They Create Worlds

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The games we love reveal something true about who we are, and about the world that made them. They Create Worlds is a podcast about the people, technology, and forces that built the video game industry.

Through video game history, the show looks at how culture, business, and technology shaped what we play, tracing the choices and circumstances that led to the games so many people around the world enjoy.

Each episode digs into where games came from, who made them, and why they were made the way they were. Business decisions, technological shifts, and creative choices all shaped what ended up on screen, and the show covers all of it together, not just one piece in isolation.

Hosted by Alex Smith and Jeffrey Daum, They Create Worlds grew out of long conversations about the strange corners of the industry and the patterns that only show up when you look across companies, platforms, and decades. That conversational feel remains, built on careful research, clear structure and editing that makes even the deepest topics easy to listen to.

History turns out to be less settled than it looks. New documents surface, memories conflict, and the clean stories about why things happened the way they did rarely survive contact with the evidence. The show digs into all of that, following the creative and business forces that pushed and pulled on each other, and uncovering the human stories that lie beneath the games so many people around the world enjoy.

New episodes are released twice a month.

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Saturday May 15, 2021

Dave Nutting Associates

Saturday May 15, 2021

TCW Podcast Episode 138 - Dave Nutting Associates

This is our second half looking at Dave Nutting and specifically Dave Nutting Associates. We see how they are able change the industry by showing the viability of solid state Pinball. Despite the setback of not being able to license the technology to Bally/Midway they pressed on with developing video games. Specifically Gun Fight which had realistic, for the time, human analogs that could fire guns at each other. As they continued to show how well they were to Bally/Midway they ended up being bought out. Unfortunately by the time of the crash Dave Nutting Associates ended up being a small player in a crowded industry and was shut down in 1984.

TCW 59 - Williams' Crazy Story Part 1: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/williams-crazy-story-pt-1/

TCW 60 - Williams' Crazy Story Part 2 : http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/williams-crazy-story-pt-2/

Bally Pinball Flicker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-xCz-CCegg

How a Pinball Machine Works In Slow Motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmg5WOvPKpU

How an older Pinball Machine Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Q63AVnjEM

TCW 051 - Sons of Pong: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/sons-of-pong/

Mirco Spirit of 76: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy-Y1gPlLJM

Mirco Spirit of 76 Images: https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2294

Gun Fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYa0G6KGayk

The Amazing Maze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjBtgqnuuw8

Tornado Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BXYMr26Me0

Tornado Baseball Cabinet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26LLVZre_9k