Fringe Game History Podcast http://fringe.games/ A podcast dedicated to finding out where outsider games come from. no Copyright 2017 Jeremy Penner, licensed under Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC-SA. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-podgen v1.1.0 https://podgen.readthedocs.org en Sat, 08 May 2021 20:09:04 +0000 Jeremy Penner jeremy@fringe.games (Jeremy Penner) Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:38:12 +0000 Jeremy Penner jeremy@fringe.games Episode 6 - Shawn Hargreaves http://fringe.games/episodes/ep6-shawn-hargreaves.html Shawn Hargreaves talks about the Allegro game programming library and the community that sprung up around it in the late 1990s. We talk about what happens when your hobby project accidentally turns into something with a life of its own, the inexplicable popularity of games involving the murder of Barney the Dinosaur, and the vital role of accessible tooling in providing a path to learning.

]]> Shawn Hargreaves talks about the Allegro game programming library and the community that sprung up around it in the late 1990s. We talk about what happens when your hobby project accidentally turns into something with a life of its own, the inexplicable popularity of games involving the murder of Barney the Dinosaur, and the vital role of accessible tooling in providing a path to learning.

]]> http://fringe.games/episodes/ep6-shawn-hargreaves.html 01:05:58 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:38:12 +0000 Episode 5 - Leonard Richardson http://fringe.games/episodes/ep5-leonard-richardson.html Leonard Richardson talks about a number of free and open-source games he made, as well as his time running a goofy BBS as a kid. We discuss the experience of having dozens of strangers create their own riffs of a game he tossed together in a couple of days, writing interactive fiction as a stepping stone to writing non-interactive fiction, and Nethack code patches as a form of fanfiction.

]]> Leonard Richardson talks about a number of free and open-source games he made, as well as his time running a goofy BBS as a kid. We discuss the experience of having dozens of strangers create their own riffs of a game he tossed together in a couple of days, writing interactive fiction as a stepping stone to writing non-interactive fiction, and Nethack code patches as a form of fanfiction.

]]> http://fringe.games/episodes/ep5-leonard-richardson.html 01:30:47 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 04:50:11 +0000 Episode 4 - Jonah Davidson http://fringe.games/episodes/ep4-jonah-davidson.html Jonah Davidson talks about his time as part of the rpg2knet RPG Maker community. We talk about the desire to push the limits of the tool's strange constraints, the rite of passage of dealing with terrible translations, and how a community can spend a lot of effort trying to emulate the games it loves, only to slowly discover that the games that break out are the ones that are nothing like them.

]]> Jonah Davidson talks about his time as part of the rpg2knet RPG Maker community. We talk about the desire to push the limits of the tool's strange constraints, the rite of passage of dealing with terrible translations, and how a community can spend a lot of effort trying to emulate the games it loves, only to slowly discover that the games that break out are the ones that are nothing like them.

]]> http://fringe.games/episodes/ep4-jonah-davidson.html 01:16:12 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:31:51 +0000 Episode 3 - Roman Banias http://fringe.games/episodes/ep3-roman-banias.html My childhood best friend Roman Banias talks about the games he made for fun as a young child. We discuss the magic and wonder of type-in programming books, the home computer as a toy, the act of creation as a natural extension of childhood play, and the Alien Zit Cinematic Universe.

]]> My childhood best friend Roman Banias talks about the games he made for fun as a young child. We discuss the magic and wonder of type-in programming books, the home computer as a toy, the act of creation as a natural extension of childhood play, and the Alien Zit Cinematic Universe.

]]> http://fringe.games/episodes/ep3-roman-banias.html 01:20:43 Sat, 02 Sep 2017 04:29:07 +0000 Episode 2 - Phil Salvador http://fringe.games/episodes/ep2-phil-salvador.html Phil Salvador of The Obscuritory talks about his tenure as an administrator of the Mario Fan Games Galaxy. We discuss the driving energy behind goofy joke games, the fragile nature of early internet communities, the interconnected nature of fan sites, and Waligie, a community icon born from a random poster's terrible spelling.

]]> Phil Salvador of The Obscuritory talks about his tenure as an administrator of the Mario Fan Games Galaxy. We discuss the driving energy behind goofy joke games, the fragile nature of early internet communities, the interconnected nature of fan sites, and Waligie, a community icon born from a random poster's terrible spelling.

]]> http://fringe.games/episodes/ep2-phil-salvador.html 01:11:02 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 01:26:45 +0000 Episode 1 - Kirk Israel http://fringe.games/episodes/ep1-kirk-israel.html Kirk Israel talks about JoustPong, a game he has made and remade many times over the years. We dive into the homebrew community surrounding the Atari 2600 in the early 2000s, the strain of obsessive assembly coding on relationships, and the challenge of finding a supportive community.

]]> Kirk Israel talks about JoustPong, a game he has made and remade many times over the years. We dive into the homebrew community surrounding the Atari 2600 in the early 2000s, the strain of obsessive assembly coding on relationships, and the challenge of finding a supportive community.

]]> http://fringe.games/podcasts/FGHP-E01-KirkIsrael.mp3 01:23:18 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 13:01:27 +0000