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 Aug 15, 2017

Driving Games and Technology

Tuesday Aug 15, 2017

TCW Podcast Episode 048 - Driving Games and Technology

We go over the wild ride of driving games. These games were used as a vehicle to demonstrate advances in graphics technology. Starting with electro-mechanical games, and ending up with textured polygons; we cover the whole track of an era where cars were king! There are a lot of examples in this episode drawn from the arcade, consoles, and computer games.

Drive Mobile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw_N10xuv2Q

Speedway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97DAio1M1xc

Super Road 7 Projection System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xU0HkKUQ-0

Super Road 7 Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO6BZIEZ8xw

Wild Cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjSKnPjnhyc

Gran Track 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R014taK2pZM

Life inside Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP5-iIeKXE8

Taito Speed Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BRDxZiK-1s

History of Racing Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IoGZ-4tAww

Night Driver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqZlxpLKm_E

Sega Turbo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWhcBydheRE

Namco Pole Position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeYZGtwydIA