They Create Worlds

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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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Saturday Jul 15, 2017

Atari, Ray Kassar and Warner

Saturday Jul 15, 2017

TCW Podcast Episode 046 - Atari, Ray Kassar and Warner

We continue on to part three of our four part look into Atari. We delve into Atari under the leadership of Ray Kassar. It becomes apparent that while Ray did make mistakes the leadup to the fall of Atari cannot be entirely placed at his feet. We also explore the role of Warner in the direction Atari took and the difficult decision on whether to concentrate on home console or PC. We also delve into the Arcade side of things and how, while successful, they were not without their growing problems.

Atari Pinball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqcDFAphThY

Space Invaders Atari 2600: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opru6qPsPa4

Atari Arcade Battlezone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymrYkbEbnEQ

Atari 400 and 800: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-InWwzs8Em0

Asteroids Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYSupJ5r2zo

New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!

TCW Email: tcwpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter: @tcwpodcast

Alex's 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