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Cutting The Tape - This Week In Retro 142

2023-10-07

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Retro gaming is becoming more popular on YouTube, is this just because more people use it or is there an underlying trend there? Did you know that blank cassette tapes are still being made? Do you miss what was for many of us the first portable music format we used? We were dared to watch a terrible film which uses gaming as a method of brainwashing the masses, we did this so you don't have to!

All this and the Community Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

09:47 - Retro Tube
Story Link: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/youtube-shares-new-stats-growth-retro-gaming-themed-content/693472/
Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/trends/articles/retrogaming-community-1000x-growth/

24:56 - UR How Old Now?
Story Link: https://cdm.link/2023/09/maxell-still-makes-cassettes/

50:18 - G7VFY Owes Me A Beer
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3RqjIrGET8

1:07:45 - Community Question of the Week

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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.