Podcasts about ZX

Después de un tiempo El Mundo del Spectrum Podcast vuelve al PC. Hoy hablaremos de aquellos juegos para DOS lanzados en formato SHAREWARE. Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Lemmings, Hocus Pocus, Heretic, Blood, Duke Nukem, Wacky Wheels, Jazz Jackrabbit, etc. son algunos títulos que todos disfrutamos en aquella época gracias a los disquettes o CDs que venían en revistas para compatibles. En este monográfico contaremos con evocadora música noventera y con los miembros habituales del equipo: Jesús Martínez del Vas, Jesús Relinque «Pedja» y Alejandro Ibáñez. Analizarán aquel momento post-8 bits y las novedades que nos trajo la tecnología tras una década con el Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad o Commodore 64. Tendremos también el placer de contar con uno de los magos más influyentes: Woody Aragón. Siempre estamos encantados de tener a artistas en nuestro programa así que poder charlar con Emilio de Paz Aragón y además de su trabajo en Alcachofa Soft, será un auténtico privilegio. Esta compañía de software español, creadora de aquellas míticas aventuras gráficas de Mortadelo y Filemón o del genial The Abbey, no ha sido tratada con justicia. Su importancia fue vital y hoy podremos analizar el trabajo de ese grupo de amantes de los videojuegos gracias a Woody. Este es el menú que os hemos preparado. Esperamos que disfrutéis con este programa pecero de El Mundo del PC Podcast.

Este podcast está dedicado a un coche incomprendido… marginado, incluso, por la propia Peugeot. A menudo olvidado… y cuyo chasis “doblé”, sí, sí, descuadre, sin darme un golpe ni tener un accidente. Os voy a contar todo eso, una historia olvidada, una anécdota ocultada y además, a daros un buen consejo. ¿Se le puede pedir más a un video? Y en este podcast encontrarás de todo, incluida la anécdota de cómo doble el monocasco de un Peugeot 309 sin que mediase un choque o un accidente… ¿crees que es posible? Verás que sí. Me centraré un poco más en los GTi. Pero como somos fieles a nosotros mismos comenzamos esta historia por el principio, que no es 1985, cuando se presenta este modelo, sino unos años antes cuando… Los ingenieros de Talbot comienzan a trabajar en ese sucesor del Horizon, por supuesto con tracción delantera, estética más actual, suspensiones más refinadas y que iba a utilizar los mismos motores. Pero se ve que en Peugeot les gustan los líos. ¿Por qué? Todo por dinero… La ecología en 1980 ya comenzaba a rendir réditos políticos en forma de votos y el gobierno francés comienza a dar ayudas a las marcas para hacer coches más económicos de consumo y, por tanto, más ecológicos. Y Peugeot gracias al Vera, acrónimo de “Véhicule Économe de Recherche Appliquée”, consigue una subvención de 7 millones de euros… no está nada mal. Así nacen a un tiempo un prototipo basado en el 305 y otro sobre una plataforma concebida con un nuevo desarrollo. Todo se empieza a liar… Ambos compartían un diseño que buscaba una buena aerodinámica en aras de recudir el consumo, pero pocas más cosas había en común… Aun así, se llega a un “punto de encuentro” en el prototipo Peugeot Vera+ presentado en 1982, que a su vez evoluciona en el prototipo Vera Profil de 1985, mientras los responsables de marketing buscan un nombre al nuevo coche de producción que se iba a denominar Talbot Arizona… un nombre que no me parece feo, aunque un poco “yanki”. ¿Por qué 309? ¿Y no 206 o 306? Después de gastarse un verdadero dineral cambiado la marca de Chrysler a Simca y luego de Simca a Talbot, los mandamases de Peugeot, ya convertido en grupo PSA, deciden que la marca Talbot no les mola y que todos los nuevos modelos desarrollados indistintamente por Peugeot o Talbot se venderían bajo la marca Peugeot. Ya se sabía que la marca iba a ser Peugeot, pero ¿y el modelo? La prensa del motor que ya había anunciado la llegada del Talbot Arizona, cuando se supo el cambio de marca apostó por 206, ya que estimaban que el 309 era más o menos un 205 “con culo”. Pero no era así. Os vais a reír, pero ya en el nombre este modelo, un coche que nunca gusto a los “fieles” de Peugeot, ni siquiera a los propios concesionarios, lleva ya un estigma. Porque cuando la marca apostaba por la terminación en 5 no se le ocurrió denominar a este coche con esta terminación y menos aún la 6, que significaría una nueva generación. Quisieron hacer ver a todos, incluso a los futuros compradores, que este modelo era “otra cosa” … una especia de “oveja negra” y de ahí, la denominación 309. Y por fin, en el Salón de París de 1985… ¡se presenta el 309! Recuerdo una conversación con el que en estos años era el responsable de prensa de Peugeot, la persona que yo conozca que más ha hecho porque la prensa del motor odiase a Peugeot. En un largo viaje por el desierto con toda la gama Peugeot se hartó de decirme que este 309 no era un verdadero Peugeot. Esto caló como os decía incluso en la red de ventas que casi se avergonzaban de eta coche, al que suponían heredero, para mal, del Horizon, un coche que tuvo ciertos problemas de fiabilidad y acabados… Pese a todos los agoreros de este coche se vendieron 1,6 millones de unidades, lo que puede considerarse todo un éxito, porque lo tenía todo en contra. Y en eso tuvieron algo que ver las versiones más deportivas, los GTi con motor de 8 y 16 válvulas, que robé a fondo… pero muy a fondo… mucho. ¿Y cómo se “dobla” un coche? Por supuesto sin choques ni impactos. Os lo explico… en el vídeo.. Como os decía en este “dossier” me voy a centrar en los GTi. Como sabéis lo hubo de 8 y 16 válvulas. Comenzamos por el más “Modesto”, el famoso y conocido motor XU de 1905 cm3 y que ofrecía 130 CV que pasaron a ser 122 con el catalizador. Desde luego no era tan “rotundo” como el motor referencia en esta categoría, el del Opel, pero casi y a cambio era algo más suave y refinado. Sobre todo, en la versión no catalizada, era una opción a considerar, porque el 309 no era el más rígido de su categoría ero si de los más ligeros o el que más. El GTi 16V era un gran coche. A diferencia del Citroën ZX este modelo llevo desde el primer momento el motor “bueno” que ofrecía 160 CV sin catalizar y 148 CV catalizado. No sé el motivo, pero estos motores sufrían más con el catalizador que otros. La historia se repite un poco: El de 160 CV no tiene una respuesta tan contundente e inmediata como el motor Opel de 16V, pero casi y a cambio era más refinado y progresivo… un motor excelente. En el caso del catalizado, perdía más que el motor Opel, que incluso el catalizado, que anunciaba 150 CV generalmente se acercaba a los 160 CV. Peugeot daba lo que prometía, pero no más. Conclusión. Pese a su complicado “parto”, pese a no tener la rigidez de otros modelos, pese a no tener un acabado tan bueno como el de otros Peugeot… y pese a ser casi maltratado por la propia marca, el 309 fue un buen coche. Y sus versiones GTi, unos coches plenamente recomendables como coches clásicos. Se encuentran a mejor precio que otros GTi de su época y seguro que subirán de precio… una buena inversión… y una divertida inversión.

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After a long winter that still involved plenty of motorcycle action, just a little bit different surface under the rubber, we meet up at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, once again with our favorite guest Lugnut!! As we've come to know and love Lugnut has plenty to tell us about what he's been up to on two wheels!!! Not only did he spend plenty of time out on the dirt on his 2-stroke Gas Gas machine, he also competed in a different style of racing to him, desert racing!!! With plenty of dirt experience under his belt, and a 2025 Moto America season to prepare for, he brought his trusty ZX-10 race platform to Las Vegas to race with CRA and shake off some of the "dust" from the winter. Although that dust may just be the dust from all his dirt racing as he still dominated the club racing field as normal!! Now ready to gear up for a season opener in Utah, and then make his way across the country with Privateer Industries to compete in Moto America!!! https://fantasy.motogp.com/ Code: NF9ZDUE9 https://www.bittingermotorsports.com/

This week on Our Sinclair, join THE BRENT, and me, Amigo Aaron, as I get nostalgic as heck for an all time favorite of mine, THE MAN HIMSELF, BENNY HILL! I grew up with Benny and his FORTY YEAR RUN of the Benny Hill Shows, so when I found out he had a ZX game, I was OVERJOYED! We'll look back at some of my Benny Hill memories, and then it's game time! No Hill's Angels though I'm afraid....

This week on Our Sinclair, join THE BRENT, and me, Amigo Aaron, as I get nostalgic as heck for an all time favorite of mine, THE MAN HIMSELF, BENNY HILL! I grew up with Benny and his FORTY YEAR RUN of the Benny Hill Shows, so when I found out he had a ZX game, I was OVERJOYED! We'll look back at some of my Benny Hill memories, and then it's game time! No Hill's Angels though I'm afraid....

Vuelve El Mundo del Spectrum Podcast con un programa muy original dedicado a los juegos con temática de la URSS en el que aprovechamos para hablar de aquella época en la que vivimos la guerra fría y la caída del muro de Berlín. Entrevistamos a José Ignacio Murria, creador de World Destruction, juego publicado por Ventamatic. Con él hablaremos de su trabajo y de las peripecias de publicar en aquel momento. En la sección Actualidad hablaremos de varios temas, por ejemplo de documentales, en el que destacaremos el lanzamiento de la edición física en Blu-ray de The Rubber-Eyed Wonder. No faltará la mención al nuevo Saboteur que llevará como título «Saboteur: the porto problem» y que está siendo realizado por el propio Clive Townsend. Y por supuesto hablaremos sobre Don priestley, maestro del Spectrum, recientemente fallecido. No te pierdas este apasionante programa con la participación de Juan Francisco Torres (¡Sí, lo tenemos de vuelta!), Jesús Martínez del Vas, Alejandro Ibáñez y para la entrevista, también con Jesús Relinque «Pedja». Programa dedicado a la memoria de Nazaret.

ZX.For Pookajutsu ♥️Catch us live every Sunday at 14:00ET on https://www.twitch.tv/rpgclinic#RPGClinicBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/rpgclinic.bsky.socialWebsite: http://www.rpgclinic.com/Wiki: https://rpgclinic.fandom.com/wiki/Discord server: https://discord.gg/kenG3xuFollow the cast on Bluesky:Kate: https://bsky.app/profile/zen-r0b0.bsky.socialElizabeth: Jon: https://bsky.app/profile/jonverrall.bsky.socialScott: https://bsky.app/profile/shumphrey1212.bsky.socialAn RPGClinic campaign promises committed storytelling and performances, professional tech, dynamic overlays, and info boxes to keep the system accessible to new viewers. Games swing between comedy and drama at the drop of a hat. There will be laughter. There will be tears. There will definitely be double-entendres.

El ZX Spectrum, un microordenador británico asequible de los 80, conquistó hogares con sus juegos en color y su teclado de goma, marcando una era dorada de la informática doméstica y despertando la nostalgia de toda una generación. Hoy, su legado perdura en la memoria colectiva, en la emulación y en recreaciones modernas, manteniendo viva la pasión por el "ZX" y su impacto imborrable en la cultura del videojuego y la tecnología. Puedes dejar tus críticas y opiniones en caja de comentarios, puedes contactar con nosotros a través del email: podcastsayonara@gmail.com Unirte a nuestro canal de Telegram: https://t.me/sayonarafm Si te gusta lo que hacemos puedes dejarnos un like y comentarlo para darle mimitos al algoritmo. Tambien puedes invitarnos a una fanta en: https://ko-fi.com/sayonarababy https://paypal.com/paypalme/sayonarafm Gracias por visitarnos, por tu ayuda y colaboración Más capítulos disponibles y posibilidades de escucha: ⏭️ https://linktr.ee/sayonarafm ⏮️

