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2.3 A Platonic Ideal

March 15, 2022 Tim Season 2 Episode 3
Computer Game Evolution
2.3 A Platonic Ideal
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0:00
Intro
0:51
A Naval Cornfield
4:51
The gang plans a teaching machine
10:23
PLATO I
17:51
Taming plasma
25:05
PLATO gets political
31:43
Children, unleashed
33:35
Cussing on The Big Board
37:56
Hey, look! Another Empire
44:25
One man's Spasim
46:35
Are you gonna start an Airfight?
51:47
Tanks, a lot
56:57
The first in The Dungeon
1:04:09
The Game of Dungeons
1:10:11
The halls of Moria
1:15:56
Dungeon, but in French
1:18:16
Avatar, the proto-MMO
1:20:30
Cash for gold
1:22:33
What kind of Wizardry is this?!
1:26:57
Futurewar, with guns!
1:30:29
The lost ones
1:33:27
A house of cards
1:36:56
Pairing up tiles
1:41:41
The summit, and the fall
1:48:41
The legacy
1:50:39
Wrap-up
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Computer Game Evolution
2.3 A Platonic Ideal
Mar 15, 2022 Season 2 Episode 3
Tim

Sometimes, a military network project becomes a place for Microsoft to borrow games from.

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Sometimes, a military network project becomes a place for Microsoft to borrow games from.

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0:00
Intro
0:51
A Naval Cornfield
4:51
The gang plans a teaching machine
10:23
PLATO I
17:51
Taming plasma
25:05
PLATO gets political
31:43
Children, unleashed
33:35
Cussing on The Big Board
37:56
Hey, look! Another Empire
44:25
One man's Spasim
46:35
Are you gonna start an Airfight?
51:47
Tanks, a lot
56:57
The first in The Dungeon
1:04:09
The Game of Dungeons
1:10:11
The halls of Moria
1:15:56
Dungeon, but in French
1:18:16
Avatar, the proto-MMO
1:20:30
Cash for gold
1:22:33
What kind of Wizardry is this?!
1:26:57
Futurewar, with guns!
1:30:29
The lost ones
1:33:27
A house of cards
1:36:56
Pairing up tiles
1:41:41
The summit, and the fall
1:48:41
The legacy
1:50:39
Wrap-up