The Video Game History Hour

  • 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 the Street Fighter franchise: Street Fighter 1: An oral history. Matt helps us understand the market conditions that made this game unique for its time and how it served as a foundation to a wildly…

    Ep. 2: Matt Leone and The Making of Street Fighter 1

  • 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 a nearly 45-minute long YouTube documentary about the 1992 Super Nintendo title, Mario Paint. By providing the context of history, Norm ‘paints’ us a full picture of how and why this classic title came to be, who…

    Ep. 1: Norman Caruso and The Story of Mario Paint