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Episode 260
TCW Podcast Episode 260 - Vivendi Electric Boogaloo
How does a Canadian liquor company end up owning Universal Studios and, eventually, help creat…
3 days, 23 hours ago
A Cendant to Vivendi
Episode 259
TCW Podcast Episode 259 - A Cendant to Vivendi
CUC International looked like a company that never missed. Quarter after quarter, just barely beati…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Shenanigans of CUC Software
Episode 258
TCW Podcast Episode 258 - The Shenanigans of CUC Software
Walter Forbes built CUC International from Comp-U-Card, a phone-in discount shopping clu…
1 month ago
Nine Atari Games
Episode 257
TCW Podcast Episode 257 - Nine Atari Games
The Atari VCS launched with nine games to entice consumers into the new gaming medium, and Combat set t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Cinemaware
Episode 256
TCW Podcast Episode 256 - Cinemaware
Bob Jacob launched Cinemaware to fuse movies and video games on Amiga, hiring journalist Kellyn Beeck to desi…
2 months ago
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
Episode 255
TCW Podcast Episode 255 - The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
After Arena and Daggerfall's triumphs, Julian LeFay's Battlespire spinoff marked his last h…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Elder Scrolls: Arena & Daggerfall
Episode 254
TCW Podcast Episode 254 - The Elder Scrolls: Arena & Daggerfall
Bethesda Softworks, founded in 1985 by Christopher Weaver with sports titles like …
3 months ago
Masanobu Endō
Episode 253
TCW Podcast Episode 253 - Masanobu Endō
Masanobu Endō is one of Japan's most important game designers, yet remains relatively unknown in the West.…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
A Guitar Hero
Episode 252
TCW Podcast Episode 252 - A Guitar Hero
The rise and fall of the Guitar Hero franchise and the rhythm game craze of the mid to late 2000s. Red Oct…
4 months ago
Virgin Games
Episode 251
TCW Podcast Episode 251 - Virgin Games
As a companion piece to our Mastertronic episode, we look at the rise and fall of Virgin Games. Beginning w…
4 months, 2 weeks ago