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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Last year I got to chat about Stuart Ashen. Today I got to chat to Stuart Ashen. Coming in November...

8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Prepping the next episode recording of the podcast with an amazing guest (which will be out in November) and I find this comic strip in the pages of Crash issue 35. Wait... do you see what I see? Is that THE Charlie Brooker? I know he worked for OINK! Is this an early appearance?

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Starting the edit for the September episode. I really can't wait for you to all hear this episode as we have Steve McNeil from the TV show Go 8-Bit and @wifiwars.bsky.social as our special guest this month reliving his days of being an Atari ST gamer. Recorded live at @timelessgc.bsky.social 2026.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I will be there this Wednesday, along with my partner manning the Crefftau Hendy Crafts and Gifts table (just inside the front door of Punch Tarmey's). You can still get tickets online and don't forget to use the code '8bit26' for 15% discount. timelessgaming.co.uk/collections/...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Coming up in the next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues... Why is @robbotron.bsky.social pulling this face? And WTF is he holding??? All of these questions answered in August's episode of 8-Bit Back Issues. (Available from 8 August)

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The next episode is uploaded and ready for release on 8 July! Geoff chats with MAGG from @timelessgc.bsky.social about C&VG issue 100 and the next Timeless event in August. Use our code 8bit26 for 15% off!

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Looking forward to chatting to @robbotron.bsky.social this Wednesday for an upcoming episode of 8-Bit Back Issues. We'll be talking about this beauty from Australia back in October 1994.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Just completed the recording of our July episode with MAGG. We chatted about C&VG issue 100, the upcoming Timeless Gaming Convention @timelessgc.bsky.social and many others. Don't forget to use code 8bit26 to book tickets for 15% discount!

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

As I'll be there with my partner's company Crefftau Hendy Crafts and Gifts, we've been allowed to offer this discount to our customers too.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

If you are headed to @timelessgc.bsky.social in August and still haven't bought your tickets yet, then this may sweeten the deal for you. 15% discount off your tickets by using this code. Hope to see you there!

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

New episode! Geoff and @pdmon.bsky.social welcome back @mattjlatham.bsky.social to the podcast to talk about C&VG issue 193, and the most 90s cover you'll see on a magazine ever! Pop star Louise faces off against PaRappa the Rapper. @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6vcn...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

FORMAT WAR! What is your preferred medium of owning a game? CD? DVD/Bluray? Cartridge? Cassette? Floppy disc? ...digital download? (booooooo!) Comment your favourite.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The next episode is edited and uploaded ready for release on Monday 8th June. Geoff and Paul are joined by @mattjlatham.bsky.social to talk about PaRappa the Rappa and Louise in C&VG issue 193. open.spotify.com/show/3xLNDvA...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Well - here's the full list of winners with my name mentioned - Geoff(rey) Owen. Is your name your real name?

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A new episode will be recorded this week with @bitmapbooks.com's Sam Dyer. We'll be chatting about Commodore Format issue 1. We'll no doubt be talking about the long forgotten Commodore 64 Games System. Did you buy it? Did you want it? Share your comments and we'll read them out on the show.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Never mind the Epstein files... what's going on with Budgie?

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Recorded a fun episode of 8-Bit Back Issues last night with @filmstories.bsky.social Magazine editor @ryanlambie.bsky.social. We got to geek out about Your Sinclair issue 36. That should be out on 8 May for your enjoyment.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Our next episode is ready to release on 8th April featuring guest Andy Smith aka @tamagon64.bsky.social. We chat about the first issue of Nintendo Magazine System. open.spotify.com/show/3xLNDvA...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Our next episode is edited and ready for release on Sunday 8th March. Geoff and Paul are joined by returning guest Colin Jackson-Brown @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social to chat about Sega Master Force issue 6!

