I’ve been alive long enough to have witnessed gaming in an array of guises. From the small classifieds in the back of Darkside and CU Amiga magazines et al appealing for hardy gamers to come play-by-mail (the art of taking turns playing a game, usually sports management or some sort of fantasy battle, by using the postal service) to the very latest in online AAA megablockbuster multiplayer excite-o-thons that pepper the various video game platforms of 2018.

During my time roaming our good planet I have also come across numerous forms of storytelling. Books, audio, video games, television, seedy ad’s in the back of Exchange & Mart etc. As I am sure have you.

Nothing quite prepared me though for this. Vinyl record telephone gaming. Yes, you read that right.

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