Start your New Year the right way with this week's #MissionLogGeneology! @thelogbook.bsky.social and I tackle Gene's final episode of #HaveGunWillTravel, "The Savages." CC: @roddenberrypod.bsky.social #StarTrek #GeneRoddenberry #nerdlyfe

If you're anything like my 11-year-old, you've probably noticed this special effects irregularity in one of the most iconic opening title sequences in TV history. But there's a good reason it happened. #StarTrek www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKut...

One of my favorite podcast series of 2025 has been the funny, enlightening #MissionLogGeneology - you learn not only about Gene Roddenberry, but also TV history and American history in general! #PodcastRecommendation

It's the end of the year and the end of #GeneRoddenberry 's impressive streak of writing Have Gun - Will Travel. The last Gene-ology of 2025 ponders where this episode should have been in the show's final season. www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-savages/

Some people put up elaborately decorated trees. I put up a vintage Kenner #starwars Death Star and proceeded to outfit it with a motley crew. Get a look at how much of the fearsome planet killer Kenner brought into the living rooms and playrooms of the late '70s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=daDp...

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Just a couple of frogs chillin' in a bog, trying to stuff their faces...is it really a game and is it really a challenge? See why my attention was ribbited to all the details while giving Frogs And Flies the Phosphor Dot Fossils examination. #rétrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Eo...

On this week's #MissionLogGeneology, @thelogbook.bsky.social & I lock in on why Paladin's been locked up in our penultimate #HaveGunWillTravel discussion, "Cage at McNabb." Bonus: this one has #LonChaneyJr.! CC: @roddenberrypod.bsky.social #GeneRoddenberry #StarTrek #nerdlyfe

On last week's episode of #MissionLogGeneology, @thelogbook.bsky.social & I put Gene's third-to-final ep of #HaveGunWillTravel on trial to see if Paladin can win the "Trial at Tablerock." Available wherever you get your podcasts. CC: @roddenberrypod.bsky.social #StarTrek #nerdlyfe buff.ly/18d0SUG

Tricked into a job to keep an innocent man from hanging at McNaab Prison, Paladin finds that he’s traded places with the condemned in the “Cage At McNaab”, #generoddenberry ’s penultimate episode of Have Gun – Will Travel. #classictv www.missionlogpodcast.com/cage-at-mcna...

<mumble mumble elf on a shelf but> #startrek

It came and it went. Ten years ago. I missed it. Secondary market prices were ridiculous. But now they're back. What could possibly be worth the ten-year wait? This super-secretive episode of Voyages of Shelf Discovery reveals all and celebrates the occasion! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrbB...

@weatherkatie.bsky.social joins the podcast proper to take a look at a very personal pick, and the peak of the Disney Renaissance with 1994’s The Lion King 🦁 Ending the year with a roar. Stay tuned for more in 2026 open.spotify.com/show/6fOJFqo...

You've seen what the treacherous trip across the Oregon Trail looked like for Apple II users in 1985, but what about the earliest Apple version released in 1980? Phosphor Dot Fossils heads out west in an early draft of the pioneering edutainment classic. #rétrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQzx...

The newest Atari Archive looks at the history of one of Atari's most influential and critically acclaimed games, its VCS port, and also Submarine Commander is here:

Paladin’s mission goes sideways when he’s called to handle a dangerous gunman, but winds up defending an accused man in a courtroom that’s already convicted him. A Gene Roddenberry classic about justice, truth, and the cost of standing up for both. pod.fo/e/366d44 #GeneRoddenberry #ClassicTV

Fighting for the users (in small chunks) is what Tron 2.0: Killer App's minigames are all about. Get the Phosphor Dot Fossils lowdown on this Game Boy Advance title's standalone minigames, including the only licensed home versions of Tron's arcade titles. #rétrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=73kf...

In the latest Voyages of Shelf Discovery, it's time to get the #Muppets favorite band back together in action figure form, open the Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem collection, and promptly plunge them into a battle of the plastic bands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMGb...

Paladin rides into town not looking for a fight, but a misguided old friend may give him one anyway, with tragic results. Our look at #GeneRoddenberry ’s final Have Gun Will Travel episodes continues: a visit to the Marshal of Sweetwater. #ClassicTV #podcast www.missionlogpodcast.com/marshal-of-s...

It's the sister act they're still talking about on Coruscant (or are they talking about it as little as possible?); I'll admit to being a little bit late in actually opening them, but this #StarWars #TheAcolyte set may have changed my thinking on the Retro Collection. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YvA...

The mazes may be amazing, the game may never be the same, and the arcade definitely wasn't the same. Time to take a Phosphor Dot Fossils look at an early computerized take on a classic puzzle in The Amazing Maze Game. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpfq...

Was this Ella West revisited or was it something else? @thelogbook.bsky.social & I discuss in this episode of #MissionLogGeneology. Available wherever you get your podcasts. @roddenberrypod.bsky.social

Breakin' up is hard to do... harder if you hire a gunslinger to do the hard part? Our coverage of Gene Roddenberry's final episodes of Have Gun - Will Travel begins with "Taylor's Woman" (1962). www.missionlogpodcast.com/taylors-woman/

While #MissionLogGeneology is on hiatus this month, now is a great time to catch up on the show. You can listen to the full run on #YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. CC: @roddenberrypod.bsky.social @thelogbook.bsky.social #StarTrek #GeneRoddenberry #nerdlyfe

We're off to outer space, protecting Mother Earth! Space Battleship Yamato gets shrunk down into a Game Boy cartridge, and undergoes the Phosphor Dot Fossils test. Is even part of the trip to Iscandar survivable in game form? #rétrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7H_...

