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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Monday Feb 01, 2016

The Genesis of JRPGs

Monday Feb 01, 2016

TCW Podcast Episode 011 - The Genesis of JRPGs

We go over the Genesis of JRPGs, and discover that their origin is not where we would have expected them to come from. We go over the influences on developers in Japan that lead to the development of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. We discuss how western RPGs made their way into Japan via the Apple II, and how RPGs eventually engrained themselves into Japanese society.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNnpxrZtzy0

Ultima 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FvHQI2qSKQ

Wizardry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-iOZzwIlMA

Xevious - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P24bjcvnxd8

Tower of Druaga - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN-8LcVfoTc

Hydlide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmrxfeozmis

Black Onyx - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=364J35Sk3zM

Dragon Quest 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmzHrNVelL0

New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!

TCW Email: tcwpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter: @tcwpodcast

Alex's Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com