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Ep. #197 - Gamescom 2024

We are back with our Gamescom 2024 special episode in which Joerg talks about what happened at the biggest game fair of the world, which happens to be in Cologne Germany each year and Scene World is a part of as an exhibitor in the Retro Area since 2014.

Posted by Nafcom on Aug 31, 2024 // Read more »

Ep. #196 - Metro Siege

In this episode, we talk to Alex Brown, coder in the team that is creating the brawler "Metro Siege", the first of its kind which works on a vanilla Amiga 500 and includes multiplayer online crossplay (Amiga, web browser, Steam PC). We talk to him about the technical finesse and firsts the game is putting its toes in, while being a wicked game with fantastic humor and gameplay cherries as an icing on the cake! Enjoy! The interview section starts at minute 0:37 into the podcast

Posted by Nafcom on Aug 28, 2024 // Read more »

Ep. #191 - WiC64

And here's our new episode: we welcome Hardy Ullendahl, one of the core team members of the WiC64 - a very special wifi interface for the C64. Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 39:57

Posted by Nafcom on May 30, 2024 // Read more »

Podcast Episode #85 - Let's Encrypt with Josh Aas

Josh Aas is one of the founders of Let's Encrypt, THE non-profit certificate authority. We talk to Josh and learn more about why it's important that the last 20% of the internet that isn't secure yet is getting encrypted and why it is also important for us retro related homepage owners (and surprisingly also to phishing sites)! interview starts at 18:23

Posted by Nafcom on Mar 17, 2020 // Read more »

Podcast Episode #77 - The Internet Archive with Jason Scott

Jason Scott is the free-range archivist of the Internet Archive and the creator of textfiles.com. AJ, Joerg, and Martin W. talk to him about why preservation is so important and ways in which everyone can help ensure that our digital histories are preserved. Interviews starts at 26:59

Posted by AJ on Nov 16, 2019 // Read more »

Podcast Episode #56 - PLATO and IRATA.ONLINE with Thomas Cherryhomes

PLATO is the great, great, great granddaddy of the online computer network. Developing forums, email, multiplayer networked games, screen sharing, and instant messaging, it is responsible for many of the things we take for granted today. AJ and Joerg take a deep dive with IRATA.ONLINE's Thomas Cherryhomes into why PLATO is as awesome as it is, and how it still has plenty to offer both retro- and non-retro-enthusiasts. The interview starts 19 minutes into the recording! Watch the YouTube version preferably!

Posted by AJ on Nov 09, 2018 // Read more »

Video interview with John Cioffi

john Cioffi is the inventor of the DSL technology, he and his team invented what lead to broadband internet all over the world.

Posted by Nafcom on Dec 10, 2017 // Read more »

Recoded version of our C64 Internet Multiplayer broadcast on YouTube!

So for everybody who missed our live broadcast yesterday with WIFI modem inventor and the coder of NetRacer, and Vortex 2: There is a recorded version up on youtube now

Posted by Nafcom on Jan 30, 2016 // Read more »

Scene World Magazine playing C64 Internet games live on Twitch!

Scene World staff will play against each other on the internet with a C64 - Saturday 30th, 2 PM NJ time (8 PM CET, German time).

Posted by Nafcom on Jan 26, 2016 // Read more »