A retro gaming podcast hosted by three ”hardcore” gamer dads.
Episodes
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick
What are we playing/watching?
- Allan - Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (beat pt 1, now on 2), Mount and Blade Bannerlord (again)
- First Look: Marvel: Midnight Suns (XCom marvel!)
- Nick - Tribes of Midgard, Last Oasis; Back 4 Blood Beta
- Marvel - What If? Awesome new animated series; Spider-Man No Way home trailer drop. Bringing in Doc-Oc and Green Goblin?
- Visions Trailer - Matrix Animated Series style shorts but with Star Wars looks AWESOME!
- Release Highlights
- QUAKE REMASTERED
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite
- Psychonauts 2
- News
- Blizzard’s death spiral
- World of Warships CC and player exodus
- GamesCom 21’ Online what’s new or interesting?
- xbox flight sim - later this year the Reno Air Race (Yes this is what I was hoping for. Competitive Air Race)
- Not much else new on xbox showcase more DLCs and teases of Forza and Halo
Come hang with us!
- Where you can reach us
- Facebook (tiny.cc\savepoint)
- Email (theretrorents@gmail.com)
- Twitter (@theretrorents, @RetroRentsAl, @BlackEagleOps) - fuck twitter :)
- Twitch (@RetroRentsAl, @Kibbis, @BlackEagleOps, SodaXBread)
- Voicemails - 610-810-1654
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Hosts: Al, Nick
What's up everyone! On this episode we reveal our latest obsessions! (seriously, go play Trails of Cold Steel if you consider yourself even a minor JRPG fan, it's amazing). Nick is swept up with the Tribes of Midgard, WATCH OUT JOTUN! We also deep dive into the Activision/Blizzard Lawsuit, and how this kind of behavior is pervasive not just in gaming, but the corporate world itself. Til next time folks, wear your masks, get your shots, have fun, play games and DON'T BE D***S!
- Release Highlights
- Tribes of Midgard
- News
- Frathouse sued by state of California for Activision Blizzard-like culture of discrimination and harassment.
- Mass exodus from World of Warcraft to FF14 so much that FF14 ran out of digital licenses (restocked) but large population transferring.
- Steam Deck debut of Steam’s handheld game system.
- I….may have reserved the top end model
- Nintendo getting a OLED model bigger 7” (up from 6.2) screen 64 GB storage (up from 32)
- What is EA showing next week 22nd? Well they are NOT showing anything with Bioware Mass Effect or Dragon Age. Not showing any Star Wars games. So…. Battlefield and all the SPURTSBAWL?
- Casey Hudson former GM of Bioware announces new studio - Humanoid Studios. No games but something to keep an eye on.
- Nature is healing and CPU hardware is slowly becoming more available and prices returning to MSRP - Normalcy by the fall or end of year?
- ...Unless you’re playing the New World beta...which is frying the brand new vid cards
- Skull and Bones - Article from Kotaku quotes former and current employees, game is a mismanaged disaster, frequent reboots/restarts, no identity, sounds like a mess
E3 PART 2
- PC Game Show:
- Naraka - Ninja/Samurai BR August 12
- dodgeball academia - Soon cartoon dodgeball
- Chivalry 2 - Road Map: Various Medieval periods; New maps; More weapons;
- Rawmen - Battle chef very wacky
- Dying Light 2- Dec 7th 2021
- Humankind - Civ lookalike
- They Always Run - MetroidVania looking side scroller
- Lemnis Gate - Sci-fi shooter 25 sec time loop FPS/Turn based Strategy Game (launch aug 3rd) Open Beta July
- Next Space Rebels - Space Kerbel but with home grown parts (model rocketry) but wacky
- WarTales - Open World RPG (Turnbase) adventure game Fantasy Medeival setting
- Ixion - Maintain spacestation and defend internal/external threats (no game play)
- Far changing tides - Sequel to Far Sails
- MW5: Merc showing off the new DLC out now
- Jurassic World Evolution 2: Park Simulator
- StreamFest - Various releases from stream (No HL3)
- Soulstic - Hack and slash
- Warhammer: Chaos Gate - Trailer in Aug//relese 2022
- Pioner - Stalker like modern world bending chernobyl mess fabric of reality.
