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Hamster Book Club - The Doctor Who Book Club PodcastEarthworld (featuring Frazer Gregory) and bonus Jacqueline Rayner InterviewA bumper episode of Hamster Book Club where Frazer and Joe discuss Anji Kapoor's first steps into the TARDIS, dealing with the loss of her boyfriend and getting to grips with the new men in her life - the Doctor and Fitz! Includes bonus Jacqueline Rayner Interview - Jac very kindly gave an extensive interview covering her many creative roles over years with the books, the audios and beyond! Reading by Joe FordTheme by James Lark Artwork by Dan Pinn
2025-12-233h 16
The Barry Long PodcastKarma is Not Just Personal | Personal Purification as the Path to Collective Spiritual RenewalThis is the 5th recording in a series of 11, originally captured on March 2nd, 1997, during a 5-day session in Sydney, Australia.We’ve recently digitised and remastered these recordings from their original analog formats, and we’re pleased to share this one freely.This and many other recordings will soon be available through a comprehensive archive offering over 30 years of Barry’s teachings, available by subscription. Additional materials are also accessible through subscription on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-barry-long-podcast/id1709595005) and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/34rcMFK6b4CcicY7JDxo9f)
2025-07-211h 06
Doctor Who: We're All Stories in the EndEarthworld by Jacqueline RaynerIain is joined by returning guest James for a detailed look at the struggling commercial performance of the EDA's and their plunging DWM poll scores in the early noughties, with DATA, STATS and EVIDENCE. Was Paul McGann's arrival in the Big Finish universe a hammer-blow to the BBC Books range? Was Earthworld truly the best choice for a reprint in the 2013 50th Anniversary reissues as the sole representative of the 8th Doctor? Was it a strong first outing for new companion Anji Kapoor? Was it, at least, good fun?Need to buy any New Adventures or...
2023-12-1352 min
CORN DOWN Prank CallsThe CORNDOWN pt 51: Swordquest – Earthworld: The Talisman of Penultimate Truthwoop woop. uploaded finally. how does a push-button-lamp work? And before you come up here to explain it to me, could you stop out at my car and grab my cigarettes? Thanks I love you.
2023-05-1600 min
A Trip Down Memory Card LaneThe Sword of Ultimate Sorcery: The Story of Swordquest and Atari’s $150,000 Treasure HuntIn 1982, Atari followed up the success of Adventure with an even grander idea: Swordquest, a series of four interconnected games that blended comics, contests, and real-world treasure. This week, we explore how Atari’s marketing team turned the concept of the Easter egg into a $150,000 competition, complete with jeweled prizes made by the Franklin Mint and comics from DC. We discuss Tod Frye’s role, the elaborate puzzles of Earthworld, Fireworld, and Waterworld, and how the collapse of Atari left the final game, Airworld, unfinished for decades. Our conversation dives into the bizarre contest rules, the fate of the lege...
2023-02-021h 01
Dear Watchers: an omniversal comic book podcastSPECIAL: What if we played a horror comic book inspired game of Would You Rather? (with Special Guest Alicia from Earthworld Comics)Ep. 69 SPECIAL: What if we played a horror comic book inspired game of Would You Rather?With Special Guest Alicia from Earthworld Comics Join us and explore what you would do in a number of horrifying impossible dilemmas, inspired by comics like Nice House on the Lake, Ice Cream Man, Bunny Mask, Maniac of New York, Ghost Rider, Werewolf By Night, X-Men, Elvira in Horrorland plus movies like John Carpenter's The Thing, Alien, Psycho, The Shining and much, much more!Follow Earthworld Comics on Twitter and InstagramLearn more about D...
2022-10-3140 min
Skip ListS1E07 EarthWorld vs The RevelationOne of us read a book about fighter jets, a war that escalates into a hot war fighting over a nuclear device orchestrated by an alien force trying to play both sides of the war against each other. One of the characters is grieving the death of his wife. The other one of us did not read about these topics. Gen reads Animorphs Book 45: The Revelation by K. A. Applegate and Ellen Geroux and Book 46: The Deception by K. A. Applegate and Elise Donner Drew reads EarthWorld by Jaqueline Rayner F...
