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Courting the vote of the midichlorian demographic

19 December 202019 December 2020 Earl

There’s something woven throughout modern Star Wars that kind of pinged my radar and spoke to my inherent distrust of organized religion.

Leave a commentSerious Stuff, Television & MoviesCOVID-19, Politics, Religion, Star Wars, The Mandalorian

Not exactly the Federation news service, are you?

11 November 2020 Earl

“Am I getting the sense that you guys didn’t enjoy this episode?” – Amal “Enjoyment…is a multi-level thing.” – Scott “Like a car park!” – Liz – from Down & Safe Podcast #24*   This […]

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The Official 2001 2020 Calendar

4 September 20204 September 2020 Earl

My God, it’s full of… Click here to download the graphic.

Leave a commentFunny Stuff, Television & Movies

The Ballad of Oberon

29 July 20202 August 2020 Earl

I’ve lost the sweetest cat I’ve ever known in my life. Oberon literally showed up unannounced in my yard one on of the worst days in my life – a December day on which I […]

Leave a commentCritters, Home BaseOberon

Voices from the machine

26 July 20203 August 2020 Earl

I don’t think it’s any secret that I’m a podcast fan.  Being an every-day podcast listener is a big part of what led me to become an every-day podcaster.  I listen to lots of stuff, […]

Leave a commentHome Base, Podcasting, Serious Stuff

Memo to Russell T. Davies: when did you actually acquire the ability to time travel?

10 July 202010 July 2020 Earl

I rewatched Torchwood: Children of Earth recently…kinda wished I hadn’t.  Not that it’s not good, but I liked these conversations better as a science fiction show and not when it’s Uncle Bubba on social media […]

Leave a commentSerious Stuff, Television & MoviesTorchwood

If Babylon 5 was produced in 2020

2 May 20202 May 2020 Earl

A complete story in four panels. R.I.P. John Lafia, director of this episode and also a big part of the Child’s Play film franchise.

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To live (and leave) in Utah

12 April 202014 April 2020 Earl

19 months after it began, our adventure in Utah ended much like it began, except in reverse. We packed out the house we were living in, boxed up the pets in their respective carriers, loaded […]

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I'm just your typical compulsively-writing, sci-fi-and-science-obsessed, classic-video-game-playing, action-figure-collecting dad.


That's me in red with the smooth round head.

I run theLogBook.com and host its daily Escape Pod podcast and the monthly podcasts Select Game and Don't Give This Tape To Earl. I've written several books (WARP!1, VWORP!1, VWORP!2, Fatherhood, Fandom And Fading Out, and The Escape Pod Logs), and produced the Phosphor Dot Fossils video game documentaries. Follow me on Twitter @LogBookGuy, like theLogBook.com on Facebook, or contact me here.

Retrogram Podcast

  • Retrogram #8103: The Hawkman Cometh

    The week of January 12th, 1981: Hitchhikers, Hulk, Hawk, and Who, oh my!  Buck Rogers returns with a new feathered friend, the Doctor has a new furry friend, and the stories from behind the scenes reveal what a miracle it was that any of these shows made it to our screens.  (1:02:19) Right-click here and…

    https://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/retrogram/retrogram_8103.mp3

Don't Give This Tape To Earl

  • 501: The Apple Episode

    HGR2: You think I’m a pretty basic podcast host? Oh baby, I am totally a BASIC podcast host. It’s a memory core dump from the early days of Commodore PETs and the mighty Apple IIe-compatible Franklin ACE 1000, a journey back in time to the computers that made me fall in love with…well…computers. Also, the…

    https://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/thistape/this_tape_501_applesode.mp3

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A more thorough tour of a fully-terraformed Mars colony in Surviving Mars.  Lasts about 20 minutes, and I tried to take manual control of the camera angle less here, and just let the game show you everything in its own time.  I was about to track the whole thing with some Babylon 5 music, then I thought... nah.  Provide your own tunes.  Less hassle for me, more fun for you.  It's almost 20 minutes total.  Enjoy!
Surviving Mars - Terraformed Mars Montage II
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ__s3BkhVGqcc
We're gonna need a montage!  To celebrate the fact that I was today years old when I figured out that you could "follow" supply/personnel shuttles - automated things that you completely ignore in the game unless they're not working - I grabbed some video and put together a little montage.  (The music is not from the game itself; I did that music quite some time back.)


The game is Surviving Mars, with the Green Planet terraforming add-on, and I've fully terraformed the planet - at least my little corner of it.  The population of the colony is hovering at around 5,000, and it's self-sustaining enough that I can put the game in real-time mode and attach a "camera" to various shuttles as they do their thing and just fly over my creation.


I'll get back to demoing this game soon since I now have a setup that's much less prone to glitching/freezing video.
Surviving Mars - Terraformed Mars Montage
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ_T215KianU0k
Why would you go streaking in a video game?  Just...why?  Why is this game even here?  This game might just take the prize for being the weirdest "homage" to the Pac-Man format your host has ever seen.  Even his cat has things to say about it.


Phosphor Dot Fossils ( http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/​ ) is one of the web's oldest archives of vintage console, computer, and arcade games; there was also a 2-DVD documentary of the same name, covering the early history of video games, produced in 2008 and 2009 (now available for download at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/​ ).  And these days?  PDF aims to bring a more laid-back, less-caffeinated, less-profanity-spewing experience to the retro video game longplay video.

Check out my other projects and podcasts: eBooks "VWORP!1", "VWORP!2", "WARP!1" and "Fatherhood, Fandom, And Fading Out" available at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/​ and at Amazon!

