Retronomicon, Episode 1: Metroidmania!

It’s the first episode of our new spin-off show, Retronomicon, where we cover older games, including classics and unfairly neglected games. To kick things off with a bang, we discuss Nintendo’s Metroid series, all the way back to the original 1986 Metroid up to and including Metroid: Dread. We talk about our earliest Metroid memories, the lore of the series (and if it really matters), the sexism surrounding Samus, environmental storytelling, how it compares to the Alien series, our feelings about Dread, and much more! Come for the super missiles, stay for Mother Brain!

For more Metroid goodness, read Christian Haines’ “Ode to the Morph Ball” and Nate Schmidt on the Emmi in Metroid: Dread!