{"podcast":{"title":"Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective","slug":"retrograde-amnesia-comprehensive-jrpg-retrospective-816014","podcast_index_feed_id":816014,"rss_url":"https://retroam.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.retrogradeamnesia.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/0/b/1/d0b1c666e3e6c89a27a2322813b393ee/RA_3000.jpg","author":"Chris Stone & Eric Layman","episode_count":363,"summary":"A chapter by chapter, beat by beat analysis of classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG). We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. We've covered Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, and Phantasy Star IV. Yes, we will kill god.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retrograde-amnesia-comprehensive-jrpg-retrospective-816014"},"episode":{"title":"Phantasy Star IV | E11: God is Computer [Zio's Fort]","slug":"phantasy-star-iv-e11-god-is-computer-zio-s-fort","published_at":"2026-01-19T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retrograde-amnesia-comprehensive-jrpg-retrospective-816014/phantasy-star-iv-e11-god-is-computer-zio-s-fort","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retrograde-amnesia-comprehensive-jrpg-retrospective-816014","url":"https://retroam.libsyn.com/phantasy-star-iv-e11-god-is-computer-zios-fort","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/retroam/S8E11_PhantasyStarIV_ZiosFort_Leveled_ContentComplete_Final.mp3?dest-id=1546262","summary":"Only after destruction can we create a new world. Become reborn with us as we're playing in the cave in the church, living in idleness, filling pauldrons with puss, walking the red carpet, falling through a hole, obliterating a jobber, mistaking knees for ass, pulling more characters out of Bubblegum Crisis, showcasing medical power, taking a look at our own evil selves, confronting Zio, losing a rigged battle, applying healing magic that doesn't work, manifesting a car, and wondering if Phantasy Star IV invented primary protagonist incapacitation. School work is so stupid. 00:00:00 Robots In Disguise In Disguise 00:02:04 Intro 00:03:46 Kadary Church 00:12:39 Zio's Fort 00:19:18 Juza 00:21:45 Demi 00:27:35 It's Zio! 00:38:42 Krup Regroup 00:52:19 Real Net 00:57:08 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky : @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com","meta_description":"Only after destruction can we create a new world. Become reborn with us as we're playing in the cave in the church, living in idleness, filling pauldrons…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3701,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/retrograde-amnesia-comprehensive-jrpg-retrospective-816014/episodes/phantasy-star-iv-e11-god-is-computer-zio-s-fort/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retrograde-amnesia-comprehensive-jrpg-retrospective-816014/phantasy-star-iv-e11-god-is-computer-zio-s-fort.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}