283: Triumph of the Nerds with Robert Cringley - The Retro Hour EP283

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2021

⏱️ 101 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

I, Cringley: https://www.cringely.com/

Retro Hour Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/WKTnToKvfUietBRT6

Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:

Bitmap Books A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games: https://bit.ly/3hkGax6

We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:

https://theretrohour.com/support/

https://www.patreon.com/retrohour

Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd

Thanks to our amazing donators this week: English Man Dan, Raul, Charlotte Woolley, Richard Yetzes, Adrian Nelson

Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8
Website: http://theretrohour.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour

Show notes:

Nintendo reject new F zero game: https://bit.ly/3xqlzhR
Dr. Roland for the Amstrad CPC: https://bit.ly/3ACremK
New Doom clone 'Fashion Police': https://bit.ly/3dVeoq3
Newgrounds founder to be awarded GDC: https://bit.ly/3hnw5AR

Retro Gaming Shop of the week: Video Game Trader, Calgary - https://www.videogametrader.ca/

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I can't believe it.
0:03.6	Max has asked me to move in with him.
0:06.0	I mean, you practically live with each other already, but that's great.
0:09.8	Did you hear that joke?
0:11.5	Yes, thanks for letting us know.
0:14.2	I see you've updated your universal credit claim.
0:17.1	Now you're going to be living together.
0:21.3	If you're telling other people
0:22.8	about a change in your circumstances,
0:25.4	tell us too to avoid a penalty.
0:27.8	Search Tell DWP.
0:30.0	Coming up on this week's show,
0:31.6	why Nintendo rejected a new F-Zero game.
0:34.9	The most hilarious Doom Clone ever.
0:37.4	We celebrate the Tribe for the Nerds with Robert Cringley.
0:45.7	The Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each week with our wonderful mates at Bitmap Books.
0:50.8	We've actually just released their biggest project to date.
0:53.6	Coming in at
0:54.2	652 pages, a guide to Japanese role-playing games covering the entire history of the genre
1:01.5	from 1982 to 2020. It actually sold out at its first weekend on sale, but they are going
1:06.9	to be reprinting it, and you can find that more and pre-order at bitmapbooks.com.
1:20.9	Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 283, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Retro Hour, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Retro Hour and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.