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Podcast: Vertical Hold – Retro Gaming In Self Isolation

April 24, 2020 By ausretrogamer

I can’t believe that we (myself and Ms. ausretrogamer) have never appeared together on a podcast! Well, I am here to tell you that we finally made our debut together in guest speaking on episode 275 of the Vertical Hold podcast!

The topic of discussion was how we were passing the time and keeping our sanity in this worldwide pandemic. We delve into the midst of nostalgia and discuss all things gaming, from retro and modern, pinball, arcade, board games to the Commodore 64, SNES, RetroPie and Nintendo’s Wii! Oh yeah, Double Dragon and Zelda came up in conversation too 😉

Thank you to Alex Kidman and Adam Turner for having us on their brilliant weekly Vertical Hold podcast, we had a blast!

 

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Read Some FREE Retro Gaming Books While In Isolation

March 26, 2020 By ausretrogamer

These are unprecedented times. We have never collectively faced or experienced such a situation, so it is great to see when we rally together across this beautiful globe to self isolate to help beat this darn Coronavirus!

Thanks to some awesome retro gaming community members, like Chris Wilkins from Fusion Retro Books, they are providing some of their digital (PDF) books for free for all to enjoy while self isolating – check them out further below!

But wait there is more! The Dreamcast Junkyard folks have their The A to Z of Dreamcast Games PDF book for all of you Dreamcast fans to enjoy too, and it’s free.

image source: The Dreamcast Junkyard

These times may seem gruelling, difficult and downright crazy, but we will get through it. For the time being, settle in and immerse yourself with some great free retro gaming content!

Free Fusion Retro Books:

  • Fusion Annual 2020
  • Fusion Issue #9
  • Fusion Issue #10
  • 8-Bit Kids (by Amicom)

image source: Fusion Retro Books

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Amicom, Chris Wilkins, corona virus, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, Dreamcast, free books, free retro gaming books, Fusion Annual, Fusion magazine, Fusion Retro Books, retro gaming books, self isolating, self isolation, stay at home, The Dreamcast Junkyard

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