# Remember The CD-i? - This Week In Retro 257

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Podcast: [This Week in Retro](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400)
Published: 2026-02-28T10:00:00+00:00
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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 "Keep a copy of what's important to you.""Punish your children one day." With these bullet points (provided by special guest @RonsCompVids ) in mind, we take a critical look at a Philips CD-i retrospective, discuss a substantial update to the Stop Killing Games movement, and dig into the fundamental right of physical media ownership. We share your top tips to avoid doomscrolling and introduce a new Community Question of the Week: what retro technology would you resuscitate with a one BILLION dollar budget? 00:00 - Show Opening 05:18 - Was The CD-i Doomed From The Start?Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNDm13SbX_Q 30:54 - Ross Has Saved Your GameStory Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/stop-killing-games-is-launching-ngos-in-the-european-union-and-the-us-were-not-just-going-away-on-this/ 48:53 - Housekeeping - News links found below 58:51 - Streaming Is So Last YearStory Link: https://www.whathifi.com/streaming-entertainment/why-ill-never-give-up-my-dvd-collection 01:15:02 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube:Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMAJason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton Audio Podcast:https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5…

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