Text Adventure Author and Paleontologist Mike Taylor Joins the Show

from Stray Pointers · host Jim Lawless

May 16, 2025 Mike Taylor, author of the VIC-20 text adventures Magic Mirror and Nosferatu as well as the Commodore 64 game The Causes of Chaos joins the show. We talk about those early adventure games, his evolution as a software developer, Perl, paleontology, and his book about the 11th incarnation of Doctor Who. Mike's contact information on Mastodon: @[email protected] https://sauropods.win/@mike/ Mike's website: https://www.miketaylor.org.uk/ Mile's text adventure games: https://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tech/advent/mm/ Mike's paleontology blo Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week: https://svpow.com/ Mike's Reinvigorated Programmer blog in which he discusses everything except sauropod vertebrae: https://reprog.wordpress.com/

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