A Trip Down Memory Card Lane
By David Kassin and Robert Kassin
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A Trip Down Memory Card Lane is a weekly video game history podcast that tells one story per episode, guided by the current week in gaming history.
Hosted by brothers David Kassin and Robert Kassin, the show explores the stories behind the games we grew up with. It looks at the creative risks, technical limitations, business realities, and human decisions that shaped what players ultimately experienced.
It’s a show for anyone who likes knowing how things were made, why certain paths were chosen, and what those moments can tell us about the industry as a whole. If that sounds like you, come take a thoughtful trip down Memory Card Lane with us each week.
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Ep.298 – Follow the Light: How Remedy Found Alan Wake in the Dark
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May 14, 2026 |
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Ep.297 – Too Little, Too Late: Why the Atari 7800 Never Got the Launch It Deserved
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May 07, 2026 |
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Ep.296 – Tee It Up: How Golf (1984) Set the Template for an Entire Genre
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Ep.295 – Frame By Frame: The Handcrafted Art That Made Metal Slug (1996)
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Ep.294 – When Life Gives You Lemons: An Evolutionary Journey into Portal 2
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Ep.293 – An Unsolvable Maze: The Secret Algorithm Behind Entombed (1982)
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Ep.292 – Built To Last: LEGO Star Wars and the Brick That Refused To Quit
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Ep.291 – The God Game Reborn: How Black & White Dared Players to Choose
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Ep.290 – A World That Feels Alive: The Systems, Simulation, and Evolution of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Ep.289 – Stand By For Titanfall: Reinventing Movement and Mechs in the Modern Shooter
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Ep.288 – The Foundation of the Fight: How Street Fighter II Standardized the Modern Fighting Game
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Ep.287 – Radical in its Quiet: Why Stardew Valley Redefined Success in the Era of Blockbusters
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Ep.286 – A Catalog of Possibility: The Rise and Fall of the Atari Program Exchange
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Ep.285 – The Space Between Eras: Exploring the Development, Systems, and Legacy of Bahamut Lagoon
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Ep.284 – Handlebars and Hard Lessons: How Paperboy Was Built, Broken, and Rebuilt on the Arcade Floor
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Ep.283 – A World That Doesn’t Wait: Why Romancing SaGa Broke the Rules of Traditional RPG Design
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Ep.282 – A Notebook Full of Secrets: The Story of Hotel Dusk: Room 215
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Ep.281 – Loyalty for Sale: When Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Turned War Into a Sandbox
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Ep.280 – Racing on a Tiny Scale: The Legacy of Micro Machines
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Ep.279 – Hugo’s House of Horrors: How One Dev Haunted Early PC Gaming
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Ep.278 – 2025: Year in Review
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Ep.277 – A Star is Born: Why Phantasy Star Became Sega’s Most Ambitious Early RPG
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Ep.276 – Spirited Away to a New World: How Level-5 and Studio Ghibli Created a Heartfelt RPG in Ni No Kuni
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Ep.275 – Scanning for Fun: Exploring the History of the Nintendo e-Reader
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Ep.274 – 64-Bits of Trouble: The Rise and Fall of the Atari Jaguar
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Ep.273 – Silent Assassin: Exploring the Origins and Legacy of Hitman: Codename 47
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Ep.272 – Mattel’s Vision: The Rise and Fall of Mattel and its Intellivision
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Ep.271 – Chainsaws and Cover: How Epic Games Redefined the Modern Shooter with Gears of War
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Ep.270 – The Magazine That Started It All: Electronic Games' Legacy
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Ep.269 – Tanooki Takeover: The Story of Super Mario Bros. 3
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Ep.268 – Click, Chop, Conquer: How Ensemble Studios Made Age of Empires
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Ep.267 – Monkey Business: The Struggle to Develop Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Ep.266 – Basement Blues: Faith and Trauma in The Binding of Issac's Design
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Ep.265 – Heroes in the Cockpit: Chris Roberts and the Making of Wing Commander (1990)
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Ep.264 – Storming the Beaches (and the Servers): How Battlefield 1942 Redefined Multiplayer Warfare
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Ep.263 – Swinging Through History: How Pitfall! Became the First Great Platformer
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Ep.262 – Motorcycles and Mayhem: Road Rash’s Wild Ride
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Ep.261 – Horror in Full Motion: Exploring the Nightmare World of Phantasmagoria
