Subj : Back to the BBS Part 6: The Demoscene premiere
To   : All
From : hyjinx
Date : Mon Dec 27 2021 00:58:07

Hi friends,

Well, I hope you are all rolling around now from eating too many
cakes and pies, and merry from all the booze of the seasonal festivities,
however, I have one late present for you all: Back to the BBS, Part Six.

This episode covers the Demoscene, introduces you to what it is, and
interviews the legendary Jim 'Trixter' Leonard, Vegard 'Shady' Skefstad of
The Gathering / Crusaders Amiga demogroup, as well as Bill Hart from 
PCRetroTech  and Rowan 'Cthulu' Lipkovitz. This vital part of where games,
music, online/cyberculture all intertwined is a really important history
lesson, that brings you all the way from the early 80's to the present day. 

If you want to see a quick teaser trailer, head over to YouTube now!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yTJBuvgqsE

The official release will be once again a live premiere with me in the chat
and since many of you are on vacation, it would be lovely to have you along
with me for the ride. I have plopped for 28th December at 12.15PM PST /
3.15PM EST / 8.15PM GMT.

The URL for the premiere is https://youtu.be/cw81Kax_XG4

If you can't wait any longer to see the video, then sign up on
Patreon(https://patreon.com/alsgeeklab), where you can view it NOW!

This truly has been a labour of love to put together, hundreds of hours to 
create, between this and part 7 which is coming hot on the heels of this

I really do appreciate all your support and contributions over the last 
year and a half. As you may know, I've been quite ill during most of 2021
and that has slowed me down considerably this year.

There are two more parts left: music tracker scene (which is going to be
great, it's got Purple Motion and Skaven of The Future Crew, so automatically
that makes it great, right?!), as well as Part 8 which covers off the ANSI
art scene. I might do one last hurrah as a sum-it-all-up part, but that's yet
to be decided.

I hope you guys and gals enjoy it!

Merry Christmas!
Al


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube)
alsgeeklab.com

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