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.

Episodes

Friday Feb 01, 2019

The Silliwood Era now in FMV!

Friday Feb 01, 2019

TCW Podcast Episode 083 - The Silliwood Era now in FMV!

Now that we have set the stage, it's time for glorious FMV! We examine the critical games released in 1993 that began the interactive movie craze and attracted serious attention from the media companies just beginning to establish "interactive divisions." We analyze how both media companies and existing video game companies approached using FMV in their products and conclude by discussing how the sudden entrance and exit of the media companies transformed the industry going forward.

Micky Mousecapade NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AuYYIG-SU

Sewer Shark Sega CD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTdLjUn6y-0&t=1248s

Night Trap Sega CD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia29PSVOXL4

Congressional Hearing on violence in Video Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD-Afpg4P2U

FM Towns Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th4c7fTMETI

FM Towns 100 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcM7QaxkL60

Psygnosis Planetside Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jlFe-VBK1M

Rebel Assault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FX3B8yC38U

CGA Graphics - Not as bad as you thought!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niKblgZupOc

The Fool's Errand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCY_OrFddEc

History of Greenscreen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8aoUXjSfsI

Hunt for Red October end scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCqR0_a6_so