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Ep.260 – Tactical Revolution: Rainbow Six and the Birth of Tactical Shooters
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Ep.259 – Flat Out Fun: Reading Through the Story of Paper Mario
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Ep.258 – The Mana Legacy: Exploring the History of Secret of Mana
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Ep.257 – Talking Fish: Seaman's Quirky Evolution
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Ep.256 – Twin Galaxies and Teamwork: How the U.S. National Video Game Team Made History
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Ep.255 – The Force of Storytelling: Knights of the Old Republic’s Legacy
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Ep.254 – Portal to the Unknown: How Prey Finally Found Its Form
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Ep.253 – A Bear, A Bird, and a Classic: Exploring the Origins and Legacy of Banjo-Kazooie
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Ep.252 – Sanity Slips Away: The Psychological Horror of Eternal Darkness
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Ep.251 – Scalpel, Please: How Trauma Center Turned the Nintendo DS into an Operating Room
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Ep.250 – Hail to the Wait: The Long Road to Duke Nukem Forever
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Ep.249 – Ribbit and Rage: When Difficulty, Humor, and Style Collided in Battletoads
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Ep.248 – Warfare on the Map: Dota and the Origins of MOBAs
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May 29, 2025 |
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Ep.247 – Joanna's Dark Mission: The Story of Perfect Dark
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May 22, 2025 |
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Ep.246 – E3 Unplugged: A Look Back at Gaming's Premiere Event
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May 15, 2025 |
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Ep.245 – A Galaxy Far Far Away: When Star Wars Found Its First Home in Video Games
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ep.244 – The Scrolls Unfold: Exploring the Legacy of Morrowind
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May 01, 2025 |
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Ep.243 – Where in the World: Carmen Sandiego's Enduring Legacy
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Ep.242 – Painted Legends: Okami's Mythical World
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Ep.241 – From Techno Dreams to Nightmares: The Story of D
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Ep.240 – Hip Hop Smackdown: Def Jam Vendetta Takes the Ring
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Ep.239 – Disney Meets Final Fantasy: Exploring the Magical History of Kingdom Hearts
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Ep.238 – Picture Perfect: Exploring the World of Pokemon Snap
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Ep.237 – Springfield in Pixels: The Simpsons in Gaming
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Ep.236 – The Wonders of the Swan: Bandai's Handheld Journey
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Ep.235 – Episode 235: On the Frontlines: Command & Conquer Goes Renegade
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Ep.234 – Choices in the Storm: David Cage and the Art of Heavy Rain
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Ep.233 – Get in, Sit Down, and Hang On: Riding Wild in Crazy Taxi
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Ep.232 – The Birth of Demon's Souls: Origins of the Soulslike Genre
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Ep.231 – Expanding the Quest: The Legacy of the Dragon Warrior Trilogy
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Ep.230 – Tilted Through Time: Bouncing Around The History of Pinball
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Ep.229 – Reinventing Fear: The Evolution of Resident Evil 4
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Ep.228 – Apocalyptic Artistry: When Myth, Art, and Action Forged Darksiders
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Ep.227 – Fighters of the Polygonal Arena: Battle Arena Toshinden's 3D Revolution
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Ep.226 – 2024: Year in Review
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Ep.225 – The Forgotten Realm: Baldur’s Gate and the Rise of BioWare
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Ep.224 – British Gangster Gaming: Team Soho and the Creation of The Getaway
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Ep.223 – First Person Sneaker: Stealth and Shadows in Thief: The Dark Project
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Ep.222 – Robin Hood Strikes Again: An Outlaw’s Legacy in Video Games
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Ep.221 – Where'd My Time Go: How World of Warcraft Redefined Online Gaming for a Generation
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Ep.220 – Microsoft Enters the War: The Birth of the Xbox
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Ep.219 – Middle Management Gaming: Yu Suzuki and the Ambition of Shenmue
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Ep.218 – Turbo PCs: Exploring the History of the NEC PC Engine
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Ep.217 – GTA 3D: When Grand Theft Auto III Leaped into Three Dimensions
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Ep.216 – Cut Off Their Limbs: How Visceral Games Created Dead Space
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Ep.215 – Insult to Adventure: All About The Secret of Monkey Island
