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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Tuesday Dec 01, 2015

History of the Arcade

Tuesday Dec 01, 2015

TCW Podcast 007 - History of the Arcade

We cover the history of the arcade going over the many versions it has occupied from the late 1800's to present time. The arcade has changed in form and function quite a few times over the last century.

Popeye Mutoscope "Customers Wanted"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sch2d0SOJZQ

Pink Panther Scale "An Ounce of Pink"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoU1fJAQll4

Coin Target Gun picture (ABT - Challenger)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6R4m3NIf9E

Digger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T0e9aafCJQ

Chester Pollard Play Football

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caFq0W_yP-w

Ballyhoo Pinball Tabletop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGAw4oF5bWA&t=1m21s