Oigo muchas frases como “ya no quedan buenos mecánicos” o “¿los mecánicos de ahora solo con cambia-piezas?”. Hemos hecho vídeos que, tras emitirlos, han sembrado polémica… pero éste es el único que ha sembrado polémica incluso antes de escribir el guion. ¿Cómo es posible que un video genere polémica antes incluso de escribir el guion? Muy sencillo, porque estuve en Classic Madrid 2025 y comenté con varios seguidores y amigos, algunos mecánicos, mí idea de hacer este guion… ¡hubo opiniones para todos los gustos! Desde los que me dijeron que era un error hasta los que me dijeron que seguro que mi iba a quedar corto… espero que ni lo uno ni lo otro. Siempre digo que “la vida es como las carreras” y hago mis propias reflexiones. Si hablamos de pilotos, tú que crees, ¿los pilotos nacen o se hacen? Pues para ser bueno de verdad, ambas cosas, tiene que tener un buen instinto, pero la formación es imprescindible. Pues con los mecánicos, es lo mismo. Un joven puede tener una habilidad mental especial para entender la mecánica y-o la electrónica, de esto hablaremos, y una habilidad manual extraordinaria, pero si no le das la formación adecuada, nunca será un buen mecánico. ¿Y cuál es la formación adecuada? Este es el quid de la cuestión… porque hay dos aspectos a considerar: Complejidad y rentabilidad…. Complejidad. Los coches de ahora son muy complicados… Esto requiere matización, porque si observas las suspensiones, sistema de frenos e incluso en ocasiones los propios motores de los coches modernos te pueden sorprender porque son incluso más sencillos. Y es que la complejidad no es mecánica, sino viene dada por la brutal irrupción de la electrónica. La electrónica no solo asume funciones por sí misma, sino que interacciona y gestiona muchos elementos mecánicos. Los coches ahora son más complejos porque tienen tecnologías diferentes… y el caso paradigmático son los híbridos, que tienen elementos mecánicos, entre ellos el motor térmico, y una ingente cantidad de elementos eléctricos y electrónicos… Ya me lo han dicho muchos mecánicos: Un híbrido, incluso más que un coche eléctrico, es la pesadilla de un mecánico. Rentabilidad. Uno de los mecánicos con los que hable me decía que él es capaz de arreglar un motor de arranque estropeado: Desmontarlo, volver a bobinar el motor, rectificar el colector, cambiar los rodamientos, el soporte de las escobillas y las propias escobillas… y dejarlo como nuevo. Pero ese trabajo, en horas, acaba resultando más caro que quitar el motor estropeado, tirarlo a la basura y comprar un nuevo o “recuperado”, es decir, arreglado por la propia marca en sus fábricas… Y si esto pasa con un “simple” motor de arranque, imagínate con elementos electrónicos, desde centralitas a las propias pantallas, cada vez más grandes, que llevan los coches. Ten en cuenta que la hora de trabajo en los talleres multimarca ronda, en España, los 50/60 € y en talleres oficiales de marcas Premium superan los 200 €… como para andar perdiendo el tiempo… Esta vez no es una conclusión sencilla. Hagamos un repaso: Los coches son complicados de reparar y es más barato sustituir que arreglar así que la pregunta que te hago es: Si fueses propietario de un taller, ¿qué formación darías a tus mecánicos? Te respondo yo: La necesaria para que fuesen buenas diagnosticando las averías y cambiando con rapidez las piezas averiadas… Y un mecánico así, ¿es bueno o malo? Obviamente, es bueno, porque es lo que necesitas… en un coche nuevo o con pocos años. Lo que sucede es que a este tipo de mecánico le llevas un coche con más de 20 años… y puede naufragar. Y, al contrario, hay excelentes mecánicos que te desmontan un motor con los ojos cerrados y que naufragan con una centralita, un ABS o un sistema híbrido. Así que la respuesta es que sí, hay buenos mecánicos…. Pero dependiendo de tu coche, el tipo de mecánicos que busques debe ser uno u otro… y, este es el problema, no es fácil. Y menos para alguien poco entendido. Lo cierto es que la norma de coche nuevo al concesionario oficial, coche viejo al mecánico del barrio, tiene todavía hoy tiene sentido. Por supuesto, cuando hablamos de reparar… Porque para el mantenimiento hay muchos talleres multimarca de reconocido prestigio y cadenas de talleres muy recomendables. Coche del día. Voy a elegir mi querido Citroën ZX 16v, un coche que pasó, por diversos motivos, por muchas manos y por muchos mecánicos. Y es que me sirve para argumentar otra conclusión: Es que en ocasiones, incluso a los buenos mecánicos, hay que “perseguirlo”…

TCW Podcast Episode 229 - US Gold   US Gold started as an importer of American games before becoming a dominant force in the British gaming industry. Partnering with Ocean Software, they formed a duopoly that shaped the UK and European gaming markets, bringing top titles to 8-bit computers and later expanding into consoles—US Gold backing SEGA while Ocean focused on Nintendo. When competitors began importing Japanese games, US Gold responded by securing a deal with Capcom to port its arcade hits to home computers. As its parent company, CentreGold, went public, US Gold also acquired Core Design—unknowingly setting the stage for gaming history. Because within Core, something legendary was in development: Tomb Raider. Join us as we dive into the rise of US Gold, its influence on British gaming, and its unexpected connection to one of gaming's biggest icons.   Compute Magazine Archive: https://archive.org/details/compute-magazine Galactic Chase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVNM1JH6GNU TCW 136 - Ocean Software: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/ocean-software/ Beach Head (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9mchOPG1o Forbidden Forest (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j86veyiIcS8 Aztec Challenge (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLO2mGBID8I Zaxxon (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB-Tt6O9Onc TCW 103 - Elite Systems: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/elite-systems/ Commando (ZX Spectrum): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKom2O2H0pQ OutRun -US Gold EU (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnuYHmSLUY4 Flashback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owuUW4DL4cg TCW 129 - The Crash That Almost Was: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-crash-that-almost-was/ TCW 036 - Raiding Eidos: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/raiding-eidos/ TCW 017 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market Hardware: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-hardware/ TCW 018 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market Software: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-software/ TCW 131 - Sir Clive of ZX: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/sir-clive-of-zx/   New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1     Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RoleMusic - Bacterial Love: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

OCEAN fue la compañía más influyente y con el mejor catálogo para Spectrum. Hoy, 6 años después, afrontamos la segunda parte de este especial en el que analizamos la empresa y sus títulos desde 1996. También contaremos con Jesús Alonso, miembro de Microhobby y creador del famoso manual de Código Máquina de esta publicación. Junto a él tendremos a José Manuel Claros, primer colaborador de esta casa en la década de los 90 y actual responsable de El Trastero del Spectrum. En la sección de actualidad repasaremos las noticias de mayor interés y por supuesto seguiremos hablando de lo último del The Spectrum. Con Jesús Martínez del Vas, Jesús Relinque (Pedja) y Alejandro Ibáñez. Casi 4 horas de entretenimiento con espíritu ochentero para desconectar del mundanal ruido y la rutina diaria.

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Blake Patterson Topic: 1981 In 1981, we started communicating with AT commands and Kermit. Timex/Sinclair released the 1000/ZX-81. We got the BBC Micro and the ABC 800. IBM introduced the PC, for business, no fun allowed. And MS-DOS. And more. Topic/Feedback links: Retro Computing News: Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: … Continue reading RCR Episode 281: The IBM PC and its sticks of ennui →

In this captivating episode of Entangled Things, Srinjoy Ganguly returns to join Patrick and Ciprian for an engaging exploration of AI-assisted optimization and its synergy with quantum computing. As he embarks on his PhD journey in quantum computing in the UK, Srinjoy shares expert insights into the transformative impact of AI and quantum technologies on the future of innovation. Additionally, he offers practical advice for newcomers eager to step into the world of quantum computing. Don't miss this enlightening conversation at the crossroads of groundbreaking technology and exciting opportunities. Srinjoy Ganguly is the founder & CEO of AdroitERA an EdTech firm which provides training on cutting edge technologies and IBM recognized Quantum Educator. He possesses a Masters in Quantum Computing Technologies from Technical University of Madrid, Spain and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from University of Southampton, UK. He has over 4+ years of experience in Quantum Computing and 5+ years of experience in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI. He has completed research-based courses on 5G signal processing systems from IIT Kanpur. He led, mentored and taught Quantum Machine Learning (QML) study space at QResearch QWorld and authored a book on Quantum Computing with Silq Programming. He has conducted Faculty Development Training at IIIT Pune by special invitation, gave expert talks on QML at IEEE SPS and has conducted several webinars at various institutes related to QML and Quantum Computing. He has been specially appointed and invited by Woxsen University as a Visiting Faculty to teach Quantum Computing to MBA students. He has also supervised research interns on QNLP, ZX calculus and Quantum Music as a part of QIntern 2021. His research interests include Quantum Machine Learning, Quantum Natural Language Processing (QNLP), Graphical Calculus for Quantum Computing (ZX Calculus) and Quantum Image Processing. 

Aquí tenéis, como todos los años, nuestro tradicional ESPECIAL NAVIDAD. Vuelve Juan Francisco Torres y nos acompaña por primera vez en el Podcast, Javier Recuenco. En sus más de 5 horas y media podréis disfrutar del mejor ambiente navideño con la presencia también de Jesús Martínez del Vas, Jesús Relinque (Pedja) y Alejandro Ibáñez. La sección de Actualidad vendrá repleta de noticias, comenzando con un repaso muy completo sobre el lanzamiento del The Spectrum y un debate «¿Es mejor The Spectrum que Spectrum Next?» y acabará con una entrevista a Sergio Martín, nuevo director de RetroGamer. El tema principal es «Homebrew de los 80's«. Hablaremos de aquellos juegos caseros que venían en cintas o en revistas y libros en formato de listados. Esto será la excusa perfecta para charlar sobre el trabajo de tantos programadores y grafistas que empezaron con eso y que algunos acabaron dedicándose profesionalmente y otros lo dejaron para siempre. En la segunda entrevista de este programa tendremos a Isidro Gilabert y Alberto McAlby, miembros de New Frontier / Bit Managers. Hablaremos del trabajo de uno de los más importantes grupos de desarrollo que ha habido en nuestro país. ¿Os gusta el menú? Esperamos que disfrutéis escuchando el programa tanto como nosotros grabándolo. Os deseamos a todos una feliz navidad y un próspero año nuevo. Nos escucharemos de nuevo en el 2025.

Nuevo programa de El Mundo del Spectrum Podcast centrado esta vez en el arte que tenían los juegos externamente, es decir, en las portadas. Una serie de artistas dieron rienda suelta a su creatividad y nos sumergieron en mundos oníricos, épicos o de pura acción que hoy recordamos todavía intensamente. Nos acompañará un invitado que repite en el programa, Ángel Codón (Codón es un máquina, Tiempo de Culto y monologista), que de arte sabe mucho y contaremos como siempre con la presencia de Jesús Martínez del Vas, Jesús Relinque (Pedja) y Alejandro Ibáñez. Además repasaremos la actualidad del Spectrum en particular y del Retro en general y contaremos con dos entrevistas del máximo interés: Ángel Tirado (Capitán Sevilla, Documental «No me gusta Capitán Morcilla«) y Víctor Morilla (Thor). Ángel nos hablará en primicia del lanzamiento de «Píxel a Píxel» (Takemoto), el que será documental definitivo sobre la historia de los videojuegos en España y que emitirá RTVE y Canal Sur. Víctor nos contará su participación en la época dorada así como en los proyectos en que anda metido para el lanzamiento de un juego retro en la actualidad. No os perdáis estas casi 4 horas de puro entretenimiento retro con el que tanto disfrutamos a día de hoy.

Hoy contamos con un audio muy especial porque además de información muy interesante sobre la nueva revista PIXELS, tenemos una PRIMICIA espectacular: ¿Vuelve la MICROHOBBY?. Jesús Martínez del Vas entrevista a José Luis Sanz (MICROHOBBY / HOBBY CONSOLAS). No os perdáis este Podcast / Vídeo con contenido TOP. Tenéis dos opciones para escuchar el audio. Desde Youtube o desde vuestra plataforma de Podcast favorita.

Gude aus den Räumlichkeiten von Stefan Dabruck Management im Frankfurter Westend! Wir unterhalten uns heute mit dem Chef im Ring über seine großen Leidenschaften in seinem Leben. Stefan ist ein leidenschaftlicher Botschafter für Frankfurt am Main und verbindet seine Liebe zur Stadt mit seinen vielfältigen Engagements. Darüber hinaus war er früher ein aktives Mitglied der Frankfurter Bande und hat eine große Leidenschaft für die Mode aus der Fankurve wie Stone Island, adidas ZX, Best Company oder Chevignon. Es ist ein persönliches Gespräch über seine weniger bekannten Facetten, die ihm genauso wichtig wie seine musikalischen Erfolge sind. Und wir erfahren, wie wichtig ihm die Freundschaften beim Fussball bis heute sind und wie diese ihn auch geprägt haben. Viel Spaß mit Stefan Dabruck und einer spannenden neuen Folge von Casual Madness, dem Podcast Sapeur – One Step Beyond! Links https://s-d-management.com

Comienza la temporada 13 con un programa repleto de contenidos para disfrutar durante algo más de 4 horas y media. Tu Podcast favorito vuelve como siempre denso en información y acompañado de buena música ochentera. Entretenimiento puro de tu temática preferida. Hemos querido empezar la temporada echándonos unas risas así que el tema principal será «Los Peores Juegos de Spectrum«. Y vaya si lo hemos conseguido. El catálogo del ordenador de Sinclair es cosa seria pero de vez en cuando no está de más tomárselo a guasa repasando aquellos títulos infumables que todos tenemos en mente. Recordad mencionar los que nos hayamos dejado para una posible segunda parte. En este programa entrevistamos a Ricardo Cancho, mítico componente de TOPO Soft que nos contará infinidad de detalles de aquella magnífica época. De extensa duración os garantizamos que disfrutaréis cada minuto con las palabras de Ricardo. Por supuesto repasaremos toda la actualidad centrándonos en el lanzamiento del nuevo THE SPECTRUM, una máquina que no ha dejado indiferente a nadie. No te pierdas nuestro regreso. Acompáñanos una vez más en El Mundo del Spectrum Podcast.

Follow the show and be sure to join the discussion on Discord! Our website is workingcode.dev and we're @WorkingCodePod on Twitter and Instagram. New episodes drop weekly on Wednesday.In this episode, the hosts discuss the complexities and frustrations of deployment automation and DevOps, particularly focusing on the challenges faced with makefiles, continuous integration (CI) processes, and build systems.They explore tools like ZX from Google and Oclif from Salesforce to find better solutions for running and organizing commands. The conversation also touches on the difficulties of maintaining older legacy systems like ColdFusion.And, if you're feeling the love, support us on Patreon.With audio editing and engineering by ZCross Media.Full show notes and transcript here.

