Gaming History Club
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SEGA Saga Continued
SEGA made awesome consoles, and they were the only manufacturer that gave Nintendo any competition at all. In this episode we discuss SEGA's consoles, the Game Gear, and their departure from console…
SEGA Saga
SEGA went from distributing slot machines to military bases, to becoming a household name in gaming and creating one of the most iconic characters of all time. How did this happen? Well, listen and…
History of MMORPGs
Playing in a shared word online with thousands of other people is wondrous. You'll be surprised to find out that somehow people having been playing MMORPGs before the internet, and before computer…
Resident Evil: The Survival Horror Legacy
The biggest horror franchise in the world began with a movie tie-in game for the Famicom that really should have been released in the western world, but didn't.Please like, subscribe, and we look…
Gaming History Heroes: Mabel Addis
8 years before PONG, Mabel Addis was writing and designing games. As the first video game writer, and first female game designer, she helped invent the strategy and edutainment genres with The…
Flicking Through: History of Video Game Magazines
Video game magazines were more important than you might think! Before the internet was around they were the gatekeepers to all things video game related. Find out how magazines and gaming journalism…
What Happened?! 2025 Edition
It's time for our annual recap of just exactly what happened in 2025. Spoiler alert: still no GTA VI. Joining us as usual is our special guest Brad and we discuss some of the most noteworthy things…
Episode Unlocked!: The History of Achievements
Achievements changed why and how we play games. But before Xbox arrived with Gamerscore, players were already being rewarded! just in very different ways.Please like, subscribe, and we look forward…
The Gamergate Effect
Welcome to Gamergate: a scandal that mixed ethics, harassment, conspiracy theories, and online shouting in equal measure.Please like, subscribe, and we look forward to seeing you when new episodes…
What IF?: History of Interactive Fiction
Text adventures and interactive fiction might look primitive today, yet they changed gaming forever. Through imagination and clever code, these games laid the groundwork for everything from RPG…
Chit-Chat: Games Gone Banned
Why did Football Manager get banned in China? Why did Pokémon cause a moral panic? And why does a “game” called Ethnic Cleansing even exist?Please like, subscribe, and we look forward to seeing you…
Game Lore: Lavender Town Syndrome
This episode contains a 10-second extract of the song 'Lavender Town' created by Junichi Masuda for the Pokemon Red & Green GameBoy games and is sole property of Nintendo, which is in no way…
Game Junkie: Addiction in Video Games
Warning: This episode deals with death and drug referencesVideo Game Addiction, or as the WHO calls it: Gaming Disorder, is a complex issue that has led to tragic deaths. We take a look at what…
Silent Hill History: Our Special Place
What began as a strange little experiment in the late ’90s quickly became one of survival horror’s great pioneers. Team Silent — a ragtag group of outcasts — rewrote the rules with fog-choked…
Power Play: Politics in Video Games
We explore how propaganda, ideology, and assumptions sneak their way into games. Sometimes loudly, and sometimes in ways you’d never expect.Please like, subscribe, and we look forward to seeing you…
Bootleg History: Games
In the world of bootleg games, anything goes. Mario can spin-dash like Sonic, Ryu can throw hadoukens at Gundams, and copyright lawyers everywhere cry themselves to sleep. These strange and broken…
Bootleg History: Consoles
For some bootleg consoles are nothing but a con, but they broke barriers and spread gaming worldwide.Please like, subscribe, and we look forward to seeing you when new episodes are released every…
History of Character Customisation
Remember the first time you spent an hour adjusting cheekbones in a game, only to put a helmet on five minutes later? Same. In this episode, we journey through the history of character…
Insert Disc, Add Milk
We’re cracking open boxes of cereal and dusting off some hidden gems—those weird, wild, and sometimes wonderful games that came free in your morning meal. Please like, subscribe, and we look forward…
Gaming History Heroes: Jerry Lawson
In our very first Gaming History Heroes spotlight, we honour Jerry Lawson—the brilliant yet long overlooked mind behind the game cartridge revolution. Jerry helped shape how we play, design, and…
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Gaming History Club has published 72 episodes since July 2023, covering topics in Arts, Leisure.
Gaming History Club is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 35m.
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