About this episode
Geoff chats with gaming journalist Phil South about the significance of Your Spectrum issue 18 in his career.
In this month's episode of 8-BIT BACK ISSUES, Geoff chats to gaming journalist Phil South about Your Spectrum issue 18 (September 1985). This issue started the career of Phil South who went on to have a long career in games journalism. You can read the magazine here, and visit Phil South's Linktree here. Host: Geoff Owen Guest:Phil South 8-Bit Back Issues on Linktree: https://linktr.ee/8bitbackissues Geoff on Bluesky: @ncc17formula1 Title music: Blip Master (c) Jerry Lacey via epidemicsound.com Artwork: Geoff Owen and A.J. Black Artwork Photograph: Paul Monaghan A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network. Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patron: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Bluesky: @filmstories.bsky.social Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Search for Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Geoff Owen
Guest: Phil South
Topics covered
- gaming journalism
- Your Spectrum
- Phil South
- video games
- 1980s gaming
Keywords
- Your Spectrum
- Phil South
- gaming journalism
- 1985
- video games
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Film Stories
Books & works: Your Spectrum issue 18
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