HOY regresa MANANUK al canal para ofrecernos la versión ZX spectrum 128k de su juego The Dark Knight, aparecido antes en AMSTRAD CPC, y que ¡por fin! llega a nuestro sistema. Hablaremos, como siempre, como este nuevo título se gestó y todo lo que nos quiera contar el bueno de MANANUK. Versión AMSTRAD disponible en: https://mananuk.itch.io/dark-knight Versión ZX SPECTRUM disponible en: https://mananuk.itch.io/dark-knight-zxspectrum

Welcome to a special ZX Spectrum Next edition of Our Sinclair. This time out, we'll be looking at the recently released Next title Head Over Heels! This is the gutsy reimagining of the ZX classic from 1987. Does this new version meet or exceed the original, or does it tumble down "head over heels'!? Find out! Thanks to Rusty Pixels for a review copy of "Head over Heels" for the ZX Next. To explore Rusty Pixels offerings for the ZX Next and more, go to https://www.rustypixels.uk/ .

Welcome to a special ZX Spectrum Next edition of Our Sinclair. This time out, we'll be looking at the recently released Next title Head Over Heels! This is the gutsy reimagining of the ZX classic from 1987. Does this new version meet or exceed the original, or does it tumble down "head over heels'!? Find out! Thanks to Rusty Pixels for a review copy of "Head over Heels" for the ZX Next. To explore Rusty Pixels offerings for the ZX Next and more, go to https://www.rustypixels.uk/ .

In this episode, Sal is joined by ZX and Sylvan from Parasail - the leading restaking protocol for DePIN. Parasail is the first restaking protocol to provide onchain economic guarantees for DePIN services, helping drive DePIN adoption and onchain revenues. Discover how they're connecting established crypto assets with emerging DePIN services to backstop on-chain refunds and boost staking rewards. ZX and Sylvan discuss Parasail's origins in the Filecoin ecosystem and their vision for the future of decentralized infrastructure. Whether you're a crypto enthusiast, a DePIN founder, or just curious about web3, this episode provides an inside look into the bleeding edge of crypto-economic innovation. 0:00 - Using onchain crypto incentives to backstop offchain services. 5:19 - Decentralized storage and staking in the Filecoin ecosystem. 11:27 - DePIN restaking: leveraging BTC, ETH, and SOL for security. 20:04 - Insurance for decentralized protocols, customer acquisition strategies, and service quality. 28:40 - Lessons from decentralized finance (DeFi) and the potential risks of centralization in staking networks. 36:19 - Token delegation and future development ideas. Disclaimer: The hosts and the firms they represent may hold stakes in the companies mentioned in this podcast. None of this is financial advice.

Terminamos temporada, la 12, con este programa de 4 horas en el que hablaremos de los juegos con personajes de Dibujos Animados. Y lo haremos con un invitado especial , Viruete, que vuelve al programa para tratar este televisivo asunto. La entrevista en esta ocasión es a un hombre importante en la distribución de la época, Pablo Crespo, creador de Centro Mail. Nos hablará de un mundo que hemos tratado en pocas ocasiones, desde el rastro del Madrid de los 80 a las primeras tiendas de Centro Mail, hasta la actualidad, en la que ha sido el «mandamás» de GAME hasta hace poco. Vuelve la sección «Colour Clash» de Aitor Chávez, en la que, desde ya, buscará y grabará testimonios de gente normal, gente como cualquiera de nosotros, para ilustrar experiencias con las que muchos nos identificaremos. En esta ocasión, tendremos «Un Spectrum sin cassette y una carga interruptus». Por supuesto repasaremos toda la actualidad del Retro en general y del Spectrum en particular, con un análisis extenso del nuevo número de Retrogamer. Lo haremos con Jesús Martínez del Vas, Jesús Relinque «Pedja» y Alejandro Ibáñez. Este es el menú que os hemos preparado para despedir esta temporada número 12, intensa y repleta de experiencias como pocas, que esperamos hayáis disfrutado escuchándola casi tanto como nosotros haciéndola. Feliz verano y nos escuchamos a la vuelta.

This episode see's the return of the A-Team as Dean travels to Wolverhampton to checkout the Revival Game 2024 Not Over event. Mark bags a boot load of retro computing goodies and Steve totally forgets to mention that his new album is out now! Plus the guys waffle about video game magazines and a lot more! Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Richard Hyde Kingdiesel  Roger Swan Shot2Bits Plasticman Billy Bumptious with the Scrumptious Rumptious Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilott Pix's paradoxically phrased pseudonym pursuing punishingly preclusive pronunciation producing perplexed podcast presenters MrRockitt Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Mikes vintage Tech Derek Young Howard Price Matthew Turner Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans aka Muppets4 Roushimsx  Guto Threadbare Chris Atwill Harvey Watson Martyn Jones Tim TJ Walker Ricardo Engel HeavyMetalDon James Bentley Tony Parkinson DrNovocalcords Mal Woods Cane and Rinse LamptonWorm  Salvio Calabrese Mitsoyama Rhys Wynne Clint Humphrey Mark Bylund Paul Ashton Chris Rowe Jon Sheppard Laurent Giroud Deadl0ck Aaron Maupin Jim-OrbitsIT  Jon Veal Thomas scoffham Patrick Fürst Laurens Andrew Gilmour Stephen Stuttard Matt Sullivan Darren Coles Garry Heather Nick Lees Benedictus McFluffernutter Von Quizzletwist the Third, Esquire, Grand Poobah of Peculiar Puns, Custodian of Chuckles, and Spam. Looking for some MiSTer FPGA accessories? Give https://misterfpga.co.uk/ a visit and use the code retroasylum to gain a 6% discount. Want to find out about Steve's band, The Last Arcade? Check them out at https://thelastarcade.net/ Looking for some new games for your favourite retro system? Then checkout https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/ Help support the Retro Asylum by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/retroasylum Retro Asylum on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/retroasylum/ Retro Asylum YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCC9rIvCKoW3mdbuCsB7Ag Retro Asylum on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_retro_asylum/ Retro Asylum on Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/theretroasylum Twitter: @theretroasylum Retro Asylum Merchandise: https://retroasylumstore.myspreadshop.co.uk/

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In this riveting episode of the Web3 with Sam Kamani Podcast, we sit down with Felix Xu, a pioneering figure in the cryptocurrency space and the driving force behind ARPA network and ZX squared capital. Felix's journey from discovering Bitcoin in his college days to leading successful ventures in the blockchain arena offers a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of crypto and blockchain technology over the past decade. Felix shares his insights on the dynamic shifts in the cryptocurrency market, the strategic importance of derivatives in crypto investment, and the innovative solutions provided by ARPA network in enhancing security and transparency in digital transactions. With a keen eye on the future, Felix also delves into the potential of threshold cryptography and verifiable computation in reshaping industries and driving new use cases in gaming, lotteries, and beyond. This episode is a goldmine for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of the crypto market, the role of advanced cryptographic solutions in blockchain applications, and the strategic thinking behind crypto investment. Whether you're a blockchain enthusiast, an investor looking to navigate the volatile crypto markets, or simply curious about the intersection of technology and finance, join us for a deep dive into the world of cryptocurrency with one of its most insightful commentators. What You'll Learn: Felix's journey from a Bitcoin enthusiast to a leader in the blockchain industry. The role of ARPA network in advancing threshold cryptography for secure and transparent digital transactions. Insights into the crypto market trends, including the impact of derivatives and options trading. The future of stablecoins, CBDCs, and the potential of cryptographic innovations in fostering new use cases. Challenges and opportunities in running a crypto fund and the strategic approach to risk management and compliance in ZX squared capital. Why Listen: Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of the cutting-edge technologies shaping the blockchain space and the strategic maneuvers in the ever-evolving crypto market. Felix Xu's experience and foresight offer invaluable perspectives for navigating the complexities of cryptocurrency investment and the innovative applications of blockchain technology. This episode not only demystifies the technical aspects of digital assets but also illuminates the strategic thinking that underpins successful ventures in the blockchain ecosystem. Nothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. Finally, I don't run ads on my podcast. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on ApplePodcasts or share this podcast with a friend. Connect with Felix, ARPA and ZX Squared here:- https://www.arpanetwork.io/en-US https://www.zx2.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixmxu/ Connect with me here - https://samkamani.com/#linktree  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/web3podcast/message

TCW Podcast Episode 208 - Two Dunes: The Battle for Arrakis   In this episode, we delve into the expansive universe of Dune, a rich tapestry woven with themes, warnings, and boundless inspiration. Its profound impact extends beyond literature, influencing science fiction and serving as a wellspring of creativity for writers, artists, and futurists alike. Our focus shifts to the realm of gaming as we explore the intricate landscape of adaptations, particularly the simultaneous development of two landmark Dune games by Virgin Games. Cryo Interactive's adventure strategy game "Dune" and Westwood Studio's real-time strategy game "Dune 2: Battle for Arrakis" emerge as distinct creations, each influenced by its respective studio's vision. We navigate the complexities of rights acquisition following Frank Herbert's passing and the lukewarm reception of the 1984 film adaptation, shedding light on the intricate plots and tangled webs that define these two seminal Dune gaming experiences.   DUNE Series Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ658qV-xAg What's The Point of Dune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAyPjX8r2Y The Original Sand Dunes That Inspired Dune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU44RjBSXm0 Dune - The Heresy of Frank Herbert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrP7sjBa0hg Dune's Writing is Incredible. Here's Why.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ms5hDWafhw Metaethics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOoffXFpAlU Judging History: Projecting Morals Backwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2x7aIywXG4 What Makes a Hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhk4N9A0oCA Why Paul is Not the Hero of Dune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNcsWDc4w2o Paul Atreides is a Warning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh1hShH3oHM Dune (1984) Dune Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzUlXEyvJeA TCW 133 - Rolling Dice with the Parker Brother's: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/rolling-dice-with-the-parker-brothers/ Atari 2600 Dune Prototype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDwft29dOlM TCW 017 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market: Hardware: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-hardware/ TCW 018 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market: Software: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-software/ TCW 131 - Sir Clive of ZX: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/sir-clive-of-zx/ TCW 194 - The 7th Guest: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-7th-guest/ Cool Spot (Dos): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I4fHvtUxAs McDonald Land (1992): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKUDPl9y9xk Macadam Bumper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0e-jG506wY TCW 064 - Rise and Fall of Infogrames Part 1: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/rise-and-fall-of-infogrames-part-1/ TCW 065 - The Rise and Fall of Infogrames Part 2: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-rise-and-fall-of-infogrames-part-2/ Captain Blood (Atari ST): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeNKepH2ut4 Gandahar (Lightyears) Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdrCK5TNG6c Simpsons - Worker and Parasite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2_dhUv_CrI (Westwood Studios) - The Legends of Kyrandia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQuBkU3SzxY Herzog Zwei Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYfYrhT82RM Military Madness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv1ddpLkMOY Populous Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4po_dJZuEQ Populous Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjPeeJ9gfl0 TCW 050 - Civilizing Sid Meier: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/civilizing-sid-meier/ Civilization 1 Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnfkrhREDDM (Cryo Interactive) Dune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_B4WPnf-AY Westwood Studios) Dune 2 - Battle for Arrakis - Atreides Campaign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOscXf0Fpmk    New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1   Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

20 Jahre Bestehen feiert der Berliner Overkill Store in diesem Jahr - eigentlich 21 Jahre, aber wer das Team rund um Geschäftsführer Marc Leuschner kennt, weiß, dass man das in Kreuzberg nicht so ernst nimmt. 20 Jahre Sneaker Instanz für Berlin, für Deutschland, für Europa - weltweit geschätzt! Amadeus hat sich mit Marc zum Interview getroffen, um mit ihm auf die spannenden letzten 2 Dekaden zurückzublicken, legendäre wie feucht-fröhliche Release Partys Revue passieren zu lassen, über einige der herausragendsten Overkill Collabs, und en Detail über das 6 Sneaker starke adidas Anniversary Pack zu sprechen. All das und noch vieles mehr - zum Beispiel ein exklusives Giveaway - in OH, SCHUHEN! Podcast EP154! Shownotes: 00:00 Intro / 01:24 20 Jahre Overkill / 02:13 Overkill x New Balance 577 "Berlin Wall Pack" / 05:59 Overkill x Asics Gel-Sight "Desert Rose" / 12:39 Overkill x adidas EQT Racing "Taxi" / 21:48 Overkill x Puma Disc Blaze & Blaze Cage "Pfeffiboys" / 33:29 Overkill x adidas EQT Support 93 & BVG / 40:48 Über Sneaker Collabs / 43:12 Overkill x adidas ZX 10.000C "I Can If I Want" & adidas ZX 8000 "No Walls Needed" / 56:00 adidas 20 Anniversary Pack / 1:22:10 Exclusive Giveaway / 1:26:14 Die Zukunft von Overkill / 1:33:06 Outro Mehr Infos auf: https://linktr.ee/ohschuhenpodcast