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Ep.214 – License to Fail: How Licensing and High Prices Doomed the 3D0
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Ep.213 – Legendary Vampire Hunters: The Story of Konami and the Creation of Castlevania
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Ep.212 – Supernatural High School: When Psychology, School Life, and RPGs Combined to Make Persona
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Ep.211 – Marsupial Mayhem: How Crash Bandicoot Defined 3D Platforming on the PlayStation
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Ep.210 – Insert Cartridge to Begin: Exploring the Origins and Legacy of the Atari 2600
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Ep.209 – How To Kill Time: Gunpei Yokoi and the Story of Nintendo’s Game & Watch
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Ep.208 – Our Divine Comedy: When Resident Evil Evolved into Devil May Cry
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Ep.207 – In SHODAN We Trust: The Origins of System Shock
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Ep.206 – Midnight Pizza Train: How a Failed Christian Game Designer Built Five Nights at Freddy's
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Ep.205 – Gold, Glory, and Gamepads: The History of the Olympics and its Video Game Adaptions
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Ep.204 – Sega's Blockbuster: After Burner's Arcade Revolution
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Ep.203 – Nintendo Saves The World: How Nintendo Revived Gaming After the 1983 Crash
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Ep.202 – The Great Destruction: FromSoftware’s Mechanized Mastery of Armored Core
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Ep.201 – Let's Get Lucky: How a Former Music Teacher Made Leisure Suit Larry
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Ep.200 – 64-Bit Stars: When Super Mario 64 Leapt Into 3D and Changed the World Forever
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Ep.199 – What It Means To Be Human: The Story of RoboCop and His Legacy in Video Games
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Ep.198 – Life Goes On: When The Last of Us Redefined Emotion and Survival
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Ep.197 – The Golden Age: How Space Invaders Sparked the Golden Age of Arcade Gaming
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Ep.196 – Nightmares in High Resolution: H.R. Giger, Cyberdreams, and the Creation of Dark Seed
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May 31, 2024 |
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Ep.195 – SegaSonic The Hedgehog: The Story of Sega’s Arcade Experiments and the SegaSonic Legacy
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May 24, 2024 |
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Ep.194 – Cycle of Violence: Red Dead Redemption in the Digital Frontier
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May 16, 2024 |
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Ep.193 – The Arcade Machine: The Birth of DIY Game Design
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May 09, 2024 |
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Ep.192 – No. 1 Sandbox: Minecraft’s Blocky Revolution
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May 02, 2024 |
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Ep.191 – A Star is Swallowed: How a 19-Year-Old Designer Created Kirby’s Dream Land
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Ep.190 – Our Emblem is Fire: The Tactical History of Fire Emblem
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Ep.189 – Who Am I: How an Acclaimed Author Turned Amnesia into Art
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Ep.188 – Capcom's Breathing Fire: The Origins of Breath of Fire
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Ep.187 – Read the Scrolls: How Elder Scrolls Arena Became a Genre-Defining RPG
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Ep.186 – The Power of a Good Suit: The Story of Super Metroid
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Ep.185 – Join the Atarian Federation: Blasting Through the Creation of Star Raiders
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Ep.184 – Get A Little Squirrely: Rare’s Raunchy Masterpiece in Conker's Bad Fur Day
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Ep.183 – Based on a Book: When Telarium Brought Classic Authors Into the Digital Age
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Ep.182 – It’s Dangerous to Go Alone: Exploring the Origins of The Legend of Zelda
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Ep.181 – The Ages Beyond Myst: The Long Journey of Myst Online
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Ep.180 – It's A Riot: A Tactical Trip Through the History of Vagrant Story
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Ep.179 – Here Comes An Avalanche: When Square Took a Risk on Final Fantasy VII and Changed Gaming Forever
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Ep.178 – Defending the Arcade: How Eugene Jarvis Made Defender
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Ep.177 – The Great Underground Empire: The History of Zork and the Rise and Fall of Infocom
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Ep.176 – With Great Power: Swinging Through the History of Spider-Man
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Ep.175 – Snakes and Patterns: Connecting the Dots of the Snake Genre
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Ep.174 – 2023 - Year in Review
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Ep.173 – The Drive to Perfection: Racing Through the History of Gran Turismo
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Ep.172 – An Episode for the Birds: Rovio and the Angry Birds Phenomenon