- Chernobylite - another stalker like game
- Icarus - Space Survival. Get to launch zone in time - Aug 11 Looking forward to this.
- The Wandering Village - Town on a dino
- Death Trash - Fallout 1 looking crazy looking game
- Songs of conquest - Heos of M&M sucessor
- Future Games Show:
- Instinction - Dino vs Surivors???
- Red Solstice 2 - xcom but 8 players Jun 17th
- Severed Steel - Crazy time bending FPS with vibes of SuperHot
- StarMancer - Space base building? Aug 5th
- Harold Halibut - Soon - claymation narrative adventure
- Project Ferocious - Soldiers and Dinos?? 2023 release target
- Voicemails, and Plug Voicemail Line - 610-810-1654
- QotBW - Favorite video game soundtrack and go
- Conclusions/Final thoughts/Shout outs
- Fans
- Bad Fodder Figures
- Married to the Games
- Tap the Craft
- Where you can reach us
- Facebook (tiny.cc\savepoint)
- Email (theretrorents@gmail.com)
- Twitter (@theretrorents, @RetroRentsAl, @BlackEagleOps) - fuck twitter :)
- Twitch (@RetroRentsAl, @Kibbis, @BlackEagleOps, SodaXBread)
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
What's up everyone!
Today's episode is JAM PACKED with a ton of exciting stuff! Nick and Al recap the incredible experience of being on a panel at LockdownCon 2 with some other incredibly talented and fun podcasters! We also recap the highlights (and utter snoozers) of E3 2021. What were some of your E3 favorites? Who do you think fell short? Follow the contact trail and let us know!
Voicemails - 610-810-1654
Other places to reach us
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- Facebook (tiny.cc\savepoint)
- Email (theretrorents@gmail.com)
- Twitter (@theretrorents, @RetroRentsAl, @BlackEagleOps)
- Twitch (RetroRentsAl, BlackEagleOps)
Friday May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
What is going on Y'ALL!! It has been quite some time (again) since our last show, and for that I truly apologize, but as you'll see during the show, it's been pretty crazy here in RetroRentsAL land! However, there is some AWESOME news as well! (Like ya boys Al and Nick being on a panel at LockdownCon 2 this year baby!). Lots more to cover as well, so we invite y'all to sit back, kick back with a good drink of your choice, and chill with us on another episode of The Retro Rents!
- Release Highlights
- Let the late Spring/Early Summer release start.
- RE 8
- Hood - Looks great. Road Map will show staying power
- Subnautica 2
- Let the late Spring/Early Summer release start.
- Biomutant. Reviews seem super meh?
- SMT3: Nocturne
- Unreal Engine 5 Demo crazy sharp and interesting to see behind the mechanics.
- DEMEO!
- News
- Ubisoft to switch to more High End Free to Play model (Taking a page from Activision with CoD?)
- Kicking off with Heartland in the same universe as the Division series.
- Vive revealed their Pro2(Pro-sumer level) and Focus 3 (Business Application Oriented) better stats but nothing software wise to propel it forward in the gaming space.
- Paradox announces CK3 Expansion: Royal Court (looks super cool), and finally, Victoria 3, long awaited sequel to the infamous industrial age politics/mercantile sim (super fun game in Vicy 2)
- Star Citizen vs Elite: Odyssey vs No Man’s Sky: Sell me: What is SC going to offer new at this point? Or is it just planning on doing things “better”?
- Neal Hallford invited us to be on a panel at Lockdowncon!!!
- Ubisoft to switch to more High End Free to Play model (Taking a page from Activision with CoD?)
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick
Howdy folks! It's been another fun week in games! While we've entered what Nick and I have always called the "Spring Doldrums" (not many new games coming out each week), there are still some gems that we're super excited about.
- Century: Age of Ashes - Nick got into the beta and talks about the first game that FINALLY got dragon combat (much less multiplayer dragon combat) done RIGHT.
- Curse of the Dead Gods and Loop Hero - Al's gems of the week. Really enjoying both of these, and they're a steal at their current price!
