EPISODE · Jan 14, 2023 · 59 MIN
Collecting Expensive But Rubbish Games - This Week In Retro 107
from This Week in Retro · host Neil from RMCretro - The Cave, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave
For the first show of 2023 we are joined by a special guest, Mark Fixes Stuff. We talk about how a game engine (in this case Doom) can be used to recreate logical operations. We look at a report of the 8 most expensive video games you probably never want to play. Finally we say a goodbye to PC Mag in its printed form. All that plus other chat and the Community Question Of The Week. 00:00 - Show Opening 11:58 - Can Doom Run It? Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2022/12/25/not-can-it-run-doom-but-can-doom-run-it/ 19:08 - PC Mag it is safe to shut down Story Link: https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/after-40-years-pc-magazine-magazine-ceases-to-exist 31:40 - More Money Than Sense Story Link: https://www.destructoid.com/the-8-most-expensive-video-games-you-dont-want-to-play/ 49:21 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro https://twitter.com/MarkFixesStuff Youtube https://youtube.com/rmcretro https://www.youtube.com/005agima https://www.youtube.com/@markfixesstuff Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/rmcretro Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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For the first show of 2023 we are joined by a special guest, Mark Fixes Stuff. We talk about how a game engine (in this case Doom) can be used to recreate logical operations. We look at a report of the 8 most expensive video games you probably never want to play. Finally we say a goodbye to PC Mag in its printed form. All that plus other chat and the Community Question Of The Week. 00:00 - Show Opening 11:58 - Can Doom Run It?Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2022/12/25/not-can-it-run-doom-but-can-doom-run-it/ 19:08 - PC Mag it is safe to shut downStory Link: https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/after-40-years-pc-magazine-magazine-ceases-to-exist 31:40 - More Money Than SenseStory Link: https://www.destructoid.com/the-8-most-expensive-video-games-you-dont-want-to-play/ 49:21 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Twitter:https://twitter.com/rmcretrohttps://twitter.com/MarkFixesStuff Youtubehttps://youtube.com/rmcretrohttps://www.youtube.com/005agimahttps://www.youtube.com/@markfixesstuff Twitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/rmcretro Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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