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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 Apr 15, 2019
Gotta Go Fast!
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Monday Apr 15, 2019
TCW Podcast Episode 088 - Gotta Go Fast!
Since we covered Mario a few episodes ago, it is only fair that we cover his great rival, not Bowser, but Sonic! We go at not quite sonic speed over the creation of the character and franchise. Sonic's interesting inception was brought about through a character submission process. Sonic is the melding of a rabbit, a character called "Mr. Needlemouse," and Michael Jackson! Yes, this is true. Look there is a music video referenced below. Though Sonic suffered from rapid over exposure he is still beloved by many fans. After all these fans pay homage with a Sega Tower of Power to Sonic!
Alex Kidd in Miracle World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yasiyS7dkcU&t=495s
Ghouls and Ghosts Mega Drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5CGfah2IEI
Michal Jackson 'Smooth Criminal': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_D3VFfhvs4
Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1FEHo_RcNw
Classic Game Postmortem: Sonic the Hedgehog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYO1ZmRuZ_U
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Genesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cr1rqVcIhA
Kitsune: Japanese Mythology Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0arkgpNDuJg
SonicCD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apPGHEZxu6s
Pinball Dreams Amiga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UNGMiPETXo
Sonic Spinball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzPpRPDRQvA
Sonic The Hedgehog 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhExIWa0R-4
Sonic 3 and Knuckles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soXPc-fvd90
Sega Tower of Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y55ZBT_UcmU
Sonic Game Gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D00HFMfmro
Sonic Master System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQPvA0OvR24
Sonic 2 Master System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6RtXmMN9Og
Sonic Mania: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNJLX15aEn4
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 forthcoming book will be released through CRC Press!
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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