Episode 25
“You’ve just turned the podcast into an ASMR podcast”
Not PC with Mark and Rob · Mark Ellis Reviews
May 14, 20221h 7m
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Show Notes
In today's show, Rob and Mark briefly mourn (sort of) the iPod, reveal their thoughts about Google IO, muse about Rob's new mechanical keyboard addiction, and get all doe-eyed about Monkey Island.
Links
- Google I/O 2022 replay:
- Google Glass 2012 skydiving intro:
- Apparently the going rate for the Triumph Adler Dario 286 keyboard Rob had when he was ten:
- Cheap replica keycaps (no good for ISO layout):
- Expensive replica keycaps (not currently available):
- Similar vibe ones Rob went for with a more modern, muted palette:
- Mario “Question Mark Box” keycap:
- Keychron reasonably-priced starter mechanical keyboards:
- Do not look here:
- Mode Eighty Keyboard:
- Trailer for the Return to Monkey Island game from original writers Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman:
- The iMUSE music engine used in classic LucasArts games:
- Interview with Monkey Island composers Clint Bajakian and Michael Land:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0EqG6RYn9Y
- Trap Door, an obscure 80’s stop motion animation children’s TV show:
- Monkey Island 30th Anniversary Big Box that now goes for £500+ on eBay:
- Thimbleweed Park:
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