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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 Jul 15, 2020
The Whole Video Game Industry Part 1
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
TCW Podcast Episode 118 - The Whole Video Game Industry Part 1
This is part one of our four part series looking at the entire video game industry at a very macro level. We look at the start of computers all the way through to the early video arcades and beyond! We see the evolution of games on PC, the arcade, and the initial forays into the home. We even see a hybrid of sorts with games like Seawolf combining electro-mechanical and video elements. We did a live recording of four episodes, including this one, on June 28th, 2020. Archival video of that is available on our YouTube channel!
YouTube Livestream Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLh3ptIkhM
Ahoy "The First Video Game": https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=uHQ4WCU1WQc
Ethan's Response: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2019/10/16/a-response-to-ahoys-the-first-video-game/
TCW 089 - The Dawn of Computers and Gaming: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-dawn-of-computers-and-gaming/
TCW 081 - The Meeting of Spacewar: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-meeting-of-spacewar/
TCW 007 - History of the Arcade: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/history-of-the-arcade/
TCW 034 - The Nutting Associates: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/?s=The+Nutting+Associates
Seawolf MAME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0FEdCIJEM
Seawolf Cabinet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipssJjkN2bY
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 Jul 01, 2020
Wing Commander
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
TCW Podcast Episode 117 - Wing Commander
We look at one of the great space flight simulators of the 90's! Wing Commander is largely attributed to Chris Roberts. However we find out in this episode the many other people who were instrumental in not just the story, but gameplay of Wing Commander. We can see the true potential of the Siliwood era with the live action cut scenes used in both Wing Commander III and IV. We of course look at the inspirations for Wing Commander, and take a look at the history of the people involved! Grab your flight suit, and strap yourself in commander!
TCW 017 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market: Hardware: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-hardware/
TCW 018 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market: Software: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-software/
Wizadore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frec-Bh6XfE
Stryker's Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Q6qrzYw5I
TCW 038 - Origin Story: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/origin-story-1489274251/
Times of Lore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us8fDT3HYz8
Bad Blood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to057eXgGNw
Space Rogue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyby7Znjmzc
Battlehawks 1942: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt6Q0jPWnQw&t=731s
F-19 Stealth Fighter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYPAKu2sP7w
Wing commander launch cutscene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rocwNg05FL4
Wing Commander 1 Campaign with Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Z4q8y-FhY
Wing Commander 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3IXwoZSH9Y&list=PLcl9BuQAvqoAQWPRbs__HFdgNDpXx-uUA
TCW 082 - An Unlikely Pairing of Siliwood: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/an-unlikely-pairing-of-siliwood/
Wing Commander 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhPlK6yOT3g
Wing Commander 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcbHuJxqgk0
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/