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A Trip Down Memory Card Lane — 297 episodes

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Ep.297 – Too Little, Too Late: Why the Atari 7800 Never Got the Launch It Deserved

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Ep.296 – Tee It Up: How Golf (1984) Set the Template for an Entire Genre

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Ep.295 – Frame By Frame: The Handcrafted Art That Made Metal Slug (1996)

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Ep.294 – When Life Gives You Lemons: An Evolutionary Journey into Portal 2

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Ep.293 – An Unsolvable Maze: The Secret Algorithm Behind Entombed (1982)

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Ep.292 – Built To Last: LEGO Star Wars and the Brick That Refused To Quit

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Ep.291 – The God Game Reborn: How Black & White Dared Players to Choose

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Ep.290 – A World That Feels Alive: The Systems, Simulation, and Evolution of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

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Ep.289 – Stand By For Titanfall: Reinventing Movement and Mechs in the Modern Shooter

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Ep.288 – The Foundation of the Fight: How Street Fighter II Standardized the Modern Fighting Game

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Ep.287 – Radical in its Quiet: Why Stardew Valley Redefined Success in the Era of Blockbusters

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Ep.286 – A Catalog of Possibility: The Rise and Fall of the Atari Program Exchange

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Ep.285 – The Space Between Eras: Exploring the Development, Systems, and Legacy of Bahamut Lagoon

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Ep.284 – Handlebars and Hard Lessons: How Paperboy Was Built, Broken, and Rebuilt on the Arcade Floor

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Ep.283 – A World That Doesn’t Wait: Why Romancing SaGa Broke the Rules of Traditional RPG Design

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Ep.282 – A Notebook Full of Secrets: The Story of Hotel Dusk: Room 215

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Ep.281 – Loyalty for Sale: When Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Turned War Into a Sandbox

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Ep.280 – Racing on a Tiny Scale: The Legacy of Micro Machines

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Ep.279 – Hugo’s House of Horrors: How One Dev Haunted Early PC Gaming

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Ep.278 – 2025: Year in Review

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Ep.277 – A Star is Born: Why Phantasy Star Became Sega’s Most Ambitious Early RPG

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Ep.276 – Spirited Away to a New World: How Level-5 and Studio Ghibli Created a Heartfelt RPG in Ni No Kuni

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Ep.275 – Scanning for Fun: Exploring the History of the Nintendo e-Reader

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Ep.274 – 64-Bits of Trouble: The Rise and Fall of the Atari Jaguar

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Ep.273 – Silent Assassin: Exploring the Origins and Legacy of Hitman: Codename 47

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Ep.272 – Mattel’s Vision: The Rise and Fall of Mattel and its Intellivision

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Ep.271 – Chainsaws and Cover: How Epic Games Redefined the Modern Shooter with Gears of War

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Ep.270 – The Magazine That Started It All: Electronic Games' Legacy

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Ep.269 – Tanooki Takeover: The Story of Super Mario Bros. 3

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Ep.268 – Click, Chop, Conquer: How Ensemble Studios Made Age of Empires

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Ep.267 – Monkey Business: The Struggle to Develop Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

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Ep.266 – Basement Blues: Faith and Trauma in The Binding of Issac's Design

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Ep.265 – Heroes in the Cockpit: Chris Roberts and the Making of Wing Commander (1990)

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Ep.264 – Storming the Beaches (and the Servers): How Battlefield 1942 Redefined Multiplayer Warfare

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Ep.263 – Swinging Through History: How Pitfall! Became the First Great Platformer

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Ep.262 – Motorcycles and Mayhem: Road Rash’s Wild Ride

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Ep.261 – Horror in Full Motion: Exploring the Nightmare World of Phantasmagoria

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Ep.260 – Tactical Revolution: Rainbow Six and the Birth of Tactical Shooters

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Ep.259 – Flat Out Fun: Reading Through the Story of Paper Mario

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Ep.258 – The Mana Legacy: Exploring the History of Secret of Mana

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Ep.257 – Talking Fish: Seaman's Quirky Evolution

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Ep.256 – Twin Galaxies and Teamwork: How the U.S. National Video Game Team Made History

