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A journey through many years (and occasionally centuries) to find out who is responsible for modern computer and video games. May contain balls, Napoleon Bonaparte, robots, organized crime, and the US Air Force.
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S3E37 3.37 Peak Performance
The decade ends with big hits, bigger hits, and the biggest of them all. Not even gods are safe now.Support the show
S3E36 3.36 Digital Devils & Dragons
The middle of the decade brings the first RPGs to reach a million sales, demon summoning, and caving for a cake.Support the show
S3E35 3.35 Dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed
In the first few years of the scene, Japan experiments with imitating Ultima and Wizardry using poorly suited hardware, and develops a strange fascination with dragons and princesses.Support the show
S3E34 3.34 The wrong island
We go to the wrong island, where we're met by horses farting fire, small but vicious dogs, and countless herbs.Support the show
S3E33 3.33 Peeping at Sauron
We've reached the point when most notable games are some flavour of Dungeon Master, and only tabletop influences inspire to buck the trend.Support the show
S3E32 3.32 To hang a rebel
An off-script rambling on modern games about… convincing people?Support the show
S3E31 3.31 The year of lock picking
Are we really allowed to have a year without numbered sequels, and full of games doing something few had done before or since? What's the catch? Do they all fail horribly?Support the show
S3E30 3.30 The end of 8-bits
Ubiquitous ninjas, millions of XP, and a famous licence help CRPGs sell hundreds of thousands of copies. Following his own path, as always, Richard Garriott argues in favour of child murder, and…
S3E29 3.29 Round-the-clock Epics
Three years of no Wizardry are met by a shrug, as Ultima IV attempts to introduce role-playing into RPGs, SSI keeps making tactical wargames by accident, while Ghostbusters and Might and Magic bring…
S3E28 3.28 English is a sexist language
"It's not that kind of dungeon," say people inspired by Dungeons & Dragons to make games where you get picked up by wenches, or mate with your spouse for the glory of mankind.Support the show
S3E27 3.27 Roles, Rolls, Rules, Runes
Jim Dunnigan's ruling out gay incest aside, what else was happening in the early years of RPGs?Support the show
S3E26 3.26 Everybody needs an editor
Book reviews. It has come to this. EuroWarGames, Cardboard Ghosts, and Wargames According to Mark – which ones are good, and which ones are worth buying?Support the show
S3E25 3.25 So Long, Sucker
Mathematicians keep suggesting games so infuriating that other people rebel against numbers.Support the show
S3E24 3.24 Pens, swords, boards
If you've written a novel or two, writing a few pages of rules should be easy… right?Support the show
S3E23 3.23 War(game)s are over?
As the Cold War takes a turn, computer wargames transform into strategy games, where a president does whatever the last person to see him told him to, dudes multiply in castles, and officers ask…
S3E22 3.22 To Command and Control
The Cold War continues to terrify and inspire, so say hello to orbital laser strikes, new games of power politics, and the start of a long-running Japanese series. The British are still weird.Support…
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S3E21 3.21 Shedding Old Skin
Is a paper Call of Duty possible? Can Sid Meier design a good wargame? What's the punishment for being horny in Camelot? Would you kill if you had to?Support the show
S3E20 3.20 SPI to SSI
Is the Canadian PM good in a fight? What are the best places to summon demons in Armenia? How to overthrow the US Government in 2020? Jim Dunnigan could tell you all of that, but not how to run his…
S3E19 3.19 Historians Gone Wild
In the dark days before everyone had a microprocessor, some people just didn't care. They simulated current events, politics, and fantasy epics with paper.Support the show
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Computer Game Evolution has published 62 episodes since January 2021, covering topics in History, Leisure.
Computer Game Evolution is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h 31m.
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