The Retrograde: A Video Game Podcast

Andrew Baskin and Mikey Power Aurenworth open the Retrograde year-end episode a little loose on beer, and spend no time pretending they are not trying to prove they are in the same room.

Mikey Ehrenworth gives Hollow Knight: Silksong a nine out of ten after 47 hours, saying roughly 10 of those hours went to running from a bench to a boss fight.

Andrew Bascom and Mikey hold a 20-minute 'mini power hour' on The Retrograde, taking a shot of beer every minute to a workout interval timer before their delayed Christmas gift exchange.

The Retrograde opens its franchise-ranking episode with a plan to pick the best, worst and most underrated games in GTA, Metal Gear Solid and Batman.

The Retrograde's New Year's Eve episode is built around a power hour of one beer shot per minute for 60 minutes, timed to end at midnight, with listeners told to pause the audio until 60 minutes before midnight.

The Retrograde's soundtrack episode, suggested by Instagram listener 'Mac and Cheese King,' opens with hosts Andrew Baskin and Mikey Stroh promising to splice music from five games into the edit.

Andrew Baskin and Mikey Aaronworth announce that The Retrograde will stop its weekly Tuesday releases after 334 episodes and six years, with irregular episodes 'juiced with passion' replacing the schedule.

Andrew Baskin and Mikey Aronworth review Olympics Go!

The Retrograde's Adrian Baskin and his co-host break their spoiler embargo after episode 6 of The Last of Us season 2 and compare the show with the 2020 game.

The Retrograde hosts Andrew Baskin and Mikey Warenworth return after about three months with a check-in that starts with off-topic banter and moves into the games they are playing.

The Retrograde's "Top 10 Favourite Things of 2025" opens with a joke about a frame-by-frame Heated Rivalry watch-along before the hosts count down their favorites, none of them limited to games.

Andrew Baskin and Mikey Warenworth return after a months-long break with a catch-up episode of The Retrograde.

The Retrograde opens with Andrew Bascom and Mike Yerenworth saying they chose A Link to the Past as the best Zelda game neither had played, since one host's Zelda history began with Ocarina of Time.

Andrew opens by framing Chain Together as a trip through hell, and he and Mikey immediately start laughing about how much fun the gameplay segment was.

The hosts kick off by leaning into listener mischief and the running joke about Mikey's title.

Andrew Baskin and Mikey Air Jordanworth spend this week’s check-in talking through Switch 2, Death Stranding 2, and The Last of Us Part 2.

It kicks off with a joke.

The hosts humorously critique the 2024 Paris Olympics' marketing and propose a 'Video Game Olympics' bracket, awarding medals to characters like Sonic and Luigi.

The hosts discuss Cyberpunk 2077's strengths and weaknesses, then draft the best video games of the year 2000 across categories like influential, poorly aged, and underappreciated.

Hosts Andrew and Mikey play a 'would you rather' game with video game-themed questions, debating topics like PS5 controllers, Pokemon ethics, and living in game worlds.