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Ep.255 – The Force of Storytelling: Knights of the Old Republic’s Legacy

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Ep.254 – Portal to the Unknown: How Prey Finally Found Its Form

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Ep.253 – A Bear, A Bird, and a Classic: Exploring the Origins and Legacy of Banjo-Kazooie

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Ep.252 – Sanity Slips Away: The Psychological Horror of Eternal Darkness

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Ep.251 – Scalpel, Please: How Trauma Center Turned the Nintendo DS into an Operating Room

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Ep.250 – Hail to the Wait: The Long Road to Duke Nukem Forever

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Ep.249 – Ribbit and Rage: When Difficulty, Humor, and Style Collided in Battletoads

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Ep.248 – Warfare on the Map: Dota and the Origins of MOBAs

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Ep.247 – Joanna's Dark Mission: The Story of Perfect Dark

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Ep.246 – E3 Unplugged: A Look Back at Gaming's Premiere Event

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Ep.245 – A Galaxy Far Far Away: When Star Wars Found Its First Home in Video Games

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Ep.244 – The Scrolls Unfold: Exploring the Legacy of Morrowind

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Ep.243 – Where in the World: Carmen Sandiego's Enduring Legacy

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Ep.242 – Painted Legends: Okami's Mythical World

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Ep.241 – From Techno Dreams to Nightmares: The Story of D

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Ep.240 – Hip Hop Smackdown: Def Jam Vendetta Takes the Ring

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Ep.239 – Disney Meets Final Fantasy: Exploring the Magical History of Kingdom Hearts

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Ep.238 – Picture Perfect: Exploring the World of Pokemon Snap

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Ep.237 – Springfield in Pixels: The Simpsons in Gaming

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Ep.236 – The Wonders of the Swan: Bandai's Handheld Journey

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Ep.235 – Episode 235: On the Frontlines: Command & Conquer Goes Renegade

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Ep.234 – Choices in the Storm: David Cage and the Art of Heavy Rain

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Ep.233 – Get in, Sit Down, and Hang On: Riding Wild in Crazy Taxi

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Ep.232 – The Birth of Demon's Souls: Origins of the Soulslike Genre

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Ep.231 – Expanding the Quest: The Legacy of the Dragon Warrior Trilogy

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Ep.230 – Tilted Through Time: Bouncing Around The History of Pinball

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Ep.229 – Reinventing Fear: The Evolution of Resident Evil 4

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Ep.228 – Apocalyptic Artistry: When Myth, Art, and Action Forged Darksiders

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Ep.227 – Fighters of the Polygonal Arena: Battle Arena Toshinden's 3D Revolution

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Ep.226 – 2024: Year in Review

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Ep.225 – The Forgotten Realm: Baldur’s Gate and the Rise of BioWare

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Ep.224 – British Gangster Gaming: Team Soho and the Creation of The Getaway

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Ep.223 – First Person Sneaker: Stealth and Shadows in Thief: The Dark Project

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Ep.222 – Robin Hood Strikes Again: An Outlaw’s Legacy in Video Games

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Ep.221 – Where'd My Time Go: How World of Warcraft Redefined Online Gaming for a Generation

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Ep.220 – Microsoft Enters the War: The Birth of the Xbox

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Ep.219 – Middle Management Gaming: Yu Suzuki and the Ambition of Shenmue

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Ep.218 – Turbo PCs: Exploring the History of the NEC PC Engine

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Ep.217 – GTA 3D: When Grand Theft Auto III Leaped into Three Dimensions

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Ep.216 – Cut Off Their Limbs: How Visceral Games Created Dead Space

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Ep.215 – Insult to Adventure: All About The Secret of Monkey Island

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Ep.214 – License to Fail: How Licensing and High Prices Doomed the 3D0

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Ep.213 – Legendary Vampire Hunters: The Story of Konami and the Creation of Castlevania

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Ep.212 – Supernatural High School: When Psychology, School Life, and RPGs Combined to Make Persona

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Ep.211 – Marsupial Mayhem: How Crash Bandicoot Defined 3D Platforming on the PlayStation

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Ep.210 – Insert Cartridge to Begin: Exploring the Origins and Legacy of the Atari 2600