Tobias Platzer aka Hypetobs ist adidas Fan durch und durch. Diese Liebe zu den 3 Streifen aus Herzogenaurach ging einst sogar soweit, dass er sich die Logos der Marke hat tätowieren lassen. Warum er adidas so sehr liebt, was er über die aktuellen Ereignisse rund um Kanye West & Yeezy, Jerry Lorenzo & Fear of God, und Bjørn Gulden als CEO denkt, und was er sich für seine Lieblingsbrand wünscht - all das und noch vieles mehr in OH, SCHUHEN! Podcast EP152! Shownotes: 00:00 Intro & Recap EP150 / 02:00 Über adidas Tattoos / 05:35 Der beste adidas Schuh ever / 06:19 Eine 3 Streifen Liebe / 11:26 Über die Sneaker Community / 15:10 Yeezys für 1.000 Euro / 22:26 Vom Hype zur Sneaker Kollektion / 26:26 Der erste F&F Sneaker / 30:52 Friendship over Sneakers / 35:34 Über den adidas Forum / 37:54 Samba & Campus Hype / 38:47 Über Retro-Sneaker & Bring-Backs / 45:22 Über adidas ZX / 49:19 Yeezy Retro-Linie incoming? / 51:30 Jerry Lorenzo & FoG: Fav or Fail? / 55:33 Ausblick adidas 2024 / 58:56 Die adidas Sneaker Grails / 1:01:55 Über adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden / 1:04:52 Outro Mehr Infos auf: https://linktr.ee/ohschuhenpodcast

Strangeloop is a unique ZX game for sure! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT on OUR SINCLAIR as we take on the maze! Let's try to figure this one out! Our Sinclair is a featured podcast on the Amigos Retrogaming Network podcast feed! See our show and MORE! https://open.spotify.com/show/3ZEzschkbm07ttSSJRdHPY

You can get hold of a free chapter of Marks's new book, The Mistakes that Make Us. https://www.mistakesbook.com/chapter/. I have read it and gained so much value from it that I recommend it to everyone.Summary KeywordsMistakes, psychological safety, Toyota, people, lean, book, leaders, podcast, organisation, culture, Yoshino, favourite, learned, writing, speak, punish, behaviour, practising, Tim Clark.IntroductionWelcome to episode 152 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. It is such a pleasure to have Mr. Mark Graban back on the show with us today. Mark was with us, initially with us, way back in episode 20. Mark is the host of a number of leading podcasts in Lean and Continuous Improvement, Lean Blog Interviews, My Favourite Mistake, Lean Whiskey (with Jamie Flinchbaugh) and more. He is the author of many books, including Lean Hospitals, Practicing Lean, Measures of Success, and his latest book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation.  We are proudly sponsored by S A Partners, a world-leading business transformation consultancy.Episode Links:Youtube Full episode: https://youtu.be/Fid_GAsNXwwTwo-Minute Tip: https://youtu.be/ZX_k_54nBQMEnterprise Excellence Academy:https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/podcast/episode/7e22e7f2/152-the-mistakes-that-make-us-with-mark-grabanContacts Brad: connect via LinkedIn or call him on 0402 448 445 or email bjeavons@iqi.com.au. Mark is contactable via his website: https://www.mistakesbook.com/chapter/What next?1.     Join our members page to access free resources: https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/downloads2.     Join our next community meeting.  https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/community.3.     Have a look at the Agile-certified training that we offer. https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/training4.     Get hold of a free chapter of Marks's new book, The Mistakes that Make Us. https://www.mistakesbook.com/chapter/. I have read it and gained so much value from it that I recommend it to everyone.To learn more about what we do, visit www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com.Thanks for your time, and thanks for helping to create a better future.

The ZX-81 is finally here, or as our friends across the pond like to say - Zed-ex-81 (Which we both know is ridiculous). The new computer by Sinclair goes on to sell over a million units, but how are the games?! We also take a look at Sega's Borderline, Tehkan's Pleiades, Stern's Moon War, and Activision's Tennis in this weeks episode!Website -https://historyofvideogamespodcast.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/HistoryofVideo1Email - historyvgpodcast@gmail.comHosts - Ben & WesMusic - Arranged and recorded by Ben

Sega and Nintendo are taking Mario and Sonic back to their 2D roots, how do we feel about that? Do kids of today get what the likes of the ZX, CPC and C64 are? Is it possible to bring classic adventure/puzzler Myst to the Atari 2600?  All this and more plus the Community Question Of The Week. We are sponsored by Pixel Addict magazine and our little promos are regarded as some of the best on YouTube........but how do the people behind the mag itself do when they get the chance to promote it? See for yourself this week. Visit https://www.pixel.addict.media/ for details on issue 13!  00:00 - Show Opening 11:44 - 2D Or Not 2D Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jun/28/pushing-buttons-sonic-the-hedgehog-super-mario-bros-2d-sega-nintendo 30:49 - We Bought It To Help With Your Homework Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jun/30/zx-spectrum-1980s-home-computer-gamers Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T8isTzF3M4 40:40 - Myst-D Make Story Link: http://deater.net/weave/vmwprod/myst_vcs/ Additional Link: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/30-years-later-myst-demake-for-atari-2600-reminds-us-how-far-weve-come/ 50:40 - Community Question of the Week

Seraphima is the NEW hotness that takes the humble ZX to level NEVER before thought possible! Join us on Our Sinclair Episode 97 as we check out this brand new Speccy gem!

Seraphima is the NEW hotness that takes the humble ZX to level NEVER before thought possible! Join us on Our Sinclair Episode 97 as we check out this brand new Speccy gem!

