Send us a text Matt's links: https://www.facebook.com/mattblairmusic/ https://www.twitch.tv/mattblairuk https://twitter.com/themattblair Get ready to press play on a nostalgia-packed episode with the multi-talented Matt Blair, as we venture into the captivating world of gaming. Matt, revered for his comedy, film enthusiasm, and music, offers enthra…

Send us a text Richard "Rik" Waller is an English pop singer. After appearing as a contestant on the TV series Pop Idol, he had two UK top 40 hits with cover versions of "I Will Always Love You" and "(Something Inside) So Strong". We discuss his time in the spotlight for his music, his time on Pop Idol, as well as his extensive history of gaming kn…

Send us a text Rob Anderson, a video game developer with in-depth background as software engineer, artist, animator, designer, and project manager. Completed 28 published projects in sports, arcade, action, and platform-style games. History of successful working relationships with Sega, Electronic Arts, Sony, Microsoft, Mindscape, and Acclaim. His …

Send us a text Returning guest Bill Thope, who runs a channel called Games Made of Cardboard, uploaded a video not long ago which shows their own real-life version of . It pays homage to the iconic game with its depiction of the game's monsters, set pieces, as well as music from both the classic installments and the reboots. Made from a mixture of …

Send us a text Fran, an indie developer settled in Barcelona, Spain. I’m the programmer and game designer of UnMetal and other indie games. We understand more about where the inspiration for games making has come from, the understanding of where to start, and also working on building multi language gaming! Twitter: https://twitter.com/unepic_fran Y…

Send us a text My guest was DJH0FFMAN, he is a professional DJ, Musician and Games Creator. You can also catch him on Twitch LIVE doing music and playing Retro games. Make sure you check out his links below: Metal Gear - Amiga Port: https://hoffman.home.blog/metal-gear/ Knightmare - Amiga Port: https://hoffman.home.blog/knightmare/ Twitter: http://…

Send us a text My guest was Aidan Half-Troll, he is a professional archaeologist for 14 years, lifelong gamer, metalhead, occasionally funny on twitch Twitter: https://twitter.com/AidanHalfTroll Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/aidanhalftroll ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My…

Send us a text My guest was Alex Verrey, AKA cult 90's TV star 'Big Boy Barry'. Specialist in gaming comms, co-founder of Little Big PR, now Director of PR at Heaven Media. Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealBigBoyBarry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Details: 🕹️ - http://…

Send us a text Daniel is an American martial arts expert and a former freelance employee of Midway. Pesina started his work as an extra in martial arts films, appearing as one of Shredder's foot soldiers in the 1991 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. During the creation of the 1992 video game Mortal Kombat, he played John…

Send us a text This was recorded live. My guest is Corey Marshall. Corey is an actor / voiceover professional who is best known for his work in SEGA's Shenmue series as Ryo Hazuki. Follow him at: https://twitter.com/coreymarshallVO ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Details…

Send us a text My guest was Marta Camilo, a UX Graphic Designer in the games industry and also is a Twitch Streamer. More information about Marta: https://www.twitch.tv/thisismartaaa https://twitter.com/myunie ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Details: 🕹️ - http://www.twit…

Send us a text Today's guest is Bill Winters who is an Emmy award winning Director of Photography with over 20 years experience in the film and television business. He also is a long term Amiga Enthusiast who has a YouTube and Twitch stream dedicated to the Commadore Computer. More details about Bill here: http://www.thegurumeditation.org/ https://…

Send us a text Today's guest is Neil from Retro Man Cave. Neil is a YouTuber and streamer who specialises in the history, and restoration of classic computing, and gaming. Neil is also a Kickstarter running, please learn more here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/retroteabreaks/retro-tea-breaks-vol-1-a-book-by-retromancave To learn more about …

Send us a text My guest for this podcast is Retro Ravi from The Retro Hour Podcast on this podcast. a BitPop DJ, Host ‘The Retro Hour Podcast, an Amiga Addict and Retro Gaming Fan. https://8bitmix.com/ https://theretrohour.com/ https://twitter.com/RetroRavi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…

Send us a text My guest for this podcast is Stuart "Stoo" Cambridge is an English computer game designer and artist, and former member of British software developer Sensible Software. Stoo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/StooCambridge Stoo's Website: https://www.stoocambridge.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------…