Can this helpless video caterpillar survive long enough to crawl into a video cocoon and emerge as a beautiful video butterfly? Turn and face the strange with a unique arcade take on evolution as 1982's Changes gets the Phosphor Dot Fossils treatment. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGKl...

No new video today, but that doesn't mean we can't rewind to some of the cool stuff from earlier in the year, such as this slice of #ClassicTV goodness. Have been hoping to do more like this one, but it's *very* production-labor-intensive. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpZH...

It seems Donkey Kong can climb to the top of any game or computer system - and even the TI 99/4a wasn't immune. Phosphor Dot Fossils can't go wrong with #DonkeyKong (other than that pesky elusive "winning" thing). #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5d...

Dirk the Daring leapt onto our screens in a blaze of '80s hype. The latest edition of Phosphor Dot Fossils ponders: was #DragonsLair a video game, or a beautifully animated choose-your-own-adventure story that didn't give the player many choices? #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=htWG...

The walls aren't impenetrable. The enemy sentries aren't invulnerable. But then again, neither are you. Phosphor Dot Fossils fires up the #Vectrex and has fun storming the Star Castle. #rétrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjPf...

To celebrate the peak of spooky season, even #DonkeyKong is getting in on the scares. Just for giggles, let's take a Phosphor Dot Fossils look at the arcade hack Donkey Kong: Spooky Remix. Mind the ectoplasm! #rétrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooJP...

We finish finally getting to watch Mr. District Attorney, and after picking the best show of these last three, we try to narrow down: what was the best episode of Mr. District Attorney written by fledgling writer Gene Roddenberry, a decade before #StarTrek? www.missionlogpodcast.com/mr-da-replay...

I was trying to find Koosh so I could take his picture for #NationalBlackCatDay but he seems to be hiding. Let me know if you see him.

Before the widespread use of the internet, before licensed books on the topic, #StarTrek fans were rolling their own guide to The Next Generation - and making it look like the Enterprise-D's computer interface on the Apple IIgs. #retrocomputing #RetroGaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDKA...

We only had the scripts to start, but now we've seen all 6 episodes that #GeneRoddenberry wrote for #MrDistrictAttorney. Check out what @thelogbook.bsky.social and I had to say about the first three. CC: @roddenberrypod.bsky.social #StarTrek #nerdlyfe

Three times the screen and three times the danger at four times the cost! What could go wrong with the groundbreaking arcade game TX-1? A uniquely Phosphor Dot Fossils look at an arcade game that managed not to be a trend-setter. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3aL...

When the podcast started, we had only the scripts to cover for Gene Roddenberry’s first TV writing job on Mr. District Attorney. But now we’ve gotten to see the shows themselves, we get to ask: do Gene’s first TV creations improve when they’re on film? www.missionlogpodcast.com/mr-da-replay...

The true measure of any civilized society - no, scratch that - any decent computer hardware platform lies in its ability to play a decent game of Pac-Man. Phosphor Dot Fossils feels the #PacMan love even on the TI 99/4a. #retrogaming #retrocomputing www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOMK...

We're looking back at another one-off #GeneRoddenberry wrote--"Bullet Wound," which he wrote for #DrChristian. Hear what @thelogbook.bsky.social and I had to say in this week's show! CC: @roddenberrypod.bsky.social #StarTrek #nerdlyfe

Attackers have e-stab-lished a foothold on your ship, leaving you to act as the con-stab-ulary to drive them away and stab-ilize the situation. Phosphor Dot Fossils finds out what the thrust of Swashbuckler is on the Apple II. #retrogaming #retrocomputing www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnuL...

On this week's Gene-ology, @thenerdyblogger.bsky.social and I get wound up about a "Bullet Wound", a 1957 episode of the TV show Dr. Christian written by Gene Roddenberry. sites.libsyn.com/499568/gene-...

It's one of the final first-party games for the Odyssey2 in North America - so is this sting operation worth the buzz? Oh honey, get ready for Phosphor Dot Fossils to capture the Killer Bees! - and show you a very rare piece of #Odyssey2 hardware. #rétrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd91...

Videos and podcasts are always cool, but deep down I'm still a sucker for the written word, so from time to time you might see some new reviews and articles on the site as well - the latest additions have their own slot on the site's main page. Here's what's currently featured at thelogbook.com...

In 1994, Warner Bros. sent television stations 3.5" floppies bearing the Windows 3.1-compatible #Babylon5 Interactive Information Kit, encouraging stations to share it with fans and press alike. But what was on that floppy? www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYDy...

#MissionLogGeneology is BACK. @thelogbook.bsky.social & I circle back to the 1st episode of the show because something we didn't think got made ACTUALLY got made! Learn more about Warrior: The Story of #SamHouston. #StarTrek #GeneRoddenberry #nerdlyfe @roddenberrypod.bsky.social buff.ly/h4nI7A6

Who woulda thought that Gene Roddenberry's first TV pilot had a ton of potential?

If you don't grab 'em before they hatch, they'll turn into giants that can curb-stomp Time Master Tim into the cretaceous mud. Phosphor Dot Fossils scrambles some Dino Eggs on the #Atari2600. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Pk...

Do you enjoy the work @thelogbook.bsky.social & I do on #MissionLogGeneology? One of the best ways you can support us, aside from listening/sharing our show, is to support us on the Mission Log Patreon. Your support helps us to keep at it! CC: @roddenberrypod.bsky.social #StarTrek

@ohtheprofanity.com joins @thenerdyblogger.bsky.social and @mikeslamer.bsky.social to discuss the 9th episode of STRANGE NEW WORLDS, on all podcasting platforms. #startrek #podcasts pod.link/1519281725/e...

Terror descends from the skies and snatches hapless humans off the ground. It's up to you to recover them from their alien abductors - just don't drop them! Defender for the #Atari2600 gets the Phosphor Dot Fossils treatment. #rétrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeTR...