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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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Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
TCW Podcast Episode 113 - Primordial Computer Game Industry
A big episode looking at two major companies that bridged the gap between the mainframe time sharing age, and the trinity of home computers. We also look at the lead up to those companies with type in listings in books, and magazines. We look at the evolution of early PCs, and the eventual development of video display cards designed to hook up computers to television sets. An almost forgotten era of PC development, pioneering magazines, and games that would have influence on the home PC market yet to come.
Guest Appearances
The 42 Cast: http://42cast.com/index.php/2020/03/23/the-42cast-episode-70-they-create-worlds/
Pixelated Audio: https://pixelatedaudio.com/earlygames-tcw/
A Critical Hit! - Kate Willaert: https://www.acriticalhit.com/best-box-art-part-2-computer-games-on-printed-paper/
Popular Electronics Jan 1975 ALTAIR 8800: https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1975/Poptronics-1975-01.pdf
TCW 016 - Early Computer Game Platforms: The Trinity, and The Disciples: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/early-computer-game-platforms-the-trinity-and-the-disciples/
TCW 084 - Time Shared: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/time-shared/
Popular Electronics Jul 1976 Sol 20: https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1976/Poptronics-1976-07.pdf
Scelbi's First Book of Computer Games for the "8008"/"8080": http://www.scelbi.com/files/docs/books/First%20Book%20of%20Computer%20Games.pdf
Scelbi's Galaxy Game for the "8008"/:8080": http://www.scelbi.com/files/docs/books/Galaxy%20Game.pdf
Cromemco Video Dazzler: Kaleidoscope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tDbn1N8EWI
Byte Magazine Dazzler Write-up: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1976-06/page/n7/mode/2up
Microchess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zuihp7Gq3Y
The KIM-1 Microcomputer History and Basic Features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0Hn2ZcW-s
The KIM-1 Microcomputer Serial and Cassette I/O: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97PccuhGl9w
BYTE Magazine Archive: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine
Creative Computing Archive: https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing
Saucer War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exSJ0gYw0pM
Digital Derby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5bO6AsPOrs
Advanced Dragon Maze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHK1V-_Dz3w
How "Old School" Graphics Worked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rsycfDliZU
Rocket Pilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJEYr-nkgzA
Saucer Invasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgmR4ULcgqo
Star Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JzmX8KKHmM
Space Maze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAzEWT20WSc
Laser Turret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1czDFB6qmZ0
Pirates!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yULTq7wnJ3M
3D Docking Mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-CqOuBQpY
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds
Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Alex's book is available for preorder and should be released through CRC Press in December 2019: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1
Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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