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In the late 1980s, Tetris for the Game Boy ended up taking the world by storm. But how did Nintendo end up with the licensing for the Russian game? In this short episode I go over a brief history of the licensing, and legal battles surrounding Tetris.
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This episode is part two of our interview with with industry veteran David Fox. We spoke about his exit from LucasArts, his exploration of location based entertainment and VR, his Rube Goldberg game, as well has Thimbleweed Park.
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In this episode we spoke with industry veteran David Fox about his time at LucasFilm Games, his exploration of immersive entertainment, and his reunion working with the old LucasArts crew on Thimbleweed Park. This will be a two part episode, with the first part focusing on the early days of the point and click adventure game genre.
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We spoke with M. Joshua Cauller, a professional video game trailer editor. His previous work includes trailers for That Dragon Cancer and Darkest Dungeon. In this episode he spoke about his journey into his job as well as his hopes and aspirations for his career. Find him on twitter at https://twitter.com/Mjoshua and see his work at http://mjoshua.com/
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- Arcadology on the web: http://www.arcadology.net
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/arcadology
- Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/arcadology
On today's episode we spoke with Star Stable Community Manager Stacy Place about her journey into the industry and the unique challenges presented by being a community manager for a game aimed at children.
Stacy Place on Twitter: @onedizzypenguinStar Stable:https://www.starstable.com/en/
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We spoke with Adam Dolin, narrative designer for the new God of War game, about how he got his start in the video game industry as well as his work on the game. There are minor spoilers for God of War in this episode.
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Moral Panics. Often they are the result of a rage against something that is misunderstood, frequently perpetuated by those that would stand to make a profit. In this episode we speak with Phil the Conquistadork about moral panics and specifically, the Satanic Panic of the 1980s
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We speak with Dylan, AKA Belmont Boy about his video game modding and his project Ultimate Skyrim, a massive modpack for the Bethesda game Skyrim that redefines how you play the game.
Belmont Boy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/belmontboy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Belmont_Boy
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ultimateskyrim/
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