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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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Monday Jan 15, 2018
EA Sports: It's in the Game!
Monday Jan 15, 2018
Monday Jan 15, 2018
TCW Podcast Episode 058 - EA Sports: It's in the Game!
We revisit EA with a deep dive into EA Sports. Some information that was in our EA: The Teenage Years episode, but with more detail! We start off with some of the early ventures into sports, and how EA evolved into the sports juggernaut it is today. We cover the origins of the EA sports brand, how hats were a deciding factor in getting the name to be accepted by other developers, and how a trademark dispute with ESPN led to the mass market appeal of Madden Football. We also cover the origin of EA Sports hockey, and FIFA. Finally wrapping up with how the current head of EA being from the sports division is taking those concepts and trying to apply them to the rest of the industry.
C64 one on one Dr. J VS Larry Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URobcuTcBFU
John Madden Miller Lite Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD81-vYUt2E
John Madden Football Apple II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EbPghLpK6c
Gridiron Bethesda Softworks (Atari ST): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvzLpJkY5e0&t=18s
Amiga Earl Weaver Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKp_fP06f0Q
Space Jam Website: http://spacejam.com
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
Sega Joe Montana Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNYZuJ_Lblg
Sega John Madden Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaSTAGEGwB4
PGA Tour Golf (PC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAQDRc8H8Wg
Madden '92 Ambulance Montage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_138p6uzhUk
Genesis NHL Hockey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdwS6-TELIo
NHLPA '93: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ZbynfAJFU
NHL '94: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQ59_u_9TU
FIFA Soccer Genesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0uV9QWA8kM
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Alex's Video Game History 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/
Monday Jan 01, 2018
Foundation of the Japanese Video Arcade Game Industry
Monday Jan 01, 2018
Monday Jan 01, 2018
TCW Podcast Episode 057 - Foundation of the Japanese Video Arcade Game Industry
We go over the games, companies, and events that lead to the foundation of the Japanese Video Arcade Game Industry. We extensively cover breakout, and how the cloning of that game lead to the start of many companies that would come to power during the 90's. With Space Invaders, we see a full blown encouragement of smaller manufactures to make enough games to meet demand. Finally with Galaxian, and Head On we see the introduction of sprite technology that allows each of these smaller companies to stand on their own.
Breakout Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW7Sg5pXAok&t=290s
Taito Space Invaders Arcade (UK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJMr36hLY38
Namco Galaxian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz9_1al9N70
History of Graphics Pt1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzN2pgL0zeg
Head On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYDrd9jE4WU
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Alex's Video Game History 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/