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Gamer Era Episode 009 – The Hunt for Content

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Sometimes, the greatest fears come from within… sometimes, you have to know when to stop looking.

Join us, on our most noble of expeditions, as we whack through the metaphorical forest brush in search of segment gold. David sticks a big combat knife into the table as he details the acute difficulty in devising a segment (while accidentally creating [REDACTED]), before Sam swoops in to relay the comic book origins of Acclaim’s notorious arrow-slinging mascot, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. There’s also a report from the London Gaming Market, and absolutely nothing cursed happens otherwise. Promise?

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Topics discussed: London Gaming Market, Magic-8Ball.com, Akinator, The Sims 4, David Segment, Turok: Son of Stone / Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.

Also mentioned: Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, The Queue for the Lying-in-State of Elizabeth II, Paul Murphy’s “Ninty Media”, Castle Retro in Ipswich, Sega in 1995, The Internet Archive / Wayback Machine, Splatoon 3 Hero Mode, MySims (DS), SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (PS1), David Segment, Western Publishing / Gold Key Comics, Valiant Comics, Nintendo Comics System, the “Mortal Monday” and “Sonic 2sday” launch events, Shadow Man / Shadow Man: 2econd Coming

Music used: 

  • International Superstar Soccer 2000 - Menu 3 ("Okay Fellas")
  • Splatoon 3 - Seep & Destroy
  • The Majestic Tale (Of A Madman In A Box) [from “Doctor Who: Series 6”] - Murray Gold, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Halo: Combat Evolved - Alien Corridors
  • The Sims 4 - It’s The Sims
  • David Segment - David Segment
  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64) - Primagen Lair
  • Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (N64) - Ancient City
  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (GB) - Scroll Stage
  • The Sims 4 - Test Card 44 

    • Further reading:

    • Complete “Turok: Son of Stone” comics (Western Publishing/Gold Key, 1954-1982): https://archive.org/details/turok-son-of-stone-1954-1982-complete-collection_202306/
    • Complete “Turok: Dinosaur Hunter” comics collection (Valiant/Acclaim, 1993-2002): https://archive.org/details/TurokDinosaurHunterComicBookCollection/
    • Complete “Turok” novelisation series (via the Retro Reading Time Archive, 2023): https://archive.org/details/retro-reading-time/
    • “Hunting down the people who legally changed their names to Turok” - VG247 (Connor Makar, 2020): https://www.vg247.com/change-name-to-turok
    • David Segment (David Segment, 2024)
    • “Acclaim Entertainment Deal For Comics Publisher Near” (Bloomberg News, 1994): https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/business/company-news-acclaim-entertainment-deal-for-comics-publisher-near.html
    • “Turok, Son of Stone” retrospective - Toonopedia (Donald Markstein, 2002): https://www.toonopedia.com/turok.htm
    • “Valiant Days, Valiant Nights: A Look Back on the Rise and Fall of Valiant” - Sequart Organization (Ryan McLelland, 2006) http://sequart.org/magazine/28120/valiant-days-valiant-nights-a-look-back-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-valiant/
    • It Came from the 1990s: Turok, Dinosaur Hunter (Benjamin Herman, 2023): https://benjaminherman.wordpress.com/2023/05/21/turok-dinosaur-hunter/
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