They Create Worlds
By Alex Smith, and Jeffrey Daum
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Odysseas
Dec 25, 2022
Great podcast about the history game industry. You will learn something interesting.
Description
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!
| Episode | Date |
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Accolade Part 1
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May 01, 2024 |
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Two Dunes: The Battle for Arrakis
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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SEGA Saturn Part 2
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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SEGA Saturn Part 1
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Shepherd's Mass Effect 2 & 3
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Exploring the Mass Effect
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Alone In The Dark
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Advanced Balls and Paddles Part 2
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Advanced Balls and Paddles Part 1
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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The History of Handheld Games Part 3
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The History of Handheld Games Part 2
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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The History of Handheld Games Part 1
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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The ID Of Game Development
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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The Sumerian Game
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Finding Video Game Copyright
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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The 7th Guest
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Microprose Part 2
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Microprose Part 1
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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SEGA and CSK Part 2
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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SEGA and CSK Part 1
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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The Simulations of Will Wright
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Will Wright’s Sim City
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Atari’s Sinking Ship
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Atari’s Distribution Nightmare
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May 15, 2023 |
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A Very Naughty Dog Pt 2
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May 01, 2023 |
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A Very Naughty Dog Pt 1
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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A Working Model of Vending
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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The KOEI Dynasty
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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The Fabric of Koei
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Space Invaders Part II
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Space Invaders and Nishikado
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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The Intellivision Part 2
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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The Intellivision Part 1
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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The SEGA Technical Institute
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Shady Cocktail Cabinets
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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The Computer Wars Part 3
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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The Computer Wars Part 2
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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The Computer Price Wars Part 1
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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A Rogue’s Survival Part 2
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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A Rogue’s Survival Part 1
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Activision and Kotick Part 3
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Activision and Kotick Part 2
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Activision and Kotick Part 1
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Centuri
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Allied Leisure
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Fallout
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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California Pacific
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Spinnaker Software
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May 15, 2022 |
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The 100,000 Part 2
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May 01, 2022 |
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The 100,000 Part 1
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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International Adventure
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Computer Space
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Final Fantasy’s Tale
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Madden for some Football
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Nintendo Playing With Toys
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Nintendo Playing with Controversy
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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Nintendo Playing With Cards
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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Grand Theft Auto 2 by 3
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Grand Theft Auto 1
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Gottlieb Part 2
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Gottlieb Part 1
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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The Mysteries of Imagic
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Others in the Field Too
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Storytime with a Book 2
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Revisions and Updates 3
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Ascension into the Black Gate
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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The Prophet of the Avatar
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Ultima: Exodus to Akalabeth
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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The Console Market of the 70's and 80's Part 2
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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The Console Market of the 70's and 80's Part 1
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Tec Toy and Brazil
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Dave Nutting Associates
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May 15, 2021 |
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Dave Nutting & Nutting Industries
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May 01, 2021 |
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Ocean Software
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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The Famicom Disc System
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Famicom
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Rolling Dice with the Parker Brother's
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Eugene Jarvis
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Sir Clive of ZX
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Uncle Clive's Radionics
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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The Crash That Almost Was
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Nintendo in 1985
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Dreams of Sega
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Activision and Atari
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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The Visions of Coleco Part 2
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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The Visions of Coleco Part 1
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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A Casual World Part 2
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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A Casual World Part 1
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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The Whole Video Game Industry Part 4
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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The Whole Video Game Industry Part 3
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Aug 15, 2020 |
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The Whole Video Game Industry Part 2
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Aug 01, 2020 |
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The Whole Video Game Industry Part 1
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Wing Commander
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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The Atari Games You Are Looking For
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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The Return of the Sdraziw of Sir-Tech
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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The Wizards of Sir-Tech
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May 15, 2020 |
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Primordial Computer Game Industry
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May 01, 2020 |
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And Landing on it!
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Jumping to It!
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Books of History
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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Adventuring with LucasArts Part 2
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Adventuring with LucasArts Part 1
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Feb 15, 2020 |
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Storytime with a Book
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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The Small Voice of Magnavox
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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The Big Voice of Magnavox
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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A Holistic View of ET
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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Elite Systems
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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Stern Electronics
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Infocom
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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The 100 Most Influential Games Part 3
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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The 100 Most Influential Games Part 2
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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The 100 Most Influential Games Part 1
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Sep 15, 2019 |
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Revisions and Updates 2
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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Hello Big Blue
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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Hello Little Blue
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Epyx not Epic
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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Books-B-Ware
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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Citing Apologies
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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Bally: The Road to Fitness
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Jun 01, 2019 |
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Lion and Bally Manufacturing
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May 15, 2019 |
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The Dawn of Computers and Gaming
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May 01, 2019 |
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Gotta Go Fast!
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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Virtual History
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Itsa Me Marioooo!
