They Create Worlds

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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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Wednesday Dec 01, 2021

Grand Theft Auto 1

Wednesday Dec 01, 2021

TCW Podcast Episode 151 - Grand Theft Auto 1

We start our look at the legendary game series Grand Theft Auto. A game series that had many influences that came out of the British PC market. The game may not have seen the light of day if it was not for developers and executives championing the game to BMG Interactive. With the help of a PR campaign to stir up false controversy that lead to a speech denouncing the game to the House of Lords, the game launched to modest success! Though the best is yet to come as Rockstar gears up to release Grand Theft Auto 2 and 3!

Menace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM8r8Nn-fxU

Lemmings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuiyFXMjGxA

Uniracers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ5sR5Gui6U

Red's Dream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96xGUa1a_zs

Body Harvest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkw4Jpr0lDw

Space Station Silicon Valley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX-GdHNoRRQ

Syndicate Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7saA60qM4H4

Clockwork Knight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c3reFAM0QI

Race N' Chase Design Document: https://www.gamedevs.org/uploads/grand-theft-auto.pdf

Grand Theft Auto 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0TLzxpmHE0

Lord Campbell of Croy: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1997/may/20/grand-theft-auto-computer-game

Get Carter Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV4XrUDBlfM