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Ep.171 – The Great Betrayal: When Nintendo’s Betrayal Gave Birth to the Sony Playstation
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Ep.170 – Educational Games of the 90s: Captain Novolin and Educational Health Games of the 90s
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Ep.169 – Best Game on the Citadel: The Mass Effect BioWare Had on the Modern RPG
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Ep.168 – An Evolution of Combat: How Bungie Turned a Real-Time Strategy Prototype into Halo: Combat Evolved
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Ep.167 – Can You Drive: Tracing the Explosive History of Twisted Metal
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Ep.166 – The Midnight Dungeon Crawl: When Dungeons and Dragons Dropped Into the Arcade Gauntlet
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Ep.165 – Action Archaeology: The Core Design of Tomb Raider
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Ep.164 – A Colossal Landscape: Fumito Ueda, Team Ico, and the Creation of Shadow of the Colossus
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Ep.163 – This Was A Triumph: How Portal Evolved from a Student Project into a Cultural Phenomenon
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Ep.162 – What A SCUMM: Ron Gilbert’s SCUMM Legacy and the Making of Maniac Mansion
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Ep.161 – You Look Like Tony Hawk: Neversoft and the Making of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Ep.160 – The Mysterious Island: The Story of Cyan and the Creation of Myst
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Ep.159 – Our Princess is in Another Castle: How Super Mario Bros. Revived Gaming and Defined Nintendo’s Legacy
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Ep.158 – What's In The Box: The Vision of Hideo Kojima and its Success in Metal Gear Solid
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Ep.157 – The Stillwater Gang: How Volition Created Saints Row and Redefined Open-World Chaos
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Ep.156 – Would You Kindly: Ken Levine, BioShock, and the Game That Questioned Free Will
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Ep.155 – A Microcomputing Adventure: The Story of Scott Adams and the Rise of Adventure International
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Ep.154 – Professional Zombie Photography: Keiji Inafune’s Failed Project That Became Dead Rising
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Ep.153 – Supercharged Cassette Player: How Starpath Supercharged the Atari 2600 with Cassette Technology
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Ep.152 – Frankenstein's Monster: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Its Legacy in Video Games
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Ep.151 – The Strong: How One Woman’s Collection Became the Strong Museum of Play
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Ep.150 – Service Games of Japan: The Origins of Sega and its First Console with the SG-1000
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Ep.149 – Dance with the Devil: How Megami Tensei Summoned a Franchise
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Ep.148 – Enter the Gladiator Arena: The Story of American Gladiators and its Video Game Adaptions
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Ep.147 – 21st Century Dystopia: Creating the Modern Immersive Sim with Deus Ex
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Ep.146 – Don't Mess With The Mafia: The Story of Mafia, Among Us, and the Social Deduction Genre
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Ep.145 – An Isometric Deity: Peter Molyneux's Populous and the Birth of the God Game Genre
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Ep.144 – A First for Nintendo: The Birth of Nintendo’s Video Game Era with the Color TV Game
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Ep.143 – Japan's National Game: How Dragon Quest Defined a Genre and Captured a Nation
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May 25, 2023 |
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Ep.142 – Checkmate: The Evolution of Chess from Ancient Boards to Digital Games
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May 18, 2023 |
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Ep.141 – Another Brick In The Wall: How Breakout Connected Atari, Apple, and Copyright History
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May 11, 2023 |
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Ep.140 – The Sword in the Stone: King Arthur’s Journey Through Gaming
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May 04, 2023 |
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Ep.139 – The Home Arcade: When the Neo Geo Brought Arcades Into the Home
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Ep.138 – 4-20 Game It: The History of Drug-Themed Video Games
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Ep.137 – Duel of the Planeswalkers: All About Magic: The Gathering's Digital Evolution
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Ep.136 – Never Put Rat in Ratatouille: The Story of PETA’s Controversial Video Game Parodies
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Ep.135 – Zerg Rush: How StarCraft Turned Strategy into a Global Obsession
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Ep.134 – Opening Pandora's Box: The Story of David Jaffe and God of War
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Ep.133 – How Weird Can You Get: A Journey Through Some Of Gaming’s Most Unusual Experiments
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Ep.132 – War Machine Keeps Rolling: How BattleTech Evolved from Tabletop Battles to Digital Warfare
