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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.

Mar 30, 2026

There are things here that I have no clue as to what they are. Help us engage with these strange objects while we’re worshipping the flame, putting an anti-blowing string in a hat, looking for lucky finds, acknowledging home invasion, wishing god would kill Chris’ house, casually insulting religion, entering the...


Mar 23, 2026

What a gentle looking face this statue of a woman has. And what gentle ears you have, listener, to hear us injecting life energy into sick people, confirming midi-chlorians, wearing capes from space, meeting a girl of exceptional courage, sexually harassing the nurse, spawning infinite trees that eat people, meeting...


Mar 16, 2026

You shouldn’t say such unscientific things. Let us us do it while we’re somehow waltzing into another JRPG penguin town, “making improvements” to owls, creaming a guy, turning Chaz into a Hero Leader, buying a penguin follower, leading a breeder’s life, slaughtering zombies, hearing word of man-eating trees,...


Mar 9, 2026

My head is out of whack. Solve this neural distress with us as we’re growing new hands, making sure vehicles don’t get cut, admiring the galaxy map, solving the button mystery, shootin’ goop, greeting a treasure chest, putting Satan in the computer, wishing for greater robot lore, pitch-shifting gak, contrasting...


Mar 2, 2026

Two fists is the best situation. But you can also use two ears to hear us speaking with fire, curating creamsicle outerwear, admiring the JRPG snow town, humping a rock, speaking an untranslatable pun, identifying foundational videogame farts, going hard on Tic Tacs, huddling tight on winter nights, looking at this lot...