Circle of Life: Tamagotchi
Everyone calls the Tamagotchi the first virtual pet. It wasn't. It wasn't the most advanced, either — and the one that beat it to market by twelve days had actual neural networks. So how did a plastic...
29 Jul 46min
Sidequest: Pokémon
This episode we take a partial traditional approach, covering the history of Pokémon and the minds behind the biggest media franchise of all time. But Pokémon's too huge a topic to stay tidy, so we al...
24 Jun 48min
SEGA Saga Continued
SEGA made awesome consoles, and they were the only manufacturer that gave Nintendo any competition at all. In this episode we discuss SEGA's consoles, the Game Gear, and their departure from console m...
27 Mai 44min
SEGA Saga
SEGA went from distributing slot machines to military bases, to becoming a household name in gaming and creating one of the most iconic characters of all time. How did this happen? Well, listen and fi...
29 Apr 35min
History of MMORPGs
Playing in a shared word online with thousands of other people is wondrous. You'll be surprised to find out that somehow people having been playing MMORPGs before the internet, and before computer gr...
25 Mar 47min
Resident Evil: The Survival Horror Legacy
The biggest horror franchise in the world began with a movie tie-in game for the Famicom that really should have been released in the western world, but didn't.Please like, subscribe, and we look forw...
25 Feb 41min
Gaming History Heroes: Mabel Addis
8 years before PONG, Mabel Addis was writing and designing games. As the first video game writer, and first female game designer, she helped invent the strategy and edutainment genres with The Sumeria...
28 Jan 35min
Flicking Through: History of Video Game Magazines
Video game magazines were more important than you might think! Before the internet was around they were the gatekeepers to all things video game related. Find out how magazines and gaming journalism g...
14 Jan 35min
