This Month In Retronauts: August 2025 edition (Patreon)

Welcome to Episode 1 of a New Era wherein Diamond Feit and Stuart Gipp are not mere internet acquaintances but IRL hangout-pals. Yes, when we were both in town for Long Island Retro Gaming Expo earlier this month, the two of us spent entire days (well, 1.5) together patrolling the city of New York for legendary food and legendary sports entertainment.

So please tune in to enjoy tales of our American hijinks, what we did/saw at LI Retro, and the usual roundup of news, releases, and of course your comments. Specific items mentioned in this episode include:

STU (and Diamond) in NEW YORK

pics of our Yankee Stadium visit

you gotta see video of the Mother Brain in motion

my Katz's Deli photos for reference

VideoGamesNewYork in the East Village

Cookie Clicker

Spaceplan

(The) Gnorp Apologue

Wizard Tower

Phillip Fill Up The Hole

Shadow Labyrinth

No Sleep for Kaname Date

SGF has now finished all 3 AI games on stream

I mixed up my video game auteur names:

AI creator Kotaro Uchikoshi isn't a part of the upcoming Shuten Order

BUT Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka is

AND the two of them collaborated on The Hundred Line

Merge Maestro

read Chris Person's Aftermath blog on this one

Spy Drops

Heartworm

once-banned VILE: Exhumed now free to download

Hatred did indeed release in 2015, still on Steam

Chibi Robo & Mario Paint on Switch Online

ACTUALLY Clock Tower on Super Famicom didn't use a mouse, that feature debuted with the PS1 port

meanwhile "Switch 2 exclusive features" were announced for Clock Tower Rewind

Resident Evil 2 & 3 now on PS+ as promised

Re9uiem was indeed playable at Gamescom

Resident Evil 6 continues to frustrate us

Cowboy Bebop 追憶の夜曲 ("Serenade of Reminisence") now available in English

ASCENSION DENIED "A Doom Puzzle WAD" 

UFO 50 on Switch

Heretic + Hexen on just about all platforms

Resident Evil 2 Dead Shot (filmed footage) only playable in Essex??

T2 No Fate delayed until Halloween

Hellraiser: Revival "takes first-person action horror survival to the next level"

compare the regular and red-band trailers for yourself

read my reviews for the first three films!

that new Halloween game is in fact by Illfonic, makers of several titles Stu mentions

a Hellraiser game was announced & advertised in 1990 but never made

I purchased OFF in NY but failed to play it on Switch 2 due to DRM shenanigans

watch David Lynch's PS2 commercial

listener James Couche has a kickstarter going right now

I used to attend POINTCON at West Point but it appears to be no more

Peter Griffin playing Double Dribble & simulating GoldenEye 007

Art & edits by Diamond (based on my photo of you-know-who). Music heard in this episode:

8:46 "Pause Toon" (Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures)

16:28 "Grandmapocalypse" (Cookie Clicker)

24:57 "Psyncer's Night Club" (No Sleep For Kaname Date)

31:30 "Save Room Theme" (Heartworm)

45:11 "Gonna Fly Now" as interpreted by Mario Paint

55:37 "Einstein Groovin'" by Seatbelts

1:10:00 a chiptune from hell

1:19:57 "Selling Jesus" by Skunk Anansie

1:29:39 "Shadow Master" (Shinobi III)

1:40:19 taking any excuse I can find to play this new M.E.S. hotness

1:49:48 "Factory" (WinBack: Covert Operations)

Finale: we did it! we escaped!