Retronauts Episode 184: PC Roguelikes
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🗓️ 26 November 2018
⏱️ 103 minutes
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By patron request, we delve into the cryptic history of what might be the world's most complex genre: PC roguelikes. Genre aficionado Steve Tramer walks Bob and Jeremy through the unforeseen consequences of Rogue, Nethack, Dwarf Fortress, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | This weekend RetroNots we stretch the definition of text adventure to the breaking point. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi everyone, welcome to RetroNots, I am Jimmy Parrish and this week we are taking a patron |
| 0:33.9 | request from John Gibson who said, you guys need to talk about Roguelikes and I said, okay, and so now we're talking about Roguelikes except the problem is that Bob and I appreciate Roguelikes intellectually but haven't played a lot of PC Roguelikes. |
| 0:50.9 | So to accommodate for the fact, oh by the way Bob. |
| 0:54.9 | Hi, I'm Bob Mackie. |
| 0:56.9 | I like Rogue but I don't have any experience with Roguelikes. |
| 1:00.9 | Is she your favorite X-Men? |
| 1:02.9 | I think I had a special feeling for her as a kid growing up but I want to say that I think what I like are Roguelikes, L-I-T-E-S. |
| 1:09.9 | But unfortunately that is not what this episode is about. |
| 1:11.9 | We will get to those. |
| 1:12.9 | Oh I know, I'm just letting you know my experience but I appreciate Roguelikes on an intellectual level as you do Jeremy. |
| 1:18.9 | Right. |
| 1:19.9 | But fortunately we do have a special pal you're in Seattle, right? |
| 1:24.9 | I am in Seattle. |
| 1:26.9 | Yes. So Skyping in all the way from Seattle, the home of Skype is none other than... |
| 1:32.9 | Stephen Traimer, person who does not work on Skype, thank God. |
| 1:36.9 | Well I didn't say you work on Skype just that Skype is owned in Redmond, that's all. |
| 1:42.9 | It is but I don't know if you know I became a Microsoft employee last year. |
| 1:46.9 | Oh yeah. |
| 1:47.9 | Is it okay for you to be on this podcast? |
| 1:49.9 | We might say mean things about MS. |
| 1:51.9 | We just badmouth Skype. |
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