Mean Machine Talks

Mean Machine Talks

The podcast of online game reviewer, YouTuber and Twitch Streamer - Mean Machine Dean. My guests range from gaming, tech, and anything particularly interesting. Please make sure you follow :)

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July 27, 2023 97 mins

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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 enthralling tales from his time on the Games World show. This is...

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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 knowledge!

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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 main claim to fame is the co-creation of the game Moonstone 'A Hard Days Kn...

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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 cardboard and CGI, Bill's talents are clear to see. I hope you enjoy!

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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
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mHEEWg05Q6AEhO3YrwxEQ
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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://twitter.com/djh0ffman
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/h0ffma...

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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

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February 4, 2021 67 mins

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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

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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 Johnny Cage and ninja characters Sub-Zero, Scorpion and Reptile, and s...

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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

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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

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August 3, 2020 64 mins

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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://twitter.com/TheGuruMeditate

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August 3, 2020 83 mins

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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 Neil: 
https://www.youtube.com/retromancave

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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

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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/

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May 11, 2020 61 mins

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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: tg0.eu/pledge

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April 16, 2020 61 mins

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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/

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April 7, 2020 95 mins

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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

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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 links below:

Special Effect Website:
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January 20, 2020 85 mins

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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.

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Let me provide you some insight on technology that just isn't ready for the masses yet. Allow yourself to be swept up in the excitement I hope t...

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