Ep. 94: Magnavox: The Great Voice
Alex Smith hijacks the show from co-hosts Kelsey and “the other Kelsey” to dive deep into the history of Magnavox, manufacturer of the first commercial home video game console: Odyssey. In this episod...
19 Okt 20221h 46min
Ep. 93: Street Fighter II: What’s in a Name?
Drew Mackie, author and owner of gaming blog Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games, joins the show this week to share the history of some of Street Fighter II’s character names. We start off with a recen...
5 Okt 202243min
Ep. 92: SharkWire Online
Ernie Smith, editor of website and newsletter Tedium and chum of the show, hooked our attention with his recent article Surf Like A Shark highlighting the SharkWire Online, a totally unlicensed device...
21 Sep 202243min
Ep. 91: Life Before Final Fantasy VII
Journalist and critic Kim justice recently released a video, The Story of JRPG's in the UK BEFORE FFVII: Super Play Magazine | Kim Justice, challenging the traditional narrative about how JRPGs were i...
7 Sep 202243min
Ep. 90: Colossal Cave Adventure with Roberta Williams
Designer and Sierra On-Line co-founder Roberta Williams shares how Adventure inspired her own career in creating/designing the King's Quest and Phantasmagoria series as well as her newest work: Coloss...
24 Aug 20221h 6min
Ep. 89: Why Toonstruck Struck Out
Jimmy Maher, author of The Digital Antiquarian, returns once more to share his recent article Toonstruck (or, A Case Study in the Death of Adventure Games). We examine this 1996 point-and-click advent...
10 Aug 20221h 6min
Ep. 88: Intellivision Launch
Kevin Bunch returns to the show to share a new episode from Atari Archive: The Launch Lineup: Intellivision Archive Episode 1. In this episode we learn the history of the Intellivision launch and many...
27 Jul 202250min
Ep. 87: P.R.E.S.T.A.V.B.A: Text-Based Resistance
We’re joined by Aaron Reed, creator of a special blog post turned book called 50 Years of Text Games, a project documenting one stand-out text adventure game from every year going all the way back to ...
13 Jul 202235min