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Ep.209 – How To Kill Time: Gunpei Yokoi and the Story of Nintendo’s Game & Watch

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Ep.208 – Our Divine Comedy: When Resident Evil Evolved into Devil May Cry

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Ep.207 – In SHODAN We Trust: The Origins of System Shock

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Ep.206 – Midnight Pizza Train: How a Failed Christian Game Designer Built Five Nights at Freddy's

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Ep.205 – Gold, Glory, and Gamepads: The History of the Olympics and its Video Game Adaptions

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Ep.204 – Sega's Blockbuster: After Burner's Arcade Revolution

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Ep.203 – Nintendo Saves The World: How Nintendo Revived Gaming After the 1983 Crash

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Ep.202 – The Great Destruction: FromSoftware’s Mechanized Mastery of Armored Core

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Ep.201 – Let's Get Lucky: How a Former Music Teacher Made Leisure Suit Larry

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Ep.200 – 64-Bit Stars: When Super Mario 64 Leapt Into 3D and Changed the World Forever

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Ep.199 – What It Means To Be Human: The Story of RoboCop and His Legacy in Video Games

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Ep.198 – Life Goes On: When The Last of Us Redefined Emotion and Survival

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Ep.197 – The Golden Age: How Space Invaders Sparked the Golden Age of Arcade Gaming

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Ep.196 – Nightmares in High Resolution: H.R. Giger, Cyberdreams, and the Creation of Dark Seed

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Ep.195 – SegaSonic The Hedgehog: The Story of Sega’s Arcade Experiments and the SegaSonic Legacy

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Ep.194 – Cycle of Violence: Red Dead Redemption in the Digital Frontier

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Ep.193 – The Arcade Machine: The Birth of DIY Game Design

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Ep.192 – No. 1 Sandbox: Minecraft’s Blocky Revolution

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Ep.191 – A Star is Swallowed: How a 19-Year-Old Designer Created Kirby’s Dream Land

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Ep.190 – Our Emblem is Fire: The Tactical History of Fire Emblem

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Ep.189 – Who Am I: How an Acclaimed Author Turned Amnesia into Art

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Ep.188 – Capcom's Breathing Fire: The Origins of Breath of Fire

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Ep.187 – Read the Scrolls: How Elder Scrolls Arena Became a Genre-Defining RPG

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Ep.186 – The Power of a Good Suit: The Story of Super Metroid

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Ep.185 – Join the Atarian Federation: Blasting Through the Creation of Star Raiders

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Ep.184 – Get A Little Squirrely: Rare’s Raunchy Masterpiece in Conker's Bad Fur Day

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Ep.183 – Based on a Book: When Telarium Brought Classic Authors Into the Digital Age

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Ep.182 – It’s Dangerous to Go Alone: Exploring the Origins of The Legend of Zelda

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Ep.181 – The Ages Beyond Myst: The Long Journey of Myst Online

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Ep.180 – It's A Riot: A Tactical Trip Through the History of Vagrant Story

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Ep.179 – Here Comes An Avalanche: When Square Took a Risk on Final Fantasy VII and Changed Gaming Forever

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Ep.178 – Defending the Arcade: How Eugene Jarvis Made Defender

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Ep.177 – The Great Underground Empire: The History of Zork and the Rise and Fall of Infocom

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Ep.176 – With Great Power: Swinging Through the History of Spider-Man

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Ep.175 – Snakes and Patterns: Connecting the Dots of the Snake Genre

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Ep.174 – 2023 - Year in Review

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Ep.173 – The Drive to Perfection: Racing Through the History of Gran Turismo

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Ep.172 – An Episode for the Birds: Rovio and the Angry Birds Phenomenon

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Ep.171 – The Great Betrayal: When Nintendo’s Betrayal Gave Birth to the Sony Playstation

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Ep.170 – Educational Games of the 90s: Captain Novolin and Educational Health Games of the 90s

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Ep.169 – Best Game on the Citadel: The Mass Effect BioWare Had on the Modern RPG

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Ep.168 – An Evolution of Combat: How Bungie Turned a Real-Time Strategy Prototype into Halo: Combat Evolved

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Ep.167 – Can You Drive: Tracing the Explosive History of Twisted Metal

