{"podcast":{"title":"This Week in Retro","slug":"this-week-in-retro-1052400","podcast_index_feed_id":1052400,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml","website_url":"https://TWIR.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14670378/This_Week_In_Retro_Podcast_Logo9mtfm.png","author":"Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles","episode_count":281,"summary":"Get up to speed with the hottest news in the world of retro gaming and computing. Submit your own stories and upvote your favourites at r/ThisWeekinRetro. Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. A relaxed and light hearted chat on the subjects that YOU choose on our Reddit page. With the occasional special guest and a Community Question Of The Week where you get to have your say and share stories.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T08:20:56.062979+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400"},"episode":{"title":"New Arcades For Elegant Living - This Week In Retro 269","slug":"new-arcades-for-elegant-living-this-week-in-retro-269","published_at":"2026-05-23T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400/new-arcades-for-elegant-living-this-week-in-retro-269","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400","url":"https://TWIR.podbean.com/e/new-arcades-for-elegant-living-this-week-in-retro-269/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uxkxjbrecetixnkm/TWIR-Episode269.mp3","summary":"🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 If you've had a hard time getting arcade cabinet purchases past \"The Accountant\" (as Chris affectionately calls Nicky) a new transformable design from furniture to fun on Kickstarter may be the solution. In addition to the marital politics of arcade ownership, this unprecedented episode of This Week in Retro also takes on the international politics of song through LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER's retro tech-themed contribution to Eurovision and the Australian politics of microcomputer innovation, which culminated in \"The Matilda.\" All this, a Minty Cyberdeck, a replacement for the Atari POKEY, and more! ERRATA: Jason accidentally says \"Atari 2600\" at 19:22. He of course meant to say \"Atari 600XL,\" the 16k microcomputer. 00:00 - Show Opening 01:47 - Small Solutions To Big Tech ProblemsStory Link: https://newatlas.com/games/swap-arcade-gaming-system-folds-into-cabinet/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amat/swap-arcade-full-arcade-that-turns-into-a-furniture-cabinet/description Swap Arcade Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amat/swap-arcade-full-arcade-that-turns-into-a-furniture-cabinetMinty Cyberdeck: https://hackaday.io/project/205598-altoids-tin-mini-cyberdeck 14:34 - From Beetles to BeesStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idt-g_UQbqwAussie JSW: https://jswcentral.org/jsw48-a-59_aussiecousin.html 23:06 - Housekeeping - News links found below 28:16 - Look Mum, One Point!Story Link: https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-look-mum-no-computer-the-electro-frankenstein-hoping-to-end-uks-eurovision-drought-13544400Furby Organ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYLBjScgb7o 34:30 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thiswe…","meta_description":"🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 If you've had a hard time getting arcade cabinet purchases past \"The Accountant\" (as C…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2500,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-retro-1052400/episodes/new-arcades-for-elegant-living-this-week-in-retro-269/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400/new-arcades-for-elegant-living-this-week-in-retro-269.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}