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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Wednesday Feb 01, 2017

EA The Teenage Years

Wednesday Feb 01, 2017

TCW Podcast Episode 035 - EA The Teenage Years

We go over the transition of EA from a small idealistic company where programmers are rock stars; to the start of the company becoming the large enterprise it is today. We cover Trip Hawkins later years at the helm of EA and the rising businessman Larry Probst who would later succeed him as president and CEO in the early 90's. We go over the founding of EA Sports one of the most recognizable franchises in videogame history.

C64 one on one Dr. J VS Larry Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URobcuTcBFU

C64 Skyfox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SurusNWvDmw

Music Construction Set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6wxP4fipaE

Racing Destruction Set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGgiMmo_nT8&t=847s

Tales of the unknown Vol 1 The Bard's Tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYrfaJ1iBM

Mail Order Monsters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azyqd45WQYA

C64 Skate or Die: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFp7SOLfxU

Iron Man in Deluxe Paint (Dpaint) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6ZZ5GngCFg

Amiga Earl Weaver Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKp_fP06f0Q

5 Version of Jordan VS Bird One on One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQS5VuUANJg

PC Lakers vs Celtics NBA Playoffs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHw9Xu89jEM

TV Sports Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvA0qlecPNI