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The games we love reveal something true about who we are, and about the world that made them. They Create Worlds is a podcast about the people, technology, and forces that built the video game industry.
Through video game history, the show looks at how culture, business, and technology shaped what we play, tracing the choices and circumstances that led to the games so many people around the world enjoy.
Each episode digs into where games came from, who made them, and why they were made the way they were. Business decisions, technological shifts, and creative choices all shaped what ended up on screen, and the show covers all of it together, not just one piece in isolation.
Hosted by Alex Smith and Jeffrey Daum, They Create Worlds grew out of long conversations about the strange corners of the industry and the patterns that only show up when you look across companies, platforms, and decades. That conversational feel remains, built on careful research, clear structure and editing that makes even the deepest topics easy to listen to.
History turns out to be less settled than it looks. New documents surface, memories conflict, and the clean stories about why things happened the way they did rarely survive contact with the evidence. The show digs into all of that, following the creative and business forces that pushed and pulled on each other, and uncovering the human stories that lie beneath the games so many people around the world enjoy.
New episodes are released twice a month.
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Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
TCW Podcast Episode 156 - Madden for Some Football
We cover the man, the myth, the legend of football John Madden! He is famous for taking the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl win and a long career as a sports analyst and commentator. Madden is perhaps best known for the yearly football video game property. In this episode, we look deep at the inception of the game series, how John Madden became involved, and see how the series was almost a one-release failure. There is a quiz about three takeaways from this episode!
TCW 035 - EA The Teenage Years: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/ea-the-teenage-years/
TCW 058 - EA Sports: It's In the Game!: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/ea-sports-its-in-the-game/
Atari Football Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ZOtqMWHoU
George Carlin on Football (Explicit Language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkqNiBASfI
George Carlin Sports (Explicit Language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSJRIKuNJBA
Super Bowl XI (Entire Game): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq-kEM4yV1I
John Madden - A Football Life (Documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc75Vrahc3M
NES 10 Yard Fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LUyTv9j1TM
4th and Inches C64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr01_s9arAc
Gridiron Amiga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0q7sc_T3FU
John Madden Football Apple II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EbPghLpK6c
TV Sports Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKYCgHhHquM
ABC Monday Night Football SNES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYG23P7cggE
John Madden Football Sega Genesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QtQvJD-clc
John Madden Football II PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-c3FvZ4-k0
John Madden Football '92: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA2b40VwjQA
Take Away Quiz
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- What common story about John Madden Football is not true or entirely true?
- When did John Madden Football for the Apple II come out?
- How did John Madden for the Sega Genesis come to be?
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
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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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Quiz Answers
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- EA changed the football game to 11 on 11 after bringing it to John Madden and he said he would not put his name on a game that was not 11 on 11 real football. The original contract for the game called for 11 on 11 from the start!
- 1989!
- It was a completely separate project that was forced to take on the John Madden name!
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