{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63829b027823850011449d40/6926ff8ecaf6efa703aa63fa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Home of the Underdogs (1998-2009)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63829b027823850011449d40/1766230938138-cc7ea747-492e-46ad-95fc-d7200706acea.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Living in the age of high profile remasters and rereleases, it can be easy to forget how difficult it used to be to get old games. In the late 1990s a Thai woman named Sarinee Achavanuntakul launched a website that would give a generation of gamers access to thousands of classic titles for free, despite the best attempts of the video game industry's lobbying group to shut it down. If that wasn't cool enough, she's been spending the past couple decades fighting to make the internet a better place for journalists under the Thai monarchy. A feelgood episode for this Thanksgiving week!</p><p><br></p><p>Get almost 50 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod</p><p><br></p><p>You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodHomeOfTheUnderdogsDoc</p><p><br></p><p>For inquiries and episode submissions, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com</p><p><br></p><p>Created and Hosted by</p><p>Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/</p><p>Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter</p><p><br></p><p>Produced and Edited by:</p><p>Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster</p><p><br></p><p>Intro and Outro music is \"in failure\" by steveisbroke off of their album \"steve and his week of wonders\", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders</p>","author_name":"Jay Brandstetter & Winslow Dumaine"}