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Ep.131 – Keyboard Warriors: History's Weird and Wonderful Typing Games
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Ep.130 – Do A Barrel Roll: The Technological Leap That Made Star Fox Soar
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Ep.129 – Follow the Leader: Lemmings’ Puzzling Path to Success
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Ep.128 – Gearing Up For Crazy: How Psychology Made Xenogears a Cult Classic
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Ep.127 – The Sword of Ultimate Sorcery: The Story of Swordquest and Atari’s $150,000 Treasure Hunt
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Ep.126 – Where In The World Is Mario: Mario’s Educational Adventures in the 1990s
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Ep.125 – Raccoon City Reboot: How Resident Evil 2 Saved the Franchise
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Ep.124 – Robinett's Adventure: A Gaming Adventure that Invented the Easter Egg
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Ep.123 – Persistent Apocalypse: The Role-Playing Revolution That Survived the Wasteland
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Ep.122 – 2022 - Year in Review
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Ep.121 – Fighting Fantasy: How Final Fantasy Saved Square and Defined a Genre
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Ep.120 – Nintendo's Dynamic Drive: How the 64DD’s Failures Led to Nintendo’s Future Successes
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Ep.119 – He Who Wields The Sword: The Soul Edge That Forged the Soulcalibur Legacy
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Ep.118 – For-Real Time Strategy: How Westwood’s Dune II Gave Birth to Real-Time Strategy
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Ep.117 – Beware of Monkey Country: The Cutting-Edge Technology That Powered Donkey Kong Country
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Ep.116 – Learn The Creed: How Prince of Persia Became Assassin’s Creed
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Ep.115 – Strike Hard and Strike Fast: The Counter-Strike Mod That Became a Global Phenomenon
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Ep.114 – Pop The Cartridge In: Jerry Lawson and the Cartridge That Changed Gaming
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Ep.113 – Ohhh Shiny: The Groovy Origins of Earthworm Jim
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Ep.112 – Isn't Theft Grand: The Chaotic Creation of Grand Theft Auto
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Ep.111 – Let's Visit the Wasteland: How a Failed Idea Became Fallout
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Ep.110 – The Nomadic Lifestyle: Sega’s Handheld Experiments from the Game Gear to the Nomad
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Ep.109 – Most Prefer To Conquer: The Vision That Let Westwood Command & Conquer Strategy Itself
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Ep.108 – Only the Best of the Best: Elite and the Birth of Open Worlds
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Ep.107 – It's A Tall Tale: Peter Molyneux's Ambition That Shaped and Shadowed Fable
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Ep.106 – Let's Party: How Wizardry Crawled Through Dungeons and Into Gaming History
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Ep.105 – Let's Go Back to the Beginning: Ralph Baer and the Birth of Video Games
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Ep.104 – From F-Zero to Fun: The Making of Super Mario Kart
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Ep.103 – There's Another World Out There: The Art, Struggle, and Legacy of Eric Chahi’s Another World
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Ep.102 – Take It To The Streets: How a Bored Meeting Sparked the Street Fighter Revolution
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Ep.101 – Narratively Confused: Breaking the Fourth Wall with The Stanley Parable
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Ep.100 – Time-Out Turtles: The Radical Legacy of Turtles in Time
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Ep.99 – Nintendo Strikes Out: How the Virtual Boy Fell Flat on Its Face
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Ep.98 – Do Me A Solid: Hideo Kojima’s Stealthy Breakthrough with Metal Gear
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Ep.97 – I Have To Do This Twice: A Legacy of Pain With Ghosts ’n Goblins
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Ep.96 – He's So Viewtiful: The Cel-Shaded Legacy of Viewtiful Joe
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Ep.95 – Laser Focused: The Laserdisc Revolution of Dragon’s Lair
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Ep.94 – An Open World Awaits Us: The Origins and Legacy of Ultima
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Ep.93 – It's Quite Puzzling: How Tetris Took Over The World
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Ep.92 – Are You Ready For Some Football: Trip Hawkins, John Madden, and the Birth of EA Sports
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Ep.91 – Who's Afraid of the Dark: Taking Survival Horror into 3D with Alone in the Dark
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May 26, 2022 |
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Ep.90 – A Sandbox Adventure: The Indie Journey from Mario Mods to Terraria
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May 19, 2022 |
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Ep.89 – The Quest For The Crown: Roberta Williams’ Coronation Through King’s Quest
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May 12, 2022 |
