Podcast #31 - The History of Consoles + (in French)

It's finally here! It's here, the famous second podcast we promised you in December, after the one devoted to the PlayStation. Unfortunately, it didn't go according to plan, and while we've kept you waiting with some solo shows, on Alone in the Dark and on video game adaptations for the cinemaMO5.COM Podcasts are finally back for their first issue of 2015.

And to make up for it, we've tackled a subject we've been calling for for years, especially since the last one of its kind on Tiltand we also find our honorary member Alain Huyghues-Lacour alias AHL to talk about the magazine he edited for ten years, Consoles +. Alongside him, we welcome his successor Vincent Omsstill in print today with Jeux Vidéo Magazine and The Game. And we took the opportunity to invite again our eminent member Douglas AlvesThe magazine began life as the French version of the English monthly Mean Machines !

De gauche à droite : Jean-Sébastien Brugalat, Douglas Alves, AHL, Vincent Oms et Yves Breem

From left to right: Jean-Sébastien Brugalat, Douglas Alves, AHL, Vincent Oms and Yves Breem

The participants in this podcast are :

  • Alain Huyghues-Lacour alias AHLformer editor-in-chief of Joypad and Consoles +
  • Vincent Omsa journalist with Jeux Vidéo Magazine and The Game
  • Douglas Alvesvideo game historian
  • Yves Breemsecretary of MO5.COM and specialist press expert
  • and Jean-Sébastien Brugalatstill as " chanmaille "

Bonus feature: Given the length of this programme, it was decided to cut out a passage just before the programme's conclusion, during which Belasco questioned our guests about the recent and surprising resurgence of the paper press. As it's quite interesting, however, you can download this ten-minute discussion at this address.

This 3 hour 44 minute programme can be listened to using the player below, or downloaded from the website. here or via iTunes. Don't hesitate to leave comments or ask questions, either here or on the Facebook podcasts. We'll be answering them in future broadcasts.