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Read transcript It's time for Press B's March Radness! A month long celebration of salt and tears as each week in March we do bracket tournment style episodes. On this week's episode of Press B, join our hosts as they dive into the world of video game villains and battle it out to crown the ultimate bad guy! We've assembled (scientifically and randomized) brackets of 12 of the most iconic and memorable video game villains, from Bowser to Sephiroth to GLaDOS. Listen in as they debate and discuss each villain's strengths, weaknesses, and overall impact on their respective game's story and gameplay. Who will come out on top and be crowned the ultimate video game villain? Tune in to find out! Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme. Transcript: Chard (A): If he dies, he dies. Greatest video game vitillins today on. Wulff (B): Um. Chard (A): Welcome, everybody, back to another actual, live bless you episode of Presbyter cancel tonight. I am the blessed host of this evening's episode. But I'm not alone. As Jake say. No, I'm not alone. I'm with four of the greatest villains I know running amongst us here. Jake, how are you, sir? Jake (C): I'm doing good. Thanks for being having me back. Chard (A): Thanks for being having back. Thanks for being having back, too. You hit me. I'm just werewolf. Jake (C): I'm distracted setting shit up and oh, crap. Chard (A): How are you set up if we're running? Jake (C): I always set stuff up. Sins (D): The intro. Chard (A): No, even every mad scientist has an evil contraption werewolf. How are you, sir? No. Wulff (B): Is the audio long? Sins (D): There we go. Chard (A): There it is. Wulff (B): Okay, so I unmuted after the sneeze. Cool. Chard (A): It works. Wulff (B): Just muted after the sneeze. Great. Chard (A): Your reverse machines work great. Wulff (B): I apologize for that sneeze. Sins (D): Hey, I caught a light sneeze. Chard (A): Of the evening. I guess I also made my own pretty hate machine. Citistar, how are you? Sins (D): I am Valaneous tonight. Chard (A): There's a pill for that GP. How are you? No whimsical, friend. GP (E): Speaking of Charlie, speaking of whatever those erection pills were that you sent me, they are nuts if we can keep this episode under 2 hours, because at the end of about an hour and a half from now, I will need to go to the Er. Two and a half hours ago, my. Chard (A): Wife accidentally washed those pills, and now I cannot get my pants to fold. Guys, just as bad as that joke are these people that are on our list today. You like that, Segue? Jake (C): That's pretty damn smooth. GP (E): We go hard. Chard (A): We do in the paint, as a matter of fact. Sports reference. Sports ball. Sins (D): Sports ball. Chard (A): Guys, it is march. Radness. We continue fourth on our continuation of brackets bracketeering the brack on tears. Isn't that a Jack White band? No, we're talking music, and we're definitely talking music and sports today. And unfortunately, these guys have come along. We're going to break these guys down. We have several selected villains that we are going to do in our own scientifically, whimsical, Canadian lies way of discussing who tyrannically. Sorry, tyrannically is what I meant to say. Jake (C): I have whimsical back. I'd rather be whimsical. But, you know, out of our no. Chard (A): There'S no Whimsical out of our list of these people. Now, we know there's other villains out there. We dug very deep on the surface of these to try and figure out which one of these villains would be good. Some you'll know, some we won't know. It'll happen, trust me. And some you will probably rant rave that these were poor choices, but guess what? We're the host, so we pick what we want, because that's how things work around here. Sins (D): If it's not on our list, call out in the comments or come yell at us in discord there you go. Chard (A): Yeah, that 100% of us have full time jobs. It's very difficult to find a list when you're having people yelling at you all day. Well, okay. Sorry. 90% of us. Wow. Sins (D): Jeff throwing down early. Chard (A): Time job. Wulff (B): You take care of it. Chard (A): That's not easy. That beautiful background behind you. That's beautiful. That's hard work. Wulff (B): I don't get to see it as. Sins (D): Much as I used to in Chat. Jeff's throwing down early. GP (E): Let's ease up on the spoilers. Chard (A): What do you think? Jake (C): Kafka may not even be there. Sins (D): Kefa didn't make our list. Jake (C): Yeah, he's a small time you guys. Chard (A): Are using the Kafka didn't make our list. Chard Monk didn't make the stream. Wulff (B): All right. Chard (A): It's kind of a one, and it's like, if there's one thing that comes with me everywhere, that's not my wife, it's Kefca. Let's just be honest, all right? I do. I'm trying to get a Kefca tattoo, as a matter of fact. That's not a joke. That's true. Let's go ahead and fire things off. We're going to start with our first two villain matchup back to back here. Our first selection is Joker Mark Hamill. Sins (D): Mark, joker. GP (E): Need to specify that. Chard (A): And Bowser from Mario from the Mario Brothers series. Jake (C): The Marios. Yeah. Sins (D): We're specifically talking video game versions of these villains. So Joker, Mark Hamill, I know that there's similarities, but it is the video game arkham series and not the cartoon series, where he's the Joker. Jake (C): Right. He's great in both, but specifically the video game in this case. Yes. GP (E): Also, when we're talking about let's read. Chard (A): Everything'S about video games here. Right. GP (E): But also, is the metric or the rubric that we are saying for best villain, meaning, like, most iconic, most likable, most successful. What's the metric here? Jake (C): I think we have to be well rounded with this. Right. We have to look at their impact in the game, their successes, their character. I think it's a well rounded we should look at all angles when we're talking about these villains. GP (E): Yeah, agreed. Wulff (B): Yeah. Chard (A): We got to think about some longevity issues that are in here too, because Bowser has been an iconic villain for a long time, while the Joker has been an iconic villain, but not in video game tropes for as long as Bowser. Jake (C): Okay. Sins (D): And if we do look at backstory, then Joker actually comes all the way in from whatever 1930s or 40s or whatever it was, right? If we're talking backstory. Chard (A): Right. Not joaquin. Phoenix's. Joker, by the way. Sins (D): No. Chard (A): Still a great movie. Jake (C): No. GP (E): I could do an entire podcast episode on why that movie upset me. Chard (A): All right, who wants to go round robin on this first? I'll go. I'll tell you what, I'm going to just announce this right now. I know Sinister said he would go last, but I'll tell you what, as the host, I will be the tiebreaker of going last. I will make that decision. Sins (D): This is how Kefco wins call me a tyrant. This is how Kefko wins. Chard (A): I'm trying to ease everybody's mind on here. Although I do like it when GP says, all right, Char, well, you and I, our opinions don't matter. So what do you pick? GP (E): I'm going to go and call it Chard. You and I, our opinions don't matter. Chard (A): So who wants to go first in this round? Jake (C): I'll go for this one. Yeah. The randomized brackets are really cruel here because this is a tough matchup. I mean, Bowser is one of the longest standing video game villains. It was randomized. We discussed this off this, off the stream. It's randomized, scientifically, accurately, through the AI. Anyway, bowser has been a longtime villain, but Mark Hamill, forget the animated series, forget everything else in his career. Just the arkham joker, like Arkham city and Arkham Asylum. He is so good. His voice acting is just iconic as this villain. He's chilling. He's just scary. He's such a great villain and such a great performance in the Arkan games. I mean, Bowser is great and all, and he's a big part of the Mario franchise. But I mean, come on. Joker, I think, is the villain. I think he's like, such an iconic villain. I like Bowser, but I think especially the more recent Mario games where they had the opportunity for things like me voice acting or a story, they don't really do that right. Like, even in Mario Odyssey, the story was Bowser's kidnapping Peach to get married. It makes no sense, and it's barely even a damn plot. So even though he's like, iconic looking, he's not really impactful in the storylines to Mario. Not that there is one to begin with. I mean, he's memorable, I guess, because of nostalgia. But I think Mark Campbell's performance as the joker in Arkham is so damn good. Sins (D): All right, I want to go next. That's why I was holding up my finger there. Chard (A): Because I was getting my bingo card out? Sins (D): No, because I was going to make the argument, you already did this, but I guess I'm going to probably drive it home a little bit. Bowser, while being a long term video game villain, he hasn't actively tried to murder at mass levels. His whole goal is to marry Peach and rule the mushroom kingdom. Right? And then here's the Joker who has literally tried to kill everyone through infection or some other whatever, and he does it with almost a lack of reasoning or care. We've done this trope before, but some people just want to watch, so well. Ben right. GP (E): Specifically, your Mark Hamill impression is horrible. Sins (D): It is. Chard (A): I thought that was Bowser. GP (E): I should have said that. Jake (C): Jack black. Sins (D): But one thing I want to point out, and this happened, I think this was in Arkham Asylum. The first of kind of the video games that we're talking about at the end, he actually has destroyed the cure and he is infected and he knows that Batman is going to save him. And so he goes into this just balls to the wall. Because he knows that no matter how bad of a villain he is, his hero is going to save him because he knows Batman is that good. And so he is just that bad that he is like I will destroy my chances of even surviving this because I know that the hero is going to save me. So I also vote joker. GP (E): Interesting. I hear what you're saying, Sinistar, and also I hear what you're saying, daddy, but I think that it's tough. I think the more iconic villain here in terms of video games is going to have to be Bowser. Which villain do I find more ultimately captivating? Interesting? Would I rather party with all those things going to go to the Joker? But if we're just talking across the spectrum of pop culture, I don't know, it's tough. If the Joker did not exist in movies, TV shows, or anything other than the Arkham series, I don't think he would be as prolific as Bowser, who is primarily in the video games. Yes, he's been in some movies, dennis Hopper, but that's not what he's known for. Sins (D): We don't talk about Super Mario Brothers. Jake (C): Yeah. Chard (A): John Lang Guizamo was excellent as an Italian plumber. GP (E): Okay, first off, John Lang Guizamo is great in about anything. I'll watch him read the dictionary. Johnny Legs, if you're watching, I love you. Hope I can call you Johnny Legs. The other part of that, though no, again, I think if the Joker didn't exist outside of video games, he would be a cool villain, but I don't know that he would be as prolific as Bowser. So I think I got to vote Bowser, even though, in fact, right now, I'm wearing my Batman pajama pants. You guys know I'm a big Batman fan. I got to give it to Bowser. I'll lock it up. Wulff (B): All right. Chard (A): That was an incredible twist of events I did not expect. Wulff (B): Let's look at the lengths that Bowser will go to accomplish his goals. Chard (A): He is willing oh, you're going to read the book. Wulff (B): No, he's going to read the he. GP (E): Is the biggest employer of the Mushroom Kingdom, I wager that. Wulff (B): But he's willing to go to the moon to accomplish his goals. He is willing to. What was the other one? He'll work with Mario if he absolutely has to. GP (E): Mario RPG. I like that. Wulff (B): Which he's done. He can set aside his personal differences to achieve his goals. And when a villain really wants to accomplish what they want to accomplish, they have to learn to be able to move forward with the circumstances they're given. And Bowser always does that. Bowser also lied to his child about who his mom was. Who the fuck does that? That's dark. Jake (C): That's how bad a villain he is. He lies to his children. He's a bad daddy. That's what. Chard (A): His nephews we have the daddy of daddy. Sins (D): I want you to remember somebody who knows something. I want you to remember this argument for later. Because me? Yeah, because there is a villain that we are going to bring up daughter issues. GP (E): No, I don't want to know. I have done my way to ignore the list that you all do some research. Chard (A): I know what you're going to talk about. Jake (C): Okay, real quick. Bowser versus Mario. Can't we all agree that Mario is killed more than Bowser? So isn't Mario a better villain than Bowser anyway? So that automatically disqualifies. GP (E): That goes back to what I was saying though. I mean, Bowser is the largest employer of the Mushroom Kingdom. You have the Princess Kingdom who rules over all these individuals. And then you have the Plumber who comes in and kills them all trying. Jake (C): He's a bad employer. He's a bad boss, but doesn't make him a bad guy. GP (E): Look, yes, we all know horrible employers, but in the end of the day, is he not putting food on tables? I don't know. Chard (A): It sounds like the premise for horrible boss is three. Wulff (B): Yeah. How many things does Bowser kill? We never see him kill anything unless he kills Mario. Right. Have you watched Mario brother throwing yoshis into lava pits and off of cliffs? Sins (D): Yeah, never mind. Never mind punching yoshi in the back of the head to make him eat things. Chard (A): Yeah, right. Wulff (B): Friends. He's throwing off of cliffs and into lava pits. GP (E): For what it's worth, count for a lot. It's mutually. Wulff (B): Mario is the villain. Jake (C): I think so. Browser's biggest crime is just not having his fortresses up to safety. GP (E): That's not true. There's the kidnapping and presumed attempted rape, which you can't sweep that under the rug. Chard (A): That's true. Sins (D): Trigger warning. GP (E): Sorry folks, nobody's a piece of shit. But I think if the issue is iconic have we voted? Did everybody go? Wulff (B): I said bowser. To me. Bowser. No line is too much to cross for him. Jake (C): Okay. GP (E): Yeah. Jake (C): So it's two to two, I guess, right? Chard (A): Yeah, the tiebreaker is wow. Jake (C): There you go. Your opinion does matter. Chard (A): It does matter. It never matters that far. Okay, well, on that note, listen. You guys say that Bowser hasn't killed a whole lot of people. I've watched Cindy Star play Mario Brothers. That's not true. He's killed a lot of people. GP (E): You're thinking of gravity. You're thinking of gravity and spatial awareness. Chard (A): He did design spatial awareness. That's true. The big villain here is actually gravity and spatial awareness. That's true. Sins (D): In a trick twist, the first bracket goes to gravity and spatial awareness. Chard (A): Aka Bowser. Listen, bowser turned the Mushroom Kingdom people into bricks and Mario did kill them. That's where I thought you were going with that wolf. I got to lean on this whole thing with me and the Joker. The Joker and Mark Hamill. Fantastic. Let's think of it this way. I'm going to do how my discussion on the phone went today. Listen. Mark Hamill. Incredible actor. Wonderful job. Top tier, couldn't have done any better. Top notch. However, not going to cut it in this bracket. I got to go with Bowser on this one. And purely because, like GP said, if it wasn't for the Joker being iconic and other things and in comic books before he was put into video games, he's everywhere. It's not really a video game character. He's everywhere. Bowser is a video game character. He was created for gaming and gaming likeness and then has spawned into Dennis Hopper playing King Cooper and the whole nine yards. I'm just saying that if we're going to the roots of video game villains, got to go with Bowser. And it may be the nostalgia again talking. Don't know, don't care. I'll go with bowser. So I've noticed that the bowser fight. GP (E): In Super Mario World. Sorry for the Super Nintendo. After you jump on him and he's in his little thing, he pops out and she's waving. She's like hell. Not to show my sensibilities here, but that was terrifying to me as a kid. She's obviously not wanting to be there. Don't do that. Sins (D): Yeah. Chard (A): Horrible, right? Sins (D): And Bowser, don't stand on her when you're flying your little weird propeller chair. GP (E): That's a TARDIS. There's more room down there than what you think. Jake (C): Yeah, figure it on the inside than isn't. Sins (D): I don't want to hear about Bowsers down there. It's fine. Chard (A): I was going to say it's an undetectable extension charm. GP (E): I love that. All right. Bowser. Jake (C): Bowser. Chard (A): Okay, so round two. So round one goes to Bowser of the Mario franchise. That's fantastic. I'm excited about this one. I'm really excited about this next matchup. We had discussed this amongst our MPs together as a team and we were kind of very him and ha. But Jake actually had a very solid point about this. Could have some really good discussion going into it. So without further ado, I had a good point. Sins (D): No, it's getting delayed. Chard (A): As I am told quite often when I say see, I say things that are smart, I usually get retorted with, well, a broken clock is right twice a day, too. So I'm going to hit you with that one. 1%. One in a row, Jake. One in a row. Sins (D): Except for you're running in military time. And it's once a day, sir. GP (E): My anxiety can't handle this. What's the bracket? Is it like two minutes? Jake (C): Come on. Chard (A): Don't a, I'm going to pronounce this the way I feel it needs to pronounce. Do not at me. This is Magis from Chrono trigger fame. Wulff (B): What? Chard (A): And Handsome Jack versus Mages and Handsome Jack. Sins (D): All right. Can I go first? Jake (C): Only you called megas. GP (E): Maybe. Chard (A): Not called magic. Called magic. Thank you. Sins (D): Look, we're going to have a GIF versus GIF argument here. It's fine. Like my juffed, I'm going to start with Magis. So my experience with Magus Magus, Magus, magus is so far I have only had him as the villain, and I ran him off. I haven't seen some sort of redemption story, but I've heard tell of redemption story. Chard (A): Should we have Citizen mute his headphones for this discussion after he's done making. Sins (D): No, well, it's fine. Jake (C): He's already past the point of the spoilers for that anyway, right? Like you did the NC Palace. I saw you stream it. Chard (A): Yeah, no, he did not go to the end of the he's in the area, like right before one of the boss fights. Sins (D): It's fine. It's okay. That game is 30 years old. However years old it is. Jake (C): Yeah, there is a redemption in that. He's not the big bad, right? In crone trigger. It's Lavos. That's the big bad. Sins (D): And that's kind of where I'm going, is even knowing that he's a redemption story. He did start the whole Lavos mess, right? Well, didn't he kind of kick it off? I mean, it's fine anyway, but with the redemption story, he feels a little soft. He feels a little soft as far as a villain goes. Now, Handsome Jack handsome Jack literally places a floating space station in orbit that can nuke basically whatever he wants. And when his daughter, who has the Siren abilities, accidentally kills her mother through a fight with another person, he decides that he's going to imprison her to power his station. So if you want to talk a daughter arc, if you want to talk a father daughter arc, here's a guy that's like, well, sure, you accidentally killed your mother, but you know what? You're now my power source and enslaves her and then proceeds to basically destroy any vault hunter that decides to show up on Pandora. He purposefully murders, unless they have the chance to open the vault for him specifically. GP (E): But he was honest about who the mother was, and I think that counts. I agree. Handsome Jack for the win on this one. Sins (D): Yeah, I'm going Handsome Jack over. Magus. Magus. Magus. GP (E): Have you guys heard of Dragon Ball Z? Chard (A): Yeah. GP (E): Who is the greatest villain from Dragon Ball Z? Here's a hint. Not Vegeta. Chard (A): That's true. GP (E): Okay, well, I'll close it there, but no law applies. And between these two I got to go. Handsome Jack. Though I do very much enjoy Maggis. Sins (D): That's two for Handsome Jack, then. GP (E): His Majesty. No, too much. Sorry. Chard (A): Booker T. Booker. Majesty. Booker. Sins (D): Yeah. Chard (A): Wrestler do you want to go or. Wulff (B): You want I have a quick question. Is Handsome Jack's daughter, serif or Seraphim, whatever her name was. Whoever. Sins (D): No, he enslaves her later when his I think his daughter ends up dying and he ends up putting the other Siren in her place. Wulff (B): I didn't finish. I only got like maybe halfway through or something. Sins (D): Yeah. Angel. Thank you. Wulff (B): Angel. Yeah. Thank you, jeff but McGuff, he was an asshole. Chard (A): I love it. Wulff (B): But his intentions were in the right place. He was trying to do something for the greater good. He wasn't trying to