Friday Editing with Jeffrey! twitch.tv/tcwpodcast

The third part of our live stream is ready for your listening pleasure! D&D & Video Games 3E! See how D&D influenced many early mainframe, and PC games! podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/dd-video-gam…

Games by Apollo? Why yes, I need to edit that! twitch.tv/tcwpodcast

Happy New Years! Start 2025 right with a look at Games by Apollo! A company with some flaws but put out some interesting third-party titles on the VCS! podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/games-by-apo… #GamesByApollo #VideoGameHistory #Atari #VCS

🕹️ Explore Donkey Kong's origins! Thanks to "Critical Kate" On Bisky & Mast & @gaminghistorian, we better understand the influences of this foundational game! 🎮 🎧 Listen: podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/donkey-kong/ #DonkeyKong #VideoGameHistory #Nintendo

Street Fighter 2 brought smoother combos, an expanded roster, and arcade hype. Inspired by Bruce Lee, anime, and Final Fight, it became a classic. Which version was your favorite? 🕹️🔥 #StreetFighter2 #RetroGaming youtube.com/watch?v=CvuKNq…

What do 3 doctors, a dungeon master, a database programmer, and a writer have in common? They made Baldur’s Gate—an RPG often credited with reviving Western RPGs. Built on DirectX & the Infinity Engine, it launched #BioWare into legend. 🎲🎮 🔗 podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/baldurs-gate/

Yu Suzuki redefined arcades with rideable cabinets, sprite-scaling “3D” & the gyroscopic R360. With Shenmue, he coined “Quick Time Events” & delivered NPCs, detail & interactivity unheard of in 1999. 🎮 #YuSuzuki #SEGA #TheyCreateWorlds #VideoGameHistory youtu.be/4fXkwuMaOVU

🎙️ Going live now! Editing episode 235 of They Create Worlds — The Coin-op Legends of Japan! Come hang out and chat while we work: twitch.tv/tcwpodcast

🎙️ New episode! We spotlight the lesser-known pioneers of Japan’s coin-op scene — the entrepreneurs behind Tecmo, IREM, Sammy & more. Discover how they got their start and shaped early arcade history. 🎧 podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/coin-op-lege… #videogamehistory #arcadehistory #bizhistory #Japan

Before Karateka, Jordan Mechner’s journey began with his family fleeing Nazi Europe. At Yale, he blended arcade insight with film ambition—helped by his father, who unexpectedly shaped the game with ideas, movement, and music. 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=zblmz-…

Jordan Mechner drew on Castles of Dr. Creep, Robin Hood (1938), Raiders, and Thief of Bagdad (1924) to shape Prince of Persia. He rotoscoped his brother for animation. A re-release after Disney's Aladdin made it a hit. 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=2G45f6… #JordanMechner #PrinceOfPersia

John Carmack set out to build full 3D, dynamic lighting, and client-server multiplayer in Quake. Michael Abrash left Microsoft to help. As development spanned a year, problems at ID became more apparent. 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=AG3h7B… #Quake #IDSoftware #JohnCarmack #MichaelAbrash

Two failed consoles. A power struggle. The rise of Satoru Iwata. This episode traces Nintendo’s path through internal upheaval and fading relevance on the way to the Wii. 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=-K2UOE… #Nintendo #Iwata #Yamauchi #Wii #History #VideoGameHistory #TheyCreateWorlds

Nintendogs and Brain Age proved Nintendo could reach new audiences. That idea carried into the Wii, with simple controls and games anyone could play. It became Nintendo's best-selling console, leaving rivals behind. ▶ youtube.com/watch?v=98XErH… #Nintendo #Wii #TheyCreateWorlds

If you are at DragonCon our presentation is at 4:00 Eastern! The History of the NES l.core-apps.com/dragoncon25/ev… See you there!

Fumito Ueda entered games through art, not play. Influenced by Flashback and Another World, he created ICO’s hand-holding bonds and Shadow of the Colossus’s haunting battles. His style reshaped design and inspired creators worldwide. ▶ youtube.com/watch?v=BgD-SM…

Join us for a day of recording the history of Commodore! LIVE! twitch.tv/tcwpodcast

From lamps and typewriters to computers, Jack Tramiel’s drive shaped Commodore’s rise. A Holocaust survivor turned entrepreneur, he led Commodore through scandal and calculators to computing with MOS Technology. youtube.com/watch?v=zJl4F9… #Commodore #JackTramiel #VideoGameHistory

From the PET to the VIC-20 and C64, Commodore evolved from business machines to home computing powerhouses. Smart marketing, the SID chip, and low prices made the C64 a billion-dollar success of the 8-bit era. ▶ youtube.com/watch?v=ZNznaa… #Commodore #PET #VIC20 #C64 #RetroComputing