Three people, relatively known in the Atari circles, after quite a few long discussions in chat rooms decided to record their thoughts.
According to the description of the published episodes (so far):
A bunch of nerds discussing and sharing anecdotes from a pre-internet computer subculture you might vaguely be aware of, focused on a computer platform you wish you had forgotten.
Background music by goto80.
They do not describe the format as "podcast", because it really was not conceived as such. Therefore the usual podcast tropesย largely don't apply here. So far there's been one guest, and more are planned in the future, as well as episodes.
If all this sounds intriguing, the episodes are up on YouTube:
๐"Peterbourough Cracking Crew"
๐"Big in the youtube poop community"
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Comments
As said elsewhere, listening to this is almost like having you guys around
One thing I thought was not touched, which I think is important, on when discussing old demos, other than they are, to modern standards (not sure why this matters?), not technically impressive, was the feeling at the time of receiving a new demo - what new music will there be?! What cool graphics?! What cool effect (a different perspective if you werent a coder back in the day - I wasnt). I still remember watching these demos, over and over, like a mix tape of music, or a disconnection from real life struggles with school and growing up, or a feeling of being part of something cool (demoscene sub-culture). I also found new music I didn't know about through demos, like M Demos and sample demos - Swedish death metal wasn't top of the radio list here in Surrey, UK ๐ Chip tunes from these demos also cemented by love of music from an early age. Just hit home.
I did laugh when Showaddywaddy stopped himself from listing off "lamer groups" back in the day - don't worry, we won't take it personally ๐ HAHA! Again, the feeling is not really portrayed of the simple FUN and excitement we used to have just doing them - who cares if they were good or not, we had fun, and constitutes part of our lives today. Also forming other skills like troubleshooting, and thinking outside the box in my every day life.
I still think today that the FUN aspect of the demoscene is outranked by egos, blunt inconsidered unwelcomed criticism, or views.
A lot to unpack from my views above, I am sure, and although the not-podcasts weren't made for the audience, maybe some of the audience views and question could be considered for future episodes. It would also be cool to hear from some people who never really get any recognition for what they do, or their experiences, their interpritations, their input.
Oh, sometimes the background music is too loud when you're trying to listen to the dialogue, esp GGN, but other than that the production quality is lovely, with a cool visual effect ๐