Next-Gen Retro Men

This episode we dive into Mortal Kombat! We talk about the new movie, our favorite fatalities, characters, and more. Before we get into that we give our opinions on Falcon and the Winter Solider as well as Marvel's recent phase 4 announcements. WARNING: SPOILERS FOR FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLIDER AND MORTAL KOMBAT!

This episode we dive into the creepy and fun world of Cryptids! We take turns discussing some of our favorites and make some dick jokes along the way... so business as usual around here.

This week we finally get around to talking about our thoughts and feelings on Wandavision now that it is all wrapped up. Then we each discuss a "hidden gem" that we feel hasn't gotten enough attention.

It's our 50th episode! To celebrate we are introducing a new series: The Next-Gen Retro Men Hall of Fame! Our first inductee is The Legend of Zelda series. We discuss our personal histories with the series, Adrian takes us through the convoluted timeline, and we talk about our favorite aspects of the games. It's a celebration of all things Zelda (which is more than Nintendo did for the series' 35th anniversary)!

It's time for another installment of our favorite game! What's Best in Life consists of each of us taking turns putting the other guys on the spot to name the best of something in a specific category. Questions can be oddly specific and sometimes downright dastardly.

It's time for our much overdue discussion about our favorite video game soundtracks! We also tear through some of the latest news all the while Jason wonders what BBD stands for...

2020 was a bad year but that doesn't mean everything was bad! This week we look into our favorite shows, movies, and games of the year. Since it was a weird year not all of our favorites were specifically from 2020. SPOILER ALERT for the first 3 episodes of Wandavision and Star Wars Rebels.

It's Star Wars time again! This week we finally get together to discuss season 2 of The Mandolorian. Spoiler Alert! Do not listen if you haven't seen every episode of season 2!

This week we take to the battlefield again to pit our favorite Xmas songs against one another. This contest becomes a bit extra heated and petty when Jason comes up with a dastardly plan to get Mariah Carey to the finals... Does his dastardly scheme work? Listen and find out!

This week we discuss our favorite Xmas specials of all time. Everything from The Office to Star Wars... which of course give Jason and Adrian a chance to pick on Ryan for his love of Boba Fett... again.

We test out a new segment this week where we each bring 2 fighters from across pop culture universes and have them fight to death. Who will win? Little Mac or Dan Hibiki? Boba Fett or Captain Phasma? The Doomslayer or The Paw Patrol?

It's Thanksgiving! Grab a plate, fill it up, and listen as we make a list of the top 3 Thanksgiving foods using our "fail-proof scientific" method of pissing each other off.

This week we take a look at some of our favorite cheat codes, glitches, and exploits from our past and few more recent ones as well. So sit on down (down, up, up, left, right, left, right, B, A, select) and start listening!

This week we share some unpopular opinions we have. Some are unpopular in general but many are things we know will annoy the other guys. So take a listen as the sparks fly and we get under each others skin!

Take a listen to the interview we conducted with Gwen and Sam from Runaway Parade Games, the makers of Fire Tower which won our game of show from PAX South 2020!www.runawayparade.comwww.ruellefineart.com

Happy Halloween! It is the finale of our Spooky Time Celebration! It's all been leading to this. We narrow our lists of favorite horror movies down to our "definitive" list of top 5 horror movies.

Spooky Time Celebration continues with us recounting our own true stories of creepy events that we have experienced personally. So sit back, dim the lights, and prepare for a macabre collection of stories including a haunted couch and a graveyard where ghost children borrow toys.

Our Spooky Time Celebration continues! This week we discuss our favorite scary moments in video games and give our recommendations for the scary games we think you should play to get in the Halloween spirit.

This week we focus in on our plans for and thoughts on Halloween this year. We discuss how the pandemic has affected our plans and how we are adapting to ensure safe spooky fun for our families.

It's our first episode of Spooky Season! We kick the month off with a 3-Piece Cinema take on the newest installment in the Tremors franchise: A Cold Day in Hell. We also got a new spooky remix on our music for this month by our friend Evan. You can find him on Twitch at twitch.tv/flandman1 and on Twitter @Flandmangames.

The finale to our Ladies Night series is here! Adrian's wife Keri joins us to discuss her and her husband's favorite female characters in pop culture. Before we get to that we discuss some news including Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda's parent company, the WandaVision trailer, the revised MCU release schedule, and more.

This week we play one of our favorite games: "What's Best in Life?". We take turns naming specific categories and naming or favorite thing from that. We get a few controversial opinions in this round especially when it comes to "worst band". Before we get to that though we got through some news and a brief overview of the PS5 showcase and our feelings on the impending next generation of consoles.

This is our first episode since our brief hiatus. We discuss what we have been up to for the past few weeks and then dive into some news stories that we missed during that time. We wrap it all up by going over our plans for the next 2 months. Our new music is courtesy of our friend Evan. You can find him on Twitter @flandmangames and on Twitch as Flandman1.

The second part of our Ladies Night series features Ryan's wife Kelly.

This week Jason and Ryan talk about the PS5 and check their hype levels on it and the games announced for it so far.

This installment of our Next-Gen Retro Royale series has us arguing over action movies and trying to make a list of the top 5 of all time. The contenders were all awesome and narrowing things down was brutal this time... which means it was more fun.

