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Earlier this week I was contacted by a writer working on a new book about the UK video game magazine industry, asking if he could use parts of interviews that we did on the site with editors and writers ourselves.

That led me to look up his previous book and it looked really interesting to me, so I had to pick up a copy.
Already got a rush of nostalgia seeing the MB MicroVision in there. πŸ˜„

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@[email protected] looks like a book right up my alley! Where did you pick up your copy from?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@[email protected]
In the UK, you can buy it directly from https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Curious-Video-Game-Machines-Hardback/p/24332

But I got mine from Amazon Belgium, which is why I got it so quickly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@[email protected] Belgium, man Belgium!! (Hoping that’s not going over everyone’s head lol)

Fab, thanks for the link!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@[email protected]

Well, it went straight over mine. πŸ˜‚

Then again, I don't watch much of anything on TV anymore so that's not surprising.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@[email protected] it's from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio play / book). "Belgium" is referred to as the worst most crass curse word that's only uttered by those with the most lose tongue and on Earth where they don't know what it means 🀣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

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Ah, so I see that the writers were familiar with the place! πŸ˜‚

The only good thing that I can think of that comes from here is chocolate and "French" fries.
I'm really stumped to think of much more than that.
At least we have Larian Studios, so that's something to be really proud of. πŸ˜„

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@[email protected] I work with Lewis a fair bit - he writes for Edge regularly - and he's an absolutely lovely chap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

@[email protected]

That's really nice to hear. 😊

I know him from Retro Gamer and Rock Paper Shotgun myself.

Despite not being a PC gamer, I do enjoy their work.