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Video Game Newsroom Time MachineAuthor: Karl Kuras
Monthly show looking back at video game news headlines from 30, 40, and 50 years ago from around the globe. Follow us on Twitter @videonewsr2 and consider supporting our patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/user?u7594060 Language: en Genres: History, Leisure, Video Games Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Marylou Badeaux - Warner Records, Computer Entertainer, Video Game Update, Video Take-Out
Tuesday, 30 June, 2026
The history of video game magazines have given us some amazing publications that have helped historians understand the past in ways we otherwise would never be able to. One publication, a newsletter produced by mail-order retailer Video Take-Out, has emerged as probably the most significant source for information about the industry in the 80s, Video Game Update and Computer Entertainer. Marylou Badeaux and her sister Celeste Dolan, miticulously catalogued the turbulent early years of consoles and home computers for their readers. The fact that this amazing publication was Marylou's side gig while she was an executive at Warner Records, working with the likes of Quincy Jones and Prince, makes the magazine's excellence even more astounding. Marylou takes us back to those heady days and we find out what it was like to be a retailer at that time, how news was gathered and what it was like to be dealing with some of the greatest musicians of the age. Recorded: April 2026 Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on Mastodon @videogamenewsroomtimemachine@oldbytes.space Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or https://bsky.app/profile/vgnrtm.bsky.social Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM/posts/marylou-badeaux-162489729 https://www.memories4you.com.au/ https://www.amazon.com/Moments-Remembering-Prince-Marylou-Badeaux/dp/0648189112 Computer Entertainer/Video Game Update Archive - https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Computer+Entertainer%22&sort=-date https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyville_(nightclub) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones Listen Up - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102315/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 Larry Graham - One in a Million You - https://youtu.be/SxCBu45HgjE?si=z8YKetaMDOTmlntt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarnerMedia#AOL_Time_Warner_(2001%E2%80%932003) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson Copyright Karl Kuras
