Micro 80: Jim Henson's Labyrinth (Patreon)

Ever since taking Retronauts full-time last year, I've been wanting to venture beyond the realm of purely discussing video games and into other retro media with episodes dedicated primarily to film, television, etc. — without altogether abandoning the video game angle. Usually when we discuss tie-in games, we briefly summarize the property and focus on games; I've been wanting to flip that on its head for media that is more interesting than the games based on it. It's taken a while, but here's the first of them from me, which comes right on the heels of Bob doing something similar with the LaserTime crew re: Animaniacs a couple of weeks ago. Great minds, eh?

This episode was as much fun to record as I'd hoped, and it turned out (in my opinion) wonderfully. You can definitely look forward to more podcasts dedicated to beloved (and less-loved) ’80s media. If there's a video game connection, it's all fair game. But I'm happy to have kicked this off with a film so dear to my heart — I think you can really hear the affection we have for this bizarre, inventive, wonderful movie on display here. Please enjoy!