- Ep. 36: Jurassic Park: Trespasser – A Triceriflop
Game historian, journalist, and content creator Kim Justice joins us to talk about the commercial and critical disappointment, though surprisingly…
- Ep. 35: The Dreaded Age Rating
We sit down with Jimmy Maher, author of The Digital Antiquarian, to examine his recent four part series: The Ratings…
- Ep. 34: The CRPG Book
Felipe Pepe is here to showcase his collaborative, non-profit project to create a historical guide to computer role playing games:…
- Ep. 33: Microsoft Game Studios: The Xbox Prequel
Diving into the history of the Xbox in his recent long read, Bet on Black: How Microsoft and Xbox Changed…
- Ep. 32: Darkwatch with Eric Switzer
Eric Switzer joins us to share the development and downfall of Darkwatch in his article The Untold Story Of Darkwatch.…
- Ep. 31: Spacewar!: Dual to the Death
Our podcasting duo takes us back to the dawning of real-time computer games: Spacewar! Alex Smith joins us for round…
- Ep. 30: Bejeweled: A Match 3 Made in Heaven
Ben Hanson returns to the show to bring us The Oral History Of PopCap Games, a not 4 hour long…
- Ep. 29: Chronological + Nintendo = Chrontendo
Dr. Sparkle, the creator of Chrontendo, takes us through his more than decade long project to analyze every commercially released…
- Ep. 28: Get in, Loser. We’re talking Mean Girls with Raven Simone
Raven Simone takes us down the research rabbit hole she fell into while making her video The Girl Games Of…
- Ep. 27: The Lost (at Sea) Monkey Island Movie with Jack Yarwood
Should Monkey Island be made into a movie? Could it be? Jack Yarwood lays out the history of how this…
- Ep. 26: MAME: The Eternally Unfinished Research Project with David Haywood
David Haywood, AKA Haze, discusses the MAME software preservation project: a collaborative, encyclopedic haven and emulator for all those ‘forgotten’…
- Ep. 25: Dueling in Wild Gunman ‘74 with Kate Willaert
Author, documentarian, artist, guest VGHF blogger, and wild west gunslinger Kate Willaert claims the title of First FMV Game for…
- Ep. 24: Reliving Nintendo Soundtracks with The Brickster
Musical Archeologist and Demo Stylist (professions we made up just now), The Brickster, explains how he and his colleagues collaborate…
- Ep. 23: Working on Donkey Kong Country and Dinosaur Planet with Kev Bayliss & David Wise
You and Diddy better jump inside that explosive barrel and get tossed into this minecart because we are going on…
- Ep. 22: Remembering Atari with Howard Scott Warshaw
Discussing his new book, Once Upon Atari: How I Made History by Killing an Industry, Howard Scott Warshaw takes us…
- Ep. 21: Mother to Earth Documentary with Bones
Documentarian Bones joins us to discuss their directorial debut Mother to Earth. We dive into the mysteries of Earth Bound,…
- 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!
Game historian, journalist, and content creator Kim Justice joins us to talk about the commercial and critical disappointment, though surprisingly…
The Video Game History Hour kicks off its inaugural episode with Mr. Gaming Historian himself, Norman Caruso, who recently published…