284: Heart of Neon: The World of Jeff Minter - The Retro Hour EP284
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4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2021
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Transcript
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| 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 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, |
| 0:31.8 | the most expensive retro game ever sells at auction. |
| 0:35.4 | Turn your snaz into a MIDI synthesiser. |
| 0:37.4 | And we celebrate the amazing Jeff Minter with our guest pool. ever sells at auction. Turn your snaz into a MIDI synthesizer. |
| 0:42.0 | And we celebrate the amazing Jeff Minter with our guest, Paul Docherty. |
| 0:52.5 | The Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each week with our wonderful friends at Bitmap Books. |
| 0:59.5 | Now, they've actually just released their brilliant new, most ambitious project ever, a guide to Japanese role-playing games coming in at a massive 652 pages and covering the entire history of JRP games. You can find it all about that |
| 1:07.5 | and pre-order right now for the next run of the book on their website at bitmapbooks.com. |
| 1:13.3 | Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 284. |
| 1:17.9 | Your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood. |
| 1:21.6 | V Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox. |
| 1:24.0 | And a very warm welcome to this week's show where each week on this podcast we take you behind |
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