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Ep.166 – The Midnight Dungeon Crawl: When Dungeons and Dragons Dropped Into the Arcade Gauntlet

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Ep.165 – Action Archaeology: The Core Design of Tomb Raider

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Ep.164 – A Colossal Landscape: Fumito Ueda, Team Ico, and the Creation of Shadow of the Colossus

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Ep.163 – This Was A Triumph: How Portal Evolved from a Student Project into a Cultural Phenomenon

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Ep.162 – What A SCUMM: Ron Gilbert’s SCUMM Legacy and the Making of Maniac Mansion

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Ep.161 – You Look Like Tony Hawk: Neversoft and the Making of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

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Ep.160 – The Mysterious Island: The Story of Cyan and the Creation of Myst

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Ep.159 – Our Princess is in Another Castle: How Super Mario Bros. Revived Gaming and Defined Nintendo’s Legacy

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Ep.158 – What's In The Box: The Vision of Hideo Kojima and its Success in Metal Gear Solid

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Ep.157 – The Stillwater Gang: How Volition Created Saints Row and Redefined Open-World Chaos

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Ep.156 – Would You Kindly: Ken Levine, BioShock, and the Game That Questioned Free Will

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Ep.155 – A Microcomputing Adventure: The Story of Scott Adams and the Rise of Adventure International

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Ep.154 – Professional Zombie Photography: Keiji Inafune’s Failed Project That Became Dead Rising

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Ep.153 – Supercharged Cassette Player: How Starpath Supercharged the Atari 2600 with Cassette Technology

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Ep.152 – Frankenstein's Monster: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Its Legacy in Video Games

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Ep.151 – The Strong: How One Woman’s Collection Became the Strong Museum of Play

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Ep.150 – Service Games of Japan: The Origins of Sega and its First Console with the SG-1000

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Ep.149 – Dance with the Devil: How Megami Tensei Summoned a Franchise

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Ep.148 – Enter the Gladiator Arena: The Story of American Gladiators and its Video Game Adaptions

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Ep.147 – 21st Century Dystopia: Creating the Modern Immersive Sim with Deus Ex

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Ep.146 – Don't Mess With The Mafia: The Story of Mafia, Among Us, and the Social Deduction Genre

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Ep.145 – An Isometric Deity: Peter Molyneux's Populous and the Birth of the God Game Genre

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Ep.144 – A First for Nintendo: The Birth of Nintendo’s Video Game Era with the Color TV Game

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Ep.143 – Japan's National Game: How Dragon Quest Defined a Genre and Captured a Nation

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Ep.142 – Checkmate: The Evolution of Chess from Ancient Boards to Digital Games

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Ep.141 – Another Brick In The Wall: How Breakout Connected Atari, Apple, and Copyright History

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Ep.140 – The Sword in the Stone: King Arthur’s Journey Through Gaming

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Ep.139 – The Home Arcade: When the Neo Geo Brought Arcades Into the Home

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Ep.138 – 4-20 Game It: The History of Drug-Themed Video Games

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Ep.137 – Duel of the Planeswalkers: All About Magic: The Gathering's Digital Evolution

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Ep.136 – Never Put Rat in Ratatouille: The Story of PETA’s Controversial Video Game Parodies

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Ep.135 – Zerg Rush: How StarCraft Turned Strategy into a Global Obsession

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Ep.134 – Opening Pandora's Box: The Story of David Jaffe and God of War

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Ep.133 – How Weird Can You Get: A Journey Through Some Of Gaming’s Most Unusual Experiments

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Ep.132 – War Machine Keeps Rolling: How BattleTech Evolved from Tabletop Battles to Digital Warfare

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Ep.131 – Keyboard Warriors: History's Weird and Wonderful Typing Games

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Ep.130 – Do A Barrel Roll: The Technological Leap That Made Star Fox Soar

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Ep.129 – Follow the Leader: Lemmings’ Puzzling Path to Success

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Ep.128 – Gearing Up For Crazy: How Psychology Made Xenogears a Cult Classic

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Ep.127 – The Sword of Ultimate Sorcery: The Story of Swordquest and Atari’s $150,000 Treasure Hunt

