Retro Gaming Discussion Show

Kingy is joined by special guest, Will Brooker to discuss the phenomena of "Filling in the Blanks" in gaming. Where the imagination takes over the experience suggested in the particular game. This episode is based around the 8-bit era where the games were a lot more basic and the players own imagination took the game to a new level. Will has submitted an academic paper on this very topic and discusses it in the show. Twitter details Follow us on @rgdspodcast Follow Kingy on @uvtkingy Follow Will on @willbrooker   Show notes:- Details of Will's Spectrum documentary (as discussed in the episode) I’m currently filming my first round of interviews with Spectrum gamers - people local to me who can fund their own travel to the university - and I’m going to apply for funding to cover the costs of more distant interviews. In the meantime I’m inviting Spectrum gamers to mail me their video memories. Here’s what I’ve sent my respondents so far. We can ask your listeners to send in their videos, and they can check detai