this town would be bigger, staying hydrated, accounting for ventilation, los
Skies of Arcadia | E19: She Doesn't Know Your Deeds [To The Desert]
Skies of Arcadia | E19: She Doesn't Know Your Deeds [To The Desert] Oct 12, 2026 57:47 A man who lives by the skies? There is nothing more honorable than that. Well, except for breaking up with dad, telling mom goodbye, renewing the spirit of adventure, vowing to find all of the Moon Crystals, starting Fina at level 1, knitting for the whole game, cooking lunch with our eyes closed, being the guy who everyone is talking about, beating Domingo to discoveries, receiving the Black Spot
Skies of Arcadia | E18: Danny DeVite [Adventure Embarkation]
Skies of Arcadia | E18: Danny DeVite [Adventure Embarkation] Oct 5, 2026 55:27 If you can heal a boat, you can kill a boat. After we realized that, we tried slipping through the door by the skin of our teeth, liberating treasure that could help the needy, asking Fina about her "mission," calling upon 666, interpreting sketches of an ancient civilization, learning of The Rains of Destruction, favoring moon-based lore, setting out on a crystal quest, tolerating an annoying pet
Skies of Arcadia | E17: Terminator Hard Walk [Upper Valua & Rail Car]
Skies of Arcadia | E17: Terminator Hard Walk [Upper Valua & Rail Car] Sep 28, 2026 01:04:24 If the gate closes, we're all dead. To break through, we'll have to practice looking through the looking glass, overselling the aristocracy, commissioning a silver toilet, lying about our family, eating delicious white bread, seeing a train for the first time, face-planting after a bridge leap, considering the Train Level, fighting on top of a moving train, taking off the cape, hard-walking for a
Skies of Arcadia | E16: Mother, Of Course This Country is Wrong [The Rescue]
Skies of Arcadia | E16: Mother, Of Course This Country is Wrong [The Rescue] Sep 21, 2026 01:05:05 Why do you not rejoice with us? What's stopping you, and also us, from proceeding through the shitpipe, placating the lower class with public executions, killing the warden of spells, taking no prisoners, entering a secret sewer room, seeing a train for the first time, telling mother this country is wrong, making the empress too mean, expanding the meaning of "impossible," verbally whipping anothe
Skies of Arcadia | E15: Chalky Piss / Pissy Chalk [Catacombs]
Skies of Arcadia | E15: Chalky Piss / Pissy Chalk [Catacombs] Sep 14, 2026 01:02:10 If you don't like my ship, you can find yourself another one. While you're looking for it, listen to us as we're making dad pay for the hotel room, relaxing after a hard day, finding a dialogue divergence point, making decisions swiftly, clasping hands to boost up a jumper, chasing a pervert across rooftops, pooping straight into hell, completing the countdown to sewer, knowing there's always a wa
Skies of Arcadia | E14: Deranged Shitheads [Lower City Valua]
Skies of Arcadia | E14: Deranged Shitheads [Lower City Valua] Sep 7, 2026 01:06:43 Soup or power, take your pick, what do you want? Perhaps, instead, you would prefer meeting the roster of villains, capturing a citizen of the silver civilization, labeling a pervert, imagining more One Piece comparisons, confining the less fortunate to Lower City, smelling like garbage, drawing bold lines between two classes, meeting the local Big Bag Rascal, refusing to collect trash, losing ano
Skies of Arcadia | E13: I Don't Even Have a Wife [Heading to Valua]
Skies of Arcadia | E13: I Don't Even Have a Wife [Heading to Valua] Aug 31, 2026 56:50 Never take your hands off the wheel until we have come to a complete stop. And before you decelerate, listen to us forgetting Blackbeard was a real guy, trying to remember orally recited directions, trying our very best to figure out ship battles, determining what sort of code a black pirate has, applying the Captain's Stripe, forgetting critical game mechanics, ramming the Little Jack into a cany
Skies of Arcadia | E12: This Place is a Place [Sailor's Island, Part II]
Skies of Arcadia | E12: This Place is a Place [Sailor's Island, Part II] Aug 24, 2026 53:07 May the moons guide you in your journey. If that doesn't work, we'll guide you into figuring out Eric is attracted to ladies with green elbow-length gloves, receiving a blown kiss, facing Justice Under God, bestowing merchants with names, learning of the Harpoon Cannon, stealing a guy's money, wearing a dumb guy hat, projecting big dreams on such a little fellow, finding a message in a bottle on a

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