- We also talk Game Pass, and how it's easily the best thing in games right now if you love to try new games thanks to Microsoft acquiring Bethesda, and providing EA Play. More games than you know what to do with and a steal at the monthly price (psst, go Ultimate, because PC Game Pass is pretty damn sweet too!)
And more! We hope you enjoy the show!
Contact us!
VOICEMAIL LINE! 610-810-1654
Facebook (tiny.cc/savepoint)
@TheRetroRents, theretrorents@gmail.com
Al - @RetroRentsAl on twitter, twitch.tv/retrorentsal
Nick - @BlackEagleOps on twitter, twitch.tv/BlackEagleOps
Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick
Howdy Folks! We're back after a week off! On this episode we talk about our incredible interview with Neal Hallford, reflect on one year since we were at PAX East together, getting creeped out in Medium, the wild ascent of Valheim, Richard Garriott's latest exploration: The Mariana Trench, and MORE!
News:
- Valheim hits 5 million players!
- Richard Garriott is currently at the bottom of the ocean (as of this recording)!
- Subnautica: Below Zero release date announced (May 14th, 2021)
- Hardsuit Labs sacked from Bloodlines 2 (and what this probably means for the game's release)
- Alien's Fireteam trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1GRp19A89A
The SavePoint game of the month:
- The Medium
Contact us!
VOICEMAIL LINE! 610-810-1654
Facebook (tiny.cc/savepoint)
@TheRetroRents, theretrorents@gmail.com
Al - @RetroRentsAl on twitter, twitch.tv/retrorentsal
Nick - @BlackEagleOps on twitter, twitch.tv/BlackEagleOps
Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Thank you all for coming back to check out the conclusion of our interview with the incredible Neal Hallford! This episode dives into Neal's time at Dynamix, and the creation of Betrayal at Krondor! We then discuss his current projects in movies, and he's writing a book too! So much great stuff in this episode. If you want to check out some of Neal's work, get to it below! Highly recommend The Case of Evil on Prime (Neal talks about the making of that in this episode. Such a great send-up to Universal Monster movies of old). We hope you enjoy the show!
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick, Neal
Check out Neal's past and present projects:
- Planet's Edge: The Point of No Return (PC, available via GOG.com)
- Betrayal at Krondor (PC, available via GOG.com)
- Krondor Confidential (Neal's multi-part blog on Betrayal At Krondor's conception to release. We'll call it the companion to this interview :) )
- Swords and Circuitry - A Designer's Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games (Neal's book on game design!)
- Swords and Circuitry - The website for Neal's Production company (yea, he makes movie stuffs too!)
- The Case of Evil (An incredible short film inspired by the classic Universal Monster Horrors. On Prime too!)
- The Many Worlds of Neal Hallford (Neal's website! Go here to always catch the latest of what Neal might be up to, and follow his wonderful blog, too!)
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
WOW! Where to even start with this one :) Nick and I had the incredible luck and pleasure to interview Neal Hallford, one of Game Design's greatest of all time (well, damn well so in my eyes).
Neal has been in the designer's seat for some of the most classic, beloved games of all time. His most well known work is Dynamix's Betrayal at Krondor, a game set during the time of Raymond E. Feist's incredible Riftwar Saga. This is a must play piece of gaming history if you've never done so, and it's available on GOG.
Our first part of this incredible interview with Neal covers his time in Radio, the people who influenced him as a young writer, and how doing radio dramas with his buddies brings him to work as a writer and designer at New World Computing (Might and Magic, or Planet's Edge ring a bell?)
Alright, don't want to give too much away. Just sit back y'all, and we hope you have as much fun listening to Neal as we did. He really is one of a kind.
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick, Neal
Check out Neal's past and present projects:
- Planet's Edge: The Point of No Return (PC, available via GOG.com)
- Betrayal at Krondor (PC, available via GOG.com)
- Krondor Confidential (Neal's multi-part blog on Betrayal At Krondor's conception to release. We'll call it the companion to this interview :) )
- Swords and Circuitry - A Designer's Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games (Neal's book on game design!)
- Swords and Circuitry - The website for Neal's Production company (yea, he makes movie stuffs too!)
