Ep. #218 - Tech And Online Culture With Taylor Lorenz

We're very happy to welcome Maria Zubova in our new episode. She's the PR manager of the game publisher Assemble Entertainment and organizer of the German Dev Days . Tune in for some exciting all-round insights! The interview starts at minute 1:11:56

The classic point-and-click adventure from the UK is back again, this time coming from Italy's Smallthing Studios and published by Inin as a prequel setting you out to an adventure before the events of Simon The Sorcerer of 1993, and we had the pleasure to welcome back the people behind this creation, this time in the flesh of the whole art department responsible for the game, named Fabrizio Rizzo, Georgio Maioli, Giulia Valentini and Federica Fringuellini. The interview starts at minute 34:21

Attention: we have a very special guest in our new episode! Please welcome Ross Scott of ‪Accursed Farms‬! He started the movement 'Stop Killing Games' in order to challenge the legality of publishers destroying video games they have sold to customers. No more comments needed here, tune in for some insights and enjoy! The interviews start at minute 8:24

Enjoy our annual Gamescom special episode, this time containing all the interviews an trailers including game play material, B-Roll and a presentation of the latest physical boxes for limited runs, as well as Nodepond's Mixed Reality Theatre presentation, it is all in here! over 4 hours of incredible entertainment of what is coming till Christmas 2025 and 2026 for the (retro) gaming enthusiast! AAA, indie, hardware, mixed reality and physical releases? We've got you covered! The interviews start at minute 1:10:30

Lucas Lund returns with a crowdfunding campaign which aims to translate the Swedish novel based on the C64 "The Detective Game" game, into English! Learn more of the challenges and the way to go to make this awesome book accessible to the world beyond Sweden! (Does not contain spoilers!). The interview starts at minute 38:22 into the podcast.

Liking games like Sim City and missing such vibes while liking the pre-historic dinosaurs as a setting? Then Repterra might be the upcoming RTS game for you! We have a chat with its creator Carl Chute and talk about the process of making the game - and indie game dev in general - enjoy! :) The interview starts at minute 6:50 into the podcast.

In this episode, AJ, Joerg and our guest host Guilherme Chrinéa, dig deep into analyzing ROMs with the very famous HPMan! This will be super interesting, and especially for those who have waited for this for so many years to happen! :) Do not miss out! The interview starts at minute 52:39 into the podcast.

We've been asked to remove an earlier episode, hence we have to put this is a placeholder to make the amount of episodes match again with the actual amount of published episodes

In our new episode we welcome two amazing guests! Before having an in-depth chat with Ed Cunningham, producer of the documentary 'The King Of Kong' and 'Arcades And Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day', we'll hear some insights about the Brazilian Sega scene and Paprium by Guilherme Chirinéa. A special double feature, don't miss this! Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 1:01:43 into the podcast.

Taylor Lorenz is a journalist and opinion columnist who covers a wide range of the current tech and online culture. Starting out as a blogger, then hopping onto mainstream media like The Washington Post or The New York Times, she is now back as a freelance journalist yet again, offering her expertise with her independent User Mag publication and her Power User podcast. The interview starts at minute 40:06 into the podcast.