{"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 | E3: Beyond Rudy [Piata, The Town of Learning]","slug":"phantasy-star-iv-e3-beyond-rudy-piata-the-town-of-learning","published_at":"2025-11-24T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retrograde-amnesia-comprehensive-jrpg-retrospective-816014/phantasy-star-iv-e3-beyond-rudy-piata-the-town-of-learning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/retrograde-amnesia-comprehensive-jrpg-retrospective-816014","url":"https://retroam.libsyn.com/phantasy-star-iv-e3-beyond-rudy-piata-the-town-of-learning","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/retroam/S8E3_PhantasyStarIV_MotaviaPiata_ContentComplete_Final.mp3?dest-id=1546262","summary":"I've always wanted to go to a Town of Learning, so we can learn to make a podcast of listening. We're talking about throwing away a cake, tolling the bell, fearing The Computer, Chaz'ing a Rudy, erecting character sprites, rendering a world beyond the Genesis, locking up books, flipping through options, buzzing off, measuring the dew point, learning Chris' biggest scholastic achievement, falling victim to a strange religion, setting the table for the dirty kitchen, jumping in the fountain, and doing a bunch of that dust. Stop wasting time, there's nothing here. 00:02:24 Intro 00:03:39 Power On Prologues 00:09:36 Wake Up, Chaz 00:18:07 World Map 00:21:27 Piata Academy, Pre-Principal 00:37:21 Piata Outdoors 00:43:09 Piata Houses 00:43:55 Chris' Group Project 00:48:56 More Piata Houses 00:54:46 Real Net 00:58:28 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":"I've always wanted to go to a Town of Learning, so we can learn to make a podcast of listening. We're talking about throwing away a cake, tolling the bell…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4120,"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-e3-beyond-rudy-piata-the-town-of-learning/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-e3-beyond-rudy-piata-the-town-of-learning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}