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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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Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
TCW Podcast Episode 194 - The 7th Guest
We cover the 7th guest in so much detail it's frightening! This game has everything from a genius bedroom programmer from the UK teaming up with an artist who made some raunchy comics, to bar fights, Twin Peaks, and a Shakespeare troupe. The 7th guest has it all to bring us a game that turned CD-ROM from an expensive luxury to a must-have item for any PC. Join us as we look at all the influences that led to the creation of a horror classic The 7th Guest! Just don't try and beat the virus!
TCW 082 - An Unlikely Paring of Siliwood: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/an-unlikely-pairing-of-siliwood/
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EePWe5JZins
Ballblazer ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOQiy2JB3x8
Ballblazer 11 Version comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tkwWD_BWWQ
Metropolis PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=415OUgctnX0
Defender of the Crown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvW6okgy4wA
Spot the Video Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Ezmf6z3kM
Twin Peaks the Story Before Season 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_64-4c_E3o
Simpsons Burn's Suit Wiggum's Twin Peaks Dream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICGwfkAYwr0
The Shining Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZQvIJxG9Xs
House on Haunted Hill (1959): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsnw-RNGKFY
The Fool's Errand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkSKESj9JQA
Jeremiah Nunan House: https://www.loc.gov/item/or0072/
3D Studio Visual History: https://beforesandafters.com/2020/06/04/a-visual-history-of-3ds-max/
7th Guest Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYlMZ-4Jvkw
The 7th Guest Making of VHS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd63F3d2FCI
George A Sanger: https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeASanger
7th Guest Can Puzzle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kakxPvGIAI0
7th Guest Microscope Puzzle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVbYO6BV6BI
The 7th Guest Playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXyOTnc3Bg
New episodes are 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, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line 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/
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