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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Patreon Bonus Show: Andy’s Favorite Movies
Welcome to another installment of the Spiteri Show! I didn’t have enough time last month to fit both non-Nintendo games AND favorite movies, so this month, it’s all about the silver screen! As you might imagine, there’s a lot of sci-fi, as obvious candidates like Blade Runner, Ex Machina, and…
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Episode 117 – A Zelda Fan Plays Super Metroid For The First Time: Thoughts and Reactions!
Like many of you, we assumed that there would be a “don’t-call-it-E3” Nintendo Direct this week, and so we waited and waited and waited until by the time it was clear there wasn’t going to be one, we didn’t have time to record! Fret not though – we have a…
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Episode 116 – Metroid Prime 4 Finally Shows Up and More Nintendo Direct Predictions!
Although as of yet still unannounced, a Nintendo Direct is looming, and a big one at that, as the Direct that would normally air during E3 (if E3 were still happening, that is) is always a big one, and we’re a week away from that time! This week, Andy and…
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Get Swept Away In This Amazing New Metroid Fan Album From Musician Lacey Johnson
Prolific musician Lacey Johnson returns with an absolute banger of an album, this time focused on the Metroid series. Having previously released covers and albums featuring the music of franchises like Street Fighter, Castlevania, and Final Fantasy (as well as some previous Metroid tunes!), Johnson now turns her attention towards…
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Episode 115 – Definitively Ranking Metroid: Samus Returns
Definitive Ranking is back for a brand new installment focused on Samus’s first new (at the time) 2D Metroid game in over a decade, the apply named Metroid: Samus Returns! We’re breaking it down, discussing the categories and topics such as: did the gameplay innovations made in Samus Returns land,…
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ROM Hack Reviews: B2-TW
We’re back with our (ahem) balls to the walls – Morph Balls, that is! In our latest ROM Hack Review, we’re taking a look at the unique B2-TW, a hack by Grime in which you play in Morph Ball form the entire time, jumping, bombing, puzzling, and even fighting enemies…
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Check Out Moo Lander, The World’s First “Mootroidvania”, Launching Today!
If you’ve ever thought to yourself “man, I really wish there was a game like Metroid out there where I controlled a UFO and battled an assortment of evil cows”, first of all, congratulations, your imagination is greater than mine, and second of all, you’re in luck! Moo Lander, a…
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Learn More About “The Living Weapon” Kanden in this Metroid Lore Video!
For many veterans of the DS multiplayer focused title Metroid Prime Hunters, one of the most tantalizing aspects of the game was playing as a character not named Samus and being able to experience the Metroid world through a different visor. One character that players had the ability to play as was…
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Episode 114 – Ori and the Blind Forest: Inspired By Metroid
Welcome to another installment of Inspired By Metroid! This week, we’re diving into a game that helped launch the Metroidvania renaissance, Moon Studio’s 2015 masterpiece, Ori and the Blind Forest! Andy describes this game as “one of the greatest games ever made””, and this week we dive into all the…
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Episode 113 – Recreating Metroid: Other M’s Story (While Using the Same Basic Premise)
Yes, we’re talking about Metroid: Other M again, the most controversial Metroid game that Metroid fans can’t seem to be able to forgive or forget. But this week, Andy is arguing that the basic premise of the game (“Samus, emotionally reeling following the events of Zebes, answers a distress call…
