Nick Montfort from MIT at the Retro Gaming Weekend
February 4, 2010 by Renae Mason
Filed under Video games of 80s, Vox pops
Nick Montfort is Associate Professor of Digital Media, Writing and Humanistic Studies from MIT University. He kindly extended his stay here in Australia to attend the Sydney Global Game Jam weekend and speak at the opening night about 80s retro gaming. In the vox pops that follow, Nick and Seb Chan discuss text adventures, the [...]
John talks about collecting classic 80s arcade games
February 2, 2010 by Renae Mason
Filed under Vox pops
John is collector of classic arcade equipment and lover of original machinery. He has a background in electronics and worked in the gaming industry in the 80s. He kindly lent the museum his ‘Dragon’s Lair’ and ‘Gyruss’ arcade games. We think they were the real stars of our retro gaming opening night!
Steve Wang on 80s game development
February 1, 2010 by Renae Mason
Filed under Vox pops
Steve Wang came along to the opening of our retro gaming weekend and gave a fantastic talk about 80s game development. He kindly agreed to a few vox pops with us about his memories of 80s gameplay and development. Part 1: Steve remembers his favourite games arcade and C64 games (Elite and Dropzone get a [...]
DJ Ali Reza talks about retrogaming and DJing
January 22, 2010 by Seb Chan
Filed under Video games of 80s
DJ Ali Reza is going to be spinning some 80s inspired electronic music at the late night opening of the Retro Gaming Weekend on Friday January 29. Read his memories of the 80s and the connections between gaming and music.
