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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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Friday Feb 15, 2019
Time Shared
Friday Feb 15, 2019
Friday Feb 15, 2019
TCW Podcast Episode 084 - Time Shared
We lay the groundwork of computer development that led to some of the earliest influential games that would shape the industry. We cover how computers were one-program-at-a-time systems, and it was only through experimentation that were computers developed that could handle multiple inputs at once. We see how Sputnik scared the USA into spending a lot more in the sciences in order to keep up with Russian space development, which benefited computer-based education initiatives. We finish up looking at the proliferation of computers with remote terminals in universities, high schools, and some grade schools. That combined with the high level programing language BASIC set the stage for development, and spread of games!
Castlevania 2 Runner Pays 400/month for Internet: https://youtu.be/C_3Tdjs0iVA?t=1991
The SAGE Systen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06drBN8nlWg
IRQ, DMA, and Address Ports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPKXmGkRxQ8
How Computers Work Overview playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAx_6-wdslM&list=PLzdnOPI1iJNcsRwJhvksEo1tJqjIqWbN-
Crash Course Computer Science playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpIctyqH29Q&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNlUrzyH5r6jN9ulIgZBpdo
The Story of Sputnik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJnt3xW2Fc
"The Fun They Had" by Isaac Asimov: https://archive.org/stream/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v006n02_1954-02/Fantasy__Science_Fiction_v006n02_1954-02#page/n125/mode/2up
1963 MIT Timesharing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q07PhW5sCEk
Machine Code and High Level Languages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OukpDfsuXE
Birth of BASIC: https://youtu.be/WYPNjSoDrqw
Hello Computer reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkqiDu1BQXY
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/
Friday Feb 01, 2019
The Silliwood Era now in FMV!
Friday Feb 01, 2019
Friday Feb 01, 2019
TCW Podcast Episode 083 - The Silliwood Era now in FMV!
Now that we have set the stage, it's time for glorious FMV! We examine the critical games released in 1993 that began the interactive movie craze and attracted serious attention from the media companies just beginning to establish "interactive divisions." We analyze how both media companies and existing video game companies approached using FMV in their products and conclude by discussing how the sudden entrance and exit of the media companies transformed the industry going forward.
Micky Mousecapade NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AuYYIG-SU
Sewer Shark Sega CD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTdLjUn6y-0&t=1248s
Night Trap Sega CD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia29PSVOXL4
Congressional Hearing on violence in Video Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD-Afpg4P2U
FM Towns Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th4c7fTMETI
FM Towns 100 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcM7QaxkL60
Psygnosis Planetside Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jlFe-VBK1M
Rebel Assault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FX3B8yC38U
CGA Graphics - Not as bad as you thought!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niKblgZupOc
The Fool's Errand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCY_OrFddEc
History of Greenscreen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8aoUXjSfsI
Hunt for Red October end scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCqR0_a6_so
The 7th Guest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Z-Q5KVTyI
TCW 072 The MYSTeries of Brøderbund!: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-mysteries-of-br%C3%B8derbund/
MYST PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iM64lBQqWY
Lion King Activity Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZF8ReMcloc
Spyro the Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVKjNR0-SE
Crash Bandicoot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK-h4M4Aetg
Independence Day PSX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD0movLhZo0
Goldeneye N64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6l6_WKxRck
Wing Commander 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhPlK6yOT3g
Wing Commander 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcbHuJxqgk0
Red Alert Soviet Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx3fK5kve-M
Phantasmagloria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAXC-MwfpHA
Star Wars Dark Forces II Cut Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmD-HlPAVTw
Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM6Qu2kIXVU
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/