Robert Menes

One of the hosts. Talks super fast. Drinks too much coffee. Loves DOS games, movies, vinyls, photography, beer, Amigas, and doing shit on computers. Sometimes hacker. Makes money doing shit with computers.
One of the hosts. Talks super fast. Drinks too much coffee. Loves DOS games, movies, vinyls, photography, beer, Amigas, and doing shit on computers. Sometimes hacker. Makes money doing shit with computers.
On Net Neutrality and What It Means for Small-time Artists Like Us

On Net Neutrality and What It Means for Small-time Artists Like Us

(The featured image above was borrowed from the EFF website and is under a CC-by-Attribution license)

On July 12, 2017, the internet took part in a massive protest again the FCC, who is looking to roll back classification of broadband and fiber from Title II (a telecom service) to Title I (an information service). What does this all mean?

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Posted by Robert Menes in Random Thoughts, 2 comments
Retro VGM Revival Hour – LucasArts (w/ Special Host Robert Menes)

Retro VGM Revival Hour – LucasArts (w/ Special Host Robert Menes)

Now many console gamers may not know the name “LucasArts”, although some of their titles have come to consoles. But LucasArts is much more known in the realm of computer gaming, as many of their titles have been released on a plethora of home computer platforms. From the Atari 8-bit family, to the Commodore 64, and later to the Atari ST, Amiga, FM Towns, IBM PC, and Macintosh computer lines, LucasArts made their fortune and glory, best known for their amazing graphic adventure games, which utilized their in-house engine known as SCUMM, as well as some top notch Star Wars games.

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Posted by Robert Menes in Retro VGM Revival Hour, 0 comments

Our Back Catalog on the Internet Archive

Hey folks! If you’re one who’s not big into Soundcloud, you can also check out our entire run of episodes (yes, even the crappy-ass first season!) on the Internet Archive, the world’s largest online library and archiving site!

We chose the Internet Archive to post our back catalog for several reasons: first, because if anything ever happened to Soundcloud and they went offline for any reason, we wouldn’t lose 3+ years of hard work and podcasting; second, because the Internet Archive is building a mirror in Canada, which means that if shit goes down in the US, our work is still safe and outside.

You can find our collection of older episodes here!

Posted by Robert Menes in Site News, The Nostalgia Roadtrip, 1 comment