This episode takes more of a 'resource' form, as we share some tips & tricks for getting started building a PC for gaming. We cut through some of the aspects that we think are unimportant, and share some shortcuts for saving time and money. There's a lot of resources out there on the Internet, but we like:

• Scan - for buying components (and pre-builds) in the UK
• Toms Hardware - for reviews
• bit-tech.net - for reviews, especially peripherals and modifications
• Hexus - for their partnership with Scan (easy to find reviews)
• Anandtech - for their deep-dives into new product ranges
• The Wirecutter - for their 'just buy this one' approach to components and peripherals. Look under 'Electronics'.

In this episode we tell the story of the Elite game series and our story of playing the original together back at school, and some bits about the space-sim genre as a whole.

• The Guardian excerpt from Backroom Boys about David Braben and Ian Bell.
• Elite (1984) free PC download (and the Mac version)
• Or play it in an emulator in your browser.
• Elite 1984 gameplay footage (Scott Manley)
• ArcElite (the version we played) gameplay footage
• Frontier Elite 2 footage
• Frontier First Encounters gameplay footage (with updated graphics) (Scott Manley)

Intro music: JACKS - Runaway Fashion Outro music: Strauss - Blue Danube