Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom with Andy Larson (The Last Comic Shop)

Attention, space cadets and retro gamers! Prepare to blast off into a pixelated adventure as Play Comics takes on Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom. We’re zooming through the 25th century faster than you can say “bidi-bidi-bidi,” exploring this cosmic classic that graced the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Atari 5200, and Intellivision.

Joining us on this retro romp is none other than Andy Larson, one of the amazing hosts of The Last Comic Shop podcast. Together, we’ll navigate through space battles, questionable physics, and more bleeps and bloops than you can shake a joystick at.

So strap in, adjust your antenna, and get ready to explore whether this game does justice to the Buck Rogers comics and serialized adventures. Will it be a direct hit or a galactic miss? Tune in to find out if Buck’s digital escapades are as timeless as his 500-year nap!

Learn such things as:

• How has Buck Rogers influenced some of your favorite modern science fiction?
• When is taking a giant nap a huge mistake?
• Do we really care that a lot of the actual science here is wrong?
• And so much more!

You can Andy on BlueSky @lastcomicshoppodcast.com, Instagram @lastcomicshop, YouTube @lastcomicshop, his comic blog on Tumbler, and of course over on The Last Comic Shop Podcast.

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

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Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

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A big thanks to Spawnography and Talkin’ Comix for the promos today.

Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who swears that it’s a relative flying that spaceship in the game, but doesn’t have proof to back it up.

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