Send us a text VP of Business Development at TG0, creators of the new touch sensitive interfaces joins me on this episode of the podcast. TG0 have created new touch sensitive VR controller which is currently on Kickstarter. To learn more please visit: Jacub's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jkamecki TG0 Website: https://tg0.co.uk/ Etee Kickstarter: tg…

Send us a text My guest was Craig from 80sNostalgia.com. The UKs longest established 80s website, has been gaming since 1982 and has written a free adventure game last year. To follow Craig, here is his Twitter: https://twitter.com/80sNostalgia and website https://www.80snostalgia.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------…

Send us a text Stu is an esports presenter, host, commentator and caster with experience ranging from hosting live television, to being a competitive player. To learn more about Stu, visit his Twitter here: https://twitter.com/AbominableTV ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My…

Send us a text Becky from the charity Special Effect joined me on Mean Machine Talks Podcast. Special Effect are a UK-based charity that's levelling the playing field for gamers with physical disabilities. We discuss all things Special Effect, and all the incredible work the charity does during the GameBlast20 streams. To learn more, visit the link…

Send us a text Eric joins me for my first podcast in 2020. We discuss VR in the current state, talk about some old retro gaming, how Eric's YouTube channel was started, and also answered some questions from chat. Below is a little description about Eric by himself: - Let me provide you some insight on technology that just isn't ready for the masses…

Send us a text Stuart is a British comedian, critic, animator, actor, author, producer and online reviewer of various products; his reviews usually include video games, toys and food. Starting such videos in his distinctive style on YouTube from 2006, the items he humorously reviews are often of low quality (most notably from Poundland), or are poo…

Send us a text James has been involved in eSports and gaming since 2003 from being a professional gamer to now commentating and hosting events while running his own streams of various games on Twitch. Thank you James for giving me your time while being in Germany for an event. James Banks YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/UpCloseGamers James Ba…

Send us a text Graham from Jaws 19 makes videos about cinema. He alks about films he likes, films he wants to see, my top 5's of different categories. The podcast is an hour long and we discuss a variety of different areas of cinema and film. If you would like to support Jaws19, please visit http://www.patreon.com/jaws19 Jaws 19 YouTube: https://ww…

Send us a text Daniel Ibbertson AKA DJ Slope from Slopes Game Room. He aims to bring you the complete history on your gaming past. Official Site: http://slopesgameroom.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/djslopesroom Twitter: https://twitter.com/SlopesGameRoom ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------…

Send us a text The Silver Sabres Combat Academy is an LED sabre school, teaching traditional sword arts for the purpose of Competitive, Dramatic, Live Combat! The amazing LED sabre is beautiful to watch in motion, safe to use for contact work, and balanced perfectly to allow the study of genuine sword arts. Our core discipline is centred around lon…

Send us a text This episode I was joined by the incredibly talented Bill Thorpe, AKA Late Night Reviews. Bill makes retro gaming videos out of cardboard, and really captures the nostalgia of yesteryear gaming. We talk about all things retro, his incredible collection of props from his videos, go into a little behind the scenes of how he makes each …

Send us a text Note - *There is the odd audio drop out* I am joined by my favorite Twitch streamer, Sir Game Knight. A genuinely good guy. We talk retro gaming, old gaming TV shows...and some odd things on the internet. This is the first hour of the 4 hour marathon. The hours which followed will be uploaded separately as its own extended version. G…

Send us a text I am joined by Vic of Retro Electro Models on this podcast. We talk about his Officially Licenced Sega Mega Drive models, retro gaming, his little collection and the Trocadero in London Guests Details: https://retroelectromodels.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RetroElectroModels/ https://twitter.com/RetroElectro_UK Available on Amazon:…

Send us a text Shane aka SteadySphere is a games reviewer for his YouTube channel and for the website The Pixel Empire. Join us as we discuss gaming reviews, retro gaming memories, and discuss the future of YouTube plus game streaming. Guests Details: The Pixel Empire - http://thepixelempire.net SteadySphere YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/Steady…

On episode 5 of The Machine Talks, we have lead guitarist of Pareidolia, Steve Dadaian, as well as concert photographer and editor of Alternative Revolt, Josh Lowe. Steve, Josh, and I talk about opening for Yngwie Malmsteen, fighting a crowd for the perfect photo, as well as their trip to LA for NAMM. Find the companion playlist at www.themachineta…