ABOUT THIS EPISODE
May 16, 2025
Mike Taylor, author of the VIC-20 text adventures Magic Mirror and Nosferatu as well as the Commodore 64 game The Causes of Chaos joins the show. We talk about those early adventure games, his evolution as a software developer, Perl, paleontology, and his book about the 11th incarnation of Doctor Who.
Mike's contact information on Mastodon: @mike@sauropods.win https://sauropods.win/@mike/
Mike's website: https://www.miketaylor.org.uk/
Mile's text adventure games: https://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tech/advent/mm/
Mike's paleontology blo Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week: https://svpow.com/
Mike's Reinvigorated Programmer blog in which he discusses everything except sauropod vertebrae: https://reprog.wordpress.com/
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