2022-10-171h 24
Living in the Retro ArcadeLiving in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 82: Atari Flashback Classics for the Nintendo SwitchToday we are talking about Atari Flashback Classics for the Nintendo Switch. You get for around 25 dollars ALL of the games below:
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (2600)
A Game of Concentration (2600)
Adventure (2600)
Adventure II (2600)
Air Raiders (2600)
Air-Sea Battle (2600)
Aquaventure (2600)
Armor Ambush (2600)
Asteroids (Arcade, 2600 5200)
Asteroids Deluxe (Arcade)
Astroblast (2600)
Atari Baseball (Arcade)
Atari Basketball (Arcade)
Atari Football (Arcade)
Atari Soccer (Arcade)
Atari Video Cube (2600)
Avalanche (Arcade)
Backgammon (2600)
2022-08-2815 min
All-New Doctor Who Book ClubEarthWorldAugust 2022 Book Club: Anji Kapoor joins the the 8th Doctor & Fitz at a gigantic amusement park (filled with killer robot dinosaurs) as we review the Eighth Doctor Adventure "EarthWorld" by Jacqueline Rayner. First published in March 2001, it was republished in 2013 as part of the 50th anniversary collection, and is also available digitally wherever eBooks are sold. Happy reading! Special thanks to Sarah Kumari for performing the dramatic reading this month. Check out her science fiction short story 'Ascend, Exalt, Love, Propagate, Rise!' as performed on Escape Pod #787. Please help o...
2022-08-151h 14
Skip ListS1E00 Eighth Doctor Adventures vs AnimorphsOn season 1 of Skip List, Gen and Drew review two pulp science fiction series about alien wars, weird world building, and time travel that were published between 1996 and 2005. Our skip list for this season: Eighth Doctor Adventures Animorphs Episode 1 Alien Bodies Andalite Chronicles Book 1: The Invasion Episode 2 Seeing I Book 4: The Message Book 14: The Unknown Episode 3 Unnatural History Book 20: The Discovery Book 21: The Threat Book 22: Th...
2022-07-251h 00
Sound Compilation of Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & FantasyFall of Erinworld - A.U.RaiListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Fall of ErinworldAuthor: A.U.RaiNarrator: Colin WattsFormat: UnabridgedLength: 4:37:12Language: EnglishRelease date: 04-12-2022Publisher: Findaway VoicesGenres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & AdventureSummary:The Fall of Erinworld is the first epic Fantasy novel in The Eyes of Goliath series written by British author A.U.RAI. Erik Johalson flees from Erinworld, a once peaceful kingdom, and journeys through the wider regions of Earthworld to fight against the...
2022-04-134h 37
Man Behind The Machine80s! 80s! 80s! Computers, Video Games, Movies, Music, VHSOn this episode: 80s! 80s! 80s! (Computers, Video Games, Movies, Music, VHS, C64, NES) and on the hunt for Ferris Bueller's Day Off......... Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Black Widow, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Gravitar, Liberator, Lunar Lander, Major Havoc, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Red Baron, Super Breakout, Space Duel, Tempest and Warlords! Atari 2600 titles included: 3D Tic-Tac-Toe, A Game of Concentration, Adventure, Air/Sea Battle, Asteroids, Basic Programming, Battlezone, Bowling, Breakout, Canyon Bomber, Casino, Centipede, Circus Atari, Codebreaker, Combat, Crystal Castles, Demon to Diamonds, Dodge 'Em, Double Dunk, Flag Capture, Football, Fun With Numbers, Golf, Gravitar, Haunted House, Home Run, Human...
2020-06-181h 38
ATARITECA RETROGAMING PODCAST - Il blister di videogiochiEp.06 - SWORDQUEST con Starfox Mulder dei BIT-ELLONISwordquest è senza dubbio la serie di videogiochi più figa dell'era Atari, esaltava i giocatori con un connubio tra fumetti e tesori nascosti. Chiediamo quindi a Starfox Mulder de I Bit-Elloni - esperto retrogamer e divulgatore del mondo Retroludico - quali sono le cose più importanti che dobbiamo conoscere di questa fantastica saga#Atari #Swordquest #Tesori #Reliquie #JackTramiel #Earthworld #Waterworld #Fireworld #Airworld### CONTRIBUISCI ALL'ATARITECA - CONDIVIDI IL PODCAST ###### ISCRIVITI ###Telegram: https://t.me/ataritecaIl blog dei Bit-Elloni: https://ibitelloni.com/Per tutto il resto c'è il mio blog pers...
