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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If Monks Had Macs
To wrap up the year I wanted to revisit one of my old favourites: a story I made for my other (currently-inactive) podcast about one of the strangest and most thought-provoking programs ever created. This is the story of If Monks Had Macs.
Original description
It all started with a Macintosh ad: 'You too can be a knowledge worker.' This is the story of Brian Thomas' 15-year odyssey at the helm of one of the strangest pieces of multimedia software ever created — If Monks Had Macs.
Links
- You can learn more about Brian, and about Monks, at his website: http://www.rivertext.com/monks.html
- The original HyperCard stack is downloadable from http://www.rivertext.com/classic.html and also playable at the Internet Archive
- Ludiphilia Episode 10, Life After If Monks Had Macs
All music and sound effects from If Monks Had Macs (with some touch-up by me), except:
- I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie
- Oneiri by Kai Engel
- Comatose by Kai Engel
- And some bits I composed myself