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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 Apr 15, 2020
And Landing on it!
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
TCW Podcast Episode 112 - And Landing on it!
We continue our dive into platforming games. We look at the three main "schools" of thought brought about in the 2-D era. We start with the fast platforming pioneered by Sonic with Crash Bandicoot. The cinematic platformer of Prince of Persia is continued with Tomb Raider. Nintendo, makes its shift into 3-D with Starfox, and the development of the N64. This culminates with the release of Super Mario 64. These early transitions continue to evolve into the modern action platformers of Uncharted, and Super Mario Sunshine.
How Crash Bandicoot Hacked The Original Playstation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxXGuVL21o
Crash Bandicoot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK-h4M4Aetg
TCW 082 - An Unlikely Pairing of Siliwood: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/an-unlikely-pairing-of-siliwood/
Crash Bandicoot Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTi5EaocGaY
Sega Saturn Tomb Raider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfTnITt-vkU
TCW 036 - Raiding Eidos: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/raiding-eidos/
Starglider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqmTEjpLd8E
Starfox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EkVHxE0Y8I
Stunt Race FX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUT0ZLdYwok
Super Mario World 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8btNneN8ew
Croc Legend of the Gobbos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ5xtiisV-U
Super Mario 64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6tFoIUyOdU
Jax and Dexter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lpq3zVXs9A
Sonic Adventure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd9Duv-6pFg
Super Mario Sunshine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e11_HgnBUg
Uncharted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv48CUSjC40
Uncharted 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EhpxpPeTKE
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 book is available for preorder and should be released through CRC Press in December 2019: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1
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 Apr 01, 2020
Jumping to It!
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
TCW Podcast Episode 111 - Jumping to It!
We leap around to the myriad of games that were influential in the development of platformer genre. Starting with an evolution from Space Invaders into Heiankyo Alien; the concept was thrown onto its side with Space Panic. Further refinement brought in jumping with Donkey Kong. Platformers were not as suited for the arcade scene, and ended up truly finding a place in the home on consoles and computers.
Load Runner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWwyhymcDxI
Space Invaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opru6qPsPa4
TCW 074 - The Japanese PC Industry : http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-japanese-pc-industry/
Heiankyo Alien Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSxYdeqJAkY
Heiankyo Alien Game Boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY3qVBkIu74
Space Panic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLd1xABCsaQ
Donkey Kong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U24OcmpZ6fA
Gaming Historian YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mcfrosticles
Raiders of the lost ark intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUWYmTpYdP4
Pitfall Atari 2600: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkDllyETiBA
Miner 2049er: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg12YPQ5nKk
TCW 018: British 8-Bit Computer Market: Software: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-software/
Packland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CDVshu9a4U
Super Mario Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvfBUntkYcg
Russian Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STjMHqeF3R0
Mega Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkD3lEANa_4
Mega Man 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWZZUyD-nRs
Prince of Persia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv20j8ChtRY
Rotoscoping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDaEKy7qB7U
Alex Kidd in Miracle World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yasiyS7dkcU
Aladdin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlxuPsQFX28
Sonic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTBGIo7HXis
Donkey Kong Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4EUEsEM328
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 book is available for order through CRC Press and other retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1
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/