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.

ICYMI 8-Bit Back Issues has reached episode 20! Geoff and Paul chat to author and podcaster @bazgreenland.bsky.social about Games World issue 2.

Recorded the September episode of the podcast last night with @slopesgameroom.bsky.social . Had a good chat about Sega stuff and the cutest games mag cover ever!

If you've gone back to listen to the earlier episodes of 8-Bit Back Issues (which are all still available by the way), you may have noticed the artwork has had a bit of a refresh. All 20 episodes are still there, but they look a little more consistent now. Hope you like the refresh.

Had fun delving into 90s gaming territory and my love of #MortalKombat as a guest in the latest episode of @8bitbackissues.bsky.social!

New episode! In this episode, Geoff and Paul are joined by @bazgreenland.bsky.social to talk about Games World issue 2, Mortal Kombat, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and their weird reviewing system! @pdmon.bsky.social @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6DB8...

Finishing up the edit for this month's new episode (due out on 8 July), with @bazgreenland.bsky.social and @pdmon.bsky.social and the topic of DEF II comes up. Who remembers DEF II on BBC2 in the 90s?

I don't just like Star Trek and retro gaming, so join me as I chat to @samwellpv.bsky.social about our top 10 racetracks to celebrate the launch of the F1 Movie.

Hey @ashens.bsky.social - would you be interested in coming onto this podcast to chat about an old retro gaming mag? I've also been recording a couple of episodes of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social about your movies. Would you be open to come on to chat about that with us both as well?

Only just found out about this mag but if you like some retro Spectrum goodness, this mag is a great read. It's online, full of content, funny and oh, it's also free!

So happy to see that @slopesgameroom.bsky.social is saved! Looking forward to chatting with you soon Slope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_apJ...

Half-way through 2025's releases so let's do a run-down of this year's episodes so far. We started 2025 with a chat to Twitch streamer and founder of the Timeless Gaming Convention, Middle Aged Gamer Guy about C&VG issue 80. bsky.app/profile/8bit...

I notice that @retrogamermag.bsky.social now has a magazine article each month where they talk about gaming magazines from years gone by. Sounds like a good idea - even the banner art feels familiar. Pixelised mag covers?

Hoping to get Slope on a future episode but for the moment I hope he gets this sorted. Please, if you know of anyone that works for Google or YouTube, get in touch with Slope.

New episode This month, @ncc17formula1.bsky.social chats to @rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social about Your Sinclair issue 6. We chat about Green Bert and card games, and compare a past UK prime minister to a goblin. @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1TLp...

The next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues is uploaded and ready for release at 8am on 8th June. Geoff chats with @rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social about Your Sinclair issue 6.

I'm on the new episode of @pickadisc.bsky.social talking about Blur's Parklife, one of my favourite albums. We geek out about the sheer diversity of content across the sixteen tracks on the seminal album.

TUESDAY! Geoff Owen from @8bitbackissues.bsky.social returns to the podcast to talk about a defining album of 1990s Britain: Parklife by Blur. Expect talk on just how varied the album sounds, how Geoff discovered the album and it's impact on British indie music. Coming soon on Tuesday!