519: Three Red Lights: The Wild Story of IGN’s Xbox 360 Podcast - The Retro Hour EP519

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Hilary Goldstein and Dave Clayman discussing their experiences with IGN's Three Red Lights podcast.

This week we’re joined by Hilary Goldstein and Dave Clayman, two of the voices behind IGN’s legendary Three Red Lights podcast, the loud, chaotic and gloriously irreverent Xbox 360 show that helped define mid-2000s gaming culture. From sleeping on office couches and playing Halo 2 before anyone else, to Don King promos, 50 Cent interviews and the early days of podcasting when you had to manually download episodes onto an MP3 player, they share wild behind-the-scenes stories from the golden age of online gaming media. Contents: 00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories 50:46 – Three Red Lights Podcast Interview Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.com Go to https://surfshark.com/retrohour or use code RETROHOUR at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Play Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Join our…

People in this episode

Host: The Retro Hour

Guests: Hilary Goldstein, Dave Clayman

Topics covered

• Xbox 360
• podcasting
• gaming culture
• IGN
• behind-the-scenes stories

Keywords

• Three Red Lights
• Xbox 360 podcast
• gaming media
• Halo 2
• early podcasting

Sponsors

Bitmap Books, Surfshark, Play Expo Blackpool, PCBWay

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IGN

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