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Ep.88 – Everybody Loves B.J: How Wolfenstein 3D Became the Grandfather of First-Person Shooters
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May 05, 2022 |
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Ep.87 – Episodic Gaming: Why the Satellaview Was Ahead of Its Time
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Ep.86 – Who's the Psycho Now: Tim Schafer’s Wild Ride to Create Psychonauts
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Ep.85 – Boomshakalaka: How NBA Jam Set Arcades on Fire
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Ep.84 – Welcome to Hotel Mario: The Bizarre Story Behind Mario’s Worst Game
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Ep.83 – By My Guest: Haunting the CD-ROM Era with The 7th Guest
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Ep.82 – The Instincts of a Predator: The PC-Melting Legacy of Far Cry and the CryEngine
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Ep.81 – Questing Forever: How EverQuest Ushered in the Age of Online Worlds
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Ep.80 – Where's Your License: The Unlicensed Legacy of Wisdom Tree’s NES Library
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Ep.79 – Modern Day Ninja: The Brutal Return of Ryu Hayabusa in Ninja Gaiden (2004)
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Ep.78 – Dracula's Best Kept Secret: How Symphony of the Night Turned Castlevania into a Metroidvania
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Ep.77 – Curiosity Killed The Cat: The Birth of the Professor Layton Franchise with The Curious Village
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Ep.76 – The Rhode Island Reckoning: From Baseball to Bankruptcy with Kingdoms of Amalur
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Ep.75 – There's A New Mayor In Town: Constructing the City-Building Genre with SimCity
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Ep.74 – Turn It Up To 11: When Rock Stars Became Video Game Heroes
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Ep.73 – Searching for the Elusive Cheetahman: How Action 52 Tried (and Failed) to Launch a Franchise
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Ep.72 – Leapfrogging the Competition: Exploring 40 Years of Frogger's Success
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Ep.71 – Grinding for Glory: How RuneScape Grew From Kitchen Table Beginnings
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Ep.70 – 2021 - Year In Review
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Ep.69 – The Neverending Cave Story: The Indie Legacy of Cave Story’s Solo Development
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Ep.68 – Bow Down Before Your Corporate Overlords: Tapper and the Strange History of Marketing in Games
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Ep.67 – It All Comes Crashing Down: How E.T. Became the Fall Guy for Gaming’s First Collapse
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Ep.66 – Don't Die of Dysentery: How The Oregon Trail Taught a Generation Through Play
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Ep.65 – There's So Many Ways To Go: Super Mario World and Nintendo’s Leap Into 16-Bits of Fun
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Ep.64 – Kick. Punch. Its All In The Mind: How PaRappa the Rapper Made Us “Believe”
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Ep.63 – I Wanna Rock: Guitar Hero's Rhythm Revolution
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Ep.62 – The Thrill of Flying: Microsoft Flight Simulator and its Evolution of Virtual Flight
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Ep.61 – Put The Pedal to the Metal: Motor City Online and a Brief History of Online Racing
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Ep.60 – Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee: How Nintendo’s First Designer Shaped Punch-Out!!
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Ep.59 – Objection!: Trials, Contradictions, and the Legacy of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Ep.58 – Goodnight, My Sweet Prince: Prince of Persia and the Birth of Cinematic Platforming
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Ep.57 – Gotta Catch Em All: The Pokemon Catch That Conquered the Globe
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Ep.56 – Drop, Shock and Roll: Firefight, Film Noir, and the World of Halo 3: ODST
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Ep.55 – I'm Up To My Eyes In Debt: How Animal Crossing Turned Daily Life Into Play
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Ep.54 – Reconstructing Nostalgia: A Debate Over Remakes and Remasters
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Ep.53 – Thanks Hurricane Ida: Revisiting Diablo's Design
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Ep.52 – The Man With the Golden Gun: How GoldenEye 007 Revolutionized Console Shooters
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Ep.51 – The Hunt for Space Pirates: Metroid's Shocking Exploration
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Ep.50 – A Golden Moment In Time: How Chrono Trigger United Square's Dream Team
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Ep.49 – We've Arrived At That Weird Mario Place: Why Mario Paint Was Ahead Of Its Time
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Ep.48 – We're All Just Monkeying Around: How Donkey Kong Saved Nintendo
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Ep.47 – What A Payne In My Side: Sam Lake, Bullet Time, and the Legacy of Max Payne
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Ep.46 – Games That Never Were: Exploring Project Titan and Some of Gaming's Other Lost Projects
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Ep.45 – What A Save! What A Save! What A Save: The Accidental Invention of Rocket League
