Mean Machine Talks Podcast

Matt's links:https://www.facebook.com/mattblairmusic/https://www.twitch.tv/mattblairukhttps://twitter.com/themattblairGet ready to press play on a nostalgia-packed episode with the multi-talented Matt Blair, as we venture into the captivating world of gaming. Matt, revered for his comedy, film enthusiasm, and music, offers enthralling tales from his time on the Games World show. This is not just a trip down memory lane; it's an inside look at the evolution of gaming, the emotional rollercoaster games can put us through, and the hefty price tag that often accompanies our love for the game.Brace yourselves as we begin by unearthing some long-buried memories from the Games World tryouts. Sit back and enjoy as Matt and I reminisce about our first meeting on Game 12, where I finally conquered Big Boy Barry. Further, Matt, with his signature wit, relives his journey from the PS1 era, his rediscovered love for gaming thanks to God of War (2005), and the trials and tribulations of completing the Shadow of the Colossus temple during the pandemic.Finally, prepare to chuckle as we delve into the comedic aspects of modern wrestling and explore the world of remakes, streaming, and Twitch and Discord for game updates. We wrap up this jamboree with a fascinating discussion on the possibility of remakes for classic games, and the power of laughter in intensifying serious moments. This episode, brimming with laughter, nostalgia, and insightful discussions, is an absolute must-listen for gaming enthusiasts and Matt Blair fans alike.My Details:

Richard "Rik" Waller is an English pop singer. After appearing as a contestant on the TV series Pop Idol, he had two UK top 40 hits with cover versions of "I Will Always Love You" and "(Something Inside) So Strong".We discuss his time in the spotlight for his music, his time on Pop Idol, as well as his extensive history of gaming knowledge!Details for Richard's Twitch streams is below:https://twitch.tv/rwtvgaming-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Manscaped Offer!Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping @MANSCAPED with promo code MACHINE atMANSCAPED.com!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Rob Anderson,  a video game developer with in-depth background as software engineer, artist, animator, designer, and project manager. Completed 28 published projects in sports, arcade, action, and platform-style games.History of successful working relationships with Sega, Electronic Arts, Sony, Microsoft, Mindscape, and Acclaim.His main claim to fame is the co-creation of the game Moonstone 'A Hard Days Knight'.  Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight  is an action role-playing video game  published by Mindscape for the Amiga in 1991 and one year later converted to DOS with different sound and music.Rob and I discuss his journey to 'cult' fame and his journey through the games industry.Rob's DetailsTwitter: https://twitter.com/MrTroggLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pesty2011/Website: http://agamestudio.net/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Manscaped Offer!Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping @MANSCAPED with promo code MACHINE atMANSCAPED.com!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Returning guest Bill Thope, who runs a channel called Games Made of Cardboard, uploaded a video not long ago which shows their own real-life version of . It pays homage to the iconic game with its depiction of the game's monsters, set pieces, as well as music from both the classic installments and the reboots. Made from a mixture of cardboard and CGI, Bill's talents are clear to see. I hope you enjoy!Watch Bill's latest Doom Movie HERE!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=620I5eHXQFc&tYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYuiBRhcifFrEYPGhQmJ5HgTwitter: https://twitter.com/bill_thorpe_lnrInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/games_made_of_cardboard/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Manscaped Offer!Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping @MANSCAPED with promo code MACHINE atMANSCAPED.com! #sponsored #manscaped-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Fran, an indie developer settled in Barcelona, Spain. I'm the programmer and game designer of UnMetal and other indie games. We understand more about where the inspiration for games making has come from, the understanding of where to start, and also working on building multi language gaming!Twitter: https://twitter.com/unepic_franYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mHEEWg05Q6AEhO3YrwxEQWebsite: http://unepicfran.com/en/news.html-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Manscaped Offer!Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping @MANSCAPED with promo code MACHINE atMANSCAPED.com! #sponsored #manscaped-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

My guest was DJH0FFMAN, he is a professional DJ, Musician and Games Creator. You can also catch him on Twitch LIVE doing music and playing Retro games. Make sure you check out his links below:Metal Gear - Amiga Port: https://hoffman.home.blog/metal-gear/Knightmare - Amiga Port: https://hoffman.home.blog/knightmare/Twitter: http://twitter.com/djh0ffmanMixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/h0ffmanTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/djh0ffmanSoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/h0ffmanYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HoffmanYouTubeItch.io: https://h0ffman.itch.io/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Manscaped Offer!Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping @MANSCAPED with promo code MACHINE atMANSCAPED.com! #sponsored #manscaped-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

