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Worms 30th Anniversary, VPN Bans, Rebecca Heineman & More - Ramble 139


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In this episode I talk about the new Analogue 3D console, the 30th anniversary of Worms, the 40th anniversary of the Master System, governments trying to ban VPNs, a new SilverStone PC case, the Another World MSX port, Dell & HP disabling HEVC support on their high end business laptops, learning HTML via type-ins, Pebble beef, Microsoft open sourcing Zork & more!


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Episode Links:

Analogue 3D: https://www.analogue.co/3d

LGR Review Of The Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMAl0Rrhq4

Worms 30th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/worms30thanniversarysale

Master System 40th: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/nov/18/sega-master-system-nintendo-entertainment-system

Good Master System Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@Yesterzine

Government VPN Bands: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/lawmakers-want-ban-vpns-and-they-have-no-idea-what-theyre-doing

New Retro SilverStone PC Case: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/pc-cases/silverstone-takes-the-wraps-off-the-flp03-its-latest-homage-to-beige-1980s-pc-design-retro-micro-atx-case-has-modern-amenities

Another World MSX Port: https://x.com/lo_re77/status/1990426730071310592

HP & DELL Disable HEVC Support: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/hp-and-dell-disable-hevc-support-built-into-their-laptops-cpus

DOCTYPE Magazine: https://vole.wtf/doctype

MP944 CPU: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/the-mp944-was-the-real-worlds-first-microprocessor-and-key-to-the-flight-of-the-f-14-tomcat-but-it-lived-in-the-shadow-of-the-intel-4004-for-nearly-30-years

Virtual BBC Micro: https://virtual.bbcmic.ro

Pebble Smartwatch Beef: https://www.howtogeek.com/rebble-kept-old-pebble-watches-alivenow-its-work-is-being-stolen

Zork Open Source: https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source

Rebecca Heineman Obituary: https://www.ign.com/articles/interplay-co-founder-and-trailblazing-developer-rebecca-heineman-dies-aged-62


Video Of The Week 1 (Spawn Wave Steam Console): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVpXhNwj1HA

Video Of The Week 2 (Mugthief Half-Life 3 Info): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad4cwMAX9X8

Video Of The Week 3 (Red Dwarf Games): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUKGccXcsyg


Chapters:

00:00 Analogue 3D

07:18 Worms 30th Anniversary

14:58 40 Years Of Master System

21:07 Now They're Trying To Ban VPNs!?

29:18 Some Bits 'n Bobs For You...

30:14 ...New SilverStone Retro PC Case...

32:13 ...Another World Ported To MSX...

33:37 ...HP & Dell Disable HEVC / h265 Video Support...

35:34 ...Learn HTML Via Type-Ins...

37:14 ...The World's First Microprocessor...

39:05 ...A Very Cool 3D BBC Micro Emulator...

40:45 ...Pebble Smartwatch Drama...

43:24 ...And Microsoft Open Sources Zork!

47:58 Videos Of The Week

58:38 Tribute To Rebecca Heineman

...more
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