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Aug 2022
1h 26m

471: Retronauts Episode 471: Star Contro...

RETRONAUTS
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By the fetid breath of Dogar and Kazon! Nadia Oxford, Shivam Bhatt, and Scott Sharkey have traveled to this insignificant quadrant of the galaxy to evangelize about two games that changed space adventure games forever: Star Control I & II.

Cover art by John Pading. Edits by Greg Leahy.

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