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Phantasy Star IV | E18: When Satan is in the Computer [Kuran]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

Release Date: 03/09/2026

Phantasy Star IV | E26: Consequences All Over the Place [Silver Solider, Soldier's Temple]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

The things we do seem to have consequences all over the place. One day, we will pay for the sins of slaughtering servants, traumatizing the traumatized kids with robots, blowing up mermen, getting behind the circuit, indiscriminately destroying all AI systems, realizing Rune does not acknowledge computer guys, deleting life, arguing with computer daughter, meeting a curious late game party member, lighting the path to Rykros, transforming the badguy into a bad guy, stealing Sonic 2 sound effects, and wondering if you can be a scenario guy ignorant of the scenario. There is a fundamental error...

Phantasy Star IV | E25: Head Honcho [Guild Quests]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

My son is convinced that he is going to die. But you, you must live and listen to us cleaning a dirty kitchen, making wild assumptions about rice farming, comparing geographical educations, eatin’ up fields, getting ate up (personally), locating porn on the bookshelf, further developing Hunters Are A Joke theory, demanding a toy sword to cure a fake illness, realizing the non-humans are the most human, deeming a large bird to be a Head Honcho, loving big bird butt, eating over one thousand birds, and enacting a flawed bird conspiracy. I had no idea you guys would be so strong. 00:00:00 Hot...

Phantasy Star IV | E24: I Want to Know About Rick Ross [Gumbious Tower, Guild Quests]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

If you’re happy, try everything. Everything we tried to make us happy includes getting close to feet, seeming downhearted, reducing the cost of sleeping, refusing an apology, not wanting to get involved, assaulting a temple with powerful waves of pure hate, owing thanks to a bishop, suppressing Rykros information, receiving a free speedboat from our girlfriend, shipping a three way, embracing happiness, pretending to hate our idiot daughters, spending our youth in prison, and ripping off Sailor Moon. This is no time for niceties. 00:00:00 Becoming A Father 00:02:05 Intro 00:05:05 WORLD TOUR...

Phantasy Star IV | E23: This Place is Brains [Garubek Tower]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

Your condition has improved considerably. You’re feeling so much better, you can listen to us burning down the forest, making levels out of biology and doors out of guts, failing the reverse aniki maneuver, falling asleep to a bad smell, donning vestments, defending Alien movies, suggesting hunters were fake, admiring large sprites, blowing up a temple, selling an irreplaceable weapon, Lunar’ing the whole world, receiving new facts from an old guy, wearing a favorite hat (without any worry), and saying such unscientific things. Do you want to get whooped again? 00:00:00 Season Nine Is…....

Phantasy Star IV | E22: Non-Rascal Variety [Air Castle]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

Why are you reincarnated like that? It’s an honest question, and one that can only be answered by begging to steal a torch, absconding with a special zippo to kill a guy, learning of an air castle in asteroid space, taking credit for killing an arch villain, telling a sir he’s unsteady, cleansing the unclean, beat matching a sacred rascal, fighting dinosaur head pauldrons, refusing to fear the bomb, using magic the win important battles, coming back from Phantasy Star I, referencing ancient Virtual On forums, and bringing the torch home. What can’t be, can’t be. 00:00:00 Valueless...

Phantasy Star IV | E21: Pope Hatted Out and Whatnot [Jut, Weapon Plant, Gumbious Temple]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

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 conveyor belt dungeon, spitting out repair kits, merging faith with government, intending to remove a sacred relic, reducing to ashes all that is unclean, doing the complete suite of dew, and yearning for an empowering physical space What is Christ if not a hero from the past?...

Phantasy Star IV | E20: You Can Suck and Be a Wizard [Esper Mansion]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

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 another anime space princess, seeking Lutz who is also Noah, improving body and soul, blackening the earth, christening a special boy of destiny, and praying for your safety. Yes, we will make it a hospital. 00:00:00 Our Next Miniseries is… 00:02:23 Intro 00:05:14 Meese Sick...

Phantasy Star IV | E19: Have Penguins, Have No Problems [Zoza, Climate Center, Meese]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

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, meeting Dark Element Lars, debating the relationship between monsters and computer, contracting illness, letting the kids go outside, and converting the inn into hospice. Rest in peace to those spirits who are victims of illness 00:00:00 Next Miniseries 00:02:35 Intro 00:05:26...

Phantasy Star IV | E18: When Satan is in the Computer [Kuran]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

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 red and black, failing to fix climate chaos, keeping a special car in space, busting through ice in our new car, speaking with cats, feeling a fond remembrance, and discussing the unparalleled beauty of badminton equipment. I am living a real life version of a life simulator....

Phantasy Star IV | E17: The Androids are Dating While Everyone Else is Hunting Bears [Ryuon and Tyler]

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

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 with suspicion, buying armor we already have, blowing hats off, thinking of our favorite Tyler, installing a grandfather in every town, respecting father and mother, freebasing Pez, and expecting to see a spaceship buried under the snow grave cave. Trust that body to us. ...

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00:09:23 Kuran
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00:29:07 Zelen
00:35:48 Myst Vale
00:43:31 Real Net
00:48:02 Outro

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