2020-03-1414 minATARITECA RETROGAMING PODCAST - Il blister di videogiochiEp.06 - SWORDQUEST con Starfox Mulder dei BIT-ELLONISwordquest è senza dubbio la serie di videogiochi più figa dell'era Atari, esaltava i giocatori con un connubio tra fumetti e tesori nascosti. Chiediamo quindi a Starfox Mulder de I Bit-Elloni - esperto retrogamer e divulgatore del mondo Retroludico - quali sono le cose più importanti che dobbiamo conoscere di questa fantastica saga#Atari #Swordquest #Tesori #Reliquie #JackTramiel #Earthworld #Waterworld #Fireworld #Airworld### CONTRIBUISCI ALL'ATARITECA - CONDIVIDI IL PODCAST ###### ISCRIVITI ###Telegram: https://t.me/ataritecaIl blog dei Bit-Elloni: https://ibitelloni.com/Per tutto il resto c'è il mio blog pers...
2020-03-1414 min
Transmissions from the Evil LairTransmissions from the Evil Lair Ep 237 – Braintrust Assemble!It’s been far too long Evil Geeks, but we’ve lit the beacons, sent out ravens, and somehow gotten messages to the far corners of the earth in order to assemble the Evil Lair Braintrust! C-Mart, Professor Next, JC Glindmyer of Earthworld Comics, and Chad Burdette from the Times Union’s Comic Multiverses have come together to […]
2019-09-111h 58
The BasementEpisode 0003, Part 3: "Highlander 2 Lame!"We wrap up Chapter 3 in this episode and use Highlander 2 as a lameness measuring stick. Join us as we jump into the worlds of Krull, Highlander 2, and Legend and stop to talk about music contributions of The Alan Parsons Project and Tangerine Dream. We get into the nuts and bolts of the Swordquest contest and the public shaming I-r0k receives as well as questioning why Spaced!was ever mentioned in this chapter to begin with…enjoy! Krull (1983)Highs and lows Science Fiction or Science Fantasy? Worthy of Cult status? Alan Parsons Project (1975 - 1990) "Eye...
2018-06-191h 54
Subcon SerenadeEpisode 11 - Endless Wishlist<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="252" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/546f443b8a312358069c426da44067b3/tumblr_inline_p2xgepT2BY1r0l09h_540.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="252"/></figure><p><a href="http://spiffyco.com/subconserenade/011_endlesswishlist.mp3">On this episode, we leap ears first into our ever growing backlog. We want to give these games a try but we just haven’t gotten around to it! (Life stuff! BOO!) We can’t help that 2017 consistently cranked out so many must play fun titles and don’t forget all th...
2018-01-2712 min
The Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast137 - Pete Rose Baseball by Absolute EntertainmentPlay ball! This episode looks at Pete Rose Baseball by Absolute Entertainment, a late entry in the 2600 library. How does it measure up to Home Run? Listen and find out! I apologize for the sound issues I was having within the episode. Next up will be Buck Rogers Planet of ZOOOOOOOOMMMMM by Sega. If you have any feedback for this or any game I've covered, I would love to hear it! Send your text or audio submissions to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. Pertinent Links Mediagenic article by Jimmy Maher/The Digital Antiquarian
2017-05-241h 28
ATARI BYTESEPISODE 67: SWORDQUEST - EARTHWORLD and CONVERSATION BYTES WITH CHAD BOWERS & CHRIS SIMSWe're back! After an unplanned week off at the exotic locale of my local hospital, ATARI BYTES is back. And we promise you, this episode is worth the wait! First, we talk about the 1982 Atari legend SWORDQUEST: EARTHWORLD, the first in a famously unfinished series of games and pack-in comics at the center of a contest that also went unfinished, courtesy of the video game crash. Then, after the game stuff, you can hear my conversation with Chad Bowers and Chris Sims. (Thanks again, guys!) They are well-known comics writers on a lot o...
2017-05-071h 10
Transmissions from the Evil LairEp 180 – Comic Catastrophe!!Hey there, Evil Geeks, we’ve got a spectacular show for you today! You know that whenever we assemble in the hallowed halls of Earthworld Comics, things are about to get real. C-Mart and Undies of Wondy sat down with C. Anthony Burdette from The Comics Multiverse, JC Glindmyer, owner of Earthworld Comics, and Professor […]
2017-03-281h 04
The LevelThe Level 185: Apropos of Basically NothingKole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about The Inner World, Eric Wolpaw leaving valve, and we ask you which game showed you something new about the world.The Brief:Eric Wolpaw leaves valve.Army vet says games help with PTSD.SwordQuest comics are coming back from the dead.Sundered seriously looks great.The Multiplayer:What game made you see the world differently?The Grind:Jala: Guild Wars 2. Vermintide. Steins;Gate. The Inner World.Kole: Rocksmith 2014. Dragon Quest Builders.
