165: From Zork to The Dark Room with John Robertson - The Retro Hour EP165

In this episode we discuss everything from brutal Infocom text adventures, retro gaming TV and the story of "The Dark Room", the world's only live-action adventure videogame with the wonderful John Robertson. The Dark Room: https://www.thejohnrobertson.com/thedarkroom/ Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Claim your FREE case of craft beer from our sponsor Beer 52 here: https://beer52.com/retro Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Jim Svalas, Martin Gustav Andersson, Raymond Montalban, Michael Vreede Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Amiga 34 - Germany PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: Live action Sonic not going down well: https://bit.ly/2U1Ar5B Civitas Nihilium: https://bit.ly/2FnyRBE Lost NES wrestling game digitised: https://bit.ly/2HxUUJz Last Blockbuster store in the world: https://engt.co/2HIJMsG