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Videos and podcasts are always cool, but deep down I'm still a sucker for the written word, so from time to time you might see some new reviews and articles on the site as well - the latest additions have their own slot on the site's main page. Here's what's currently featured at thelogbook.com...

Absolutely! It's just a neat little slice of what the cutting edge looked like a long time ago. I was VERY happy to find it again.

YouTube video by theLogBook theLogBook.com unearths the 1994 Babylon 5 Interactive Information Kit

In 1994, Warner Bros. sent television stations 3.5" floppies bearing the Windows 3.1-compatible #Babylon5 Interactive Information Kit, encouraging stations to share it with fans and press alike. But what was on that floppy? www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYDy...

Gene-ology: Warrior: The Story Of Sam Houston « Mission Log Podcast 592

#MissionLogGeneology is BACK. @thelogbook.bsky.social & I circle back to the 1st episode of the show because something we didn't think got made ACTUALLY got made! Learn more about Warrior: The Story of #SamHouston. #StarTrek #GeneRoddenberry #nerdlyfe @roddenberrypod.bsky.social buff.ly/h4nI7A6

Who woulda thought that Gene Roddenberry's first TV pilot had a ton of potential?

YouTube video by theLogBook Phosphor Dot Fossils: Dino Eggs (Atari 2600, 2025)

If you don't grab 'em before they hatch, they'll turn into giants that can curb-stomp Time Master Tim into the cretaceous mud. Phosphor Dot Fossils scrambles some Dino Eggs on the #Atari2600. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Pk...

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Do you enjoy the work @thelogbook.bsky.social & I do on #MissionLogGeneology? One of the best ways you can support us, aside from listening/sharing our show, is to support us on the Mission Log Patreon. Your support helps us to keep at it! CC: @roddenberrypod.bsky.social #StarTrek

@ohtheprofanity.com joins @thenerdyblogger.bsky.social and @mikeslamer.bsky.social to discuss the 9th episode of STRANGE NEW WORLDS, on all podcasting platforms. #startrek #podcasts

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YouTube video by theLogBook Phosphor Dot Fossils: Defender (Atari 2600, 1981)

Terror descends from the skies and snatches hapless humans off the ground. It's up to you to recover them from their alien abductors - just don't drop them! Defender for the #Atari2600 gets the Phosphor Dot Fossils treatment. #rétrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeTR...

YouTube video by theLogBook Phosphor Dot Fossils: Donkey Kong 3 (arcade, 1983)

After Donkey Kong Jr., but before Mario brought his brother into the frame, there was Stanley the Gardener. No one remembers Stanley. Donkey Kong 3 and its unsung hero get a Phosphor Dot Fossils replay. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qy...

Gene-ology: Stagecoach Episode « Mission Log Podcast 586

In this week's #MissionLogGeneology, @thelogbook.bsky.social and I tackle a challenging script from #JeffersonDrum, "Stagecoach Episode." This is the last script #GeneRoddenberry wrote for this series. CC: @roddenberrypod.bsky.social #StarTrek #nerdlyfe

Between this and Jefferson Drum's abrupt about-face on the notion of mercy and turning over a new leaf at the end of "The Poet", it definitely feels like there was some kind of tonal shift in the show. If the entire show was available it'd be a lot easier to gauge any changes that happened.

No writer in the history of the medium has a batting average of a thousand, but this last work Gene Roddenberry did for the ’50s western Jefferson Drum is an especially challenging script, with messages that are both on-brand and very off-brand for Gene. www.missionlogpodcast.com/stagecoach-e...

YouTube video by theLogBook Phosphor Dot Fossils: Money Munchers (Apple II, 1982)

No, you're not imagining things, there are Money Munchers chewing through every dime you have. Not just in real life, but in this Apple II game! Phosphor Dot Fossils invests the time into replaying Money Munchers on the #AppleII. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgPa...