2017-02-242h 13
Transmissions from the Evil LairEp 172 – Attack of the 24 Hour FandomIt’s deep discussion time, Evil Geeks! This week we come to you from our home away from the Evil Lair, Earthworld Comics, to talk about the effects of having a fandom that’s connected to the material it loves, 24 hours a day. Does living the “Disney Lifestyle” rot your brain? Does being a die-hard Marvel […]
2016-12-021h 38
Abject SufferingAbject Suffering 60: SwordQuest: EarthWorldFor Sale: Single Chalice, gold. Wands, scepters, gems and scimitars optional, will talk. No negotiation, cash only. I'm on to your games. I've been down this road before. Bow before the zodiac puzzlemaster.
2014-10-2725 min
The Atari 2600 Game By Game PodcastEpisode 73 - Swordquest: Earthworld by AtariThis week I am looking at Swordquest: Earthworld and the ill fated contest that this game started off for Atari (SPOILERS). Very interesting stuff, please make sure you check out the links for great photos and even more info. Next week I am discussing Edtris 2600 and Sound X, both homebrews by Ed Federmeyer. From what I have read, Edtris 2600 is considered the first Atari 2600 homebrew cart. Upcoming games include In Search of the Golden Skull, AD&D Treasure of Tarmin & Burgertime by M Network; Frogger and Amidar by Parker Brothers; Swordquest: Fireworld by Atari; Sssnake and Airlock by Data A...
2014-09-171h 13
The Atari 2600 Game By Game PodcastEpisode 72 - Death Trap and London Blitz by Avalon HillHi there. Thank you for your patience for this show, I had some issues that I talk about in the episode. Today's episode talks a little about Avalon Hill and the first of their games on my show, Death Trap and London Blitz. Coming up next week is Swordquest: Earthworld by Atari. There's a lot of info on that game and the accompanying contest, so I thought each of those should get its own episode (except Airworld, which never came out). Coming up will be Edtris 2600 and SoundX by Ed Federmeyer; In Search of the Golden Skull...
2014-09-1056 min
The Atari 2600 Game By Game PodcastEpisode 71 - Barnstorming and Grand Prix by ActivisionGreetings programs! This week I'm looking at Barnstorming and Grand Prix, both by Activision. Next week I'll be discussing the Avalon Hill company and two of their games, Death Trap and London Blitz. Upcoming games include Swordquest: Earthworld by Atari; Edtris 2600 and Sound X by Ed Federmeyer; AD&D Treasure of Tarmin, Burgertime, and In Search of the Golden Skull by M Network, Frogger and Amidar by Parker Brothers, and Sssnake and Airlock by Data Age. If you have any stories about these games that you'd like to share, or about any of the games I've already covered, please s...
2014-08-2748 min
The Atari 2600 Game By Game PodcastEpisode 70 - Haunted House and Yars' Revenge by AtariToday I look at two of my favorites for the 2600, Haunted House and Yars' Revenge. There's a lot to talk about, and now that I've finished recording I forgot to mention the Kids Stuff records. Yars' Revenge had an LP and a book and 45, each having some exclusive content. Like Asteroids, the LP is online but I could not find the 45. Now that's 2 videos I have to make, maybe Willie! will give me some pointers. :) Next week it's Barnstorming and Grand Prix by Activision! Seems like it's been awhile for Activision on my little show here. After that, it...
2014-08-201h 25
The Atari 2600 Game By Game PodcastEpisode 66 - Asteroids and Berzerk by AtariThis week's episode is about Asteroids and Berzerk, two great early arcade ports for the 2600. Big thanks once again to Willie Culver for sponsoring the contest for this episode, where he gave away an Atari Flashback 4! Willie is a great guy, make sure you watch him on Youtube at Arcade USA or listen to the Colecovisions podcast and the upcoming Channel F Files! As I say in the show, I should have split these games up to make it a little easier on me, but then the Swordquest games wouldn't have been on the same show, and that seems wr...
2014-07-021h 43
Podcasts – Traveling the VortexEpisode 143 – Spy GamesWe are a man down this week, as Shaun is sunning himself on the beaches of Maui, but alas the show must go on. So, Keith and Glenn have brought out the printed material for some book reviews from the Eighth Doctor era. First up is Glenn's review of EarthWorld by Jacqueline Rayner, featuring the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji. Then Keith delves into a tale of mystery, espionage and spy games in the novel,...Read more The post Episode 143 – Spy Games appeared first on Traveling the Vortex.
2013-09-242h 50