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 Apr 15, 2020

And Landing on it!

Wednesday Apr 15, 2020

TCW Podcast Episode 112 - And Landing on it!

We continue our dive into platforming games. We look at the three main "schools" of thought brought about in the 2-D era. We start with the fast platforming pioneered by Sonic with Crash Bandicoot. The cinematic platformer of Prince of Persia is continued with Tomb Raider. Nintendo, makes its shift into 3-D with Starfox, and the development of the N64. This culminates with the release of Super Mario 64. These early transitions continue to evolve into the modern action platformers of Uncharted, and Super Mario Sunshine.

How Crash Bandicoot Hacked The Original Playstation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxXGuVL21o

Crash Bandicoot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK-h4M4Aetg
TCW 082 - An Unlikely Pairing of Siliwood: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/an-unlikely-pairing-of-siliwood/

Crash Bandicoot Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTi5EaocGaY

Sega Saturn Tomb Raider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfTnITt-vkU

TCW 036 - Raiding Eidos: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/raiding-eidos/

Starglider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqmTEjpLd8E

Starfox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EkVHxE0Y8I

Stunt Race FX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUT0ZLdYwok

Super Mario World 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8btNneN8ew

Croc Legend of the Gobbos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ5xtiisV-U

Super Mario 64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6tFoIUyOdU

Jax and Dexter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lpq3zVXs9A