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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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Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
TCW Podcast Episode 132 - Eugene Jarvis
We look at the life and story of Eugene Jarvis. Unique in the industry of being one of, if not the only designers to have lived through and continues to work in the lifespan of the video game arcade industry. Starting off with Pinball and working at Atari for only two weeks. Eugene came to be influential in many popular pinball, and arcade games. Always looking for that next thrill he continues his quest to this day with his company Raw Thrills developing some of the few arcade titles still being put out there.
TCW 081 - The Meeting of Spacewar: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-meeting-of-spacewar/
TCW 059 - Williams’ Crazy Story Pt 1: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/williams-crazy-story-pt-1/
TCW 060 - Williams’ Crazy Story Pt 2: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/williams-crazy-story-pt-2/
Gorgar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vylGtiR0HVA
Firepower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXuQ-54pT_c
Defender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq_Zvg9KlII
TCW 110 - Books of History: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/books-of-history/
Stargate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i20vwYTf6mI
Robotron 2084: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHBXNWfiJow
Berzerk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFSQ0Pl4KDk
Blaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agEQ7YIYk0A
NARCS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgyjEgnxo0
SMASH TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRHSi4hBHSM
I'd buy that for a dollar!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYdpy9ShoVU
The Running Man Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkAN5rGGP1M
Total Carnage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbtlOTTz_Xc
TCW 087 - Virtual History: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/?s=Virtual+History
Cruis'n USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Srk9mrMBD8
Target Terror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odp0vkk7Hbk
Big Buck Hunter Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQE5WQh2iGY
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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