Recorded a fun episode of 8-Bit Back Issues last night with @filmstories.bsky.social Magazine editor @ryanlambie.bsky.social. We got to geek out about Your Sinclair issue 36. That should be out on 8 May for your enjoyment.

I wasn't just into video game mags, I bought other mags too, including the Red Dwarf Smegazine. In my defence it was over 30 years ago and I had a different sense of humour back then. It was crap ... in a funky skillo sort of way.

New episode! Geoff and Paul are joined by Andy Smith (@tamagon64.bsky.social) to chat about the first issue of Nintendo Magazine System from back in October 1992. @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2Dxa...

I created this Starter Pack today for Gaming mags of modern and retro gaming mags from around the world. Let me know if you want me to add any I've missed. go.bsky.app/F2AjGXa

Our next episode is ready to release on 8th April featuring guest Andy Smith aka @tamagon64.bsky.social. We chat about the first issue of Nintendo Magazine System. open.spotify.com/show/3xLNDvA...

New episode! This month, episode 1's Colin Jackson-Brown (aka @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social ) returns to chat about SEGA Master Force issue 6 from December 1993. @filmstories.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1N67...

A new episode is out!

Our next episode is edited and ready for release on Sunday 8th March. Geoff and Paul are joined by returning guest Colin Jackson-Brown @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social to chat about Sega Master Force issue 6!

A preview of some of the mags we'll be chatting about over the next few months...

This was a fun old chat, nice to delve into a magazine without having to worry about how it ties into that months core episode. 😂 -Ash

New episode! This month Geoff is joined by @ashversus.bsky.social from Under ConsoleTation Podcast (@underconsolepod.bsky.social ) to chat about Mean Machines issue 23. @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3BwG...

As listeners will know, I am very much into the ZX Spectrum era of gaming, and so I've booked to go here this year. If anyone else is going, I'll see you there! www.retronews.com/crash-live-2...

Haven’t heard enough of my old toot on UCP? Hear me talk a bunch of toot when someone else has the edit responsibilities! Sorry Geoff! 😅 -Ash

It's all edited and uploaded ready to go. The next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues will be out on 8 February at 8am GMT and will feature my chat with @ashversus.bsky.social from @underconsolepod.bsky.social about Mean Machines issue 23.

Over on my personal Bluesky account I've been posting a game a day for the last 6 days based on gaming systems I've owned (or games I've played through re-release packs on later systems). My game choices are gonna come from the last 42 years so feel free to follow and comment with your memories.

NEW EPISODE! Back in September I joined @markadamshc.bsky.social for two episodes of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social to chat about the Stuart Ashens movies. Here are both episodes combined for your pleasure. Magazine chats back next month! @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0XQe...

Sending a question out to the hive mind. Podmetheus: An Alien Earth Podcast ( @podmetheus.bsky.social ) and 8-Bit Back Issues are planning a crossover episode and want to talk about the Alien video games. So, we're looking for a gaming mag with an Alien cover. Can anyone suggest anything?

Well, we're at the end of 2025 and we have another 12 episodes under our belt. Let's take a look back at the episodes and amazing guests we've had this year. open.spotify.com/show/3xLNDvA...

Great to see that two of my podcasts get mentioned in this month's @filmstories.bsky.social Magazine. @threecirclesfs.bsky.social and @8bitbackissues.bsky.social both get a shout out in there. If you want to see what nice stuff has been written then you'll have to go buy it! @violeth310.bsky.social

And if you're interested in the great work that @mpkch.bsky.social and the team from @breakspace.bsky.social Magazine does here, you can download the current issue, as well as the first two back issues free from breakspace.itch.io

I've been enjoying the @8bitbackissues.bsky.social podcast, featuring @breakspace.bsky.social 's very own Mpk chatting about what we're doing with Break Space and taking a look at Crash Issue 18. Available from wherever you get your podcasts from. www.podparadise.com/Podcast/1720...

Hear me roar! Well, waffle on about ZX Spectrum magazines. No actual roaring included.

Our intrepid editor Mpk may well have a face for radio, but sadly has a voice for print. Somehow undeterred, he's recorded a podcast episode. Enjoy?

