S3:E06 - Text Adventures and Paleontology with Mike Taylor
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
Mike's website:
Mile's text adventure games:
Mike's paleontology blo Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week:
Mike's Reinvigorated Programmer blog in which he discusses everything except sauropod vertebrae:
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