be a villain. And his end goal was to save the world, not destroy it. Right? That's not much of a villain. He's Chronos nemesis for a time, but he's not the villain of the game. Handsome Jack is a villain. I got to say that's coming from I knew about his redemption chance the first time I played Chrono trigger, and I still said, Fuck that, Maggus. You're going down. GP (E): He's not your gus. He's Mcguss. Wulff (B): Yeah, he's Mcguss. Jake (C): As a youth, he was Janus. As an adult. He's megas janus. Wulff (B): Janice. GP (E): Which would you rather be called? Anus. Chard (A): Look, we don't get to pick her. Jake (C): Names that her parents bestowed on us. And he was named J Anus. And that's just the way it is, my kids. Wulff (B): Question. How do you pronounce his sister's name? Chard (A): Shala. Wulff (B): I'm sorry, I derailed the conversation there. Sins (D): Quick aside, quick aside. I do have to give Handsome Jack. He did create. Or he bought, actually. But without Handsome Jack, we wouldn't have butt stallion but. Chard (A): The iconic. Wulff (B): But my vote is Handsome Jack on this one. GP (E): Yeah. Jake (C): Okay. Chard (A): Well, Jake, looks like you're, in my opinion, don't matter. So what do you got, bud? Jake (C): I tell you. Here's the thing. Okay, fine. So you want to argue that Handsome Jack is maybe the more sinister, the more evil villain. That's fine. Villain does not necessarily always mean evil. Sometimes it could just be a jerk and that could be a villain, right? GP (E): Are you talking about Kirby? Jake (C): No. Kirby has many villains. Can you do those? Misunderstood. Chard (A): Anyway, is this a veiled attack? Jake (C): No. So maggus. Magus magus magus magus maggas. His aura, okay? His look, his garb, the cape, the rubber gloves, the dark slick back hair, the paley pasty white skin, the red eyes. The theme music in the boss battle with Megas is fucking iconic and is one of my favorite boss encounters. And you don't do boss encounters against friends. He's the bad guy. Is he the world's most evil villain? No, but he's a pretty awesome bad guy. GP (E): Conversation is, though. Jake (C): Handsome Jack is just evil. Chard (A): Sure, but he's just rich. Jake (C): He doesn't look cool. He's got a cool horse, he spends his money. Sins (D): He's handsome. Is he? GP (E): We will have other episodes where we discuss handsome doable dude in video games. Is that is not this one. Chard (A): Wow. Jake (C): Ride his crystal horse all he wants. He's not the best bad guy in this match. Sins (D): He purposefully diamond horse. It's a horse made of diamonds. Literally of diamonds. But he is so handsome that he put his face on a whole bunch of doppelgangers on purpose. Jake (C): Look, is Batman the best hero because he's rich? No. Chard (A): He's arguably not a very good hero to begin with, but let's not get into that debate. Sins (D): Jeff. Jeff is correct. Wulff (B): In Chat, this isn't about heroes. This is about village. Sins (D): Jeff is correct. In Chat, Handsome Jack succeeded. GP (E): Now, is it not Handsome Jack. Jake (C): It's Handsome handsome also, am I not wrong? Chard (A): Who cursed? Jake (C): Wasn't it not Magus who cursed, Frog? It was maggus, right? GP (E): Glenn? Chard (A): Magis. GP (E): Not to dachshund, but Glenn, yes. Jake (C): Who cursed? Glenn. Chard (A): Glenn of 600 Ad. Sorry, dude, my bad. GP (E): Wow. Everybody's going to go hunting for Glenn now. Sins (D): It was Maegus. Wulff (B): To be fair, Cyrus had no business dragging Glenn around with him to fight McGuff. Chard (A): They were buggy. I go everywhere. Dennis Star, he doesn't drag me around. I just fucking chill up. Wulff (B): How many squires? How many squires? Just Glenn. He's the only one taken advantage of by heroes in that game. Chard (A): Cyrus is so good, he doesn't need multiple squires. He only needs g. Lynn all right, so we're going to go with Mages on that one, Jake? Is that what you're saying? Jake (C): Yeah. I'm saying magus mages cool. GP (E): Please agree. How to pronounce jump. J Is it Forest Jump are we having. Chard (A): I don't know a lot about Borderlands, I know a lot about Chrono Trigger, and I'm going to go ahead and chime in on this one. Magus is not a villain. He is a man of circumstance and time. Literally of time. He's a man that is trying to get revenge. Sinister plug ears earmuffs sinister ear muffs. Thank you. He's a man that's trying to get revenge on what his mother did to him and his family and how and his sister and all the shit that went down with there. The man was just trying to get back at him and unfortunately, people were getting in his way to get it done. Yes, it is the Vegeta complex, we will call it that. It is vegeta. It's literally vegeta. Wulff (B): Literally trying to what his family broke. Chard (A): With the risk of how this sounds, it's Vegas. It's what it is. It's what it's going to be. We're going with it. I don't care. Don't die on me, Jake. Jake (C): Really? Chard (A): Vegas? Yes. Handsome Jack, you could put your there you go. Handsome Jack is so fucking twisted that in his brain, he thinks he's the hero. GP (E): Well, that's the hallmark of a good villain. Chard (A): Yeah, he thinks he's doing the right thing, but it's so fucking twisted and fucked up, he doesn't care. He still thinks he's right. He still thinks he's getting roll up. I did research today. I've barely played any Borderlands, so I have plenty of people here to tell me if I'm wrong or not. GP (E): You knew he was from Borderlands. Chard (A): Like we are killing off all the Volt hunters because he thinks he's doing it right and he's doing world dominance. Thinks he's the hero. He thinks he's saving his daughter by turning her into the power source for his doomsday device. So as much as I love Mages, or Ages, or Mcgaggas, or Janus Forest Guillumpus, I'm going with Handsome Jack. Sins (D): It's Forrest. Chard (A): I did not stutter. So, I think Handsome Jack is going to be the true villain out of these two. I think that Mages is a really good story and could be a really like on its own debate on on his experience. His depiction is direction, but for actual villainry, I got to go with Handsome Jack on that one. Jake (C): Look, Handsome Jack doesn't have a theme song. Just saying. He does not have a clip. Chard (A): Mages theme song is easily I had it recreated for my stream. That's how good it is. Sins (D): I love that Handsome Jack gets not one, but two games, right? Two entire games of him as the villain. Chard (A): If Chronocross wasn't garbage, then maybe Mages could have had two games too. But unfortunately they decided to shit all over that one. But listen, in terms of cool factor, if we're talking cool factor and badass fights and great lead ins and music and shit, majors wins nine times out of ten and twice on Sundays. He's incredible. But in the villainry department, without spoiling it for Sinistar, heads of Jack wins. You're good. GP (E): What constitutes as a theme song for a villain? The reason I ask there is a song my dad used to hum when I was a kid and he would not important. Chard (A): Let's move on. Was it an original piece? Jake (C): Wow. GP (E): I don't know. Chard (A): Made it up as he went. That it's his this was fucking dark. You want to go dark? I'll dive right into that black pit with you. Right. Sins (D): Sorry, YouTube. Chard (A): Everybody said he was going to be agreeable. Sins (D): Yeah, he's agreeably. Tainting all of every story with his. GP (E): Dad always up on the backstory on the lore. The GP. Chard (A): Lore. Doesn't the GP lore. GP (E): Yeah. Chard (A): All right, guys, let's move on to the next one. So I just recently got to know one of our villains in this particular bracket, and I'm pretty excited about it because she's fucking funny as shit. She kills me, literally. Tries to at least a couple of times. And then this other one is we went with the human form, the later form of this in particular. So we're going to go with Gladys from Portal and Ganondorf Ganondorf, the dorf in the later versions. Ganondorf Dorphy. Good old the zelda. This is a good bracket montage. GP (E): It also sucks because gentlemen, these are great bad guys. Start your bad AIS. Sins (D): Who's starting this one? GP (E): I don't want to. Wulff (B): I will start. So we've got the humanoid gannon. Ganondorf. Or we've got genetic life form and disc operating system. Chard (A): But she's so funny. Sins (D): Have you played number two? Yeah, I've been playing no, jimmy, have. Wulff (B): You played the show? Yeah. Sins (D): Okay. Wulff (B): Portal two. Chard (A): This would be the time where I pull out my steam deck and say, yes, I've been playing on my steam deck, but it's in the living room because I was playing it on my steam deck. Wulff (B): Absolutely. I've played portal one and two. I love those games. But glados. Oh, man, I don't know. This is a tough one because Gannon is just such an evil prick who is relentless, right? GP (E): What an. Ahole, absolutely. Chard (A): But he has a smug look on his face too. Jake (C): Don't punchable face. Chard (A): Big fucking nose, asshole. Wulff (B): Gladys isn't even really capable of emotion. She's just doing what needs to be done. Sins (D): No, but she is an asshole prick too. With the whole parents thing. Your parents don't love you. Or this air is recycled from outside. I'm just kidding. Or I saw a deer today, but you don't get to. Chard (A): Stasis. Wulff (B): She is definitely endlessly demeaning, I will give you that. Chard (A): Which most people, when they come out of stasis, tend to lose a little bit of weight and are fatigued. You don't appear to have lost anything. Damn, bitch. Call me fat man. Sins (D): When she has celebration for the character's parents, confetti comes out. Chard (A): Oh, I'm sorry, they don't love you. Wulff (B): It's just a insults and attacks constantly. Sins (D): Just verbal. Wulff (B): Not just verbal, but you know what I mean, because she does try to kill shell numerous times. Sins (D): What about when she's in the potato? She actually kind of has a personality with feelings when she's in the potato. Wulff (B): I think that's partly because she doesn't have the personality core limiters. Sins (D): Right, right. Wulff (B): So it's really all the Tweaking to her systems that have made her how she is. She was not inherently that way, but at the end of the day, those tweakings to the systems are still Gladys and not the original person that she was based on. That worked for Cave Johnson. At her core. She's Cave, johnson's assistant. But the personality limiters have made her glados. Right. And that's what we see as the villain in Portal. And then you've got Gan, and again, like I said, he's just a relentless reincarnating self aggrandizing wanting to take over the world. Bastard, right? GP (E): Yeah, he's the archetype. Wulff (B): Yeah. Chard (A): I don't know. GP (E): Part of what makes Blatant so kind of scary and chilling is because her motives were kind of unknown. To what degree? What is her end game? If I die in this building, is she going to continue mocking my corpse? Sins (D): Well, and that's the thing that I want to bring up is that's the thing I want to bring up is yes, Ganondorf has continued to try to take over the world. Right? But here's the thing about Gladys. The world has already ended and she's continuing on with this last person. Jake (C): Is that the lore for Portal? Wulff (B): We don't know for sure. Sins (D): You don't know? But there's no humans. You don't ever see any other humans. Jake (C): Right? Well, the facility is empty except for the one character. Sins (D): Well, but there are allusions to basically saying like, this is post the end of humanity. There are illusions to that. Jake (C): Okay, you guys kept saying Ganondorf is wanting to take over the world. He does, though, in Arcarena of Time, he actually ends up taking over the world when Link is stuck in a time thing. And when you come out as adult Link, the world is basically an apocalypse. Gannon rules everything. So he kind of does win in Link to the Past. He maintains dominion over the entire dark world. So he's always had in some capacity like this. He controls vast number of people and, like, takes him down. But he still he wins to a degree. Right? Wulff (B): Yeah. Well, he also you come into Breath of the Wild, and Gannon has already won. You're well past Gannon winning. Sins (D): That's true. Wulff (B): Gannon is supposed to be the physical form of evil in The Legend of Zelda. Right. Like, that's what Gannon is, no matter what iteration of it. Gannon is the physical manifestation of evil in Zelda. Sins (D): Right. Wulff (B): Whereas glados she's got goals with psychopathic tendencies. Right. And it's hard to say which is scarier, kind of no, this is crazy, is scary and Gladys is crazy. GP (E): And you don't have enough information because of the Starkness and the scarcity of anything in the Portal games, your knowledge of what is is severely limited. But you know that there's this very irritating but oddly charming, funny, sexy, early bond kind of voice talking to you. Sins (D): Anyway, Gannon, real quick aside, real quick aside, there's a poker game on steam poker night. Wulff (B): Poker night at the inventory. Sins (D): Yeah. And the second one, Gladys, is the dealer. And it is delicious. It is absolutely delicious. Chard (A): I just had dinner, too. Wulff (B): This is a tough one. Chard (A): I forgot Wolf hasn't been yeah, I. Wulff (B): Think I have to it's it's very close, but I gotta go Gannon on this one. GP (E): I agree, Gannon dorf. But who would I rather probably have a conversation with? Gladys? Sins (D): There's two for Gannon. There is a scene in my mind there is a scene in my mind in Portal Two when Wheatley has been helping or you've been helping Wheatley get the system activated again and all of a sudden that elevator starts going up and all those switches start flipping. And then you see Gladys peel herself off the floor in her cybernetic bits and pieces and it is terrifying. And then on top of that, for those that have VR whatever, that steam that VR. No, but I'm talking the game that they made where you can like but it's all portal based game stuff. Chard (A): Oh, is it really? Yes. Sins (D): And Gladys gladys is massive and terrifying. Wulff (B): So they did something. Chard (A): You can play portal on VR. Sins (D): No, it's its own game. I can't remember what it's called. There's a scene where you assemble the little dudes that are in Portal Two. Wulff (B): And there's a scene where you okay, this is a thing that they built to sort of teach you how to use the valve index. Sins (D): It was prior to valve index. This was during live. Wulff (B): Okay. Sins (D): But if you go into that, you put that headset on it, you look up a gladys, it's called the lab. That's what it is. It's the lab. Chard (A): The lab. Sins (D): It is terrifying. Yeah, it is terrifying. I'm going to say Gladys because to. GP (E): Me. Sins (D): There is nothing more sinister than what seems like the world has already ended and the villain is still going. Like the villain has one last toy and is still going. So I'm going to vote for Gladys because it's not even trying to take over the world. She just wants to experiment on these people. GP (E): Just wants to watch the world burn. I think I just came up with that. Chard (A): That is kind. Sins (D): So gladys here. Jake (C): So I was already to say Gannon but then sister is making a good point and then Wolf said something that's sticking with me where it's just like Gannon is the embodiment of evil. Sure. But Gladys is crazy and crazy is scary and terrifying. Wulff (B): Yeah, crazy beats scary is what it was. I think. Chard (A): Crazy hot. Crazy hot scale, right? Jake (C): So Link against Gannon. Link kind of knows where he stands with Gannon, right. At all times. He's evil. He's the bad guy. His mission is defeat Gannon. He knows this. They could enter a room together and they know where he stands with Gannon. He's just the bad guy. Glados you never know. Is she throwing you a bone, throwing you some cake, trying to get you to help you? Or is she just experimenting as another trap, another twist, another minor cake. GP (E): There will be cake. You will. Sins (D): Spoiler. Warning for those that haven't played portal one I'm going to say this. There is a line where she says in one of the experiments she says I lied to you but I won't lie to you again. And then later, like a couple of experiments later she says you will be baked and then there will be cake. And you think it's a slip of the tongue. GP (E): But there is no tongue. Jake (C): Yeah, it's not. GP (E): There's only a disk operating system. Jake (C): The other thing is too is Gannon. Chard (A): Is he's the bad guy. Jake (C): He's kind of like created these dungeons or added his minions to these dungeons. His final tower is constructed by him. It's really not effective at all. Really. Link easily trounces the final dungeon arcane of time and makes it to the top. It's not much of an obstacle. Whereas Gladys has made a maze of traps and just terrifyingly difficult puzzles to torment and torture the player. I actually think Gladys I think is the better villain in this case. I didn't think I'd go this way but I'm going to vote Gladys. Sins (D): All right, one last thing. And this has no voting like tie to it whatsoever. I talked to Chard about this but the anger module is voiced by Mike Patton. GP (E): Also Ganondorf I think has to win with horse riding abilities. So not that's part of the official you ever see Gladys on a horse? I've not. Chard (A): How fortuitous that I am here yet again. Being the tiebreaker between you chosen charge. Jake (C): Your opinion matters again. Wulff (B): Yeah. Jake (C): Two for two. GP (E): Wow. Chard (A): Two for two. That's never did it right there. GP (E): What do we got? Chard (A): I'll approach. It the same way that my phone call went this morning. Gannon Dorf is a fantastic additional fuck it. Gannon is an evil motherfucker and he's repetitive, but it's the trope. It's the same thing, right? I'm going to kidnap Zelda user. GP (E): It's consistency. Chard (A): My shit is pretty consistent and nobody wants to hear about that either. Sins (D): It's true. GP (E): Charge. Deuce. Moving on to the next round. Chard (A): That is my shit. Sins (D): In a surprise twist, not only do we have gravity going one round, but we have charged shit going on round three. GP (E): What kills more people? Gravity or charge? Jake (C): Please continue. GP (E): I'm sorry, I'm done interrupting. Chard (A): I am Gwen Stefani. Shit. GP (E): But one more thing. Chard (A): Okay, Fenda? Wulff (B): Yeah. Chard (A): I got to go. Gladys. So here's my thing about Gladys. Sinister literally pulled the thing from my brain is the thing coming up and you're flipping all the switches on and Gladys coming in, following that. Gladys remembers you killing her, and she constantly reminds you of it the entire time you're running around inside the fucking maze. And every time you feel like you're going to get out just puts you further, deeper in and then gives you some fucking snide comment about you. That's horrible. And it's literally it's the kid with the magnifying glass on the anthill. That's exactly what it is. She is playing with you the entire time. GP (E): One of my favorite things about Portal was discovering that it was kind of a psychological horror game going into it. You don't know it. It's fun, it's cheeky. It's a puzzle game. Chard (A): You just think it's a puzzle game. GP (E): Oh, my God, I'm getting shot at. As you're learning more, I really don't. Chard (A): Want your learning the entire way. Yeah, she's twisted. She's twisted. Fuck. And she does want to kill you, but unlike Gannon, wants to take over the world and links just in the way of that. That's pretty basic, right? You're in the way of me. Or he's already done it and he's trying to maintain his evil persona and links. He's the fly in the ointment. He's the monkey wrench in the gears. I got to kill this motherfucker. Gladys is just like inkling of hope. You may have no, take that away. Oh, hey, I'm going to give you a little bit. No, I'm going to go ahead and take that away. And you're just going to keep getting worse and worse. She goes, I'll kill you eventually, but right now, this is just too fun. GP (E): It's that whole going back to talk about my dad real quick in a weird coincidence. Jake (C): I'm kidding. GP (E): Please, go ahead. Chard (A): Yeah, I got to go. Gladys and it's fresh with me. It's a fresh thing with me. So it's still like, on the brain with her. I've been really impressed as I think Jake said it, where it was like this. You think it's just a puzzle game. GP and Jake both said it. It's a puzzle game. And I just never got into how interesting the puzzle aspect of it was. But there's so much more into it, and she's so fucking twisted. I remember fighting her at the end of the first one. It's like, this is crazy. All the shit's going down. Gladys is my winner for this round. Sins (D): And for me, one of the things I absolutely love is I went into that game thinking it was just a bear puzzle game. Just a bear puzzle game. And then it has this very cool backstory of what Gladys is doing to you. Chard (A): Anyway. All right, so Gladys, winner of the over Ganondorf. Perfect. All right, I'll try and speed these up because we're already 52 minutes in and we still got at least three more to go. All right, our next one ridley from Metroid series and Salvanis from the Warcraft series. Now, I know there is a lot of deep knowledge