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Computer Game Evolution

1.3 Industrial Entertainment

March 15, 2021 Tim Season 1 Episode 3
Computer Game Evolution
1.3 Industrial Entertainment
Chapters
Chapters
0:00
Opening
0:27
Enter electricity
2:01
The right kind of metal
4:15
Stick a coin in it
6:03
Holes with a meaning
9:23
Hungry for entertainment
10:51
Updated classics
12:58
The birth of a giant
15:07
A most moral game
18:39
American morals
22:41
George Parker prints some cards
24:41
The land of race games
26:11
Newspapers want to play
29:59
The Fashionable Chinese Puzzle
32:30
Unleashed mathematicians
35:52
Recreational math
40:20
Sam Lloyd
41:40
The 15 puzzle
44:54
Sam Lloyd?
48:26
19th century puzzles, today
50:26
Other games you play with hands
53:55
The game involving a foot and a ball
55:39
Batting at things
56:41
"Manly" games
57:50
Violence gamified
1:01:06
The YMCA game
1:05:25
Splitters!
1:06:28
The why
1:09:55
The modern bicycle plays a part
1:12:56
The French are running
1:13:27
Start your engines
1:14:25
The politics of games
1:17:32
Olympic spirits
1:19:04
Wrap-up
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Computer Game Evolution
1.3 Industrial Entertainment
Mar 15, 2021 Season 1 Episode 3
Tim

The original game industry is a bright patchwork of games and puzzles covering a pile of bodies.

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The original game industry is a bright patchwork of games and puzzles covering a pile of bodies.

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0:00
Opening
0:27
Enter electricity
2:01
The right kind of metal
4:15
Stick a coin in it
6:03
Holes with a meaning
9:23
Hungry for entertainment
10:51
Updated classics
12:58
The birth of a giant
15:07
A most moral game
18:39
American morals
22:41
George Parker prints some cards
24:41
The land of race games
26:11
Newspapers want to play
29:59
The Fashionable Chinese Puzzle
32:30
Unleashed mathematicians
35:52
Recreational math
40:20
Sam Lloyd
41:40
The 15 puzzle
44:54
Sam Lloyd?
48:26
19th century puzzles, today
50:26
Other games you play with hands
53:55
The game involving a foot and a ball
55:39
Batting at things
56:41
"Manly" games
57:50
Violence gamified
1:01:06
The YMCA game
1:05:25
Splitters!
1:06:28
The why
1:09:55
The modern bicycle plays a part
1:12:56
The French are running
1:13:27
Start your engines
1:14:25
The politics of games
1:17:32
Olympic spirits
1:19:04
Wrap-up