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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Computer Game BASICs
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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Time Shared
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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The Silliwood Era now in FMV!
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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An Unlikely Pairing of Siliwood
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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The Meeting of Spacewar
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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Vector Lights
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Dec 15, 2018 |
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The Six Children of EA
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Dec 01, 2018 |
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Invading Taito Part 2
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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Invading Taito Part 1
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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A Fairchild Story
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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Gunning For Light
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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The Japanese PC Industry
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Sep 15, 2018 |
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Adventuring in the Arcade
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Sep 01, 2018 |
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The MYSTeries of Brøderbund!
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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A Story of Brøderbund!
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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Sega VS Nintendo Round 3
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Jul 15, 2018 |
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Sega VS Nintendo Round 2
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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Sega VS Nintendo Round 1
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Jun 15, 2018 |
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The Birth of the Japanese Consoles
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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Half of a Life
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May 15, 2018 |
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The Rise and Fall of Infogrames Part 2
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May 01, 2018 |
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Rise and Fall of Infogrames Part 1
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Apr 15, 2018 |
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Lawsuits for Nintendo
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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Lawsuits for Everyone!
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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Where in the Game is Carmen Sandiego?
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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Williams' Crazy Story Pt 2
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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Williams' Crazy Story Pt 1
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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EA Sports: It's in the Game!
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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Foundation of the Japanese Video Arcade Game Industry
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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Revisions and Updates
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Dec 15, 2017 |
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Blizzard: Hellfire and The World… Of WarCraft
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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Blizzard: Vikings and WarCraft
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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The History and Merger of Enix and Square
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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The Many Faces of Konami
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Oct 15, 2017 |
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Sons of Pong
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Oct 01, 2017 |
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Civilizing Sid Meier
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Sep 15, 2017 |
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Old and Elite
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Sep 01, 2017 |
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Driving Games and Technology
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Aug 15, 2017 |
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Vestiges of Atari
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Aug 01, 2017 |
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Atari, Ray Kassar and Warner
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Jul 15, 2017 |
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Atari, Ventures and Acquisitions
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Jul 01, 2017 |
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Founding, Syzygy to Atari
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Jun 15, 2017 |
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Personal Gaming Histories
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Jun 01, 2017 |
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Laser Craze
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May 15, 2017 |
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Beating Them All Up
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May 01, 2017 |
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Sierra On-Line
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Apr 15, 2017 |
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On-Line Systems
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Apr 01, 2017 |
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Origin Story
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Mar 15, 2017 |
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Nintendo and Gunpei Yokoi
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Mar 01, 2017 |
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Raiding Eidos
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Feb 15, 2017 |
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EA The Teenage Years
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Feb 01, 2017 |
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The Nutting Associates
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Jan 15, 2017 |
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The Saga of Sega
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Jan 01, 2017 |
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The History of the Atari Brand
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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An Epic Game
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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DOOM!
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Nov 15, 2016 |
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50 Years of Namco
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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Picking up the Pieces: The US Arcade Industry After the Crash
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Oct 15, 2016 |
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The Magnavox Patent Lawsuits
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Oct 01, 2016 |
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The Magnavox Odyssey
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Sep 15, 2016 |
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Mattel Electronics?
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Sep 01, 2016 |
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The Project and Others in the Field
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Aug 15, 2016 |
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The Complete Tetris Story
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Aug 01, 2016 |
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The Galaxy Game
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Jul 15, 2016 |
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The Great Video Game Crash Part 3
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Jul 01, 2016 |
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The Great Video Game Crash Part 2
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Jun 15, 2016 |
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The Great Video Game Crash Part 1
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Jun 01, 2016 |
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The British 8-Bit Computer Market: Software
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May 15, 2016 |
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The British 8-Bit Computer Market: Hardware
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May 01, 2016 |
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Early Computer Game Platforms: The Trinity, and The Disciples
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Apr 15, 2016 |
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The Story of Chuck E Cheese
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Apr 01, 2016 |
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Nintendo: Playing with Power
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Mar 15, 2016 |
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History of Acclaim - "The Fall"
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Mar 01, 2016 |
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History of Acclaim - "The Rise"
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Feb 15, 2016 |
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The Genesis of JRPGs
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Feb 01, 2016 |
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History of Mediagenic Part II
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Jan 15, 2016 |
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History of Mediagenic Part I
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Jan 01, 2016 |
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Birth of the Japanese Game Center
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Dec 15, 2015 |
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History of the Arcade
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Dec 01, 2015 |
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The Early History of Electronic Arts
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Nov 15, 2015 |
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The Untold History of Sega
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Nov 01, 2015 |
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A Tale of Cycles
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Oct 15, 2015 |
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What makes an industry?
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Oct 01, 2015 |
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You talked to whom?
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Sep 15, 2015 |
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All I can do is ask why?
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Sep 01, 2015 |