{"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 | E15: Absolute Unit [Zelan]","slug":"phantasy-star-iv-e15-absolute-unit-zelan","published_at":"2026-02-16T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retrograde-amnesia-comprehensive-jrpg-retrospective-816014/phantasy-star-iv-e15-absolute-unit-zelan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retrograde-amnesia-comprehensive-jrpg-retrospective-816014","url":"https://retroam.libsyn.com/phantasy-star-iv-e15-absolute-unit-zelan","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/retroam/S8E15_PhantasyStarIV_Zelan_Leveled_ContentComplete_Final.mp3?dest-id=1546262","summary":"Thank goodness you've revived. Now you can listen to us raising a spaceport out of the sand, losing another party member, investigating the dorms, caring for another's child, running out in a tab, remaining an influencer, sorting out the estranged families, falling into crack, slaying ooze, going to SPACE, looking at space, curing the problem, denying weather control, revealing a second teacher, extending the problem we cured, meeting up offline, and digesting gas station pills. Perhaps he was talking about the end of himself. 00:00:00 Bad Break Up 00:01:46 Intro 00:03:10 A Spaceport 00:05:35 Missing Student (Guild Quest) 00:09:29 Kadary Revisited 00:21:49 Fissure of Fear (Guild Quest) 00:29:47 Spaceport 00:32:55 Zelen 00:43:54 Real Net 00:45:29 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":"Thank goodness you've revived. Now you can listen to us raising a spaceport out of the sand, losing another party member, investigating the dorms, caring…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3705,"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-e15-absolute-unit-zelan/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-e15-absolute-unit-zelan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}