Dr. Robert (Bob) Novella

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1,941 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 19 Sep

Dr. Robert (Bob) Novella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #859 - Dec 25 2021 podcast

Space War was two ships in a star background firing at each other. matched

Very simple. matched

That is totally Atari, by the way. matched

Remember those early Atari games? matched

Yes, but these were even more. matched

This is even today. matched

This is 62. matched

This is even more primitive. matched

Yeah. matched

And that game, Space War, this is version 1.0. matched

It was boring. matched

The gameplay was horrible. matched

And they very quickly realized, like, there's not enough here. matched

We need to do something. matched

So what they did is they added a star in the middle of the screen with a variable gravity. matched

So the closer you got to the star, the more the gravity intensified. matched

So that enhanced the gameplay. matched

So you could do interesting things, like if you hit the star at a certain angle, you can whip around it and then start firing at your opponent. matched

Gravitational assist. matched

Right. matched

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