Andy Spiteri
Andy Spiteri is the Webmaster of Omega Metroid and Host of the Omega Metroid Podcast, The Zelda Cast, and Virtual Theater. Probably drinking a Tim Horton's Double Double as you read this.
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Celebrate The Music of Metroid Prime With ‘Prime: Metroid Reimagined’, a Visual Tribute Album Out Now!
When talking about one of the most celebrated games of all time, picking a specific part to single out as being the best part is always going to be challenging, and yet, if you were to tell me that the single best aspect of the genre-defining Metroid Prime was its…
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Episode 139 – Honoring 20 Years of Metroid Prime
Come and celebrate the legendary Metroid Prime with us over the next couple weeks as we honor the game on its 20th birthday. This week, Dak and Doom reminisce about their memories of Samus’s first 3D adventure, how the game impacted them as Metroid fans, how Prime reshaped the series…
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Episode 138 – Islets: Inspired By Metroid
Inspired By Metroid makes its triumphant return, this time focusing on Islets, a surprisingly wholesome Metroidvania. Andy is joined by Omega Metroid Reporter Daniel Hoctor to examine the story of a little mouse named Iko as he tried to reunite the five seperate pieces of his home island and restore…
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RANDOM: I Was Bored At Work, So I Asked What Would Each Metroid Area’s Pokémon Type Be?
You’ve had those days. You’re at the end of the week. The boss has taken off early. You’re in that weird spot where you’ve finished all your work, but don’t have enough time to start and finish a new project. You’re just sitting at your desk, looking at the clock,…
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Omega Metroid Merch Now Available: Show Your Love For Omega Metroid With These Fresh Fits!
It seems like just yesterday that Omega Metroid began as a small, humble podcast that had two guys talking about Metroid every week for an hour. Over the last three years, we’ve evolved from a podcast into a fully formed website complete with a news team, social media gurus, and…
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Episode 137 – Alien In Review: The Tragic Twists of Alien³
Alien In Review returns to tackle the third installment of the series that inspired Metroid: the much maligned Alien³. Directed by David Fincher, Alien³ places Ripley against a single Xenomorph on the abandoned prison on planet Fiorina. Andy and Gooey Fame go over the troubled development of the film, what…
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ROM Hack Reviews: Metroid Spooky Mission
Happy Halloween everyone! ROM Hack Reviews is back to take a gander at the SCARY hack Metroid: Spooky Mission! In this creepy adventure from Magconst, Imago has stolen the three tokens of Halloweenland and it’s up to you to get them back or suffer eternal Christmas! There’s a few surprises…
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Metroid Musing: Would a Remix of a Classic Theme Have Helped Spice Up Metroid Dread’s Soundtrack?
After 19 agonizingly long years, the fabled Metroid Dread was finally released last October. By almost every single metric, it was an absolute homerun. Best selling game in the series? Yup! Nominated for Game of the Year by multiple outlets? You betcha! Beloved my fans? Almost universally! Metroid Dread was…
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Episode 136 – Discussing the Creepiest Areas and Enemies in Metroid
With Halloween fast approaching, what better time than now to discuss some of the franchises most bone-chilling areas and adversaries! We discuss what makes the GFS Valhalla so creepy, how the EMMI Zones could have been a bit more dangerous, look at how the limitations of the early games made…
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Patreon Bonus Show: Andy’s Favorite Video Game Villains!
The Spiteri Show takes a turn towards the darkness this month as Andy unveils his list of favorite video game villains! We’re talking about TWENTY different baddies, from the morally grey to the unstoppable monster to the lovable doofus to the fourth wall breaking, we’re taking a trip around Bad…
