Computer Game Evolution

By Tim

A journey through many years (and occasionally centuries) to find out who is responsible for modern computer and video games. May contain balls, Napoleon Bonaparte, robots, organized crime, and the

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The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.

Computer Game Evolution episodes:

November 15, 2021 1.11 So Close, and yet so Far
How hard can it be to understand what was happening 50 years ago in an industry based in information? Pretty hard, as it turns out.
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19min
October 15, 2021 1.10 Before the Beginning
Time marches on, bringing us closer to video games with every step.
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40min
September 15, 2021 1.9 The Balls and the Stars
It's a short trip from games on computers to computer games to "computer" games in name only.
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1h 30min
August 15, 2021 1.8 Swords and Sorcery and Statistics
Dice have escaped, and now you have to roll for everything.
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1h 20min
July 15, 2021 1.7 Indoor Empires
Playing wars is fine, but what if someone modelled how much it costs to prepare for one?
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1h 18min
June 15, 2021 1.6 A Miracle of Mechanical Ingenuity
A few hundred printed sheets bound together might not look like they're inviting reader's input, and yet…

Errata: "Senderos" – not "senedros."
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1h 13min
May 15, 2021 1.5 Playing with Moving Parts
Metal, wood, glass, and plastic are here to entertain and teach, for a price.
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1h 27min
April 15, 2021 1.4 $500
Playing with money, politics, painful history – is there anything people won't turn into a game?
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1h 13min
March 15, 2021 1.3 Industrial Entertainment
The original game industry is a bright patchwork of games and puzzles covering a pile of bodies.
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1h 22min
February 15, 2021 1.2 War, Reinvented
"This chess game is old and stupid."
All of Prussia, early XIX century.

https://kriegsspielorg.wordpress.com/articles-2/von-reisswitzs-original-equipment/

Errata: "Spee" – not "Spree"
Update: continued in Episode 3.19
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1h 16min

FAQs about Computer Game Evolution:

How many episodes does Computer Game Evolution have?

The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.