RA 133: A Very Retro Christmas

[Swainy]

The Retro Asylum team get together for secret Santa and some festive retro gaming banter plus Dean Swain talks to games developer Gary Plowman about his book "ZX Spectrum Games Code Club".



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[Gryzor]

I'm considering finally disallowing these posts. I've got comments over time and, although I don't mind people advertising their stuff on the CPCwiki, I'm finally reaching the view that having post after post of blatant advertisement with little else involvement is not that nice a thing...

[villain]

Maybe an own category for this kind of announcement would be useful.

[steve]

This would not be so bad if they were all in the same thread.

[dodogildo]

Maybe an own category for this kind of announcement would be useful.

I agree

[Gryzor]

A category (sub-forum?) for this kind of announcement sounds logical, but there's not really a need for it. I've always welcomed people advertising their content, even if directly "competing" with the CPCWiki. But this kind of spammy announcements with the biiig posters and no further involvement doesn't offer much, if anything, I feel. And it's not like we ever had other such incidents as to have a separate category, so...?

[alex76gr]

I agree with Gryzor.
There is no need for the forum to become the dirty wall for advertisement posters.
Besides, is there any CPC related content in these podcasts or what?

[Dr Tiger Ninestein]

I don't think it's a problem if it's an active forum member who participates in other threads and discussions to do it, but to come here purely to advertise....not acceptable.

[chinnyhill10]

I don't think it's a problem if it's an active forum member who participates in other threads and discussions to do it, but to come here purely to advertise....not acceptable.

Its worse than that though. Take a look at the top right of their adverts. They contain a list of sponsors. This varies from month to month but always seems to have at least one commercial sponsor in there.


This will probably be part of the agreement RA make with people who sponsor them that they will get exposure on their "adverts". So CPC Wiki is basically being used as an advertising hoarding for their sponsors. Not acceptable.


I expect they'd argue they are non profit making blah blah, but why should CPC Wiki be used to further profit making organisations?

[chinnyhill10]

Besides, is there any CPC related content in these podcasts or what?

Rarely and the last time they had a CPC 'expert' in he had ditched his CPC for an ST in 1988 and seemed to know very little. Like letting someone review a movie when they had walked out halfway through as his post 1988 knowledge seemed very weak.


And constant 'jokes' about green screens that weren't even funny the first time let alone the 50th time they were made.

[Gryzor]

Its worse than that though. Take a look at the top right of their adverts. They contain a list of sponsors. This varies from month to month but always seems to have at least one commercial sponsor in there.

Actually, I hadn't noticed that because such posters are pure noise for me.  And I wouldn't even mind if a commercial entity came in here and, in the process of getting involved, advertised itself. But in this case, and thanks for pointing it out, yes, it makes it all the worse.

[villain]

Normally I visit only a few retro-sites (which makes sense, cause I'm mainly interested in CPC-related things :-), so I like it when some not CPC-only (but retro-related) things are aggregated here. But that's only my very personal point of view. :-)

[Gryzor]

Well, I do too, hence the "other retro" section. That's not the issue here - the issue is lack of cpc content combined with blatant advertising.

[arnoldorroland]

Rarely and the last time they had a CPC 'expert' in he had ditched his CPC for an ST in 1988 and seemed to know very little. Like letting someone review a movie when they had walked out halfway through as his post 1988 knowledge seemed very weak.


And constant 'jokes' about green screens that weren't even funny the first time let alone the 50th time they were made.

It was poor for a podcast all about one subject. They'd have been better having me on, and I haven't played most of the great CPC games. Could wax lyrical on Doors of Doom though.

[Gryzor]

Hahaha that'd be good enough

[arnoldorroland]

Hahaha that'd be good enough

Are you sure? Christmas 1991 I was most excited to be getting Bob's Full House and Every Second Counts! I must do a video of great game show conversions at some point.