May 16, 2025

Mike Taylor, author of the VIC-20 text adventures Magic Mirror and Nosferatu as well as the Commodore 64 game The Causes of Chaos joins the show.  We talk about those early adventure games, his evolution as a software developer, Perl, paleontology, and his book about the 11th incarnation of Doctor Who.

Mike's contact information on Mastodon: @[email protected] https://sauropods.win/@mike/  

Mike's website: https://www.miketaylor.org.uk/  

Mile's text adventure games: https://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tech/advent/mm/  

Mike's paleontology blo Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week: https://svpow.com/ 

Mike's Reinvigorated Programmer blog in which he discusses everything except sauropod vertebrae: https://reprog.wordpress.com/