Select Game: Expanded Memories of the Odyssey2 podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/​

Retrogram podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/retrogram/​

Don't Give This Tape To Earl podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/​

theLogBook.com's Escape Pod daily mini-podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/​

And, of course, the site that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: http://www.thelogbook.com​

All of the above podcasts are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Want to support more projects like all of the above? Feel free to throw a few coins in the hat at http://www.patreon.com/thelogbook/​ or help rebuild the post-cross-country-move studio via our Amazon wish list at http://a.co/7oUbGgb​ - and many many thanks to everyone who has supported theLogBook.com's podcasting and videocasting endeavours!

The theme music is the "Phosphor Dot Fossils Theme" by Earl Green.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: Streaking (arcade, 1980)
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ_I2R-MBUDjr8
Robot City: for all your robot needs!  Or at least if you have need of a bunch of robots who are out to kill you dead at the first opportunity.  A really neat unreleased prototype from the European Videopac library (basically the Odyssey2).


Phosphor Dot Fossils ( http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/​ ) is one of the web's oldest archives of vintage console, computer, and arcade games; there was also a 2-DVD documentary of the same name, covering the early history of video games, produced in 2008 and 2009 (now available for download at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/​ ).  And these days?  PDF aims to bring a more laid-back, less-caffeinated, less-profanity-spewing experience to the retro video game longplay video.

Check out my other projects and podcasts: eBooks "VWORP!1", "VWORP!2", "WARP!1" and "Fatherhood, Fandom, And Fading Out" available at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/​ and at Amazon!

Select Game: Expanded Memories of the Odyssey2 podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/​

Retrogram podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/retrogram/​

Don't Give This Tape To Earl podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/​

theLogBook.com's Escape Pod daily mini-podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/​

And, of course, the site that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: http://www.thelogbook.com​

All of the above podcasts are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Want to support more projects like all of the above? Feel free to throw a few coins in the hat at http://www.patreon.com/thelogbook/​ or help rebuild the post-cross-country-move studio via our Amazon wish list at http://a.co/7oUbGgb​ - and many many thanks to everyone who has supported theLogBook.com's podcasting and videocasting endeavours!

The theme music is the "Phosphor Dot Fossils Theme" by Earl Green.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: Robot City (Odyssey2/Videopac, 1983)
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ_8M4-9ILEmww
Sinistar: contains asteroids, crystals, worker ships, gunships, and one very hungry Sinistar.  He's so hungry.  He'll tell you so.  As he eats your ship in a single mechanical gulp.


Phosphor Dot Fossils ( http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/​ ) is one of the web's oldest archives of vintage console, computer, and arcade games; there was also a 2-DVD documentary of the same name, covering the early history of video games, produced in 2008 and 2009 (now available for download at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/​ ).  And these days?  PDF aims to bring a more laid-back, less-caffeinated, less-profanity-spewing experience to the retro video game longplay video.

Check out my other projects and podcasts: eBooks "VWORP!1", "VWORP!2", "WARP!1" and "Fatherhood, Fandom, And Fading Out" available at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/​ and at Amazon!

Select Game: Expanded Memories of the Odyssey2 podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/​

Retrogram podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/retrogram/​

Don't Give This Tape To Earl podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/​

theLogBook.com's Escape Pod daily mini-podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/​

And, of course, the site that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: http://www.thelogbook.com​

All of the above podcasts are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Want to support more projects like all of the above? Feel free to throw a few coins in the hat at http://www.patreon.com/thelogbook/​ or help rebuild the post-cross-country-move studio via our Amazon wish list at http://a.co/7oUbGgb​ - and many many thanks to everyone who has supported theLogBook.com's podcasting and videocasting endeavours!

The theme music is the "Phosphor Dot Fossils Theme" by Earl Green.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: Sinistar (arcade, 1983)
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ_Qq-Jz8biImc
Wait, am I the UFO or are these other guys the UFOs?  Aren't we all UFOs in someone else's sky?  And was Magnavox trying to hump the leg of someone else's UFO?  I mean...aside from this being the Odyssey2's lovely near-beer version of Asteroids, that is.


Phosphor Dot Fossils ( http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/​ ) is one of the web's oldest archives of vintage console, computer, and arcade games; there was also a 2-DVD documentary of the same name, covering the early history of video games, produced in 2008 and 2009 (now available for download at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/​ ).  And these days?  PDF aims to bring a more laid-back, less-caffeinated, less-profanity-spewing experience to the retro video game longplay video.

Check out my other projects and podcasts: eBooks "VWORP!1", "VWORP!2", "WARP!1" and "Fatherhood, Fandom, And Fading Out" available at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/​ and at Amazon!

Select Game: Expanded Memories of the Odyssey2 podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/​

Retrogram podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/retrogram/​

Don't Give This Tape To Earl podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/​

theLogBook.com's Escape Pod daily mini-podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/​

And, of course, the site that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: http://www.thelogbook.com​

All of the above podcasts are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Want to support more projects like all of the above? Feel free to throw a few coins in the hat at http://www.patreon.com/thelogbook/​ or help rebuild the post-cross-country-move studio via our Amazon wish list at http://a.co/7oUbGgb​ - and many many thanks to everyone who has supported theLogBook.com's podcasting and videocasting endeavours!

The theme music is the "Phosphor Dot Fossils Theme" by Earl Green.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: UFO! (Odyssey2/Videopac, 1981)
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ_o8joirIoy6M
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