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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Wednesday Sep 15, 2021

Storytime with a Book 2

Wednesday Sep 15, 2021

TCW Podcast Episode 146 - Storytime with a Book 2

Alex reads and annotates a chapter of the book dealing with the founding of Activision! We cover not just the chapter but the thought process, and behind the scenes that went into the chapter. The story is helped with extra information that Alex was able to gleam from interviews, and trial transcripts. A larger perspective telling of the early formation of Activision, where the popular historical record needs to be corrected and more!

Atari Archive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo_f7y6sBDmFnGbZoq1Ce_w

TCW 094 - Epyx not Epic: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/epyx-not-epic/

TCW 046 - Atari, Ray Kassar and Warner: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/atari-ray-kassar-and-warner/

TCW 027 - The Magnavox Patent Lawsuits: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-magnavox-patent-lawsuits-friday-september-16-2016-1003-am/

Boxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5reJLuRgz-A

Dragster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTy9zS899wk

Fishing Derby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWaX-NcK5PQ

Checkers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbE1QxqZrNE

TCW 126 Activision and Atari: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/activision-and-atari/

Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sckeVsRrsc

Skiing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVBcKKCEkB0

Laser Blast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvnq96SVQh0