amongst this panel for at least one of these characters. I'll go first. So please have added gentlemen, give us. Jake (C): That Lord dump GP. GP (E): Well, okay, no, I don't want to retread things that everybody here clearly already knows and it would be insulting to the audience to go over too much. One of the things that I like so much about Ridley is actually tangentially to Glados. It's this idea of the unquantifiable entity. We don't exactly know the motivations right away. We just know there's, in the case of Ridley, this big, imposing figure that we have to figure out how to take down. And the fact that Ridley comes back several different times for the series, I don't know. And then, of course, the other person that you named who I mean, what. Sins (D): Needs to be said about Sylvanis? GP (E): What else can you say that hasn't already been said and documented in the annals of time? But that said, Ridley I always thought Ridley, aside from being kind of scary or whatever, just a really cool bad guy. And then the revelation of Ridley being in prime when you first see him and all that kind of thing and then you think you've taken him down with the space frigate and then just for him to I don't know, it was some cool shit and a dope looking bad guy. Chard (A): That's my I think you pronounced annals wrong. It's j annals. Sins (D): Analyze anals. GP (E): I thought you were going a different direction. Anyway, yeah, so that's me, of course. I'm kind of a Metroid fanboy, so yeah, that's where I fall between that one and. Wulff (B): Runner. GP (E): Sylvana. Chard (A): Windrunner was my maiden name. Sins (D): Ilvana. Wulff (B): Let me give you guys some backstory on Sylvanis and Ridley. GP (E): Please. Chard (A): You mean Kerrigan? Wulff (B): Yeah, I can do some backstory on Ridley, too. Actually, I did some reading about him today. Fantastic. I want to preface this by saying if we were counting expanded lore outside of the Games, ridley would win. Okay? Because Ridley, shown outside of the Games in the manga is one evil, soulless son of a bitch right? But once you limit your lore base to just what's in the video games, Sylvanis wins. And it's not entirely because she's just a bad person. Because she's not entirely a bad person. She was actually someone of great stature and honor who her soul was ripped out of her by the Lich King, and then he turned her into a monster. And she's been wrestling with that ever since. Her soul was split in two when that happened. When it's together, she is at least someone who is trying to make a better world for the people like her, the Forsaken, the undead that don't answer to the Lich King. Right? But when her soul is ripped apart, separated, the evil part is pure evil and commits genocide. Right? She burned down the world. GP (E): That's Sylvana. Chard (A): Sylvana Winchester. Wulff (B): She was willing to do whatever it took for other people's nefarious devices. Right. But when her soul is whole, she actually means well and does not get her hands all that dirty unless she absolutely has to for the greater good of the Forsaken first, the Hoard second. She's for her people first and then for her faction second. But that's still way up there, right? It's just the fact that her soul can be separated again makes her a scary villain because she will go to great darkness to achieve things. Chard (A): Remember that episode where Sylvanus and Dean were fighting the Lich King outside of the hotel? And then the yellow eyed Lich King, he throws the holy water and he says, hey, ass face, and then he throws on her, and then Sylvanus gets trapped. Her soul gets trapped in the cage with Satan or Lucifer. I remember that. Wulff (B): It wasn't as face. It was ass butt. Sins (D): Yeah. Wulff (B): Okay, you're a short ass, but. Jake (C): I want to build on what Wolf said. So the thing with Savannah so when we're making this list of villains, I think we had to put a Blizzard villain on here. The problem is a lot of Blizzard villains are very formulaic, right? Like, we joked. Carrigan. Right. There's also the lady who played Diablo in Diablo three. Kind of some similar personality traits, I guess. But Sylvanus, though, she's a long standing character. Going back to warcraft three and then World of Warcraft. Yes, in World of Warcraft Three, or sorry, Warcraft Three, she was the bad guy, but she's under the control of the Lich King Arthur when she freed herself in World Warcraft and built up a faction of basically the undead who opposed the Lich King. She's not necessarily a bad guy. Yes, she's looking for people and very Xenophobic, maybe you could say. But she's still looking out for people. So I don't think she's evil then. And there were recent expansion. This is why I want on the list. She becomes the bad guy in that expansion. I think she goes to, like, the afterlife. I don't know the warcraft lore, but she goes to the afterlife and makes a deal with the jailer, the demon. And part of the deal is that she becomes alive again. But she has to kill people to feed him souls. And that's why I felt she was, like, such a great villain. But by the end of that Expansion, she's redeemed her soul. Pieces that are split are burst together, and she feels remorse and guilt and all those things. And by the end of that Expansion, she's no longer a villain. She's trying to redeem herself. So that, I think, does not make her villain. Just like megas. I was all ready to say she was the big, the winner in this. But when I read that last bit of lore today at the end of the expansions, that's what happens to her. That's her fate, is she redeems herself. And she's out there in the world now trying to gain due penance to make up for the atrocities that she's committed. I think that turns around. And much like Meghan, I think she's maybe not the better villain in this case. Wulff (B): Yeah. Sins (D): All right. Chard (A): Sylvanus's origin story is going to premiere on The WB here real soon, too. Sins (D): So, are you saying that's two for Ridley and one for Sylvana? Jake (C): Ridley is not a great villain. Like, Ridley, to me, is super Metroid, and that's it, right? You shoot him in the intro and then you have a boss fight with him. GP (E): Sorry, did Ganondorf show up in a bunch of other properties I don't know about? Wulff (B): Other than Ridley? Chard (A): Mega Ridley? Holy shit. That thing is mega. Wulff (B): Ridley is not Ridley. Right, but it's made of himself to show how powerful he is. Jake (C): Oh, I thought it was him. Chard (A): That's a pretty evil trope. You know what? I'm going to make an evil robot of myself just to prove you how fucking evil I am. That seems pretty evil. Jake (C): That's the robot I'm delegating. Chard (A): I may not have seen that episode of Supernatural, but I'm telling you, that's pretty fucked up. Wulff (B): Two things we never actually learn of Ridley's personal motivations in the Games. Also, he just works for Mother brain. GP (E): Kind of a dick, non quantifiable entity. Why is this person destroying Henchmen then? Jake (C): Not a villain? Is that the argument? Sins (D): I guess. Wulff (B): Yeah. He's basically a cooper kid. Chard (A): What is it, two and two still? Sins (D): I'm going last. I haven't voted. Chard (A): Okay, well, you know what? Jake (C): I think I might go back to savannah has been a villain, right, in the past. I can't even see the name. Windrunner has had a villainous past. She may not be a villain currently, but she was. Ridley's just a henchman and has always been a henchman. He's just a schmuck. All right, you know what? It will flip me. I'm Sylvanis. Sins (D): Okay? So sylvana. Sylvanis. Ridley for GP. What are you charred last? Chard (A): Go. GP (E): No, real quick, please keep in mind to the two other guys who still need to vote here, if you vote Sylvanis, that means that Sylvanis will show up in another bracket and we're just going to have to talk about her some more. We all have to act like we know what's going on. Wulff (B): She's a better villain. Chard (A): No, I'm going, Ridley, because I've seen that episode of Supernatural and it wasn't very good. Sins (D): So now it's two and two, right? Wulff (B): Yes. GP (E): Okay, that's announced my retirement. Go ahead. Sins (D): I'm going, Sylvanus, because no werewolf is absolutely right. We talked about how these are specifically the video game villains versions and Ridley in the video game is just a boss. Sylvan just a boss and not the final boss. Chard (A): All right, that's fine. No, that's fine. You could be a bad guy for like, a segment and then be good again and still be a better villain than a person that's a villain all the time. That's fine. That seems to make perfect sense. GP (E): That's all it is. You're just a temporary asshole. That's all it is. Chard (A): That's fine. I'm sorry I didn't eat today. I was hangry. Best villain ever. Jake (C): Have a snicker. Chard (A): You're good. Sins (D): Except for I didn't eat today and I'm an asshole means I actually fed human lives to the Lich King. That's fine. Chard (A): I fucking slept 3 hours. I guess I'm the best villain today. Cool. GP (E): If somebody would just give don't worry. Chard (A): And my advanced DG, all my soul shards will come back together and I'll stop eating a dick. Cool. Your soul shard villain. GP (E): I love that. Chard (A): They're all in my kitchen next to my advanced GG shaker. Terrible pick. Let's move on. So what everybody's been waiting for? Let's go. We got two final fantasies back to back, but I'm going to throw you a curveball. Yeah, we're going to pick. Everybody likes Sephiroth for some reason is picked on here. I don't know why we went with Sephiroth. There's better villains than that, but not Canadian. So I guess I don't have to understand. Jake (C): I didn't make these brackets. It was a group. Chard (A): Of the gods. Section two. GP (E): Versus what? Chard (A): I love all the squids. It's just Kafka. I'm just fucking with you. It's Kafka. Kafka versus Sephirothko. This should be an easy one. Sins (D): Kafka, look. GP (E): Life, dreams, hope. Where do they come from? Where do they go? Such meaningless things. I'll destroy them all. Kafka for the win. Forever and always. Sins (D): Where did you go? Chard (A): Oh, must be exhausting. GP (E): We talked earlier about how one of the benchmarks of an interesting villain is a strong willed person who believes they're doing the right thing thanos Ultron. Just use some comic book tropes. The great thing about Kefka is Kefka doesn't really have the ideals of right or wrong. They are bat shit crazy in a similar way to the Joker, but to a very, very successful degree. Sins (D): We talked about how crazy is scarier than evil. Kafka is crazy when he man killed an entire kingdom. GP (E): Yes, the kingdom of Doma poisoning. And he becomes all powerful and in a way that's what he's after. But he doesn't really care about being powerful. He just cares about destroying the power is not the goal. Ending everything is the goal. The power is just the means for it. And. Sins (D): The power to destroy a world was in Kafka all along. Chard (A): Yeah. And all of us. Wulff (B): Yeah. GP (E): I don't know about all right, that's two for Kefka. Chard (A): How did Sephiroth even get a fucking. Wulff (B): Heyday, Sephiroth looks cool. Chard (A): Yeah. Jake (C): He is a big source. Wulff (B): An angry toddler. Chard (A): Yeah. Wulff (B): He is just mad about his life circumstance. Chard (A): Genetically enhanced toddler. Wulff (B): That's all it is. Whereas Kefka and we're going to bring it around. We're going to bring it around. Kefka is the joker. If Joker had magic. GP (E): Yeah, that's exactly right. That's a mic drop. Don't drop the mic. But that's right. Chard (A): There goes the thing is, somebody lied. GP (E): To Kefka about who his real mom is. And the reveal of that in the game, I think was one of the highlights of Final Fantasy Seven, because he believes he was an ancient, but turns out he wasn't. He ends up being descendant of this other horrible thing that came to Earth. So big twisty reveal there. You don't have to have a big twisty reveal with Kafka. He just did the thing he said he was going to do. Wulff (B): Yeah, he's just horrified. All he cares about is himself. That's it. Chard (A): I don't even think he cares about himself. I think he doesn't care about anything. Wulff (B): No, he cares about him. If he didn't care about himself, he wouldn't name things after him. He wouldn't say, I'm rebuilding the world in my image. Chard (A): He is, right? Jake (C): Yes. Wulff (B): An egomaniac to the umpteenth degree. Right. He wanted power, so he became a general for Emperor Gestalt. And then Gestalt was like, no, stop. And he was like, you're stupid. You don't know what you're talking about. I'm not stopping here. And so he kept going and kept going and kept going. And then he succeeded, and then he kept everybody down afterward. Even after he was a success, he still didn't care about anybody but himself. GP (E): Yeah. The closest thing Kepka ever cared about, in my opinion, in my estimation, is trying to get people to understand why nothing matters, and he doesn't really care that they understand it, but he still poses those questions. Why do people cling to life knowing it has to end, and that once you're dead, none of it will have meant anything? Like, that's? Some lofty ass shit for six year old me. And I'll say this. Even if Kafka was we'll say, Dr. Wiley, I would probably still vote for him based on nothing other than the Kafka Tower fight battle music fair. I'll stop now. I'll let everybody else talk. Chard (A): You're good. So is that three for Kafka? Wulff (B): I vote Kafka. Chard (A): All right. Sins (D): Jake, you don't matter. Jake (C): Yeah, I know. The story of my life. Chard (A): I'll just say. Jake (C): I thought when the brackets were randomly selected in this. I thought there'd be more of a fight and more balanced fight, but I guess I was wrong. I mean, the brackets fate was wrong. GP (E): That speaks to Kepka. I'm sorry. Would easily beat see how Gladys feels about it. Charge. Jake (C): So Sephiroth's greatest achievements is he burned a village down and he killed Eris. Wulff (B): Or Erith well, I mean nearly destroyed the planet with a giant comet, if you recall. Jake (C): Yeah, but then Kafka literally destroyed everything. GP (E): The weapons, the giant elemental weapon beasts. He took down Midgar, which is the source of all the horrible stuff. Wulff (B): Transformers. GP (E): Yeah. Sephiroth is a badass again, that doesn't. Chard (A): Take away from Sephora screamer off. Jake (C): I think I'm going to go back to what you said earlier. Crazy is scary. Like, crazy is terrifying. And Kefka is going to win. But I was hoping that Sephiroth would have more of an argument for him. But ultimately, I think kefa. This one. Wulff (B): I've always thought that Sephiroth was just like an adult child having a tantrum. GP (E): Scary or pure than a child. The quote from Bebop or crazy. Jake (C): No, but GP, when you mentioned the backstory in Sephiroth and where he came from, I completely forgotten. He thought he was an ancient. And there's a whole weird thing there that the story in fanface seven was always just confusing. I still never understood. I was hoping the remake would expand on that when they finally finish whatever, how many parts they do. Chard (A): We're going to leave out all that important stuff. GP (E): I think we took out Liquid, am I correct? I'll mention this real quick. The reason I thought Liquid Snake would have been interesting for this is because the whole premise to Metal Gear Solid is we have these two genetically almost identical twins who are manufactured, and then one is believing himself to be the inferior clone, and the other one superior, and it kind of goes back and forth. So then Solid Snake ends up winning. And the big kind of twisty thing there, because they do that in that series a lot, is that in fact, Solid Snake was the inferior one, and that theming. And that twist kind of speaks back to the only thing, in my opinion, that really makes Sephiroth super interesting is realizing or finding out eventually you're not what you thought you were. Wulff (B): You heard it here first, folks. Solid snake is Danny DeVito. Confirmed. GP (E): Anyway, all right, sorry. Chard (A): Thank you for that Kafka sweeps. Okay, I'll cut it short. I don't need to go on my die triad for that. You know how I feel about that. All right, we'll go into the next one. Robotnik eggman as depicted by Jim Carrey in the recent films and Dr. Wiley of the Mega man series. Sins (D): Gentlemen, can I start this one? Chard (A): You have your doctor's degrees, you have your eight years in college and in what do they do in practice? Residence. That's it. Resident, please don your white lab coats and. Vote. Sins (D): Okay, my vote. Chard (A): Sorry, you can go first. Sins (D): My vote. Who cares? Move on. Chard (A): Because we'll have a fucking awkward leg if that's the case. And Kefi will automatically win. Sins (D): Fine. Dr. Wiley. Because Mega Man I don't know, I always felt like eggman robotnik was like I always felt like he was a joke. Honestly, I always did. At least Wiley was. I don't know, he felt like robots should always be subservient. So let's go. Wiley wins. Wulff (B): They're both pretty egomaniacal and kind of inept. Let me say something here. How many eons of injustice is Dr. Wiley responsible for? Start with Mega man. He is responsible for the events of Mega Man X, which lead to the events of Mega Man Zero, which lead to the events of Mega Man ZX. All of that is Wiley's fault. GP (E): Yes, he even comes back as surges in my mind palace in X Two. I know there's a subreddit there, but you're exactly right. I don't want to step on you. I'll wait for my turn. Chard (A): Go ahead. GP (E): Sorry. Wulff (B): No, and even if you look at the Battle Network aspect, I'm pretty sure he's responsible for all of those six. And then it goes on to what? Star Force? Which is a spin off of Battle Network. So regardless of Mega Man timeline, you follow, wiley is responsible for everything. Maybe he didn't Wiley all along, but he did the most damage. GP (E): Yes. I'll kind of make my case here. The bad thing about Wiley is he failed a bunch. I can name at least eleven instances in which he did. With that said, whatever it was, he died. His final fuck you to the world was leaving the Zero virus like his last send off was apocalyptic levels of horseshit. But the pro for him being voted is, like you said, the longevity. His legacy of evil is top tier. So if you look at Robotnik, kind of a silly bad guy. I don't really fully understand the story there, why he hates Sonic. Here's the thing though. If you're going to say a pro about Robotnik, and this will lead into his con, he's actually faster than Sonic the Hedgehog. If you make it to the end of Sonic Two, as I recently did, there is a foot race that happens and it doesn't matter if you're running a Sonic or if you're in your little run like Naruto. Yeah, and Naruto runs all the way to the end. So he is faster than the enemy that he is trying to beat. And his enemy, Sonic, the only thing he's famous for is his speed. So why go through all the extra stuff? Why build the giant robots? Why do all that stuff when you can just say Sonic, I bet I can beat you, and we'll go our separate ways? Wulff (B): That he's got to think it's jewelry, right? GP (E): Yeah, I mean, can't blame that. Wulff (B): All he's really after is the the bling bling. GP (E): So, you know, that's robotics kind of. Chard (A): Cue the ring sound. Cue the ring sound. GP (E): Sinister, would you put the the ring sound in after you make the shiny thing? And anyway sure, and show me every step of the process. But the thing is I love you so much, Sinister. You're my best friend. I got to give it to Wiley for those reasons. Chard (A): Oh, man, there's so many inside jokes in this episode. I think you and I might have a similar answer being Sega kids at one point in our lives. Jake (C): Yeah, for me, when I look at this matchup, they do feel very similar in that they both fail a whole lot. And I'm not as familiar with the X lore and ZX and all that stuff. I only know the classic Mega Man games and Dr. Wiley there, where even when he's not the bad guy, he still kind of is, but he still loses every damn time, and he keeps making invention after invention, and they all fail to make a man. So I don't know, but it's also. GP (E): The sorry, go ahead. I'm sorry, I don't mean to keep interrupting. Jake (C): Yeah, not to say Robotnik is this supervillain. He also loses a Sonic every damn time. What does it say when the most brilliant mind in that franchise loses to a blue little fur ball? Every time, right? Like every single time. Yeah, he's faster than. Sins (D): All that means is that Sonic was the true villain all along. GP (E): Look, either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Jake (C): So here's where I'm going to fall on this one, because I think both of them are inept villains. From my experience in the franchise, I played with them. They both lose all the time. Sins (D): I come back and come down. Jake (C): No, well, I care for the sake of the science in this bracket, in this tournament important, it's relevant. We're doing dedication here, dedication. We're professional at Press B. So, look, don't let me forget, my point comes down to shit, I lost it. GP (E): Well, while he's searching Sonic, which one are you picking? Chard (A): Robotnik or Wiley? Jake (C): Who's more recognizable as a bad guy? If you went to the

