- Ep. 20: Text Adventure Gemstone III with Liz Landau
Journalist Liz Landau reminisces about the old days of text-based adventuring through MUDs (Multi User Dungeons) and how they’re the…
- Ep. 19: Game Preservation Society’s Geimu Documentary Series
Damian Rogers from Japan’s Game Preservation Society joins us this week to talk about their new documentary series: Geimu. Born…
- Ep. 18: The Lost Power-Up Baseball with Brian Smolik
We uncover lost stories of the never released Power-Up Baseball, sometimes referred to as “MLB Jam,” with then programer, now…
- Ep. 17: Dear Animal Crossing Diary with The National Videogame Museum, UK
Iain Simons from The National Videogame Museum, UK joins us to discuss their current project: Animal Crossing Diaries. We learn…
- Ep. 16: The Elusive WorkBoy with Liam Robertson
In his recent video, WorkBoy: Lost Game Boy Add-on FOUND After 28 Years – Game History Secrets, Liam Robertson not…
- Ep. 15: Speedrunning Around with Summoning Salt
THE speedrun historian and world’s fastest Mike Tyson’s Punch-out!! record holder, Summoning Salt, gives us an inside look at the…
- Ep. 14: Alex Smith Discusses They Create Worlds
Alex Smith, author of They Create Worlds: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry,…
- Ep. 13: Living Atari’s History with Kevin Bunch
Chicken owner and gaming historian, Kevin Bunch, joins us to share some of the lessons he’s learned by living the…
- Ep. 12: Thank You to Our Listeners and Q & A
Frank and Kelsey close out the year 2020 by answering your burning questions. We touch on topics of policy, found…
- Ep. 11: SimRefinery Simulated by a Refined Phil Salvador
Today’s episode features the bizarre origins of SimRefinery as well as other Sim titles which never came to be. Phil…
- Ep. 10: Nintendo’s Gunpei Yokoi’s History with Matt Alt
Much the way we all set our status to NOT show when we’re in a game, the Game and Watch…
- Ep. 9: Midway Games, as seen by Josh Tsui
In his documentary, Insert Coin, Josh Tsui explored the good, the bad, and the ugly of Midway Games’ Studio from…
- Ep. 8: Sid Meier’s Episode of the Video Game History Hour!
In this turn-based interview, Sid Meier takes us from zero to 255 and brings the show nuclear! Well, at least…
- Ep. 7: Donkey Kong came to the Atari 2600 thanks to Garry Kitchen
Garry Kitchen joins the podcast to discuss his lifelong career in gaming and how spending his summer of 1982 porting Nintendo’s Donkey…
- Ep. 6 Pete Armour and the SCUMM of Monkey Island
Spoiler Alert: It’s a monkey wrench! You find a banana to put on the metronome to hypnotize the monkey to…
- Ep. 5 Ben Hanson travels the roguelike Oregon Trail
Though it’s the reason he was hired as a video producer at Game Informer, Ben Hanson back-burnered his documentary, Trailheads: The…
- Ep. 4 Elijah Lee Finds the First Black Female Game Designer
Putting aside his ‘imposter syndrome’ feelings, video game journalist Elijah Lee asked, “Who was the first female video game designer”…
- Ep. 3: Ally McLean’s “Barbie As Rapunzel” Journey
We sit down with Ally McLean to discuss her recent article The Incredible Story Behind The Barbie As Rapunzel Video Game to…
- Ep. 2: Matt Leone and The Making of Street Fighter 1
Matt Leone, features editor of Polygon, recently published the second in a series of articles delving into the history of…
- Ep. 1: Norman Caruso and The Story of Mario Paint
The Video Game History Hour kicks off its inaugural episode with Mr. Gaming Historian himself, Norman Caruso, who recently published…
- We Made a Podcast! The Video Game History Hour
We’re highlighting incredible video game research weekly in our new podcast!
Journalist Liz Landau reminisces about the old days of text-based adventuring through MUDs (Multi User Dungeons) and how they’re the…
The Video Game History Hour kicks off its inaugural episode with Mr. Gaming Historian himself, Norman Caruso, who recently published…