- The Case of Evil (An incredible short film inspired by the classic Universal Monster Horrors. On Prime too!)
- The Many Worlds of Neal Hallford (Neal's website! Go here to always catch the latest of what Neal might be up to, and follow his wonderful blog, too!)
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick
Hey folks! Not a live show this week as it was too much to coordinate with the holidays. We wrap up 2020 in this episode with some of our favorites throughout the year! Thanks y'all always, for listening, and spreading the word! We're looking forward to a great gaming year in 2021!
Game of The Year Segment
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- Notable to us 2020 Releases
- Jan: Walking Dead Saints and Sinners (VR)
- Feb: none
- Mar: Half Life Alyx ; Doom; ACNH, Persona 5 Royal
- April: XCOM Chimera; Predator Hunting Grounds; FF7 Remake; SnowRunner
- May: Deep Rock Galactic
- June: Command and Conquer Remaster
- July: Death Stranding; Superhot(2) Mind Control Delete; Ghost of Tsushima;Carrion
- Aug: FallGuys; Microsoft Flight Sim; Vader Immortal, Wasteland 3
- Sept: Star Renegade; OuterWorlds DLC; Phasmaphobia; Spellbreak
- Oct: Star Wars Squadrons; Baldur's Gate 3 (technically early access); Watch Dogs Legion
- Nov: AC:Valhalla; Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity; Warcraft:Shadowlands
- Dec: Cyberpunk; Medal of Honor Above and beyond (VR)
- Notable to us 2020 Releases
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- Best of Categories:
- Best VR Game:Half Life Alyx
- Best Driving Sim: SnowRunner
- Best Dwarf Sim: Deep Rock Galactic
- Best Delivery Sim: Death Stranding
- Best not a John Carpenter game: Carrion
- Best Ghost Hunter: Phasmophobia
- Best Battle Royal: Spellbreak
- Game from another year: Among Us (originally released 2018)
- Best Spacey Blow Shit Up - SW Squadrons
- Best Better-Than-Game-Of-Thrones-Stabby-Sibling-Sex-And-Kingdom-Simulator - Crusader Kings 3
- Best Not-Made-With-Crunch-Game - Hades (Supergiant deserves the massive praise for not only making an incredible game, but doing it ethically, and still delivering one of the best games of the entire year.
- Al’s Game of the Year - Hands down, Crusader Kings 3 takes all for me. I’m at 150 hours and climbing and that shit came out in SEPTEMBER. Hades is very, very close in the number 2 spot.
- Nick's Game of the Year - Half Life: Alyx
Contact us!
VOICEMAIL LINE! 610-810-1654
Facebook (tiny.cc/savepoint)
@TheRetroRents, theretrorents@gmail.com
Al - @RetroRentsAl on twitter, twitch.tv/retrorentsal
Nick - @BlackEagleOps on twitter, twitch.tv/BlackEagleOps
Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick
See the Live Show Recording here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/828454242
Hey folks! It's another venture into a live recorded episode by The Retro Rents! This episode we discussed Cyberpunk 2077's then imminent release, Mando Season 2, Star Wars Rebels, and some upcoming retro style adventure games we saw at PAX releasing that week as well (Call of the Sea). As always! Share the link, share the show, tell your friends! Stay safe and we'll catch you next week!
News:
- Casey Hudson leaves Bioware (again), along with Mark Darrah. I can’t see how this isn’t all but spelling doom for DA4 and the new Mass Effect game.
- Activision Blizzard suing Netflix over poaching Executive (Spencer Neuman, CFO)
- I reached my $500 goal during Extra Life, thank y’all, I love you!
- Rumors of the Metal Gear Solid movie with Oscar Isaac playing Snake? I’m intrigued.
- Warner bros: all 2021 warner releases hitting same day on hbomax
The SavePoint game of the month:
- Cyberpunk 2077
Contact us!
VOICEMAIL LINE! 610-810-1654
Facebook (tiny.cc/savepoint)
@TheRetroRents, theretrorents@gmail.com
Al - @RetroRentsAl on twitter, twitch.tv/retrorentsal
Nick - @BlackEagleOps on twitter, twitch.tv/BlackEagleOps
Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint