My name is Shinto, and I'm an Atariholic
Oct 6, 2016 17:12:56 GMT -5
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Post by Shinto on Oct 6, 2016 17:12:56 GMT -5
It all started on Christmas Day in 1982 when my older brother and I unwrapped an Atari 2600, the four-switch "woody" console, with Combat included. It was an unexpected gift from an aunt we seldom saw, and Atari has been a fixture in my life ever since.
I heard some guy had started a podcast where he talks about Atari 2600 games, two games at a time, and my first reaction was, I must admit, one of jealousy. See, I had been kicking around the idea of starting a podcast of my own wherein I cover each of the Atari games in my collection, and this guy, this Ferg guy, beat me to it.
Now, thinking about starting a podcast is one thing, but actually making one (and keeping it going past a handful of episodes) is an entirely different story. I started listening to The Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast around episode 8, and became hooked, especially the way Ferg asked listeners to contribute their thoughts or memories ahead of time, and included that feedback in the appropriate episode. That's a brilliant idea, I hadn't heard about other shows giving people advance notice for feedback, so I thought I would give it a try.
I recorded some feedback about Atlantis and sent it in. Ferg was gracious and polite, the interactivity was addicting, and the memories were fun to share, so I continued recording and sending in feedback. Atari has been such a big part of my life, always there in the background, that it turns out I have a deep well of memories from which to draw.
Now I have a podcast of my own, The Atari Jaguar Game by Game Podcast, and although it is so. much. work (I'm not kidding, the sheer number of hours I put into each episode is staggering when I look back), it's a blast! It's a lot of fun, the community is awesome and unbelievably enthusiastic, and I have Ferg to thank for getting me to actually jump into the retro video game podcasting pool.
I'm a software & systems engineer by trade, married 16 fantastic years with two remarkable children (ages 8 and 11, though those numbers have a habit of incrementing rapidly), and enjoy all manner of creative endeavors, which now includes podcasting! How much of my life would be different today if I instead of an Atari 2600 in 1982 I had gotten, you know, a sweater? I certainly wouldn't have met such great people as Ferg and Phil and Willie and many others.
So I'm an Atariholic, and I think I'm OK with that.
I heard some guy had started a podcast where he talks about Atari 2600 games, two games at a time, and my first reaction was, I must admit, one of jealousy. See, I had been kicking around the idea of starting a podcast of my own wherein I cover each of the Atari games in my collection, and this guy, this Ferg guy, beat me to it.
Now, thinking about starting a podcast is one thing, but actually making one (and keeping it going past a handful of episodes) is an entirely different story. I started listening to The Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast around episode 8, and became hooked, especially the way Ferg asked listeners to contribute their thoughts or memories ahead of time, and included that feedback in the appropriate episode. That's a brilliant idea, I hadn't heard about other shows giving people advance notice for feedback, so I thought I would give it a try.
I recorded some feedback about Atlantis and sent it in. Ferg was gracious and polite, the interactivity was addicting, and the memories were fun to share, so I continued recording and sending in feedback. Atari has been such a big part of my life, always there in the background, that it turns out I have a deep well of memories from which to draw.
Now I have a podcast of my own, The Atari Jaguar Game by Game Podcast, and although it is so. much. work (I'm not kidding, the sheer number of hours I put into each episode is staggering when I look back), it's a blast! It's a lot of fun, the community is awesome and unbelievably enthusiastic, and I have Ferg to thank for getting me to actually jump into the retro video game podcasting pool.
I'm a software & systems engineer by trade, married 16 fantastic years with two remarkable children (ages 8 and 11, though those numbers have a habit of incrementing rapidly), and enjoy all manner of creative endeavors, which now includes podcasting! How much of my life would be different today if I instead of an Atari 2600 in 1982 I had gotten, you know, a sweater? I certainly wouldn't have met such great people as Ferg and Phil and Willie and many others.
So I'm an Atariholic, and I think I'm OK with that.
