{ "title": "Episode 759: Love and Fandom in the Time of Dial-Up", "link": "https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-759-love-154275521", "pubDate": "Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:00:22 GMT", "enclosure": { "url": "https://www.patreon.com/api/rss/u/qT6yj_KvyTyRfhY844EYuLQC6g56zang/e/154275521.mp3?sig=MRLi_YVN7XpWAYZM0hiyWW40JBrIAJ7kT3Fxopi8obI%3D", "length": "61699318", "type": "audio/mpeg" }, "content": "

Nadia: Can love bloom on a battlefield built on the agonized screams of a 56k modem? Yes, but the pioneers of digital love still had to find a way to connect for prolonged periods of time in an age when severing a connection was as simple as lifting the phone receiver. This week, me and mine (David Oxford) bare it all [scandalous gasp] and talk about how we bonded over early video game fandom in the late '90s. Spoiler alert: Even back then, the Sonic fandom had a lot of...well, let's call it \"extra energy.\"

Edits by Greg Leahy; art by Nick Wanserski

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