Category: Podcasts
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S2:E16 Finale: The Best Atari Christmas Ever
The Season 2 finale of Into The Vertical Blank. In this episode we pull out all the stops and explain exactly why Atari means so much to us. This honest, naked, all-cards-on-the-table, frank episode includes an Eponymous Story named “The Best #*@! Christmas Ever” that tells all. There is also…
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Season 2: Episode 15: The Atari 7800 and ST. Our Next Gen Super Systems
Notes: Season 2: Episode 15: The Atari 7800 and ST. Our Next Gen Super Systems In this episode we dig into American Thanksgiving 1986 and discuss our transition from the Atari 800 to the Atari ST with the Atari 7800 squeezed in between. Tony Longworth: https://patreon.com/tonylongworth Some of the music…
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S2:E14 – Asteroids 40th Anniversary
We salute Asteroids 40th anniversary with a discussion of how things have changed since 1979, and with a rebroadcast of the story “Escape To The Asteroids Zone” Please Subscribe And/Or Give Us A Review Tunes Google Play Player FM Spotify
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S2:E13: The Haunting of the Vertical Blank
Into the vertical Blank: Generation Atari Season 2 Episode 13: The Haunting of the Vertical Blank This time the guys discuss “scary” Atari games (mostly *not* scary all), some real-word experiences that beg the question “Was Jeff and Steve’s 520 Atari ST haunted?”, a story about a creepy pen and…
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S2:E12: Star Wars and Atari In The Vertical Blank : Part 2
Tunes Google Play Player FM Spotify S2:E12: Star Wars and Atari In The Vertical Blank : Part 2 In the follow-up episode to the Season 2, Episode 12, Steve and Jeff continue their discussion of the impact that Star Wars on their video game experience and video games in general.…
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S2:E11: Star Wars and Atari In The Vertical Blank : Part 1
Tunes Google Play Player FM Spotify Read Show Notes Here Watch Video Of The Star Wars “A Nerd Is Born” story below: See the photos from Sunday Sept 25th, 1977 below. A Nerd Was Born By Steve Fulton Some time in September 1977 there was an advertisement in the local…
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S2:E10: Playing Outside in Generation X
To salute the end of summer, w e are re-running a story from last season named “Big Mouse And Little Mouse” that has been updated, expanded and remastered. This is a story about the type of imaginative play that occurs when kids are trying to discover the world. This was…
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Into the vertical blank: Generation Atari: Season 2, Episode 9 DragonStomper
In the episode, Steve and Jeff take a deep look at the Atari 2600 game Dragon Stomper, what it meant to them in the grand scheme of gaming, and also how it had an effect on early 80’s video and computer games as a whole. AtariProtos.com Dragon Stomper Page http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/dragonstomper/dragonstomper.htm…
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S2:E8 The Exact Moment Nintendo Won the Video Game War
The Exact Moment Nintendo Won The Video game War (A Short, Left Handed Episode) In this short summer bonus episode, Steve explores what he thinks is the exact moment Nintendo beat everyone and and won the video game war. I imagine, it’s not exactly what you expect. The Into The…
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S2:E7 Emits a shower of Sparks: Pele’s Soccer
Into the Vertical Blank: Generation Atari – Season 2 Episode 7 : Emits a shower of sparks: How we stopped playing soccer and started playing Atari (along with Pele) In this episode, Steve and Jeff cover Pele’s Soccer for the Atari 2600, and the cultural as well as business atmosphere…
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Claw Hammer : Father’s Day Special Edtion
iTunes Google Play Player FM Spotify This is a rebroadcast of the the story ‘Claw Hammer’ from season 1, episode 2. specially for father’s day (Note: My dad died 8 years ago today. This is story I’ve written reminds me of everything my dad stood for in life, and in…
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S2:E6: Why We Collect Atari
In this episode, Steve and Jeff have a frank discussion about what they collect and why they collect Atari. Also includes a couple segments from Steve’s “Fultonbot’s Atari Quest” blog series, as well as an impromptu live remote visit to their favorite retro game store. Stories from the podcast:
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S2: E5 Electronic Games Magazine
In this episode of Into The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari, Steve and Jeff celebrate the magazine that started it all. The first publication in the USA that was strictly devoted to video and electronic games, Electronic Games Magazine. The brothers bring you two stories of thos glories magazine, each featuring…
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S2:E4: The Top-10 Worst Real-Life Products For Classic Video Gamers
What were some of hidden factors that led to the fall of Atari and the golden age of classic video game consoles? Did the world at large really understand video games at all? In this episode we set out to prove, through the lens of some truly awful products and…
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The Top-10 (or so) Worst Real-Life Products For Video Gamers (circa 1982) Part 2: Your Future Career In Video Games