Gene’s third script for Jefferson Drum seems to be setting up a tale of redemption and forgiveness… until those options are abruptly removed from the table. Join us in trying to interpret one of the most challenging pieces of Gene’s early work: “The Poet.” www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-poet/

YouTube video by theLogBook Infinite Sheep: Launching the Invasion (1997)

When you're the last-rated station in town, what's to stop you from making your own sci-fi channel with blackjack and two stations' worth of syndicated shows? See the spots that launched the UPN 32 Prime Time Invasion across screens in northeast Wisconsin in 1997. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ihP...

YouTube video by theLogBook Phosphor Dot Fossils: Enduro (Atari 2600, 1983)

It's an endurance race on the #Atari2600 and you probably should've put on your all-weather tires. Phosphor Dot Fossils is in it for the long haul with a fresh round of Enduro! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zFU...

So let's see... surprisingly modern message in a Gene Roddenberry script from 1958? Check. Absolute banger of a recreated scene from that script? Check. Sounds like it's the latest Gene-ology podcast to me! Give it a listen and meet "Madam Faro": www.missionlogpodcast.com/madam-faro/

Did you dig “A Space Adventure Hour?”

Craig & Ashley are joined by Earl Green of @thelogbook.bsky.social to discuss the holodeck mystery novel episode!

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YouTube video by theLogBook Voyages Of Shelf-Discovery: Which #StarTrek Enterprise-C is your favorite?

The Ambassador class - that all-important step between the Excelsior class and the Galaxy class in #StarTrek tech lore. But it almost turned out very differently, and Eaglemoss gave us a chance to compare them side-by-side in 3-D. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1wW...

YouTube video by theLogBook Phosphor Dot Fossils: Vanguard (arcade, 1981)

What can you do against legions of aliens bent on stopping you from reaching their inner sanctum? You keep dropping quarters in, that's what. Phosphor Dot Fossils gives the arcade sleeper hit Vanguard a fresh look. No vans were guarded in the making of this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=453N...

Gene-ology: “Law & Order” « Mission Log Podcast 584

. @thelogbook.bsky.social and I are back on #MissionLogGeneology, covering the first of four #GeneRoddenberry scripts for #JeffersonDrum. Join us for "Law & Order," a script that is as shockingly fresh today as it was in 1958. CC: @roddenberrypod.bsky.social #StarTrek #nerdlyfe

Even if you've never heard of Jefferson Drum (almost 70 years on, you're probably in the majority), the show was still graced with a Gene Roddenberry script that feels like a cautionary message to 2025. Gene-ology is back, and we have some thoughts on this. www.missionlogpodcast.com/law-and-order/

Were there more layers of nods to the past than you might think in this episode? Maaaaaybe... I got to sit in on this week's We Are Starfleet and chill with the retro vibe (and the retro trivia).

YouTube video by theLogBook Phosphor Dot Fossils: Pole Position (arcade, 1982)

This game was absolutely not a substitute for driving lessons, but those of us who weren't old enough to drive at the time didn't care. Phosphor Dot Fossils races to the finish line in the arcade classic Pole Position! www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Al...

YouTube video by theLogBook Voyages Of Shelf-Discovery: Completing the Marvel/Kenner Retro #FantasticFour

Yes, I'm still sore about the end of the Kenner Marvel Retro line - and I still have figures left to open. In the last Voyage of Shelf Discovery, it's time to get the band - or at least the #FantasticFour (and a fantastic foe or two) - back together. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxSI...

If you're not already listening to the Trektivism podcast, you should be. I feel smarter every time I hear one.

If you're going to STLV this year, make some time for this panel and learn more about what Trektivism is. We don't get a Star Trek future if we don't start working toward it now.

This was THE best time, y'all.

YouTube video by theLogBook Infinite Sheep: You Ruined It!

The spot's put together. The edits are reasonably tight. The music has been picked to match the tone. It's ready for prime time. Until someone changes something that makes no sense. Here are a couple of "producer's cuts" that didn't hit the air this way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ams-...

YouTube video by theLogBook Phosphor Dot Fossils: Pyramid Warp (Intellivision, 2025)

An intrepid fortune hunter - that's you - runs into an endless supply of bats and creatures and mummies, trying to stop you plundering the pyramid's treasures. Phosphor Dot Fossils tries out a homebrew treasure on the #Intellivision called Pyramid Warp! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Gy...