It's the second installment of our 3 Piece Cinema series! We take a movie and split it into 3 equal parts then each of us watches one of the segments with no knowledge of the other's parts. Where does this movie go!? How did it start!? How does it end!? Find out along with us in 3 Piece Cinema - The Car: Road to Revenge! All we knew going in was it is a cyberpunk horror thriller about a possessed car trying to get revenge on the criminals who took everything from him. Hell yeah.

Join us for the inaugural episode in our 4 part Ladies Night series. Once a month for the next 4 months we will bring one of our wives on to talk about a female character that influenced them. This week it is Grace and Jason's turn. So give a listen and see who they think are the most influential women in pop culture.

This week we discuss our nerdy "comfort food". By that we mean something we play, watch, read, or listen to when we are feeling stressed and need something to bring us to our happy place. This is something we all are doing and need during the current pandemic and the stress that comes along with it. So keep calm and... listen to death metal???

This week we play "What's Best in Life?" again with new and more random questions. Stick around and roll your eyes along with us at some of Jason's answers. (Just kidding... but seriously though...)

This week we discuss some of our favorite hidden gems from pop culture. Before we get into that though we discuss some news coming out of the May the 4th celebration.

The next part of our Next-Gen Retro Royale series has us ranking our favorite songs from Disney movies. Which song comes out on top? Listen and find out! There's even a special guest appearance from our wives in a "secret level" near the end of the episode to tell us how they feel about our list.

It's our Final Fantasy episode! We discuss our varied history and experience with the series and discuss what we like and don't like about it. Also, we round up the news including Ryan's "review" of Doom Eternal.

This week has us focused on Marvel. Not just the MCU but everything we love about our favorite super hero comic company.

Join us we talk about what has been keeping us busy during the pandemic and quarantine as well as a good chunk of news. We finish up with a new game called: "What is Best in Life?" where we name a topic and talk about our favorites from each.

This episode we tried something new and watched a movie none of us had ever seen so we could have a discussion about it. However, we felt that was a bit too boring so we split it up into 3 equal sections and only watched our part. So join as we take turns piecing together the plot of: WOLFCOP! (This episode contains heavy spoilers for the movie Wolfcop... obviously.)

With Mar10 day recently passing we decided to reminisce and celebrate everyone's favorite mustachioed plumber super hero! We also discuss recent news including the way the Coronavirus pandemic is affecting geek culture.

This week we try a new game where we put each other "On the Spot" to quickly list things in specific categories with no preparation. Also, we activate Hype Mode and talk about what upcoming things we are excited for.

We are finally releasing the audio of our first Dungeons & Dragons play session! The Band of Misfits are summoned by the mysterious Craig who needs them to solve the mystery of the decaying land and the warring orc tribes. Join us and laugh along as we learn the mechanics, annoy each other, and have a great time!

Books! This week we discuss our favorite books and the ones we read growing up. We also touch on our families favorites a bit as well. Side note: There were some audio issues with our recording this week. We have come up with a plan to improve the quality of our audio going forward.

This Valentine's Day we decided to celebrate by each of us bringing a list of 10 romantic comedies and then pitting them against each other in a battle to the death. One by one they will fall until only 5 remain. What movies will make our list of ultimate romantic comedies? Listen and find out!

Remember that game you used to love? Well, it probably sucks now. This week we discuss why some of our favorite things from the past should stay there. Is it only our memories of these things that made them great or are they actually good?

We focus our attention this week on Dungeons & Dragons (except for when Ryan tries to derail the conversation with his newfound Warhammer 40k obsession.) We explore our (albeit short) experiences with the game and talk about why we think you should get into it as well.

We had a blast at PAX South this year! In this episode we go over our favorite things we saw, played, and experienced at this year's show.

It's time for the inevitable best of the year episode! Join us as we discuss the best games, movies, and TV shows from last year as well as our biggest letdowns from last year.

We are back from Xmas exile and ready to wrap up all this Star Wars stuff we've been talking about for the past few weeks. (Correction: Our email address is nextgenretromen@gmail.com - in the episode Ryan (stupidly) says it is @podbean.com. He apologizes for the mistake.)

Join our hosts for a very special episode of Next-Gen Retro Men. This week we play a game to find which 5 Xmas movies top our list for this year. Listen as 3 friends fight for nostalgic favorites and out of nowhere wild cards. Which movie reigns supreme? Listen and find out!

This episode has us discussing all the big movie trailers that recently dropped as well as Sony and Nintendo's short presentations. Then we wrap it all up by breaking our promise and discussing our Star Wars Episode IX hopes, dreams, and fears.

We are back after a brief/not-so-brief absence for the Thanksgiving holiday. This episode has us going over our Thanksgiving festivities, discussing and ranking Star Wars movies/games, celebrating PlayStation's 25th anniversary, and just how the inventor of the Segway died.

Episode 5 has us delving into the awesome week of Star Wars content we just had, but not before reminiscing about some of our favorite Star Wars memories growing up and with our families. We also touch on some of the big news from last week as well, including Valve's Half-Life announcement, Sonic's redesign, and Alan Moore being Alan Moore.

Join us as we discuss news from around geek culture including Blizzard's big announcements from (and the controversy surrounding) Blizzcon this year. Ryan rants about how awesome The Outer Worlds has been so far which leads to a discussion about how he wishes more games respected his time. Jason wraps it all up by gushing about D&D. Oh, and Momo rears her ugly head again... hopefully for the last time.