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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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Thursday Jun 15, 2017
Founding, Syzygy to Atari
Thursday Jun 15, 2017
Thursday Jun 15, 2017
TCW Podcast Episode 044 - Founding, Syzygy to Atari
Part one of our four-part dive into Syzygy/Atari! We cover the personal histories of the founders, and how the company would not really be a company without the efforts of Nolan Bushnell. We go into the controversy of where he learned of Spacewar. Then off to the debut hit for Atari of PONG. We cover the rocky road Atari had after its initial launch, and how it nearly could have just been a flash in the pan like many companies that came after.
The Mandela Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMXnCCFS2-Q
Full Nolan Interview in '73: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp0BBnBdsVo
Computer Space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhdu2Jh9cuc
Space Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDtdKxZ9vWk
Pong Doubles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09qHnr1DMwA
Gotcha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoDZoZqsHF8
Gran Trak 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R014taK2pZM
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/
Thursday Jun 01, 2017
Personal Gaming Histories
Thursday Jun 01, 2017
Thursday Jun 01, 2017
TCW Podcast Episode 043 - Personal Gaming Histories
We go over some of our early memories of being introduced to video games. Joys, tragedies, and hilarity. Very much in the vein of what inspired us to start doing this podcast. This is a light hearted episode that may help you to reflect on favorite memories from your past. So stay a while and listen as we reminisce!
Gray and Orange Zapper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQnYsEKzJKw
Necromancer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg-XP-4LbVo
Archon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdfIfC9BHwQ
Think Quick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYmMs_eo4c8
Civilization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpW9jTULNmM
Dune 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tppjzT-su0Q
Dragon Quest/Warrior Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_TlZFCabiM
Tie Fighter Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4-EnCc-JKk
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/