A Cendant to Vivendi
TCW Podcast Episode 259 - A Cendant to Vivendi CUC International looked like a company that never missed. Quarter after quarter, just barely...
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They Create Worlds
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 ar...
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20 of 259 episodesThe Shenanigans of CUC Software
TCW Podcast Episode 258 - The Shenanigans of CUC Software Walter Forbes built CUC International from Comp-U-Card, a phone-in discount shoppi...
Nine Atari Games
TCW Podcast Episode 257 - Nine Atari Games The Atari VCS launched with nine games to entice consumers into the new gaming medium, and Combat...
Cinemaware
TCW Podcast Episode 256 - Cinemaware Bob Jacob launched Cinemaware to fuse movies and video games on Amiga, hiring journalist Kellyn Beeck t...
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
TCW Podcast Episode 255 - The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind After Arena and Daggerfall's triumphs, Julian LeFay's Battlespire spinoff marked his...
The Elder Scrolls: Arena & Daggerfall
TCW Podcast Episode 254 - The Elder Scrolls: Arena & Daggerfall Bethesda Softworks, founded in 1985 by Christopher Weaver with sports titles...
Masanobu Endō
TCW Podcast Episode 253 - Masanobu Endō Masanobu Endō is one of Japan's most important game designers, yet remains relatively unknown in the...
A Guitar Hero
TCW Podcast Episode 252 - A Guitar Hero The rise and fall of the Guitar Hero franchise and the rhythm game craze of the mid to late 2000s. R...
Virgin Games
TCW Podcast Episode 251 - Virgin Games As a companion piece to our Mastertronic episode, we look at the rise and fall of Virgin Games. Begin...
Mastertronic
TCW Podcast Episode 250 - Mastertronic From budget software publisher to the gateway for SEGA’s entry into Europe, we look at the rise and f...
New World Computing
TCW Podcast Episode 249 - New World Computing We look at the rise and fall of New World Computing through the career of Jon Van Caneghem. Co...
An Act of Control
TCW Podcast Episode 248 - An Act of Control We look at Japan’s Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Business and its impact on the ar...
The History of Commodore Pt 4
TCW Podcast Episode 247 - The History of Commodore Pt 4 The final chapter of our Commodore series covers the company’s chaotic decline. Afte...
The History of Commodore Pt 3
TCW Podcast Episode 246 - The History of Commodore Pt 3 After Jack Tramiel left Commodore and founded Tramel Technology, the company pressed...
The History of Commodore Pt 2
TCW Podcast Episode 245 - The History of Commodore Pt 2 Commodore’s shift from calculators to computers began with the PET, which found succ...
The History of Commodore Pt 1
TCW Podcast Episode 244 - The History of Commodore Pt 1 We kick off our look at Commodore with the story of its founder, Jack Tramiel. A Hol...
RCA Studio II
TCW Podcast Episode 243 - RCA Studio II The RCA Studio II emerged from the company’s faltering computer division and the vision of engineer...
Fumito Ueda
TCW Podcast Episode 242- Fumito Ueda Fumito Ueda entered game design through art rather than a love of traditional play. Influenced by title...
The First 10 Years of European Consoles
TCW Podcast Episode 241 - The First 10 Years of European Consoles The first decade of European consoles began with imports of the Magnavox O...
Nintendo: Playing with Mii & Wii
TCW Podcast Episode 240 - Nintendo: Playing with Mii & Wii From DS touch-and-stylus play to living-room motion, we trace Nintendo's road to...