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.
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episode 4: Bug Salad
How a marketing guy at shareware game publisher Ambrosia Software ended up eating bugs in front of hundreds of people at Macworld New York 2000.
If you have an old PowerPC Mac or the Sheepshaver emulator, you can get Escape from Jason Whong via VintageAppleMac.com. Almost all of Ambrosia's games are still available for purchase direct from the Ambrosia Software website.
You can learn more about my book The Secret History of Mac Gaming at Unbound, and if you missed the original campaign you can preorder the special edition on Kickstarter. (All Unbound backers will also receive the special edition.)
Cover image incorporates a photo by Frank Caratozzolo. You can find more of his Macworld NY 2000 photos at http://web.archive.org/web/20020519205631/http://www.utterer.com:80/content/macworld/mwny00/photos.shtml
Music Credits:
- Evan Schaeffer - Tulip Poplars, Anthem, and Big Tree from the album Glow, and Mantra and Graze from the album Big Spash
- Jesse Spillane - Dum Dum Conundrum from The Maddening Parade and No Disclaimer from Art of Presentation
- Kai Engel - Passages from the album The Run
- Ondrosik - Love is Over, Interlude, Crazy, and Etude from the album Nostalgic and Procrastination
- Revolution Void - Outer Orbit and The Narrative Changes from the album The Politics of Desire
- Goto80 and the Uwe Schenk Band - Cable Swingin' Ferret from the album The Ferret Show
- And a few bits of my own stuff
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