Game & Gadget Podcast

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

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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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