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131: Booth by GWAR
Manage episode 325819992 series 2544285
It's time for another visit with Stewart Cheifet and the Computer Chronicles. This time we're heading back to 1995 for a computer games special that includes Microsoft's ill-fated DirectX event Judgment Day, a very silly Bill Gates promo video, demos of MechWarrior 2 and Phantasmagoria (with Roberta Williams!), a random PlayStation-versus-Saturn head to head from Stewart, and more.
SHOW NOTES
The relevant Computer Chronicles episode, season 13 episode 8:
https://archive.org/details/CC1308_greatest_games
Bill Gates invades Doom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2V9TFrmQ_Q
The letter from Alex St. John's daughter:
https://www.wired.com/2016/04/alex-st-johns-daughter-wrong-women-tech/
Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod
Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, a monthly bonus episode, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod
262 episodes
Manage episode 325819992 series 2544285
It's time for another visit with Stewart Cheifet and the Computer Chronicles. This time we're heading back to 1995 for a computer games special that includes Microsoft's ill-fated DirectX event Judgment Day, a very silly Bill Gates promo video, demos of MechWarrior 2 and Phantasmagoria (with Roberta Williams!), a random PlayStation-versus-Saturn head to head from Stewart, and more.
SHOW NOTES
The relevant Computer Chronicles episode, season 13 episode 8:
https://archive.org/details/CC1308_greatest_games
Bill Gates invades Doom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2V9TFrmQ_Q
The letter from Alex St. John's daughter:
https://www.wired.com/2016/04/alex-st-johns-daughter-wrong-women-tech/
Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod
Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, a monthly bonus episode, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod
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