My guest was Aidan Half-Troll, he is a professional archaeologist for 14 years, lifelong gamer, metalhead, occasionally funny on twitchTwitter: https://twitter.com/AidanHalfTrollTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/aidanhalftroll-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

My guest was Alex Verrey, AKA cult 90's TV star 'Big Boy Barry'. Specialist in gaming comms, co-founder of Little Big PR, now Director of PR at Heaven Media. Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealBigBoyBarry-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Daniel is an American martial arts expert and a former freelance employee of Midway.Pesina started his work as an extra in martial arts films, appearing as one of Shredder's foot soldiers in the 1991 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.During the creation of the 1992 video game Mortal Kombat, he played Johnny Cage and ninja characters Sub-Zero, Scorpion and Reptile, and served as a martial arts coordinator for the game. Then in Mortal Kombat II he reprised his roles from the previous game, also playing the roles of Smoke, and Noob Saibot.Twitter: https://twitter.com/masterpesinaIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675998/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masterdpesina/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MasterPesina/Website: http://www.masterpesina.com/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

This was recorded live.My guest is Corey Marshall. Corey is an actor / voiceover professional who is best known for his work in SEGA's Shenmue series as Ryo Hazuki. Follow him at: https://twitter.com/coreymarshallVO -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

My guest was Marta Camilo, a UX Graphic Designer in the games industry and also is a Twitch Streamer.More information about Marta:https://www.twitch.tv/thisismartaaahttps://twitter.com/myunie-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Today's guest is Neil from Retro Man Cave. Neil is a YouTuber and streamer who specialises in the history, and restoration of classic computing, and gaming. Neil is also a Kickstarter running, please learn more here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/retroteabreaks/retro-tea-breaks-vol-1-a-book-by-retromancaveTo learn more about Neil: https://www.youtube.com/retromancavehttps://www.twitch.tv/theretromancave https://twitter.com/TheRetroManCave-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Today's guest is Bill Winters who is an Emmy award winning Director of Photography with over 20 years experience in the film and television business. He also is a long term Amiga Enthusiast who has a YouTube and Twitch stream dedicated to the Commadore Computer.More details about Bill here: http://www.thegurumeditation.org/ https://twitter.com/TheGuruMeditate https://www.twitch.tv/amigabill http://billwinters.net-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

My guest for this podcast is Stuart "Stoo" Cambridge is an English computer game designer and artist, and former member of British software developer Sensible Software. Stoo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/StooCambridgeStoo's Website: https://www.stoocambridge.com/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

VP of Business Development at TG0, creators of the new touch sensitive interfaces joins me on this episode of the podcast.TG0 have created new touch sensitive VR controller which is currently on Kickstarter. To learn more please visit:Jacub's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jkameckiTG0 Website: https://tg0.co.uk/Etee Kickstarter: tg0.eu/pledge-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

My guest was Craig from 80sNostalgia.com. The UKs longest established 80s website, has been gaming since 1982 and has written a free adventure game last year.To follow Craig, here is his Twitter: https://twitter.com/80sNostalgia and website https://www.80snostalgia.com/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Stu is an esports presenter, host, commentator and caster with experience ranging from hosting live television, to being a competitive player.To learn more about Stu, visit his Twitter here:https://twitter.com/AbominableTV-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Becky from the charity Special Effect joined me on Mean Machine Talks Podcast.Special Effect are a UK-based charity that's levelling the playing field for gamers with physical disabilities.We discuss all things Special Effect, and all the incredible work the charity does during the GameBlast20 streams. To learn more, visit the links below:Special Effect Website:https://www.specialeffect.org.uk/Special Effect Twitter:https://twitter.com/SpecialEffectBecky Frost's Twitter:https://twitter.com/beckyfr0st-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Eric joins me for my first podcast in 2020.We discuss VR in the current state, talk about some old retro gaming, how Eric's YouTube channel was started, and also answered some questions from chat.Below is a little description about Eric by himself: -Let me provide you some insight on technology that just isn't ready for the masses yet. Allow yourself to be swept up in the excitement I hope to bring to VR, so it may help educate and inspire you to try it in the future. This is an experience I wish every single person in the world could try, and understand the true marvel of where it may be going!Eric for President YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPukkSZc3zIje9XO9s6M1YQ/Eric for President Twitter:https://twitter.com/EricPresidentVR-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Stuart is a British comedian, critic, animator, actor, author, producer and online reviewer of various products; his reviews usually include video games, toys and food. Starting such videos in his distinctive style on YouTube from 2006, the items he humorously reviews are often of low quality (most notably from Poundland), or are poor knockoffs of well-received or well-known products, which he tends to endearingly refer to as "tat"Ashens YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/user/ashensAshens Twitter:https://twitter.com/ashensAshens Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/ashens-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

