Simon Byron's guest appearances

Simon Byron

Checkpoints

Beautiful Botswana - The Travel Podcast

Sarah Elmaleh

Gita Jackson

James Wilson

Meg Jayanth

Alexis Kennedy

Jennifer Scheurle

Chris Bell

John Davison

Richard Garriott

Tim Schafer

Justin Ma

Jason Rohrer

Edmund McMillen

Siobhan Reddy

Sean Vanaman

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Simon Byron of Beagle Expeditions joins me to discuss broadly the safari destinations of Northern Botswana. Simon walks us through a brief discussion of the geography of the areas, discusses the differences between the regions and gives a broad understanding of what to expect in the different areas at different times of year. Join us for our conversation that gives an overview of the many different regions to visit in Botswana and offers a great introduction into what areas there are to visit.The book mentioned in the snapshot round is Okavango: A Field Guide by Lee Gutteridge and Tony Reumerman.To find out more about Simon and the work he is doing visit: www.beagleexpeditions.comMusic track credits: Tafi Maradi Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Simon Byron of Beagle Expeditions joins me to discuss broadly the safari destinations of Northern Botswana. Simon walks us through a brief discussion of the geography of the areas, discusses the differences between the regions and gives a broad understanding of what to expect in the different areas at different times of year. Join us for our conversation that gives an overview of the many different regions to visit in Botswana and offers a great introduction into what areas there are to visit. The book mentioned in the snapshot round is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Okavango-Field-Guide-Southbound-Guides-ebook/dp/B00HESTBKQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=okavango+lee+gutteridge&amp;qid=1588021733&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Okavango: A Field Guide by Lee Gutteridge and Tony Reumerman</a>. To find out more about Simon and the work he is doing visit: <a href="http://www.beagleexpeditions.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.beagleexpeditions.com</a> Music track credits: Tafi Maradi Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a>

1 - Simon Byron - The Safari Landscape

This is a show about video games, the people who play them and the people who make them. Each episode, a guest on the show talks about the games that have shaped their life in one way or another. Games that have inspired them, games that forged connections with others &amp; games that have soothed wounds. Checkpoints!My guest today is Simon Byron, formerly a videogame journalist and PR person, now a co-host of videogame radio show One Life Left, Publishing Director at Curve Digital and creator of hit mobile games Bang Man and Up Down Left Right. He is also the reigning Sensible Soccer World Champion.We talk about growing up around arcades in Bournemouth, how anarchic early video game journalism was, the highs and lows of video game PR - from playing in front of thousands at the Isle of Wight festival to sending bags of offal in the post.We also chat about his shift into publishing and some of the difficulties of the modern video game market (spoilers: there's too much and it's all great), his brief stint as a commentator on GamesMaster and that time he tried to desecrate the grave of Jimi Hendrix.'Why you gotta play that song so loud?(Because we want to, because we want to)'PATREON! - patreon.com/checkpointsiTunes HERE -  SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEWGames discussed: Ikari Warriors, Guitar Hero, 10 Second Ninja, Human Fall Flat, Defender, Dragon's Lair, Sensible Soccer, Doom 2, Aladdin, Star Wars Battlefront, GTA, JFK: Reloaded, SkyrimRSS HERETwitter - twitter.com/CheckpointsShowCover design: Craig Stevenson - http://onedinosaurandhisballoon.blogspot.co.ukMusic: Samuel Baker - http://soundcloud.com/furoshiki

This is a show about video games, the people who play them and the people who make them. Each episode, a guest on the show talks about the games that have shaped their life in one way or another. Games that have inspired them, games that forged connections with others &amp; games that have soothed wounds. Checkpoints!My guest today is <a href="https://twitter.com/byronicman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simon Byron</a>, formerly a videogame journalist and PR person, now a co-host of videogame radio show <a href="http://www.onelifeleft.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Life Left</a>, Publishing Director at <a href="http://curve-digital.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Curve Digital</a> and creator of hit mobile games Bang Man and Up Down Left Right. He is also the reigning Sensible Soccer World Champion.We talk about growing up around arcades in Bournemouth, how anarchic early video game journalism was, the highs and lows of video game PR - from playing in front of thousands at the Isle of Wight festival to sending bags of offal in the post.We also chat about his shift into publishing and some of the difficulties of the modern video game market (spoilers: there's too much and it's all great), his brief stint as a commentator on GamesMaster and that time he tried to desecrate the grave of Jimi Hendrix.'Why you gotta play that song so loud? (Because we want to, because we want to)'PATREON! - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/checkpoints" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/checkpoints</a>iTunes <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/checkpoints-declan-dineen/id961200224" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> -  SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEWGames discussed: Ikari Warriors, Guitar Hero, 10 Second Ninja, Human Fall Flat, Defender, Dragon's Lair, Sensible Soccer, Doom 2, Aladdin, Star Wars Battlefront, GTA, JFK: Reloaded, SkyrimRSS <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/checkpoints-declandineen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>Twitter - <a href="http://twitter.com/CheckpointsShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/CheckpointsShow</a>Cover design: Craig Stevenson - <a href="http://onedinosaurandhisballoon.blogspot.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://onedinosaurandhisballoon.blogspot.co.uk</a>Music: Samuel Baker - <a href="http://soundcloud.com/furoshiki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://soundcloud.com/furoshiki</a>

Rebroadcast - Episode 54 - Simon Byron