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Love of the worlds created by video game designers and personalities drives Alex Smith & Jeffrey Daum (history, law, CS degrees) to provide a scholarly yet light-hearted discussion of how arcade, home console, and PC games merged into a Video Game Industry. Emphasis is on the combination of business and creative elements needed for financial success. Interviews of Atari, EA, Activision, & other execs with detailed source evaluations produce the insights you hear in these 140+ hours!
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Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
Raiding Eidos
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
TCW Podcast Episode 036 - Raiding Eidos
We go over the rise and fall of Eidos. A company that rose high on the huge success of Tomb Raider, and due to a number of factors ended up being in such dire straits they were ultimately purchased by SquareEnix.
C64 Rick Dangerous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwBIDlcMU5Y
Sega CD/Mega CD Thunderhawk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPS6ObO7ZdM
Tomb Raider Sega Saturn VS PlayStation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ZzjgJuo54
Lucozade Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR2CueIrqoc
Seat Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfslfqn7AwI
Lara Croft U2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvInYhF9CfE
Tomb Raider 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xBFjw7Si_s
Tomb Raider 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR727qXuk8g
Tomb Raider 4 Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA5D8pMVvxk
Tomb Raider Chronicles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FdBd-FZlu0
Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxtaPEQdIYE
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: tcwpodcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Alex's Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Wednesday Feb 01, 2017
EA The Teenage Years
Wednesday Feb 01, 2017
Wednesday Feb 01, 2017
TCW Podcast Episode 035 - EA The Teenage Years
We go over the transition of EA from a small idealistic company where programmers are rock stars; to the start of the company becoming the large enterprise it is today. We cover Trip Hawkins later years at the helm of EA and the rising businessman Larry Probst who would later succeed him as president and CEO in the early 90's. We go over the founding of EA Sports one of the most recognizable franchises in videogame history.
C64 one on one Dr. J VS Larry Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URobcuTcBFU
C64 Skyfox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SurusNWvDmw
Music Construction Set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6wxP4fipaE
Racing Destruction Set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGgiMmo_nT8&t=847s
Tales of the unknown Vol 1 The Bard's Tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYrfaJ1iBM
Mail Order Monsters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azyqd45WQYA
C64 Skate or Die: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFp7SOLfxU
Iron Man in Deluxe Paint (Dpaint) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6ZZ5GngCFg
Amiga Earl Weaver Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKp_fP06f0Q
5 Version of Jordan VS Bird One on One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQS5VuUANJg
PC Lakers vs Celtics NBA Playoffs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHw9Xu89jEM
TV Sports Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvA0qlecPNI
Apple II John Madden Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjBnF9gVEeI
Sega Joe Montana Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNYZuJ_Lblg
Sega John Madden Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaSTAGEGwB4
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: tcwpodcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Alex's Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/