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Ep.126 – Where In The World Is Mario: Mario’s Educational Adventures in the 1990s

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Ep.125 – Raccoon City Reboot: How Resident Evil 2 Saved the Franchise

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Ep.124 – Robinett's Adventure: A Gaming Adventure that Invented the Easter Egg

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Ep.123 – Persistent Apocalypse: The Role-Playing Revolution That Survived the Wasteland

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Ep.122 – 2022 - Year in Review

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Ep.121 – Fighting Fantasy: How Final Fantasy Saved Square and Defined a Genre

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Ep.120 – Nintendo's Dynamic Drive: How the 64DD’s Failures Led to Nintendo’s Future Successes

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Ep.119 – He Who Wields The Sword: The Soul Edge That Forged the Soulcalibur Legacy

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Ep.118 – For-Real Time Strategy: How Westwood’s Dune II Gave Birth to Real-Time Strategy

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Ep.117 – Beware of Monkey Country: The Cutting-Edge Technology That Powered Donkey Kong Country

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Ep.116 – Learn The Creed: How Prince of Persia Became Assassin’s Creed

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Ep.115 – Strike Hard and Strike Fast: The Counter-Strike Mod That Became a Global Phenomenon

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Ep.114 – Pop The Cartridge In: Jerry Lawson and the Cartridge That Changed Gaming

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Ep.113 – Ohhh Shiny: The Groovy Origins of Earthworm Jim

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Ep.112 – Isn't Theft Grand: The Chaotic Creation of Grand Theft Auto

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Ep.111 – Let's Visit the Wasteland: How a Failed Idea Became Fallout

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Ep.110 – The Nomadic Lifestyle: Sega’s Handheld Experiments from the Game Gear to the Nomad

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Ep.109 – Most Prefer To Conquer: The Vision That Let Westwood Command & Conquer Strategy Itself

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Ep.108 – Only the Best of the Best: Elite and the Birth of Open Worlds

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Ep.107 – It's A Tall Tale: Peter Molyneux's Ambition That Shaped and Shadowed Fable

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Ep.106 – Let's Party: How Wizardry Crawled Through Dungeons and Into Gaming History

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Ep.105 – Let's Go Back to the Beginning: Ralph Baer and the Birth of Video Games

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Ep.104 – From F-Zero to Fun: The Making of Super Mario Kart

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Ep.103 – There's Another World Out There: The Art, Struggle, and Legacy of Eric Chahi’s Another World

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Ep.102 – Take It To The Streets: How a Bored Meeting Sparked the Street Fighter Revolution

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Ep.101 – Narratively Confused: Breaking the Fourth Wall with The Stanley Parable

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Ep.100 – Time-Out Turtles: The Radical Legacy of Turtles in Time

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Ep.99 – Nintendo Strikes Out: How the Virtual Boy Fell Flat on Its Face

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Ep.98 – Do Me A Solid: Hideo Kojima’s Stealthy Breakthrough with Metal Gear

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Ep.97 – I Have To Do This Twice: A Legacy of Pain With Ghosts ’n Goblins

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Ep.96 – He's So Viewtiful: The Cel-Shaded Legacy of Viewtiful Joe

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Ep.95 – Laser Focused: The Laserdisc Revolution of Dragon’s Lair

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Ep.94 – An Open World Awaits Us: The Origins and Legacy of Ultima

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Ep.93 – It's Quite Puzzling: How Tetris Took Over The World

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Ep.92 – Are You Ready For Some Football: Trip Hawkins, John Madden, and the Birth of EA Sports

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Ep.91 – Who's Afraid of the Dark: Taking Survival Horror into 3D with Alone in the Dark

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Ep.90 – A Sandbox Adventure: The Indie Journey from Mario Mods to Terraria

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Ep.89 – The Quest For The Crown: Roberta Williams’ Coronation Through King’s Quest

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Ep.88 – Everybody Loves B.J: How Wolfenstein 3D Became the Grandfather of First-Person Shooters

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Ep.87 – Episodic Gaming: Why the Satellaview Was Ahead of Its Time

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Ep.86 – Who's the Psycho Now: Tim Schafer’s Wild Ride to Create Psychonauts