By Steve Fulton Last week I posted a story named The Worst Real-Life Products For Video Gamers (circa 1982-1983) . However, that was not the end of the story. You see, you survived that Halloween in your Asteroids costume, Bat Mitts and Gobbler hat, and while you were not fooled by…
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S2:E3 We always wanted to work for Atari
iTunes Google Play Player FM Spotify Into the Vertical Blank: Generation Atari. Season 2: Episode 3. We always wanted to work for Atari Steve and Jeff provide two new stories about wanting to work for, with, or somehow adjacent to classic Atari. The boys also answer feedback, to explain recent…
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S2:E2: Going, Going, Gone
iTunes Google Play Player FM Spotify This week we are inspired by one of our all-time a favorite podcasts This American Life. Taking a cue from Ira Glass’s often copied, but never duplicated style, we have collected three new stories on single topic: Going Going, Gone. Our first “Going” story…
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Bonus #2 Friday Display List: Feedback and response
This week, 8bitjeff gets into a some awesome listener feedback and provides some of his own for the Atari 5200 Podcast. First up some questions and answers for Tony Longworth, who’s Into The Vertical Blank song gets its own full length airing in the episode. Next up is an incredible…
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S2:E1: The Disappearance Of Charlie Chuck : Atari Food Fight
iTunes Google Play Player FM Spotify S2:E1: The Disappearance Of Charlie Chuck : Atari’s Food Fight In this first episode of season 2 the Fulton’s dive into a mystery: Why hasn’t Atari’s magnificent 1983 game “Food Fight” appeared any of their retro game collections? Where has it is gone? Episode…
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Bonus Podcast: A Trip To The Retro City Festival In Pomona, CA
Summary: In this Bonus podcast between Season 1 and Season 2, Steve takes his family to the Retro City Festival in Pomona, CA .Mild, family friendly hijinks ensue.
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S1:E10 Christmas In The Vertical Blank
S1:E10 Christmas In The Vertical Blank S1:E10: Christmas In The Vertical Blank n this season 1 finale, the Fulton brothers discuss the early years of Atari and Christmas, culminating in a Christmas story that ties a bow on a few of the previous stories and themes from this season. There…
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s1:e9: The Weird Family Thanksgiving In the Vertical Blank
s1:e9: The Weird Family Thanksgiving In the Vertical Blank In the penultimate episode of season one of Into The Vertical Blank, travel back to Thanksgiving holidays of the past to find out how pop culture, games and Atari fit into The Vertical Blank. This episode features a story by Steve Fulton named “The…
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Into The Vertical Blank S1:E8: The Bronze Age Of Arcade Games
S1:E8: The Bronze Age of Arcade Video Games In this episode Steve and Jeff discuss their favorite games and memories of the Bronze Age of arcade video games, a period that spans 1971 (pong) to 1978 (Space Invaders). The pair talk about what was special about those games, and why…
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Into The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari S1:E7 – Playing Together, Side By Side
This episode takes a slightly more personal turn as twin brother hosts Jeff and Steve Fulton tell stories and relive memories of playing together in both analog and digital ways in the 1970’s. The episode includes an original non-fiction story by Steve Fulton titled “Big Mouse And Little Mouse 1.0”.…
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Into The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari S1:E6 – Interfaces are where two worlds collide
Into The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari S1:E6 – Interfaces are where to worlds collide The only thing from the 80’s that could rival our love for Atari was our love for punk rock and new wave, and especially, our favorite band: The Alarm. In 1987 those two things combined in…
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S1:E5: All Appointments Life (Asteroids Part 2 )
Into The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari Season 1, Episode 5: All Appointments Life (Asteroids Part 2 ) This is the second episode where we will be covering the game Asteroids in story and discussion form. We have a story from 8bitjeff, and also very nice contributions Shinto, and Jim Fullerton.…
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S1:E4: Escape To The Asteroids Zone :Part 1
Into The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari Season 1, Episode 4: Escape To The Asteroids Zone : Part 1 Into The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari Season 1, Episode 4: Escape To The Asteroids Zone Part 1. In Part One of our two-part extravaganza, we delve into the that game forms the…
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S1:E3: Atari Nerd
Into The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari Season 1, Episode 3: Atari Nerd In this episode we dig up one of our first podcasts from December 2008, which is one of the first Atari dedicated podcasts ever recorded. This low-fi descent into the aughties, complete with bad mics, driving noise, and…
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S1: E2: “A Hole Burned In my Pocket: Toys R Us And The Atari 7800″.
