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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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Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Ascension into the Black Gate
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
TCW Podcast Episode 144 - Ascension into the Black Gate
In our final part looking at the history of the Ultima series we start off looking at Ultima VII. This game is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the series. The game combines story elements with a massive world to create a truly unique experience. The game is followed by two major commercial failures. Those failures being Ultima VIII and Ultima IX. The reasons behind those failures are many. However a lot of the blame for Ultima VIII's shortcomings, especially the jumping, can be laid at the feet of the development team and not EA. Because of the disaster of VIII, Ultima IX was plagues with issues. Especially since they had a rotating staff, technology issues, and other challenges the game was an ignoble end to a series that touched many. However like many of the Ultima games, it is not the destination, but the journey that is the true heart of Ultima.
Intro to Ultima VII: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ttf9YrkBdQ
The Story of The Fellowship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mlZVHuK4wM
Museum of the Avatar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIaOiMH8SKg
Retro Tea Break | Richard Garriott tells his Ultima Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU90N4Cbj10
Secret of Money Island 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXRMEz6n5SM
Prince of Persia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv20j8ChtRY
Ultima VII: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkrCUXc-frY
Ultima VIII: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzfnuxXfQ2M
Ultima IX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6kXFf7iyC4&list=PLSlejFTVB3ksWWOh2mePsahP5Kew5rHwc
TCW 038 - Origin Story: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/origin-story-1489274251/
Crusader No Remorse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUnvNTvHMnQ
Meridian 59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUsJ6de9mRU
New episodes 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 is available for preorder and should be released through CRC Press in December 2019: 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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