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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 Aug 15, 2018
The MYSTeries of Brøderbund!
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
TCW Podcast Episode 072 - The MYSTeries of Brøderbund!
We cover the later years of Brøderbund looking at their "evergreen" products. Print Shop being the first one to really put them on the map. We then look at the series of successes, and challenges that the company faced throughout the 80's and 90's. We then see how the meteoric success of MYST ultimately dead to the downfall of Brøderbund in 1998. Still Brøderbund was a fascinating company which was willing to take risks on some of the influential games, and software that built the PC industry we know today.
Bank Street Writer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHQVD25Y3Gg
Apple ][ E Print Shop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJV1nAeHkQ8
TCW Where in the game is Carmen Sandiego?: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/where-in-the-game-is-carmen-sandiego/
Quick and Dirty Desktop Publishing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEqQlEgQ3_4
Dawn of Desktop Publishing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rCNnMZrFUQ
Sim City Retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O42kxeilMaQ
Living Books "Just Grandma and Me": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1qVm133XJg&list=PLCAF301BEC1CA0D5D
PC DOS Prince of Persia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv20j8ChtRY
HyperCard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMFscTOazS0
The Manhole 30th aniversary with Robyn Miller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kX5E7yOHJg
Cosmic Osmo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K30UmVsqTn8
A Brief History of Myst: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4wWITMUop0&t=1352s
Myst VS RealMYST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZOxPlWGiL8&t=151s
Gone Home Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRjJ5LY6tX8
Stanley Parable Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBtX0S2J32Y
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds
Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Alex's forthcoming book will be released through CRC Press!
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 Aug 01, 2018
A Story of Brøderbund!
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
TCW Podcast Episode 071 -A Story of Brøderbund!
We cover the founding of Brøderbund by the Carlston brothers. We delve into their initial forays into the PC game market. The used a unique business model that supported developers, and creators, but did not bring them on as employees. However they did retain staff to assist in polishing up games that showed potential. Brøderbund even started exploring consoles with a few of their games until they decided to transition to evergreen products.
Galactic Trader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waxrpG-19jM
Alien Rain Apple II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5z3wbF9vo
Choplifter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao9VAgyAgY4
David's Midnight Magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1a9Y55NJy0
Space Panic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLd1xABCsaQ
Lode Runner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7JY5nEOUGA
Lode Runner Championship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDVYa4q9Qhg
Karateka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqk9kosCs4
Laughing Gas Charlie Chaplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZrsuEWw9m8
The Close up and Cross Cutting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osTF3zsplt0
Lode Runner NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwxLChxi8WA
Karateka NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJoHgELbO5s
Raid on Bungeling Bay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKeelD1VmnA
Raid of Bungeling Bay NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiuU5FHYaiE
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds
Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Alex's forthcoming book will be released through CRC Press!
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/