Britain's computer wave is really starting to roll in now! First with the ZX-80 earlier this year, and now with the Acorn Atom! We talk all about the Atom and also play through Bill Budge's Space Album, Phantoms Five by Sirius Software, and Computer Conflict by Strategic Simulations.Website -https://historyofvideogamespodcast.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/HistoryofVideo1Email - historyvgpodcast@gmail.comHosts - Ben & WesMusic - Arranged and recorded by BenCan you guess this week's transition music? The theme is 'Best of Ben'

Srixon's new ZX5 MkII and ZX7 MkII irons are coming in with a ton of hype! Time to review both irons and see how they live up to the ZX legacy. The ZX7 feels extremely soft and solid with great responsiveness while the ZX5 offers good feel with distance and forgivness! The Z-Forged II is a beautiful blade with buttery soft feel and the popular Tour VT sole.

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The RA gang are joined by some very special guests to engage in mortal combat once more in the first ever 8 Bit Wars Christmas Edition. Who will be the glorious victor? Special thanks to Scott Pearson for his amazing artwork for this episodes cover! Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Mikes Retro Tech Derek Young Dave Velociraptor Nik Howard Price Matthew Turner SiEC Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans Crombeen Roushimsx Guto Threadbare Chris Atwill Harvey Watson Martyn Jones Tim TJ Walker Ricardo Engel HeavyMetalDon James Bentley Tony Parkinson Gaz H Mal Woods Cane and Rinse LamptonWorm Salvio Calabrese Mitsoyama Rhys Wynne Clint Humphrey Mark Bylund Paul Ashton Chris Rowe Jon Sheppard Laurent Giroud Deadl0ck Aaron Maupin Jim-OrbitsIT Jon Veal Thomas scoffham Andy Marsh Patrick Fürst Laurens Andrew Gilmour Stephen Stuttard Matt Sullivan Darren Coles Garry Heather Edward Fitzpatrick Nick Lees Blake Brett   Looking for some MiSTer FPGA accessories? Give https://misterfpga.co.uk/ a visit and use the code retroasylum to gain a 6% discount. Looking for some new games for your favourite retro system? Then checkout https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/ Help support the Retro Asylum by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/retroasylum Retro Asylum on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/retroasylum/ Retro Asylum YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCC9rIvCKoW3mdbuCsB7Ag Retro Asylum on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_retro_asylum/ Retro Asylum on Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/theretroasylum Twitter: @theretroasylum Retro Asylum Merchandise: https://retroasylumstore.myspreadshop.co.uk/

TCW Podcast Episode 173 - The Computer Price Wars Part 2   In part two of our look at the computer price wars, we dive deep into the major players. Commodore with the VIC-20 and Texas Instruments with the TI99/4A were the major players. Other players included Apple, the TRS-80 Color, and even the US version of the ZX Spectrum.  As fears mounted that Japanese PC makers would eventually price out the US computer makers, efforts were made to drive the prices of home computers lower and lower. The opening shots of the price war included using celebrity endorsements for the major players. Discover the history of how Commodore and Texas Instruments took down a whole industry!   SRAM and DRAM More in Depth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rNEtAz3wJQ What is DRAM?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waU7U_7-mpk TCW 131 -  Clive of ZX: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/sir-clive-of-zx/ 8-Bit Guy - The VIC 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg04GyhS3ss TRS-80 Color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUa1s9uFKHs Commodore VIC-20 William Shatner Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JAU9Ntpoms TI 99/4a: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0puBoKpvEjY Bill Cosby Texas Instruments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV0t4QIINLI   New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and major online retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1     Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Maia's story started with a ZX-81 in the 80s, and from there on, she was hooked. We talked about how she followed her curiosity and studied engineering while not wanting to become an engineer. Maia spoke about how she started working on embedded systems while still not wanting to become an engineer. She spoke of how she went back to school and studied art because she still didn't want to be an engineer... and mixed software engineering and art. We spoke about discovering phones and Android and having the opportunity to impact people's life fast. And finally, we talked about her last job at Luno, the GDE program, and communities.And to get the records straight, I mentioned the show Dark Mirror Bandersnatch and claimed Netflix recreated a ZX-81 game for it. I stand corrected! It was a ZX-Spectrum (ZX-82), which was in color compared to the ZX-81, which was still Black&White. Also, the game hidden into Bandersnatch isn't a fake Bandersnatch itself but a game called Nosedive. You can see a video of the Audio extraction steps here.Here are the links from the show:https://www.twitter.com/maiatodayhttp://luno.comCreditsCover Heliotrope by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.Your host is Timothée (Tim) Bourguignon, more about him at timbourguignon.fr.Gift the podcast a rating on one of the significant platforms https://devjourney.info/subscribeSupport the show

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