Episode 59 – Tales From the IT-Trenches: The Millenium Bug (unplugged)

In this week’s “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Pat remembers something that was a huge part of his early IT career: The Millennium Bug.

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Episode 55 – Getting Into Retro-Gaming #2: C64 (unplugged)

In this week’s “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Pat looks at another retro-system, which – based on several suggestions – might be even easier to get into retro-gaming: The Commodore 64.

 

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Episode 54 – MarvelMania

In this weeks episode, Pat & Greg return from their summer hiatus. Pat shares his love for the Masters of the Universe: Revelation while Greg offends pretty much everyone. For their main topic in this special MarvelMania episode, they review Loki and Black Widow.

 

Today I found out.

  • The A500 Mini (Pat)
  • Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney (Greg)

Check this Out!

  • Masters of the Universe: Revelation (Pat)
  • The Suicide Squad (Greg)

Story of the Week

Loki & Black Widow

 

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Episode 52 – Getting Into Retro-Gaming #1: DOS (unplugged)

In this week’s “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Pat shows you the easiest way to get into retro-gaming: playing retro DOS games emulated.

 

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Episode 50 – Games Follow-Up: Jules Verne (unplugged)

In this week’s “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Pat briefly looks at some games based directly on the books of Jules Verne and looks ahead to an indie title that might scratch that gaming Jules Verne novel itch.

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Episode 48 – Geek-Parent #2 – Dealing With Frustration And Failure (unplugged)

In this week’s “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Pat talks about how the joys of being a Geek-Parent can quickly turn into a lot of unhappy family-members. And he touches one of the biggest mistakes gamers – especially beginners and children – make: How hard it is to let it go.

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Episode 45 – Fully 3D Open-Worlds: GTA 3 on the Amiga! (unplugged)

In this week’s “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Pat remembers two games that were like GTA 3 before there was GTA 3 – on the Amiga no less! Well, okay, the second one is more like Far Cry 3 on the Amiga … kind of.

Two fully 3D open-world games from 30 years ago!

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Episode 42 – The Changing Narration in Adventure Games (unplugged)

In this weeks “Passion of the Geeks – Unplugged”, Pat looks at how narration worked in adventure games, why using a narrator made sense, and how and why it changed over time.

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