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Welcome to Retrograde Amnesia, a podcast where we cover classic Japanese Role-playing Games (JRPGs), chapter by chapter, beat by beat. Check out a complete listing of the works we have covered and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast provider. Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/retroam.

Nov 10, 2025

Hello and welcome to the first episode of our eighth season! We’re covering Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium for the next 25-to-70 weeks. On this two-parter of an intro episode, we’re peeling the skin off the Fake Net, buying children a $212 videogame, charging more money for more megabits, realizing...


Nov 3, 2025

The game is over but the game is not over. One our final episode for season seven, we’re smelling the ocean on the breeze, losing all MP, putting faith in our strength, spending our brains out, affirming Ghaleon’s insanity, declaring Jessica Day, requesting an adult, creating an open door policy, realizing Luna has...


Oct 27, 2025

I am disgraced yet again. Season seven continues with us listening to a death rattle, making sure the Ocarina is in Alex’s pocket, assigning jealousy as a motive, dumbing ourselves down for women, desecrating her sanctum, fighting for the ones we love, getting a little action, wishing for stronger hints,...


Oct 20, 2025

Do we care about the fate of the world? Hell no. We’re only concerned with exploring the wasteland of the mind, imbibing the sweet nectar of the woman kind, conquering our greatest fears (again), escaping the maze of our wretched inner-selves, living in the body of a goddess, running out of unlimited time,...


Oct 13, 2025

Even if you wanted to make this a twist, there’s nowhere to twist. Before we twist it off, we’re revealing the secret true identity of Laike, speaking of plot elements specifically, giving it a yank, turning into a dragon, realizing the Grindery is a Frontier machine, once again imagining a more socially...