Aleks Krotoski: Bits, Thumb Bandits - The Retro Hour EP57
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour
4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2017
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
We're joined by the amazing Aleks Krotoski to get the inside story on Bits and Thumb Bandits!
Aleks' Website: http://alekskrotoski.com/
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Show notes:
New Console RetroBlox: http://bit.ly/2lsh1pU
Anti-piracy wheels online now: http://www.oldgames.sk/docs/codewheel/
Total recall spectrum found: http://bit.ly/2kABTcW
RPI Foundation helping teachers: http://bit.ly/2kAHH5T
Open source Amiga accelerator: https://youtu.be/_b66O2F3-yg
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I can't believe it. |
| 0:03.5 | Max has asked me to move in with him. |
| 0:05.9 | I mean, you practically live with each other already, but that's great. |
| 0:09.8 | Did you hear that, Joe? |
| 0:11.5 | Yes, thanks for letting us know. |
| 0:14.3 | 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, tell us too to avoid a |
| 0:26.7 | penalty. Search tell DWP. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 57, your weekly dose of retro gaming |
| 0:36.1 | and technology news with me Dan Wood. |
| 0:38.6 | And me, Ravi Abbott. |
| 0:39.6 | Now, hopefully, I'm not sounding too ill on this week's show. You know when you just get that early stages of the man flu? Yeah, yeah, you kind of feel that lump in your throat. Yeah, and your nose is like a tap. Yeah, definitely. So if you're a little splash on the desk, the next few bits. That's me. I have got my very strong double-shop McDonald's coffee on the go. |
| 0:54.4 | Oh, quality coffee there, yeah. |
| 0:55.9 | I've got some spicy Indian tea here to kind of try and knock it out of my system. Which does sound a lot more healthy, if I'm honest, which will maybe swap glasses. But I am going to soldier on with this week's show because we've got a good one this week. Now, of course, the way this show works is we come out every single Friday at Ravi and I run you through all the stuff that's been making the headlines in the world |
| 1:13.9 | of retro and then the second half of the show. I think, you know, I like the news stories and all |
| 1:18.6 | that that we do, but the second half of this show is where, you know, we've really come into our own, |
| 1:21.6 | isn't it? Oh yeah, and we get some amazing guests and this week, you know know we've got an absolutely amazing guess i haven't i haven't |
| 1:28.6 | really talked about bits or fun bandit since the 90s yeah you know it's a kind of game show that's |
| 1:35.7 | not been explored that well and we've got Alex Kutroski who was actually one of the main presenters on |
| 1:41.2 | there and she also did the virtual revolution, |
| 1:47.4 | digital human series on Radio 4, which is coming back. |
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