Episode 3: Millennium Auction

Today your intrepid host is joined by co-host @briandemodulated, who waxes gleefully about one of the best hidden gems of the Windows 3.1 era. You'll learn about reselling your skin on the open market, John Romero's uncanny memory, and how to screw other people at auction purely for spite.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Millennium Auction CD-ROM ISO for Windows 3.1

Mages and Modems book

John Romero plays Quake for its 30th anniversary.

Episode 2: CD-ROM Today and The DISC!

Is anyone else as excited about an external 4X SCSI CD-ROM drive as I am? CD-ROM Today's cover discs are the main topic, along with reader mail about 90s FMV games that turned out to be duds. What happened to the curation and quality assurance we got from magazine publishers? Is there a modern counterpart to these with Steam and Itch.io?

Links mentioned in the episode:

CD-ROM Today The DISC #1 for Mac

CD-ROM Today The DISC #1 for PC

The Blue Cup Tools podcast by Francisco Gonzalez and Ben Chandler

Mages and Modems book

kiki - a homepage construction set

Episode 1: When CD-ROMs Ruled the Earth

Step into the early 1990s, when CD-ROMs and Multimedia PCs were the new and exciting thing in the world of Macintosh and Windows-based computers. I talk about the new format for the show, and refocussing on the culture and technology of the 1990s. I reply to some long overdue listener mail, and talk about the exciting new future for multimedia in 2026 with the CD-ROM.ca Encartapedia.

Links mentioned in the episode:

kiki - a homepage construction set

Utopian Scholastic - Michael Wolf

Saturday May 30th, 2026. The season finale of Multimedia Hyperguide podcast, where I say goodbye to the show as it was, and say hello to the upcoming season 2!

Monday April 27th, 2026. Part five - the final one of the series and this season! - of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - the deep dive into the engine and editor.

Part five - the final one! - of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World. This is where we go deep on the game engine and editor.

Saturday June 11th, 2022. Part four of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - finally, the development story of the game itself!

Part four of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - finally, the development story of the game itself!

Saturday May 21st, 2022. Part three of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - focusing purely on the development history of Chahi's early titles.

Part three of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - focusing purely on the development history of Chahi's early titles.