A People’s History of Video Game Development
Kel Bachus and Tracy Seamster
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Episode 9: Guest! Wendy Despain
Tracy and Kel chat with Wendy Despain about her video game origin story, and hear all about an encounter with Majel Roddenberry...
Episode 8: Guest! Emily Taylor
Tracy and Kel chat with the amazing Emily Taylor, who's worked on everything from EverQuest II, to Dragon Age to Spry Fox' Spirit Crossing (forthcoming; check it out at…
Episode 7: Life of a Developer, Installment 1
Tracy and Kel talk about game developer career life, from layoffs to contract work to the changing shape of development teams over time.
Episode Six: The Graeme Davis Fan Club
Tracy and Kel talk about industry veteran Graeme Davis, networking and how to not be remembered as “that guy who smelled like pizza.”
Episode 5: Kill Ten Cultists
Tracy and Kel talk about the problem with faceless enemies, and reminisce about creating quests for EverQuest and Elder Scrolls Online.
Episode 4: Let's Pretend... but for Grown-Ups!
Tracy and Kel talk about the ways people role play beyond the screen and text-based games, including costume events, Renaissance Faires and the SCA, D&D, and LARPs. They also discuss some of the…
Episode 3: The Internet is for P*rn
In their third episode, Tracy and Kel talk about getting into the game development industry from a slightly different angle: spicy chat rooms on the earliest incarnations of the World Wide Web. Kel…
Episode 2: A Role to Play
In this episode of "A People's History of Video Game Development," hosts Kel Bachus and Tracy Seamster talk about the very early origins of text-based role play, and what players were looking for in…
90s Text-Based Online Games: The Pioneers
Join Tracy Seamster and Kel Bachus as they delve into the fascinating world of early online gaming, specifically the text-based adventures that shaped the industry. From the start of Tracy’s…
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A People’s History of Video Game Development has published 9 episodes since July 2025, covering topics in Documentary, Leisure.
A People’s History of Video Game Development is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 49m.
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