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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 arcade, home console, and PC games merged into a Video Game Industry. Emphasis is on the combination of business and creative elements needed for financial success. Interviews of Atari, EA, Activision, & other execs with detailed source evaluations produce the insights you hear in these 140+ hours!
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TCW Podcast Episode 215 - Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII holds a special place in the hearts of many gamers. For some, it was the first time they really connected with a JRPG. For others, it marked the transition from pixel art games to 3D gaming. Final Fantasy VII owes much to the storytelling work of its predecessor, Final Fantasy VI, led by Yoshinori Kitase. Kitase used his love of filmmaking to add an artistic flair to games, improving on the static scenes most games relied on. With Final Fantasy VII, Kitase aimed to overcome hardware limitations in storytelling. This desire to push beyond hardware constraints also led SquareSoft to break ties with Nintendo and join Sony with their new PlayStation. The marketing of FF VII in the West as more than just an RPG helped it become the first Final Fantasy game to sell more in the West than in Japan, thereby cementing JRPGs in the public's mind.
TCW 157 - Final Fantasy's Tale: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/final-fantasy-s-tale/
FFVI - Sand on my boots!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W79EPTyL7Pc
FFVI - Opera Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwHrQdC02FY
FFVI - Cid's Death and Celes Reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHNcwGol0zo
FFVI - Loke and Rachel's Backstory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl7urWIrQTU
FFVI - The Falcon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZA9om3Ezww
The Original Trilogy ILM Special Effects Makers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85MK2GDkoxo
Star Wars Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJguy6wSYyI
Spaceballs Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZveoBfiww
TCW 053 - This History and Merger of Enix and Square: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-history-and-merger-of-enix-and-square/
TCW 011 - The Genesis of JRPGs: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-genesis-of-jrpgs/
FF IV - Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njl7aBS0Ah4
FF IV - The Giant of Babil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq6k1gHh_2k
FF VI - Coin Toss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ZSXwMe678
FF VI - Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAD31P49hsw
FF 7 - An Oral History: https://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7
Polygon - Final Fantasy VI Tech Demo with Kazuyuki Hashimoto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DTjrY1LXrk
FF VI SGI Tech Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHHdODEMD9c
FF VII Opening Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CORYpK6_W8
Interview With Hironobu Sakaguchi: https://youtu.be/wucMb3Hcuhc?t=269
Friendly Tap of the Horn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mYHss0Xmus
Following the Blood Trail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQq79OZIvE
The Midgar Zolom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfqkWu1Yrj8
Knights of the Round cast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv9aI5RkoeQ
Sephiroth's Ultimate Attack - Super Nova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktc022h9Nj8
Final Fantasy VII Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDz9A4ByHIQ
FF7 Promo Art: https://www.mobygames.com/game/858/final-fantasy-vii/promo/
Aerith's Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGuohjmGY3Q
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: FF VII Opening ~ Bombing Mission: https://archive.org/details/final_fantasy_vii_soundtrack/02-Opening+~+Bombing+Mission.mp3
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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