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Ep. #218 - Tech And Online Culture With Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz is a journalist and opinion columnist who covers a wide range of the current tech and online culture. Starting out as a blogger, then hopping onto mainstream media like The Washington Post or The New York Times, she is now back as a freelance journalist yet again, offering her expertise with her independent User Mag publication and her Power User podcast. The interview starts at minute 40:06 into the podcast.

Posted by Nafcom on Jul 05, 2025 // Read more »

Ep. #216 - Catching up on Musée Bolo with Cédric Gaudin

In this episode we are are catching up with what's going on at Musée Bolo, this time talking to its president Cédric Gaudin. Learn more about where they are standing 8 years after our initial interview, and where they are heading to, as well! The interview starts at minute 26:57, enjoy!

Posted by Nafcom on Jun 25, 2025 // Read more »

Ep. #211 - Professional Cosplaying with Eden Craft

In our new episode we welcome Eden Craft, a fulltime cosplayer from Germany since 2015. She talked with us about her passion and her work and gave us some fascinating insights. Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 58:07

Posted by Nafcom on Mar 28, 2025 // Read more »

Ep. #210 - Nordischsound

Welcome to our new episode! This time we welcome a true C64 chiptune maestro: Benjamin Dibbert aka Nordischsound He's popular for plenty of excellent SID cover songs and many more. Get some interesting sound chip insights. Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 1:06:30

Posted by Nafcom on Mar 08, 2025 // Read more »

Ep. #206 - GUI64 with Fritz Philipp

In our new episode we welcome Fritz Philipp, creator of GUI64, an amazing graphical user interface for your Commodore 64. It was just released and makes your good old C64 look more modern than ever before! Check it out! The interview starts at minute 23:41

Posted by Nafcom on Jan 15, 2025 // Read more »

Ep. #202 - Making the fan-made Broken Sword 2.5 with Marius Gosch

In our new episode we welcome Marius Gosch, one of the founders of the Broken Sword 2.5 project. He'll tell us about some insights and his work as a story- and puzzle writer on this amazing fan-made Broken Sword 2 sequel of the adventure classic. The interview section starts at minute 1:43:08 Tune in and enjoy!

Posted by Nafcom on Nov 19, 2024 // Read more »

Ep. #199 - The Doom Guy Book with John Romero

This is a huge one! We are very proud and happy to welcome the one and only John Romero - the co-creator of Doom! In this episode of our podcast he is talking about his long-awaited autobiography 'Doom Guy: Life in First Person'. Tune in for gaming's original rock star! The interview section starts at minute 31:17 Enjoy!

Posted by Nafcom on Sep 24, 2024 // Read more »

Ep. #198 - Music for the Virtual Boy with Tronimal

We are happy to welcome back chiptune maestro Tronimal! He is well-known for amazing Gameboy music albums and energetic live performances. This time we are talking about his upcoming Virtual Boy album and the process of making an album for Nintendo's early VR attempt. The interview section starts at minute 44:24 Enjoy!

Posted by Nafcom on Sep 09, 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. #195 - Brett Weiss

In this exciting episode, we dive into the vibrant world of retro gaming with special guest Brett Weiss! Brett is an author, historian, and a true connoisseur of classic video games. With a deep passion for gaming history, Brett has penned several books, including the acclaimed "Classic Home Video Games" series and "The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987" and his more recent "The (S)NES Omnibus" book series. Brett Weiss has been a professional writer since 1997. His work has appeared in numerous publications, and he is a frequent speaker at gaming conventions. Brett’s website is a treasure trove of articles, book excerpts, and gaming insights, too. The interview starts at minute 12:02

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