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In our very first episode of season two, university professor José Zagal and video game historian Benj Edwards, co-authors of Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy, join host Frank Cifaldi to educate us all on Nintendo’s Virtual Boy.
Mentioned in the show:
Benj’s original article on VB:
https://www.fastcompany.com/3050016/unraveling-the-enigma-of-nintendos-virtual-boy-20-years-later
José’s original academic article on the VB (from 2009):
https://doi.org/10.1145/1690388.1690406
Jez San talking about his VR partnership with Nintendo and how it was cancelled in favor of the Virtual Boy:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/11/feature_the_game-changing_nintendo_vr_headset_that_never_was
You can listen to the Video Game History Hour every other Wednesday on Patreon (one day early at the $5 tier and above), on Spotify, or on our website.See more from José Zagal:
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=a4a3GTMAAAAJ&hl=en
Twitter/X: @josezagal
Division of Games (@University of Utah): games.utah.edu
See more from Benj Edwards:
Twitter: @benjedwards
Website: benjedwards.com
Video Game History Foundation:
Podcast Twitter: @gamehistoryhour
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @GameHistoryOrg
Website: gamehistory.org
Support us on Patreon: /gamehistoryorg
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In our very first episode of season two, university professor José Zagal and video game historian Benj Edwards, co-authors of Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy, join host Frank Cifaldi to educate us all on Nintendo’s Virtual Boy.
Mentioned in the show:
Benj’s original article on VB:
https://www.fastcompany.com/3050016/unraveling-the-enigma-of-nintendos-virtual-boy-20-years-later
José’s original academic article on the VB (from 2009):
https://doi.org/10.1145/1690388.1690406
Jez San talking about his VR partnership with Nintendo and how it was cancelled in favor of the Virtual Boy:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/11/feature_the_game-changing_nintendo_vr_headset_that_never_was
You can listen to the Video Game History Hour every other Wednesday on Patreon (one day early at the $5 tier and above), on Spotify, or on our website.See more from José Zagal:
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=a4a3GTMAAAAJ&hl=en
Twitter/X: @josezagal
Division of Games (@University of Utah): games.utah.edu
See more from Benj Edwards:
Twitter: @benjedwards
Website: benjedwards.com
Video Game History Foundation:
Podcast Twitter: @gamehistoryhour
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @GameHistoryOrg
Website: gamehistory.org
Support us on Patreon: /gamehistoryorg

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