Podcast: Retrograde Amnesia

Chrono Cross 35: Chrono Conbobulator [Chronopolis, Part II]

We are bound by fate to ingest copious amounts of lore. This time we’re egging time on, initializing wormholes, doing a phase metastasis, staring into the sea, installing memories, radically dreaming of a different life, personifying Fate, braining…

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Chrono Cross 36: The Final Fifteen Silver Points [Orphanage]

The dragons ate each other. Today we’re meeting with plot relevant characters, turning Mojo into Mojoy, questioning the nature of Maiden Faith, actualizing the Chrono Cross, preparing for time travel, freeing children from fire, obtaining button…

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Chrono Cross 37: Starky in my Parky [Lucca’s Letter + El Nido Triangle]

We’re forever your friends, no matter which timeline this is. Today we’re getting a letter from a dead scientist, alluding to a secret heritage, leaning into Magus lore, believing in a glam rock king, breathing underwater for antigravity…

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Chrono Cross 38: Daughter Moon Dot Com [Terra Tower]

It is your will to choose destruction. This time, I guess, we’re beating up sentient jelly, cheesing out with the Grandream, enduring a sadness wave, visiting ethereal Viper Manor, listening to the sage of reason, chatting up the Chrono Kids,…

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Chrono Cross 39: Large Baby’s Descent to Nihilism [The Dragon God + Darkness Beyond Time]

Everything exists for this one moment. Tonight we’re fighting the Dragon God, descending to nihilism, listening to final boss music, talking to sacred ghosts at the beach, dealing with destiny, identifying true father, talking with everyone about…

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Chrono Cross 40: Another Exciting Nightmare is About to End [New Game+]

Give us all the liquid substances you have in this box. On our final episode of season two, we’re fast forwarding time, finding a future as a fisherman, cutting Lynx to ribbons, bickering over Serge’s attention, experiencing diarrhea, losing the…

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Final Fantasy VIII 1: Morning Practice [Introduction]

Hey, it’s season three of Retrograde Amnesia. For the debut of our Final Fantasy VIII coverage, we’re clarifying release dates, questioning the budget, identifying developers, reading Famitsu interviews, challenging the staff, mispronouncing…

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Final Fantasy VIII E2: Friendly Fascism [Balamb Garden]

My forehead hurts. Today we’re waking up, passing concussion protocol, pronouncing Quistis, foreshadowing a lady, collecting a student, moping through class, blending into the background, showing favoritism, sorting through our desk, developing…

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