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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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Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
TCW Podcast Episode 219 - Diablo 1
We explore the monumental game Diablo! Initially a collaborative effort between David Brevik, Erich Schaefer, and Max Schaefer, Diablo brought together elements from games like X-Com, Angband, and surprisingly NHL '94. The trio formed the company Condor, producing NFL games and a Street Fighter clone called Justice League Task Force for the SEGA Genesis. At CES, they discovered another company developing the SNES port of Justice League, Blizzard Entertainment. Through a series of fortuitous events, Condor was acquired by Davidson & Associates and rebranded as Blizzard North. Join us as we explore the wild history of Diablo and its impact on shaping how we play video games today!
Play Diabo 1 Web Shareware Version: https://d07riv.github.io/diabloweb/
It was the best of times it was the blurst of times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no_elVGGgW8
Moria (Plato Emulator): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zvqgKKXAFI
Angband: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSiX_aoUn5s
Stay a While and Listen (2 Book Series): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087JF24VG?binding=kindle_edition
Gordo 106 (AGDQ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwqlNeT9oTE
Three Days of the Condor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU8tQTNlPAM
Iguana Entertainment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana_Entertainment
MC Chris Kingdom Hearts 2 & Resident Evil 4 (EXPLICIT): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZsDUSxK5Fs
NHL '94: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShqgmvGrxfM
X-COM UFO Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZJAFG0rjo0
The Digital Antiquarian - Diablo: https://www.filfre.net/2023/07/diablo/
Diablo 1 Original Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcKmaLP-sQM
Justice League Task Force (Genesis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hNrLiRxBE4
Justice League Task Force (SNES): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QulgjKAsRaA
TCW 054 - Blizzard: Vikings and WarCraft: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/blizzard-vikings-and-warcraft/
TCW 055 - Blizzard: Hellfire and The World… of WarCraft: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/blizzard-hellfire-and-the-world%E2%80%A6-of-warcraft/
David Brevik - Making Diablo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_CXw4x61E
Diablo 1 - The Sin War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWXozMHrxrM
Diablo 1 All Cutscenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aMkkf8-i-U
Kali (Software): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_(software)
New episodes are 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, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line retailers: 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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