An award-nominated documentary and narrative audio series about video games and the video game industry — as they were in the past, and how they came to be the way they are today. History doesn't just vanish into the distance behind us; it casts a very long shadow that affects everything that comes after it, and so with The Life and Times of Video Games journalist and historian Richard Moss draws those through lines to tell fascinating stories about the past that link right back to the present.
https://lifeandtimes.games
episode 26: The Nostalgia Box
I go inside Australia's only permanent video game console museum and find that what makes it special is more than just the size of its collection — or the fact that it exists.
Links
- The Nostalgia Box website
- The Nostalgia Box is @nostalgia_box on Twitter
- And @nostalgiabox on Instagram
- Jessie Yeoh interview snippet taken from this WAtoday article
- There are some photos from my trip on the episode page
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