November 11, 2023

Game & Gadget Podcast #31 – Exploding Phones, Retro Future, Unity Chaos & More…

54 minutes

I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software and Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.

Topics include:

The engineering conundrum of granny squares

You don’t have to be an expert in the field to write a game about a particular topic

Tony appears on more panels

Retro computers & consoles and inspiring the young

Unity Engine going downhill

The craziness of gaming marketing and advertising

The beauty of Apple skeuomorphism before iOS 7

Every operating system goes partially transparent

MacBook Pro 2015 craziness of design – goodbye ports, hello dongles

Collecting old phones and the battery bulging dangers

James gets himself another Commodore 64

The similarity of technology used on older retro computers

Disks surviving, discs rotting

Tony’s Amstrad CPC fixed and working

The loudness of 52x CD-ROM drives – spin spin spin!

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Original post link: Game & Gadget Podcast #31 – Exploding Phones, Retro Future, Unity Chaos & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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Original post link: Game & Gadget Podcast #31 – Exploding Phones, Retro Future, Unity Chaos & More…, created by James Woodcock.

For even more content, visit Pixel Refresh - Retro Gaming & Modern Tech.

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