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Ep.85 – Boomshakalaka: How NBA Jam Set Arcades on Fire

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Ep.84 – Welcome to Hotel Mario: The Bizarre Story Behind Mario’s Worst Game

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Ep.83 – By My Guest: Haunting the CD-ROM Era with The 7th Guest

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Ep.82 – The Instincts of a Predator: The PC-Melting Legacy of Far Cry and the CryEngine

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Ep.81 – Questing Forever: How EverQuest Ushered in the Age of Online Worlds

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Ep.80 – Where's Your License: The Unlicensed Legacy of Wisdom Tree’s NES Library

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Ep.79 – Modern Day Ninja: The Brutal Return of Ryu Hayabusa in Ninja Gaiden (2004)

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Ep.78 – Dracula's Best Kept Secret: How Symphony of the Night Turned Castlevania into a Metroidvania

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Ep.77 – Curiosity Killed The Cat: The Birth of the Professor Layton Franchise with The Curious Village

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Ep.76 – The Rhode Island Reckoning: From Baseball to Bankruptcy with Kingdoms of Amalur

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Ep.75 – There's A New Mayor In Town: Constructing the City-Building Genre with SimCity

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Ep.74 – Turn It Up To 11: When Rock Stars Became Video Game Heroes

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Ep.73 – Searching for the Elusive Cheetahman: How Action 52 Tried (and Failed) to Launch a Franchise

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Ep.72 – Leapfrogging the Competition: Exploring 40 Years of Frogger's Success

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Ep.71 – Grinding for Glory: How RuneScape Grew From Kitchen Table Beginnings

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Ep.70 – 2021 - Year In Review

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Ep.69 – The Neverending Cave Story: The Indie Legacy of Cave Story’s Solo Development

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Ep.68 – Bow Down Before Your Corporate Overlords: Tapper and the Strange History of Marketing in Games

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Ep.67 – It All Comes Crashing Down: How E.T. Became the Fall Guy for Gaming’s First Collapse

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Ep.66 – Don't Die of Dysentery: How The Oregon Trail Taught a Generation Through Play

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Ep.65 – There's So Many Ways To Go: Super Mario World and Nintendo’s Leap Into 16-Bits of Fun

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Ep.64 – Kick. Punch. Its All In The Mind: How PaRappa the Rapper Made Us “Believe”

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Ep.63 – I Wanna Rock: Guitar Hero's Rhythm Revolution

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Ep.62 – The Thrill of Flying: Microsoft Flight Simulator and its Evolution of Virtual Flight

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Ep.61 – Put The Pedal to the Metal: Motor City Online and a Brief History of Online Racing

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Ep.60 – Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee: How Nintendo’s First Designer Shaped Punch-Out!!

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Ep.59 – Objection!: Trials, Contradictions, and the Legacy of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

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Ep.58 – Goodnight, My Sweet Prince: Prince of Persia and the Birth of Cinematic Platforming

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Ep.57 – Gotta Catch Em All: The Pokemon Catch That Conquered the Globe

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Ep.56 – Drop, Shock and Roll: Firefight, Film Noir, and the World of Halo 3: ODST

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Ep.55 – I'm Up To My Eyes In Debt: How Animal Crossing Turned Daily Life Into Play

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Ep.54 – Reconstructing Nostalgia: A Debate Over Remakes and Remasters

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Ep.53 – Thanks Hurricane Ida: Revisiting Diablo's Design

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Ep.52 – The Man With the Golden Gun: How GoldenEye 007 Revolutionized Console Shooters

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Ep.51 – The Hunt for Space Pirates: Metroid's Shocking Exploration

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Ep.50 – A Golden Moment In Time: How Chrono Trigger United Square's Dream Team

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Ep.49 – We've Arrived At That Weird Mario Place: Why Mario Paint Was Ahead Of Its Time

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Ep.48 – We're All Just Monkeying Around: How Donkey Kong Saved Nintendo

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Ep.47 – What A Payne In My Side: Sam Lake, Bullet Time, and the Legacy of Max Payne

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Ep.46 – Games That Never Were: Exploring Project Titan and Some of Gaming's Other Lost Projects

