738: 2025: In Memoriam

Retronauts

Games, Leisure, Technology, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, and Kevin Bunch take a moment to reflect on some of the most influential figures in video games who passed in 2025: how the work they created touched lives, and what their loss means for the medium. (This episode was recorded before Infinity Ward founder Vince Zampella's passing.)

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0:00.0	Craig's never shown an interest in beekeeping before,
0:03.0	but that's the sound of him buying 2,000 worker bees rather than doing his self-assessment.
0:08.0	Craig, you live in a sixth floor flat.
0:10.0	The deadline is 31st of January.
0:12.0	Less distraction, more action.
0:14.0	Don't be like Craig.
0:16.0	Visitgov.uk.
0:17.0	Forward slash self-assessment today.
0:19.0	Payment support may be available.
0:20.0	At plural site, we don't just teach skills.
0:22.8	We are building the tech workforce.
0:24.8	Who deliver results fast, accelerated by top-tier content.
0:28.7	Lead with confidence, lead with expertise.
0:31.2	Visit us at plural site.com to tap in and learn more.
0:35.0	This weekend, Retronauts, a moment of silence.
0:43.8	Hi, everyone.
0:45.2	Welcome to Retronauts.
0:46.4	I am Jeremy Parrish.
0:56.8	This is episode 738, and I am accompanied this week by two stalwarts of the podcasting community, or at least of the Retronauts community. Would you consider yourself stalwarts?
1:01.3	I mean, I guess at this point. Am I a bulwark? Are you a bulwark? Would we collapse without you? That's
1:08.4	alarming. I thought we were trying to create a podcast
1:12.1	that was too big to to fail. Take one, there's no load-bearing person anymore, is the idea.
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