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

A preview of some of the mags we'll be chatting about over the next few months...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I promised it would be a bumper episode and I wasn't kidding. After editing it down, this is the episode's final running time. It's a great chat though and I know you'll enjoy it.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

It's all edited and uploaded ready to go. The next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues will be out on 8 February at 8am GMT and will feature my chat with @ashversus.bsky.social from @underconsolepod.bsky.social about Mean Machines issue 23.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

We will be taking a brief hiatus in January as our next episode is a bumper one with Ash Versus from @underconsolepod.bsky.social which will be released in February...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

And then in October, @philsouth.bsky.social joined us to chat about Your Spectrum issue 18, the start of his gaming journalism career. open.spotify.com/episode/2O14...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

DJ Slope from @slopesgameroom.bsky.social joined us for the September episode to chat about Sega Magazine issue 11. open.spotify.com/episode/0fGH...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

A new episode coming this Sunday featuring @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. We chat BreakSpace and Crash, two great Spectrum mags - one from yesterday, and one from today...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Jumping on a recording of @reddwarfpod.bsky.social today to talk about a different magazine from my youth. There's a very unfortunate reason why it's this mag as it's a bit of a reunion with my 18 year old self...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Just finished a recording of an upcoming episode with Ash from @underconsolepod.bsky.social. This may be the longest episode yet but trust me you're going to enjoy it when it comes out in January.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Coming on Saturday - new episode with @ukgnzoidberg.bsky.social who is namechecked on the back of The Dizzy Collection's Amiga release for his review of Fantasy World Dizzy!

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Had a lovely chat this morning with @mpkch.bsky.social from @breakspace.bsky.social. You'll hear this chat on December 8th. In the meantime, make sure you check out their free magazine. It includes this lovely picture of a guinea pig! breakspace.itch.io/breakspace-i...

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Finished up a recording yesterday about early 90s gaming with issue 1 of Games-X and doing one tomorrow about the legendary magazine Crash. I know I've been Spectrum heavy of late so I am actively looking to speak to gamers about Commodore 64, Atari and Xbox magazines.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

It's taken me way too long to do this but I now own my first @bitmapbooks.com title. And of course it's their Spectrum title. I see my current episode guest @philsouth.bsky.social is one of the contributors too!

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Really would love to do an episode on this mag - I know very little about it other than it was a promotional mag produced by Nintendo for use in the movie 'The Wizard'. Copies of it were distributed to moviegoers when the film was in the cinemas.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Finishing off the edit ahead of the next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues with former games journalist @philsouth.bsky.social . That'll be released next Wednesday 8 October.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I was pleased to join @markadamshc.bsky.social for this week's episode of Shipwrecked and Comatose to talk about the bizarre movie Ashens and the Quest for the Game Child. Robert Llewellyn appears in this movie which features some of your favourite gaming YouTubers.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The next episode is uploaded and ready to drop on Monday morning. Geoff will be joined by @slopesgameroom.bsky.social to chat about 1994's Sega Magazine issue 11.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

One week away from the next episode where Geoff chats to @escapethispodcast.bsky.social's Bill Sunderland about the first Australian magazine on the show - PC Powerplay.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Recorded the September episode of the podcast last night with @slopesgameroom.bsky.social . Had a good chat about Sega stuff and the cutest games mag cover ever!

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Finishing up the edit for this month's new episode (due out on 8 July), with @bazgreenland.bsky.social and @pdmon.bsky.social and the topic of DEF II comes up. Who remembers DEF II on BBC2 in the 90s?

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I notice that @retrogamermag.bsky.social now has a magazine article each month where they talk about gaming magazines from years gone by. Sounds like a good idea - even the banner art feels familiar. Pixelised mag covers?

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The next episode of 8-Bit Back Issues is uploaded and ready for release at 8am on 8th June. Geoff chats with @rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social about Your Sinclair issue 6.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Recorded a fascinating episode of the podcast this morning (or last night) with Bill Sunderland of @escapethispodcast.bsky.social. Our first Australian magazine on the show.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Just starting the edit of the June episode with guest @rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social. Is there any resemblance between the cover star of Your Sinclair issue 6, and the Spitting Image puppets of Thatcher and Spock?

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

The next episode is loaded and ready to go! Listen out for the episode where I chat to MrVestek about Official Dreamcast Magazine issue 21 - aka the final issue. To be released on Thursday 8 May at 8am UK time.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

There are also episodes coming up in June and July with @rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social and @bazgreenland.bsky.social, and a planned recording with Bill Sunderland of @escapethispodcast.bsky.social for August.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Hard at work editing the next episode of the podcast, we'll be chatting about the Dreamcast with @mrvestek.bsky.social . In the meantime, Go back and have a listen to the last episode, chatting with @gamesguru1.bsky.social about The Bitmap Brothers.

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8-Bit Back Issues Podcast -> CRASH Live! 2026 @8bitbackissues.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The next episode is uploaded and ready for release next Tuesday. The guest is @gamesguru1.bsky.social as we talk about a 2019 issue of @retrogamermag.bsky.social !

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