PC ZONE LIVES
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago -Members of the PC Zone team are reunited with the pages they worked on to bring you stories from beyond the games
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Episodes
A tale of two Pratchetts
November 16, 2023 10:28 image/jpegConfessions of a dick whose work is mediocre at best
Daikatana: When PC Zone made John Romero a pitch
November 11, 2023 01:17 image/jpegIt was the next big FPS from the rock star programmer behind Doom and Quake. Right up PC Zone’s street, you might think. And it was, until they, like everyone else, started to lose patience
The Dune Issue (June 2001)
October 17, 2023 15:47Listen now | Rhianna Pratchett, Mark Hill, Martin Korda and Keith Pullin (PC Zone’s one-time staff writer, news editor, section editor and Dear Keith respectively) talk about their contributions to PC Zone circa Dune 2001.
Could PC Zone make a print comeback?
September 02, 2023 00:04 image/jpegMaybe not today, maybe not tomorrow (because it's Sunday), but soon?
The exciting world of virtual reality videogaming*
August 16, 2023 09:14 image/jpeg*according to PC Zone, circa FHM
“I’m hot. My nipples are like bullets. I’m holding a banana”
July 25, 2023 10:23 image/jpegIn praise of Duncan MacDonald
Celebrating 30 years (and 132 days) since being first
July 17, 2023 09:11 image/jpegNo no. No, no no no. No, no no no. That is not John Davison
Oi! Vici MacDonald
July 13, 2023 08:04A more traditional podcast format for the sixth episode of PC Zone Lives, where instead of trying – and often failing – to get a virtual room full of people to remember a very specific time in PC Zone history, your amiable host goes through one person’s entire Zone-infused CV.
The Launch Issue (April 1993)
June 23, 2023 17:08Listen now | PC Zone was the UK’s first games-only PC magazine. You know this because, (a) we don’t shut up about it, and, (b) it was plastered above the masthead when the first issue was delivered way back in March 1993 (so it must be true). But, did you also know that PC Zone was conceived as early as 1991? You’ll know this because Your Sinclair and Zero legend Teresa Maughan talks about the difficult gestation and much more besides in this episode of PC Zone Lives.
Welcome to PC Zone Lives, again
December 20, 2022 18:11 image/jpegIf you’ve never heard of PC Zone, you’re probably wondering what all this is about. If you have, you may be equally perplexed as to why it has appeared just now on a platform for newsletters, of all things. PC Zone is — or was — a magazine devoted to PC gaming. It may or may not have been the first of its kind in the world, but it certainly was the first of its kind in the UK, which means it is older than PC Gamer (which is what counts). It also remains the best PC games magazine ever publish...
Episode 4: The Far Cry 2 Issue (July 2008)
July 30, 2021 21:33 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBDoom, Quake, Half-Life... PC Zone has championed some of the greatest FPS games ever released. It has also championed the most successful, such as the Far Cry series, which has outsold all Doom, Quake and Half-Life games combined. Revealing the story of how Far Cry became a signature PC Zone game are Far Cry advocate and one-time PC Zone editor Will Porter, Far Cry 2 reviewer Jon “Log” Blyth, Far Cry 4 champion Ed Zitron and the person responsible for Issue 195’s Far Cry 2 cover preview, St...
The Far Cry 2 Issue (July 2008)
July 30, 2021 21:33Doom, Quake, Half-Life... PC Zone has championed some of the greatest FPS games ever released. It has also championed the most successful, such as the Far Cry series, which has outsold all Doom, Quake and Half-Life games combined. Revealing the story of how Far Cry became a signature PC Zone game are Far Cry advocate and one-time PC Zone editor
The Half-Life 2 Issue (June 2003)
June 17, 2021 10:44When PC Zone revealed Half-Life 2 to the world in its June 2003 issue, it was as much a surprise to its provincial rival as it was to the magazine's readers. Securing the exclusive and keeping it a secret was, of course, a delicate operation, never before told - until now!
Episode 3: The Half-Life 2 Issue (June 2003)
June 17, 2021 10:44 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBWhen PC Zone revealed Half-Life 2 to the world in its June 2003 issue, it was as much a surprise to its provincial rival as it was to the magazine's readers. Securing the exclusive and keeping it a secret was, of course, a delicate operation, never before told - until now! Masterminding the scoop of the century were PC Zone's then-editor Dave Woods, his “associate” and successor Jamie Sefton, and senior reviews editor Martin Korda (who became the first journalist in the world to play the gr...
The VR Issue (October 1994)
May 14, 2021 07:00PC Zone may have been resting during the second coming of virtual reality in 2016, but the magazine was awash with youth and vigour when the first VR headsets were previewed in the October 1994 issue. Your Sinclair veteran Phil South and CD-ROM Magazine’s
Episode 2: The VR Issue (October 1994)
May 14, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBPC Zone may have been resting during the second coming of virtual reality in 2016, but the magazine was awash with youth and vigour when the first VR headsets were previewed in the October 1994 issue. Your Sinclair veteran Phil South and CD-ROM Magazine’s Warren Chrismas were among those granted early access to the first consumer head-mounted displays, and remember what it was like to experience Doom in headache-inducing 3-D for the very first time. As well as PC Zone's earliest VR correspo...
PC Zone's Alive!
April 20, 2021 20:43The reprobates of PC gaming™ are back, reliving their time on the UK's first and best PC games mag! For this introductory episode, eight former editors have been revived to tell their side of the PC Zone story - from before the days of Doom to when the magazine was being left for dead.
Episode 1: PC Zone's Alive!
April 20, 2021 20:43 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBThe reprobates of PC gaming™ are back, reliving their time on the UK's first and best PC games mag! For this introductory episode, eight former editors have been revived to tell their side of the PC Zone story - from before the days of Doom to when the magazine was being left for dead. Joining host Richie Shoemaker are Paul Lakin, Laurence Scotford, John Davison, Jeremy Wells, Chris Anderson, Dave Woods, Jamie Sefton and Will Porter, who between them edited more than 200 issues of PC Zone ...