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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

362: From Retro Passion to Profession with Jamie Smith (Ubisoft/Sumo Digital) - The Retro Hour EP362

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

We chat to Jamie Smith, game designer at Sumo Digital and formerly Ubisoft about his retro gaming memories, how he entered the industry and working with legends like Martin Edmondson.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on this week's show, a cinemaware classic gets a sequel.

0:04.0

The cutest PS2 you've ever seen.

0:06.0

And going from retro gaming to working in the industry with Jamie Smith.

0:15.0

And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our wonderful friends at Bittmap Books.

0:23.7

Now, one of their books I can highly recommend, got it on the shelf next to me right now, it is beautiful, a Gremlin in the Works.

0:30.0

Now, this is a story of one of Britain's best gaming companies from back in the day, the tale of gremlin graphics, packed with images, interviews, and

0:38.3

lots of reminiscing from the glory days of this legendary games publisher. You can check that

0:43.0

out on the rest of their retro gaming collection at bitmapbooks.com.

0:47.6

Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 362, your weekly dose of retro gaming

0:53.9

and technology news with me,

0:55.4

Dan Wood.

0:56.0

Me, Robbie Abbott.

0:57.1

And me, me, Joe Fox.

0:58.5

And great time for joining us for another nostalgic trip back to the glory days of retro gaming.

1:05.2

And of course, the podcast that every week brings you up to speed on all the happenings in the world of retro.

1:09.8

And you know, retro is pretty wide encompassing, really. That could mean your old Sega and Nintendo games, you're up to speed on all the happenings in the world of retro. And you know, retro is pretty wide encompassing, really.

1:12.2

That could mean your old Sega and Nintendo games, you're a little PlayStation,

1:16.1

your old Commodore 64.

1:18.0

It could be the TV shows that you watch back then.

1:19.7

It could be the magazines that you read.

1:21.4

We cover quite a lot on this podcast.

1:22.6

It could be the haircut that you're wearing, you know.

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