February 2001

Nintendo shows off the Gamecube controller Gaming is going to the movies and Is Bethesda in trouble? These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February of 2001. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: Peter's 7 Minutes in Heaven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Operative:_No_One_Lives_Forever https://www.mobygames.com/game/operative-no-one-lives-forever http://nolfrevival.tk/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7qpSUvNM9I&t=359s https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/terminator-future-shock https://www.mobygames.com/game/duke-nukem-3d https://www.mobygames.com/game/shogo-mobile-armor-division Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47384269 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Glass_Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo9buo9Mtos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DualShock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast#Accessories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis#Peripherals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_Games 2001: Nintendo reveals the Gamecube controller https://archive.org/details/NextGen74Feb2001/page/n13/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube_controller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_controller Tomb Raider gearing up for nextgen https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4332-gamepro-issue-149-february-2001/ pg. 27 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146316/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_2 https://www.mobygames.com/game/lara-croft-tomb-raider-the-angel-of-darkness https://www.mobygames.com/game/tomb-raider__ https://www.mobygames.com/game/tomb-raider-ii American McGee signs deal for Alice movie https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n38/mode/1up https://www.patreon.com/posts/45549970 Crazy Taxi and Perfect Dark licensed for movies https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4332-gamepro-issue-149-february-2001/ pg. 26 https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0080051 https://www.mobygames.com/game/crazy-taxi https://www.mobygames.com/game/perfect-dark https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106761/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113855/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/ John Woo to get into game development https://archive.org/details/NextGen74Feb2001/page/n14/mode/1up https://variety.com/2000/voices/columns/digital-rim-has-global-ambitions-1117788298/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/rainbow-studios https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/john-woo-licensees Shenmue the Movie hits Japan https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue73/page/n5/mode/1up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0971215/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_6 https://www.mobygames.com/game/dreamcast/shenmue https://www.mobygames.com/game/shenmue-ii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de3UTAfKGfQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenmue The D&D movie came out... https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n36/mode/1up https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dungeons-dragons https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190374 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406728 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733125 Amazon is advertising their games selection https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n39/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20001109185900/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/ Is Bethesda about to go under? https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n129/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/sea-dogs https://www.mobygames.com/game/elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind EA cans Baltimore sim developers https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n36/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/ea-baltimore Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.