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	Podcast:		Simple Beep
	Episode:		e8 – Escape Velocity
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		01:20:09
	Publish Date:		2015-02-27 23:00:00
	Description:		We go on a galactic adventure with one of our favorite Mac shareware games, Escape Velocity by Ambrosia Software. We encounter delightful pop culture references, everyone's favorite parrot space pirate, and — of course — the most destructive forklift in the universe. Links for this episode: Escape Velocity official site Ambrosia Software pre-EV releases Maelstrom (Asteroids clone) Chiral (original) Apeiron (Centipede clone) Swoop (Galaxian clone) Barrack (JezzBall clone) utilities: Snapz Pro, WireTap, SoundBoard development of the EV series released May 5, 1996 after 13 months of development lead developer Matt Burch Burch was a freshman in college at release sequels EV Override and EV Nova EV 4 "unlikely" how to play classic EV in OS X inside jokes, references, and easter eggs HHGTG: Mostly Harmless, Zaphod Beeblebrox Hector the parrot MST3K forklift song Balloon Help EV plugins The EV Bible influenced by EV EV Nova card game Warpgate by Freeverse Software (defunct after acquisition by ngmoco) found a Captain Hector reference in Warpgate. that elevates its Escape Velocity homage status to 'official'. http://twitpic.com/2forzv — Ed Cormany (@ecormany) August 17, 2010 Out There EVE Online has over 500K subscribers KPT Bryce
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