Into the Vertical Blank: Growing Up Atari. Season 1 Episode 2: “A hole burned In my Pocket: Toys R Us And The Atari 7800″. What was the “game cage”? What does it mean to “disconnect” while being “connected”? “Can a hole really be burned in your pocket?” In this episode,…
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S1:E1: All The Scan Lines Have Been Written
Into The Vertical Blank: Growing Up Atari Season 1 Episode 1 – All The Scan Lines Have Been Written In this, the real premiere episode, the boys pull out all the production stops to bring some much needed levity and interludes to a game playing session and discussion on modern…
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S1:E0: Into The Vertical Blank Podcast: Newbie
8bitrocket’s Into The Vertical Blank, Growing Up Atari Ep: 0 This is the test episode of the Into The Vertical Blank, Growing Up Atari. In it, 8bit Jeff (Jeff Fulton from 8bitrocket.com) tries out and reviews 5 Atari XL/XE Cartridges (probably won’t work on a 400 or 800) that he…
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Father’s Day Story – A Moment Near Aspen Grove
Note: This story was recorded for “Never Let The fires Die: The Alarm Podcast”, and is available Listen in iTunes or Google Play The full story in written form is below: A Moment Near Aspen Grove We were on our way to Aspen Grove, a small campground in the Sierra Nevada…
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Never Let The Fires Die: The Alarm Podcast : Episode #4
Note: Jeff and I produce and host a podcast for the 80’s band The Alarm. The Alarm are still going in 21st century, making new music, and inspiring their fans. We’ve been spending much of our “online” time working on the podcast over the past couple months, which is…
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Never Let The Fire Die (podcast episode #2)
Jeff and I host the official podcast for the band The Alarm. They had a bunch of alternative hits in the 80’s (The Stand, 68 Guns, Strength, Spirit Of ’76. Rain The Summertime, Rescue Me, Sold Me Down The River). They new 21st century version of the band…
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Never Let The Fire Die (podcast #1)
In this inaugural episode of “Never Let The Fires Die” The Official Podcast For The Alarm, we start at “the end”. We discuss the last officially released song credited to “The Alarm.” Then we delve back to try to understand the meaning of that song, the song credit “The Alarm”,…
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8bitrocket.com Podcast : Jack Tramiel And Atari
by Jeff Fulton Finally, a new podcast! Today we tackle Jack Tramiel and The Atari ST. Listen Here.
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Hey You Kids, Off My Lawn #2: More Fun With Possible Flash Game I.P. Issues
We’re not saying these games have barrowed other people’s intellectual property, we are just saying it’s possible. No matter what, we have fun looking at them anyway.