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Ep.44 – Preventing World War 3: Why Missile Command Defined the Golden Age of Arcades
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Ep.43 – Gaming At The Speed In Light: Celebrating 30 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Ep.42 – The Art of War - Shogun Style: Sengoku Battles and the Birth of the Total War Franchise
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Ep.41 – To Everything There Is A Season: How Harvest Moon Made Farming Fun
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Ep.40 – This Game Stinks: The Scratch-and-Sniff Legacy of EarthBound
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Ep.39 – Heroes Never Die: Celebrating 5 Years of Blizzard’s Overwatch and Its Esports Legacy
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May 27, 2021 |
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Ep.38 – The Little Engine That Could: Why Unreal Was More Legacy Than Gameplay
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May 20, 2021 |
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Ep.37 – Mushroom Kingdom Hearts: The Nintendo–Square Collaboration Behind Super Mario RPG
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May 13, 2021 |
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Ep.36 – Revenge Before Redemption: The History of Red Dead Revolver
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May 06, 2021 |
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Ep.35 – Mama Said Knock You Out: How Super Smash Bros. Took Nintendo’s Icons into the Arena
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Ep.34 – It's Mario! But In The Palm Of Your Hand: How Super Mario Land Made Mario Portable
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Ep.33 – The Bi-Polar Shoot Em Up: The Legacy of Ikaruga
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Ep.32 – 1st Place Podium Finish: Why Nürburgring 1 Was the Starting Line for a Genre
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Ep.31 – This Means War! In Space: The PDP-1, Hacker Culture, and the Making of Spacewar!
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Ep.30 – The Pandemic We Should All Be Afraid Of: How Resident Evil Defined Survival Horror
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Ep.29 – A Descent Into The Depths: The VR Legacy of Descent
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Ep.28 – Focus on the Journey, Not the Destination: Companionship, Minimalism, and the Emotional Power of Journey
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Ep.27 – You Killed My Father. Prepare To Die: The Cinematic Legacy of Ninja Gaiden
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Ep.26 – Silent But Deadly: Fog, Cults, and the Psychological Terror of Silent Hill
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Ep.25 – Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A: How the Konami Code Opened the Door to a Culture of Cheats
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Ep.24 – Destroying Friendships Since 1999: How Mario Party Redefined Party Games
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Ep.23 – Is This The Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy: Architecture, Psychology, and the Making of The Sims
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Ep.22 – You Can't Take Our Women: Chewing Bubble Gum, Kicking Ass, and the Rise of Duke Nukem
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Ep.21 – Beat Em Up! Beat Em Up: The Legacy of River City Ransom
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Ep.20 – Sometimes The Devil You Know: Satire, Style, and the Controversial Reimagining of DmC: Devil May Cry
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Ep.19 – We're Going to Hell in a Handbasket: The Devil in Diablo's Design
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Ep.18 – 2020 - Year In Review
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Ep.17 – Our First Christmas Minisode: Claymation, Car Combat, and Parasites Under the Tree
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Ep.16 – Bow Down To Your Robot Masters: Rock, Roll, and the Robot Masters of Mega Man
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Ep.15 – We're All Doomed: How Doom Brought Hell to Earth and Changed Gaming Forever
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Ep.14 – Rated (E) for Eating: The Inclusive Design and Universal Appeal of Pac-Man
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Ep.13 – A Tale As Old As Time: Ocarina of Time and the Birth of 3D Adventure
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Ep.12 – The G-Man Hits the Spot: How Half-Life 2 Redefined Storytelling in Shooters
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Ep.11 – The Age of the Dragonborn: The Meme, the Mods, and the Millions Who Still Play Skyrim
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Ep.10 – Casting Votes, Pushing Buttons: The History of Democracy (in Video Games)
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Ep.9 – The Not-So Medal of Honor
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Ep.8 – What A Co-Operative World
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Ep.7 – She Works Hard For The Money
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Ep.6 – Praise the Sun! And Other Life Lessons.
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Ep.5 – Operation Just Cause is Real?!?
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Ep.4 – Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Ep.3 – Just Another Mortal Monday
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Ep.2 – Never Walk Away
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Ep.1 – Random Acts of Kindness
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Sep 04, 2020 |