Aaron Reed's "50 Years Of Text Games" book Kickstarter is now up and has already raised >$60K.
If you're at all interested in interactive fiction, check it out:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aaronareed/50-years-of-text-games
I followed his newsletter, which is what the book is based on, and which was really well-written and informative. You can still read the archives here:
☄ Happy 40th Anniversary to the best Star Trek movie ever released, The Wrath of Khan! - https://www.gozgeek.com/posts/2022/happy-40th-anniversary-to-the-best-star-trek-movie-ever-released-the-wrath-of-khan/
👾 Defining retro, Whiz Kids, developing in the cloud - This Geek in Review for 2022-06-03
https://www.gozgeek.com/posts/2022/define-retro-whiz-kids-microsoft-this-geek-review-2022-06-03/
I'm live! https://twitch.tv/gozgeek
I'm streaming in 20 minutes, https://twitch.tv/gozgeek What am I streaming tonight? I have no idea... Let me know if there is something you want to see.
💫 My favorite news from Star Wars Celebration 2022
https://www.gozgeek.com/posts/2022/my-favorite-news-from-star-wars-celebration-2022/
New GozGeek post!
🕹 New official Pac-Man theme song and a Doom 2 mod
https://www.gozgeek.com/posts/2022/new-official-pac-man-theme-song-and-a-doom-2-mod/
A little Megamania last night as I was waiting for Top Gun Maverick to start.
#atari2600 #activision #megamania #topgun #topgunmaverick #atari
🕸 Marvel is getting complicated, movie pace, and more - This Geek in Review for 2022-05-27
https://www.gozgeek.com/posts/2022/marvel-complicated-movie-pace-this-geek-review-2022-05-27/
I learned BASIC on a Color Computer 1. However, I don’t have one anymore so let me share the CoCo2.
Can these be retrobrighted?
I found the subreddit that speaks to me: https://www.reddit.com/r/patientgamers/
Okay. I need a distraction from the dark reality we live in.
Pixel-Artists/Animators w/ game experience: shoot me examples of your work. I have a couple game ideas I wanna kick around.
Id like to put together a list of folks who I can work w/ on a paid basis one day.
Let's do this! #525FloppyDay https://twitch.tv/gozgeek
Let's celebrate #525FloppyDay by playing games off of floppy on my Atari 800! https://twitch.tv/gozgeek 7:30PM EDT (in an hour).
Here is your esoteric station for the day: https://www.accuradio.com/channel/5a81dce3ab53e343ffe9ce9b
A writer 📝, podcaster 🎧, and YouTuber 🎥 of all things geek. Stream on Tuesdays 8pm EST
Almost all retro all the time, with a smattering of current tech. I like to jump around among various geek and non-geek genres.