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Game Storm Video Podcast #1
Game Storm Video Podcast #1 Bonus Content: Steve’s daughter’s stop motion video for her 6th grade earthquake project:
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Hey You Kids, Off My Lawn! We Whine About Flash Games And Intellectual Property
Here is the first (and maybe last, who knows) episode of “You kids, Off My Lawn!”, a short podcast/music video in which we complain about (possible) intellectual property issues with flash games. We did this a week ago. I prompted us to create the “World’s Worst Jigsaw Puzzle Collection“. Why? …
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8bitrocket Video Gripe-Cast: HTML 5, Flash and The iPhone/iPad
8bitrocket Video Gripe-Cast: HTML 5, Flash and The iPhone/iPad In this Podcast full of sour grapes and gripes, Steve and Jeff wonder out loud why Apple doesn’t play nice with Flash apps on their hand-held platforms while at the same time having developed and contributed the canvas to HTML 5.…
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8bitrocket’s Five Favorite Retro Inspired Flash Games of 2009 Podcast
8bitrocket’s Five Favorite Retro Inspired Flash Games of 2009 Podcast We’ve featured and reviewed many games this year. Over the next couple weeks we are going to take some time to list our favorites in a few different categories. The first category is near and ear to our hearts –…
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Planet M.U.L.E First Impressions
Our first impressions of the Planet M.U.L.E, the online playable 2009 update to Dan Bunten’s classic Atari 800 game, M.U.L.E. http://www.planetmule.com
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idkwid.com “Flying Blind” video tutorial…
A simple tutorial for playing IDKWID.com’s game “Flying Blind”. (http://www.idkwid.com)
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Flash Game Blog Interweb Mash-up Video Podcast Dec 12, 2009
Flash Game Blog Interweb Mash-up Video Podcast Dec 12, 2009 I decided to have a go at doing a Mash-up as a video podcast with mixed results. How many different iMovie transitions can you recognize? See below for links to all of the sites, articles, and whatnot. Gamingyourway.com Twitter…
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8bitrocket Reports On the Mochimedia 2009 Survey Results + IKDWID.com Preview
We report on the Mochimedia.com Flash Games Market Survey.
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8bitrocket.com IDKWID.com Mochi Game Review blowout!
Today we cover our new favroite Flash Game developer, idkwid.com. I believe idkwid stands for “I Don’t Know What I’m doing”. We cover these gems: Public LiBEARy Beam Me Up, Santa Flying Blind Dino Art Museum Just in case you are wondering, no we are *not* kidding. These games…
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Mochi Flash Game Review 12/10/2009
5 More games Mochi games reviewed: Bloons Tower Defense Baby’s Christmas coloring 8bit Little Killer Disney Puzzle 3 in 1 Dark Inference : The First Shadows (Inspired by a Spectrum Game, not originally C64 or Amiga as we stated)
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Mochi Flash Game Reviews 12/9/09
Mochi Flash Game Reviews: This time we have a new style where the games are highlighted only with voice overs. We think this might be the easiest and est way to do this. Games Reviewed:Rift Under City Eric’s Xmas Work Wars
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Retro Game Insipration Podcast #1 : Atari 7800 Food Fight
Retro Game Insipration Podcast #1 : Atari 7800 Food Fight I am planning to make a new “re-skinnable” game engine based on the Atari 7800 (and arcade) game by Atari.GCC called Food Fight. I will be looking for a Pixel Artist to help re-skin it and put it up for…
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8bitrocket Game Review-Cast : Nov 20, 2009. Flash Game License and Mochi Reviews
8bitrocket Game Review-Cast : Nov 20, 2009. Flash Game License and Mochi Reviews Flash Game License Games: You must have the right access to see these: Going the Distance 2 Droids 2 Tin Can Knight Blasting Agent Mochi Spongebob takes a shower Pacos Adventure 2 The Space Race Ninja +2…
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8bitrocket Mochi Game Review Video Pocast: 11/06/09
8bitrocket Mochi Game Review Pocast: 11/06/09 We review about 8 games, and Steve touches his hair far too often, as we both never look into the camera because we are looking at a laptop to see the goods. Still, the new gameplay overlay screens are pretty cool. Game Links:…
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Mochi Game Video Reviewcast #1!!
Reviewcast! We review a bunch of the latest Mochi games and you get to see them in action! (kind of) OK, we tried hard to make this work, but I’m not so sure it is the right way to do it. I’d give us a D+ or C-, mostly for…
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Skript Kitty Episode #1: Skript Kitty vs. Intellectual Property
OK, so here is our first attempt at a “cartoon”. This idea came about when my 13 year-old cat entered the frame of our first video podcast. Jeff and I got the idea that maybe she was listening in to our conversation and trying to steal our ideas. Postmortem: As…
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8bitrocket GameStorm Video Podcast #2: Goofus and Goofus
8bitrocket.com GameStorm Video Podcast #2 This week we tackle “disturbing clauses in terms and conditions” of viral game sites, especially the term “derivative works”. We also have some news, a GameStorming session, a special preview of our all-new “cartoon” “Skript Kitty” http://www.8bitrocket.com
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8bitrocket GameStorm Video Podcast #1: See Us In In-Action
Our First video podcast. We talk about the 4K Game Contest, Microsoft Silverlight, Mochi, Google App engine…and more…
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GameStorm! Podcast #13: Site update and GameStorm Classic Revival!