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Ep.45 – What A Save! What A Save! What A Save: The Accidental Invention of Rocket League

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Ep.44 – Preventing World War 3: Why Missile Command Defined the Golden Age of Arcades

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Ep.43 – Gaming At The Speed In Light: Celebrating 30 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog

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Ep.42 – The Art of War - Shogun Style: Sengoku Battles and the Birth of the Total War Franchise

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Ep.41 – To Everything There Is A Season: How Harvest Moon Made Farming Fun

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Ep.40 – This Game Stinks: The Scratch-and-Sniff Legacy of EarthBound

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Ep.39 – Heroes Never Die: Celebrating 5 Years of Blizzard’s Overwatch and Its Esports Legacy

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Ep.38 – The Little Engine That Could: Why Unreal Was More Legacy Than Gameplay

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Ep.37 – Mushroom Kingdom Hearts: The Nintendo–Square Collaboration Behind Super Mario RPG

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Ep.36 – Revenge Before Redemption: The History of Red Dead Revolver

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Ep.35 – Mama Said Knock You Out: How Super Smash Bros. Took Nintendo’s Icons into the Arena

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Ep.34 – It's Mario! But In The Palm Of Your Hand: How Super Mario Land Made Mario Portable

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Ep.33 – The Bi-Polar Shoot Em Up: The Legacy of Ikaruga

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Ep.32 – 1st Place Podium Finish: Why Nürburgring 1 Was the Starting Line for a Genre

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Ep.31 – This Means War! In Space: The PDP-1, Hacker Culture, and the Making of Spacewar!

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Ep.30 – The Pandemic We Should All Be Afraid Of: How Resident Evil Defined Survival Horror

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Ep.29 – A Descent Into The Depths: The VR Legacy of Descent

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Ep.28 – Focus on the Journey, Not the Destination: Companionship, Minimalism, and the Emotional Power of Journey

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Ep.27 – You Killed My Father. Prepare To Die: The Cinematic Legacy of Ninja Gaiden

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Ep.26 – Silent But Deadly: Fog, Cults, and the Psychological Terror of Silent Hill

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Ep.25 – Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A: How the Konami Code Opened the Door to a Culture of Cheats

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Ep.24 – Destroying Friendships Since 1999: How Mario Party Redefined Party Games

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Ep.23 – Is This The Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy: Architecture, Psychology, and the Making of The Sims

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Ep.22 – You Can't Take Our Women: Chewing Bubble Gum, Kicking Ass, and the Rise of Duke Nukem

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Ep.21 – Beat Em Up! Beat Em Up: The Legacy of River City Ransom

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Ep.20 – Sometimes The Devil You Know: Satire, Style, and the Controversial Reimagining of DmC: Devil May Cry

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Ep.19 – We're Going to Hell in a Handbasket: The Devil in Diablo's Design

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Ep.18 – 2020 - Year In Review

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Ep.17 – Our First Christmas Minisode: Claymation, Car Combat, and Parasites Under the Tree

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Ep.16 – Bow Down To Your Robot Masters: Rock, Roll, and the Robot Masters of Mega Man

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Ep.15 – We're All Doomed: How Doom Brought Hell to Earth and Changed Gaming Forever

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Ep.14 – Rated (E) for Eating: The Inclusive Design and Universal Appeal of Pac-Man

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Ep.13 – A Tale As Old As Time: Ocarina of Time and the Birth of 3D Adventure

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Ep.12 – The G-Man Hits the Spot: How Half-Life 2 Redefined Storytelling in Shooters

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Ep.11 – The Age of the Dragonborn: The Meme, the Mods, and the Millions Who Still Play Skyrim

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Ep.10 – Casting Votes, Pushing Buttons: The History of Democracy (in Video Games)

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Ep.9 – The Not-So Medal of Honor

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Ep.8 – What A Co-Operative World

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Ep.7 – She Works Hard For The Money

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Ep.6 – Praise the Sun! And Other Life Lessons.

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Ep.5 – Operation Just Cause is Real?!?

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Ep.4 – Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate

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Ep.3 – Just Another Mortal Monday

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Ep.2 – Never Walk Away

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Ep.1 – Random Acts of Kindness

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