Episodes
Monday Mar 08, 2021
The Retro Rents - EP072 - If A Tree Doesn't Fall On Your Head
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
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Friday Feb 12, 2021
The Retro Rents -- EP071 -- Neal Hallford - From Krondor to Movies
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
The Retro Rents -- EP069 -- Wrapping Up 2020
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
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Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
The Retro Rents -- EP068 -- Cyberpunk Hype Unleash!
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
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Nick - @BlackEagleOps on twitter, twitch.tv/BlackEagleOps
Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
The Retro Rents - EP067 - Extra Life Game Day 2020 LIVE
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
What's up everyone! After many, many requests, we are starting to podcast our episodes LIVE, and we started this format with Extra Life Game Day 2020!
In this episode, Al reviews how the day was going so far as he attempted the 24 hour marathon to raise money for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). We had a lot of fun hanging out and interacting with our audience, and send a big thanks to all the folks who came by, including our good buds, the ever awesome Bad Fodder Figures Podcast!
We hope you enjoy the episode! We plan to continue recording live at twitch.tv/RetroRentsAL on the days we record! Follow @theretrorents on twitter for our next recording date!
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Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint
Monday Oct 19, 2020
The Retro Rents -- EP066 -- Buttery Smooth
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick
News:
- Watch Dogs legions a week and a half away
- Releasing Nov 10th (XBOX) 12th (PS5) in US
- PS5 $499.99
- PS5 Digital Ed $399.99
- (reminder xbox X-$499 // S-$299 )
- Pre-ordering disasters (Xbox, PS5, Nvidia) Rampant bots, no supply, crushed websites
- Microsoft buying Zenimax (Bethesda) Can they get them to STOP USING OLD ENGINES!!! (Yes Nick is still bitter about Fallout76)
- Amazon announces Luna (streaming game service) - Ubisoft games partnership. Did Stadia pave the way?
- Tokyo Game Show
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Dynasty Warriors but Zelda) Hell yeah!
- Apple reveals the iphone 12 “latest and greatest” but not including charge cable or headphones for the first time “cut on carbon” or cut on cost?
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Nick - @BlackEagleOps on twitter, twitch.tv/BlackEagleOps
Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint
Monday Sep 14, 2020
The Retro Rents -- EP064 -- Good, Neutral, Evil?
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick
News:
- Nvidia announces the 3000 series holy affordable price points batman.
- 3070 - $500 - beats 2080 super in line with 2080Ti (a $1200 card)
- 3080 - $700 2x performance of 2080
- 3090 - $1500 you got them dolla bills or graphic animation super high end needs.
- Nvidia announces the 3000 series holy affordable price points batman.
- AMD will have their online reveal Oct 8th
- Xbox one price points revealed and releasing Nov 10 - amazing entry prices if you don't have PC
- X - $499 (4k gaming)
- S - $299 (1080 gaming and smaller HDD)
- Sony has their reveal event Sept 16th 4pm EST Will they match or will it be higher?
- Star Renegade out on GamePass (Saw at PAX awesome looking retro-bit Sci-fi RPG)
- PAX online kicked off Saturday going all this week check out panels, a virtual floor and merch.
- EAPlay joining GamePass (All hail the new GamePass overlords)
- Prince of Persia Remake looks great, would like to see a new PoP eventually.
Contact us!
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Al - @RetroRentsAl on twitter, twitch.tv/retrorentsal
Nick - @BlackEagleOps on twitter, twitch.tv/BlackEagleOps
Kyle - find Kyle on The Savepoint! tiny.cc/Savepoint
Monday Aug 31, 2020
The Retro Rents - EP063 - More Twists Than A Pretzel Factory
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick
What's up all?!
This week we talk about Wasteland 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Man in the High Castle, and the release of To Shiver The Sky, by Christopher Tin. We talked about this in our "Abbey Road" episode, where Nick, as part of a Patron campaign, backed the project and got see it recorded live in Abbey Road Studios! We also chat about the incredible Netflix produced video game history documentary, High Score. This is an absolute MUST watch for anyone with even a slight interest in the history of Video Gaming.
Upcoming Releases: All the gamescom craziness. Crusader Kings 3!
Contact us!
VOICEMAIL LINE! 610-810-1654
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@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 Aug 17, 2020
The Retro Rents -- EP062 -- You Kids and Your USB Ports
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick
What's up all?!
This week we talk about the Horizon: Zero Dawn PC release, Ghost of Tsushima, and Al talks about getting into some retro tv shows...really, one show: Twin Peaks. Dive into weirdness, it's gonna be a wacky ride.
Upcoming Releases: Flight Sim 2020! Wasteland 3! Avengers!
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