This week we clear out our backlog of podcasts with GameStorm #13. (We say #14 in the podcast but that is because we recorded the Atari Nerd Podcast #1 before this one) This podcast includes a discussion about our web site and a ton of classic GameStorm! action. Check it…
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GameStorm! Podcast #12: Flex, Holiday Game Wrap-Up, Game Endings, etc.
In this week’s GameStorm! podcast we talk about a Flex, Holiday Game Wrap-Up, Game Endings, and more. Have fun. You can download the podcast here: http://www.8bitrocket.com/podcasts/gamestorm12.mp3
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GameStorm! Podcast #11: Atari Week +Jack’s Beach Blitz
In this week’s GameStorm! Podcast we again shed the original concept (Game Design Brainstorming) to discuss our 6 part feature from last week Project:Save Atari plus we discuss our new game “Jack’s Beach Blitz”and a few other topics. This week’s podcast features music from one of our first looped-tracked songs,…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #10: Setting Relations Back 50 Years
Here is this week’s podcast. This week we return to our “roots” with some actual “GameStorm action over several bizarre and interesting ideas generated from our GameStorm! Idea Generator. We also cover the news, and generally have a good time. You can download the Podcast here: http://www.8bitrocket.com/podcasts/gamestorm10.mp3
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #9: Drivecast!
This week we have another “themed” podcast. Because we had to do the podcast while commuting, we discussed driving games. We talk about driving games through the years, our favorite driving games, complications with making good driving and then some of the best driving games that are suitable for remaking…
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GameStorm! Podcast #8: Halloween GameStorm!
Sorry this podcast was a few days late. This weekend was filled with so much family(kid’s birthday, soccer games) and personal stuff (high school reunion), it was difficult to get this one edited and out the door . This week we have a session about creating viral games specifically for…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #7: Special Wide-Load Double Episode : Our Favorite Games
Today we present the first 8bitrocket.com Special Wide-load Double Episode! This does not mean that that it is double the quality or double the goodness, it’s just really double the length. In this episode we “shake it up” by rejecting our regular format and spending over 30 minutes talking about…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #6 Bushwhacker! , More on I.P. Issues
OK, here is Podcast #6. This week we have a thrilling brainstorm discussion about game that ends up being named “Bushwhacker!” (but not for obvious reasons). We also cover some intellectual property issues and how they might affect viral Flash game developers, plus we cover some of our favorite sites.…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #5: A Real Project , Some AS2 -> AS3
OK, here is GameStorm! Podcast #5. In this episode we discuss a recent game design project and how we might have tackled it for a retro inspired game. Also, we start our on-going conversation about developing games in AS3 as opposed to AS2. This week we feature the song “8…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #4: Top-10 Predictions Plus More…
OK, here is Podcast #4. This time we discuss two thrilling game ideas, and then we get into our Top-10 Predictions For The Midcore/Casual/Retro Game Industry. Also, this podcast marks the first time we bumper the podcast with music from our vast library of songs created for games and other…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #3: Family Edition
OK, here is Podcast #3. We are still tinkering with the format, so this one is a bit different from the previous two. Jeff and I were on a vacation this week, so this one was done with our kids around. In some cases it works (interesting ideas), in others…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #2: Secret Sauce
OK, we are back much sooner than expected. Since we launched the GameStorm! Retro Casual Game Idea Generator (see below) today, we decided to use it to formulate another podcast. Today we discuss several different game ideas and designs including an idea that uses one of our all-time favorite arcade…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #1: Eminent Domain
8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #1: Eminent Domain OK, today we are trying something brand-new. Jeff and I have wanted to try our hand at a podcast for a very long time, but we were reluctant to try because we could not think of anything original to yap about. However, on whim…
