165: From Zork to The Dark Room with John Robertson - The Retro Hour EP165

165: From Zork to The Dark Room with John Robertson - The Retro Hour EP165

In this episode we discuss everything from brutal Infocom text adventures, retro gaming TV and the story of "The Dark Room", the world's only live-action adventure videogame with the wonderful John Robertson.

The Dark Room: https://www.thejohnrobertson.com/thedarkroom/

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Show notes:

Live action Sonic not going down well: https://bit.ly/2U1Ar5B
Civitas Nihilium: https://bit.ly/2FnyRBE
Lost NES wrestling game digitised: https://bit.ly/2HxUUJz
Last Blockbuster store in the world: https://engt.co/2HIJMsG

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