S3:E06 - Text Adventures and Paleontology with Mike Taylor

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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

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Mike's website:

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Mile's text adventure games:

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Mike's paleontology blo Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week:

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Mike's Reinvigorated Programmer blog in which he discusses everything except sauropod vertebrae:

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