New episode! This month Geoff is joined by Mpk of BreakSpace Magazine to chat about 1985's Crash issue 18. We also chat about BreakSpace, Oli Frey, and Spectrum gaming. @mpkch.bsky.social @breakspace.bsky.social @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4vtg...

Apologies - I got my dates wrong. This will be out MONDAY at 8am, not Sunday.

So if you listen to the podcast you know that I've been exclusively an Xbox gamer for the last 20 years. Well today I joined the dark side and got myself a PS5. What do I need to play?

A new episode coming this Sunday featuring @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. We chat BreakSpace and Crash, two great Spectrum mags - one from yesterday, and one from today...

Coming soon!

Anyone know?

Jumping on a recording of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social today to talk about a different magazine from my youth. There's a very unfortunate reason why it's this mag as it's a bit of a reunion with my 18 year old self...

Just finished a recording of an upcoming episode with Ash from @underconsolepod.bsky.social. This may be the longest episode yet but trust me you're going to enjoy it when it comes out in January.

New episode! This month, Geoff is joined by UK Gaming Network's Brian Sharp ( @ukgnzoidberg.bsky.social ) to chat about Games-X issue 1 from May 1991. @ncc17formula1.bsky.social @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/20iI...

Coming on Saturday - new episode with @ukgnzoidberg.bsky.social who is namechecked on the back of The Dizzy Collection's Amiga release for his review of Fantasy World Dizzy!

Had a lovely chat this morning with @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. You'll hear this chat on December 8th. In the meantime, make sure you check out their free magazine. It includes this lovely picture of a guinea pig! breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-i...

Finished up a recording yesterday about early 90s gaming with issue 1 of Games-X and doing one tomorrow about the legendary magazine Crash. I know I've been Spectrum heavy of late so I am actively looking to speak to gamers about Commodore 64, Atari and Xbox magazines.

It's taken me way too long to do this but I now own my first @bitmapbooks.com title. And of course it's their Spectrum title. I see my current episode guest @philsouth.bsky.social is one of the contributors too!

NEW EPISODE! This month, Geoff chats to games journalist Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social about his career beginning with this magazine - Your Spectrum issue 18. @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2O14...

NEW EPISODE! This month, Geoff chats to games journalist Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social about his career beginning with this magazine - Your Spectrum issue 18. @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2O14...

Really would love to do an episode on this mag - I know very little about it other than it was a promotional mag produced by Nintendo for use in the movie 'The Wizard'. Copies of it were distributed to moviegoers when the film was in the cinemas.

Three appearances this week on the round-up. New episodes of @threecirclesfs.bsky.social (talking about Goldrush and @jeanlucpodard.bsky.social (TNG's 'Gambit'), as well as a guest appearance on @reddwarfpod.bsky.social (Ashens and the Polybius Heist). filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...

Finishing off the edit ahead of the next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues with former games journalist @philsouth.bsky.social . That'll be released next Wednesday 8 October.

I was pleased to join @markadamshc.bsky.social for this week's episode of Shipwrecked and Comatose to talk about the bizarre movie Ashens and the Quest for the Game Child. Robert Llewellyn appears in this movie which features some of your favourite gaming YouTubers.

New episode! Geoff is joined by @slopesgameroom.bsky.social this month to chat about Sega Magazine issue 11. We talk about The Lion King, Ecco the Dolphin and lots more! @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0fGH...

The next episode is uploaded and ready to drop on Monday morning. Geoff will be joined by @slopesgameroom.bsky.social to chat about 1994's Sega Magazine issue 11.

At @timelessgc.bsky.social and about to watch next month's guest doing what he does best. Geeky quizzes! @slopesgameroom.bsky.social

New episode In this month's episode, I'm joined by Bill Sunderland from @escapethispodcast.bsky.social . We chat about PC Powerplay issue 27, The X-Files, adventures and squatting! @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4MAB...

So excited to be going to @timelessgc.bsky.social again this year, this time at Arcains in Liverpool. I'll be there with my partner selling geeking gaming stuff but I'll be happy to chat about the podcast with you all too.

One week away from the next episode where Geoff chats to @escapethispodcast.bsky.social's Bill Sunderland about the first Australian magazine on the show - PC Powerplay.

Good to see my fellow Film Stories podcasters around Cardiff over the last couple of days.