128 guests across 128 episodes talk about their life & the games that forged relationships, broadened horizons & soothed wounds. Hosted by @declandineen
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Checkpoints: Epilogue wherein @declandineen - host of the well liked but relatively obscure podcast @CheckpointsShow - shares the games that shaped his life. Hosted by @VioletBerlin declandineen.com/Checkpoints
The Venn diagram between fans of this dusty old podcast & people who have already discovered this beautiful new one is so much of a perfect circle that this tweet might be redundant, but just in case: friend of the show @SimonParkin’s new podcast is a joy. teapawt.net/SimonParkin/status/164…
I spoke to Erik Wolpaw, the writer of Portal, about his lawyer father’s arrest, founding the website Old Man Murray with @chetfaliszek, the success of Steam and its impact on Valve’s creative work, and the looming possibility of a Portal 3: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Some podcasts get TV or Movie spinoffs, others are destined to form the basis of academic essays relating to the Fantasmatic Structure of Videogame Memory.
Genuinely thrilled about this, big thanks to @bcnicoll for his interest and hard work. academia.edu/49345650/What_W…
Some podcasts get TV or Movie spinoffs, others are destined to form the basis of academic essays relating to the Fantasmatic Structure of Videogame Memory.
Genuinely thrilled about this, big thanks to @bcnicoll for his interest and hard work. academia.edu/49345650/What_W…
In Checkpoints episode #116 I chatted with @Gassalasca about gaming in Serbia in the 90s and he described Sega Clubs - makeshift arcades set up in spare rooms. He's now unearthed this amazing footage from the time: youtube.com/watch?v=e-1R7_eD…
This comes via this fascinating talk: youtube.com/watch?time_conti…
Rebroadcast #21 - @rich_lem declandineen.com/checkpoints…
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Rebroadcast #22 - Live at Game City feat @maltron3D @steishere & @iainsimons declandineen.com/checkpoints…
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Checkpoints #11 wherein @vanaman shares the games that shaped his life.
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(Originally broadcast June 2015)
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Checkpoints #10 wherein @eurogamer editor @oliwelsh shares the games that shaped his life declandineen.com/checkpoints…
(Originally broadcast June 2015)
Checkpoints #8 wherein @SimonParkin shares the games that shaped his life.
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(Originally broadcast April 2015)
Checkpoints #6 wherein @Iain_A_Cook shares the games that shaped his life.
Man, will I regret how much I ridiculed pi-man.
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(Originally broadcast March 2015)
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Checkpoints: Epilogue wherein @declandineen - host of the well liked but relatively obscure podcast @CheckpointsShow - shares the games that shaped his life. Hosted by @VioletBerlin declandineen.com/Checkpoints
You’d think I’d have learned to avoid the autocorrected C in Checkpoints that kills the link but here we are. I’m too many retweets deep to delete it so here is the proper link: declandineen.com/checkpoints…