James has been involved in eSports and gaming since 2003 from being a professional gamer to now commentating and hosting events while running his own streams of various games on Twitch. Thank you James for giving me your time while being in Germany for an event.James Banks YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/user/UpCloseGamersJames Banks Twitter:https://twitter.com/BanKsEsportsJames Banks Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/banksesports/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Graham from Jaws 19 makes videos about cinema. He alks about films he likes, films he wants to see, my top 5's of different categories. The podcast is an hour long and we discuss a variety of different areas of cinema and film.If you would like to support Jaws19, please visit http://www.patreon.com/jaws19Jaws 19 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiuK-zNZFFGddnYuFt7VRHQJaws 19 Twitter:https://twitter.com/Jaws19show-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

Daniel Ibbertson AKA DJ Slope from Slopes Game Room.He aims to bring you the complete history on your gaming past.Official Site:http://slopesgameroom.com/YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/user/djslopesroomTwitter:https://twitter.com/SlopesGameRoom-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

The Silver Sabres Combat Academy is an LED sabre school, teaching traditional sword arts for the purpose of Competitive, Dramatic, Live Combat!The amazing LED sabre is beautiful to watch in motion, safe to use for contact work, and balanced perfectly to allow the study of genuine sword arts. Our core discipline is centred around longsword techniques, with other disciplines becoming available as students complete their basic training. Official Site:http://www.silver-sabres.com/YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_F-3FdmEAxDhX9TOPwXPwAFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/SilverSabresCombatAcademy/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/silversabres/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Details:

This episode I was joined by the incredibly talented Bill Thorpe, AKA Late Night Reviews.Bill makes retro gaming videos out of cardboard, and really captures the nostalgia of yesteryear gaming. We talk about all things retro, his incredible collection of props from his videos, go into a little behind the scenes of how he makes each video, and Wilson his dog makes an appearance.Guests Details: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYuiBRhcifFrEYPGhQmJ5HgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/late_night_reviewsTwitter: https://twitter.com/Bill_Thorpe_LNRMy details:Website: www.meanmachinedean.comYouTube: www.youtube.com/meanmachinedean10Twitter: www.twitter.com/themmd_Twitch: www.twitch.tv/meanmachinedeanGet in touch:mail@meanmachinedean.comSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/meanmachinedean)

Note - *There is the odd audio drop out*I am joined by my favorite Twitch streamer, Sir Game Knight. A genuinely good guy.We talk retro gaming, old gaming TV shows...and some odd things on the internet.This is the first hour of the 4 hour marathon. The hours which followed will be uploaded separately as its own extended version. Guests Details: http://www.sirgameknight.tv/My details:Website: www.meanmachinedean.comYouTube: www.youtube.com/meanmachinedean10Twitter: www.twitter.com/themmd_Twitch: www.twitch.tv/meanmachinedeanGet in touch:mail@meanmachinedean.comSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/meanmachinedean)

I am joined by Vic of Retro Electro Models on this podcast.We talk about his Officially Licenced Sega Mega Drive models, retro gaming, his little collection and the Trocadero in LondonGuests Details: https://retroelectromodels.com/https://www.facebook.com/RetroElectroModels/https://twitter.com/RetroElectro_UKAvailable on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2CJHOoFMy details:Website: www.meanmachinedean.comYouTube: www.youtube.com/meanmachinedean10Twitter: www.twitter.com/themmd_Twitch: www.twitch.tv/meanmachinedeanGet in touch:mail@meanmachinedean.comSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/meanmachinedean)

Shane aka SteadySphere is a games reviewer for his YouTube channel and for the website The Pixel Empire. Join us as we discuss gaming reviews, retro gaming memories, and discuss the future of YouTube plus game streaming.Guests Details: The Pixel Empire - http://thepixelempire.netSteadySphere YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/SteadysphereSteadySphere Twitter - https://twitter.com/SteadySphereMy details:Website: www.meanmachinedean.comYouTube: www.youtube.com/meanmachinedean10Twitter: www.twitter.com/themmd_Twitch: www.twitch.tv/meanmachinedeanGet in touch:mail@meanmachinedean.comSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/meanmachinedean)