Substacks recommended by The Retroist

Recommended by The Retroist

70s and 80s Retro Nostalgia... from Ninja Nights to Neon Lights

Flack who runs Ninjas and Neon is a fellow fan of nostalgia with a wide range of retro interests that will surprise you and make you smile.

- The Retroist

Obsolete Sony’s Newsletter

By ObsoleteSony

Subscribe and join me on a journey through Sony’s history, delivered straight to your inbox for free every week.

If you have only seen Obsolete Sony on social media sites, you are missing out on the deeper and beautiful history of Sony electronics and accessories.

- The Retroist

Pop Cultural Precursors

A pop culture history newsletter tracing the origin stories of the latest trends in the zeitgeist

Do you ever look at current trends and wonder how they connect to the past? The backstory for Andor? How Godzilla got his roar? Pop Culture Precursor traces the origin stories of the these and many other modern trends.

- The Retroist

Video Store Podcast

By Retroist

Welcome to the Video Store Podcast, we have some movie suggestions we think you will enjoy.

A podcast staffed by former Video Store Employees that just gives movie recommendations.

- The Retroist

Rediscovered Realms

By J.Q. Graziano

The weekly (3,000+ subscriber) Fantasy newsletter that reconnects you with heroic fantasy worlds of your favorite books, epic games, unearthed magazines, forgotten gamebooks, movies and enchanting art - old school & new. 👑

I love pouring through the vintage RPG books, magazines, and ephemera. It makes me so happy to find someone else who enjoys it as much as I do.

- The Retroist

Critical Hit Parader

By Matt Thompson

Weekly content on the intersection of music and tabletop roleplaying games.

Music has always been a part of my tabletop role-playing. I never expected to find someone writing with focus on the intersection of the two, then I find Critical Hit Parader.

- The Retroist

The Geekerati Newsletter: Thoughts on Games & Pop Culture

By Christian Lindke

Discussions of Table Top Games, Film, and Television with a dash of Political Science and Statistics from Time to Time.

A real geek treat, Geekarati covers films, TV shows, role-playing games, and science fiction/fantasy fiction.

- The Retroist

The Retrologist by Rolando Pujol

Rolando Pujol is the creator of The Retrologist and the author of "The Great American Retro Road Trip." He is an executive producer at WABC-TV and a longtime newspaper and TV journalist.

It is a real treat when you find someone who values the same things you do. The Retrologist is trying to capture what we are losing in the physical spaces around us. Read it and take a close look at your surroundings and appreciate the retro before it is gone.

- The Retroist

Goto 10: Retro Computing & Gaming

By Paul Lefebvre

A newsletter for Atari Enthusiasts with posts about Atari video game systems, 8-bit computers, Atari ST and more. If it's Atari, you'll find it here.

Atari was a big part of my youth and Goto 10 Retro is the best newsletter on Substack dedicated to everything Atari.

- The Retroist