Retro Tea Breaks - Selected Interviews Vol. 1

In conversation with computer and video game pioneers

By Neil Thomas

• Hardback
• 418pp
• 12+2pp full-colour glossy photo mid-section with fold-out timeline
• Olive green Wibalin Buckram cover with debossed logo and matt red foiling
• Red/white head and tail bands
• Red bookmark ribbon

Retro Tea Breaks Vol. 1 is the first in an intended series collecting selected interviews between popular YouTuber RMC and various luminaries from the video game industry. The project was funded via Kickstarter, where it achieved 10 times its intended goal.

Featured interviews include:

• The Oliver Twins (developers, Codemasters)
• Al Lowe (developer, Sierra)
• George “The Fat Man” Sanger (composer, LucasArts)
• Bill Volk (developer, Activision/Avalon Hill)
• Francois Lionet (developer, STOS/AMOS)
• Rob Hubbard (composer, Electronic Arts)
• Stoo Cambridge (artist, Sensible Software)
• Jon St. John (voice-over artist, Duke Nukem 3D)
• Mike Dailly (developer, DMA, Grand Theft Auto/Lemmings)
• David Fox (developer, Lucasfilm Games)
• Mark Ferrari (artist, Lucasfilm Games)
• Richard Garriot (developer, Ultima)

…and, exclusive to the book, interviews with Chris Sawyer (developer, Transport Tycoon/RollerCoaster Tycoon) and Ken Silverman (developer, Build engine).

The book features original pixel art from Stoo Cambridge (artist, Sensible Software).