Obsessive Compulsive Gaming

About Obsessive Compulsive Gaming

A podcast series that tells a narrative history of the video game industry.

Publisher

Devin McConnell

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Aug 2020

Latest episode

2 Oct 2020

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2020

   Behind the Screens

   In the fifth episode we stop to take a look at the technology that made video games possible. Special thanks to Jimmy Bogardus for creating the show's artwork. Check out his work at @JimmyCertified (https://www.instagram.com/jimmycertified/) ===== Sources ===== Tyler DeWitt - The Cathode Ray Tube Experiment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb6MguN0Uj4) eHow - How Does a Cathode Ray Tube Work? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pv-91GJHcg) US Navy - The Cathode Ray Tube "How It Works" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnZSopHjmYQ) Science Encyclopedia - CRT Phosphors (https://science.jrank.org/pages/1274/Cathode-Ray-Tube-Display-screen.html) Circuits Today - CRT Assembly (https://www.circuitstoday.com/crt-cathode-ray-tube) Evil Mad Scientist - Resurrecting Tennis for Two (https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2008/resurrecting-tennis-for-two-a-video-game-from-1958/) GamePayne - Tennis For Two (https://www.gamepayne.com/tennis-for-two?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=65e8bc56248479d4b0c69dc7f9881c66e9878d70-1597416963-0-Afa-b2AoqE501WLeDVDX-sfzZcuEqPmOwbQ9CI0IJEkhurIZAUX_DS0JQw9SqXcTyYZOhj3d1UxrGF6zPaC-utXMpeTc5d88ZLXwSUkivzDmaazYXD6vrilQlJphbb1D_MF5zfWpja6K1HBM0iCuWPDm2AN6zorzqXtblmthVkSPcmpOW6ZNiPazAoNrbDncIg54yk9uMALP-FmiqTS169f3lLMYond1nGzKxr_gaFWra82nhkSLcrh8qWvT7VzA2VVGffxty5I5wFV91DkXun0LSClcFtkVWkvkojqygxHi) EDSAC Replica Project - The VDU Screens (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjS5FwZz8Ec) Wikipedia - Types of Oscilloscopes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscilloscope_types) Dana Lee - How Analog Video Works (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r38nVmxBfvM) Technology Connections - How Analog Television Works (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4UgZBs7ZGo) Technology Connections - How Analog Color TV Works (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX649lnKAU0) Wikipedia - Shadow Mask (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_mask) Wikipedia - Horizontal Blanking Interval (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_blanking_interval) Wikipedia - Vertical Blanking Interval (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_blanking_interval) Wikipedia - NTSC Standard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC) Benj Edwards - Inside the Magnavox Odyssey (https://www.pcworld.com/article/256101/inside_the_magnavox_odyssey_the_first_video_game_console.html#slide14) Pong-Story - The Odyssey Modules (http://www.pong-story.com/odymodul.htm) Smithsonian - Heathkit IG-62 Alignment Generator (https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1301995) Dr PhysicsA - Introduction to Logic Gates (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95kv5BF2Z9E) element14 - How Flip Flops Work (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi7rK0hZnfc) Simply Electronics - Potentiometers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G11DbaUlec) Wikipedia - Photodiode (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photodiode) Boojakascha - Light Gun Review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At6H6SIfWTc) Wikipedia - Flip Flop Circuit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-flop_(electronics)) Wikipedia - Diode Transistor Logic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode–transistor_logic) Wikipedia - Logic Gate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_gate)

2. 

   1 Sept 2020

   Send in the Clones

   In the fourth episode of the OCG History series follows Atari and Magnavox as they chart the waters of new markets and spawn the first generation of home and arcade video games. Special thanks to Jimmy Bogardus for creating the show's artwork. Check out his work at @JimmyCertified (https://www.instagram.com/jimmycertified/) ===== Sources ===== --> Magnavox Odyssey They Create Worlds - A Magnavox Odyssey (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/1tl200-a-magnavox-odyssey/) LifeWire - The Magnavox Odyssey (https://www.lifewire.com/magnavox-odyssey-the-first-gaming-console-729587) Wikipedia - Magnavox Odyssey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey) DigitalSpy - Look Back at the Odyssey (https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/retro-gaming/a616235/magnavox-odyssey-retrospective-how-console-gaming-was-born/) Kotaku - Worlds First Shooting Game (https://kotaku.com/the-worlds-first-true-shooting-game-5815694) YouTube - Magnavox Odyssey Promotional Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLGBtkKPj2U) --> The Pong Clones Arcade Museum - Games of 1973 (https://www.arcade-museum.com/year_detail.php?year=1973) Arcade Museum - Games of 1974 (https://www.arcade-museum.com/year_detail.php?year=1974) Arcade Museum - Games of 1975 (https://www.arcade-museum.com/year_detail.php?year=1975) Franklin Institute - Transistors to Microprocessors (https://www.fi.edu/blog/from-transistors-to-microprocessors-classic-arcade-game) Wikipedia - Gun Fight (//Gun Fight) Armchair Empire - Atari: The Lost Years (https://web.archive.org/web/20120718013802if_/http://www.armchairarcade.com/aamain/content.php?article.100) Arcade Historian - First Ten Coin-Op Games (http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2014/05/what-were-first-ten-coin-op-video-games.html) Arcade Historian - Year By Year 1973-1975 (http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-video-game-industry-year-by-year.html) Arcade Historian - Etymology of "Video Game" (https://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-etymology-of-term-video-game.html) Game Studies - The Foundation of "Geemu" (http://www.gamestudies.org/1302/articles/picard) 8-Bit Central - Atari's "Gotcha" Controversy (http://www.8-bitcentral.com/blog/2013/gotchaArcade.html) IEEE - Atari Alum Talk Tall Tales (https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/tech-history/cyberspace/atari-alumni-talk-about-the-tall-tales-the-told) --> Home Pong Atari Museum - Home Pong (http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/dedicated/homepong.html) Pong-Story - Pong in a Chip (http://www.pong-story.com/gi.htm) Wikipedia - Epoch TV Tennis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Tennis_Electrotennis) Pong-Story - Make It Yourself Pong (http://pong-story.com/mags.htm) Pong-Story - Videmaster Home TV Game (http://www.pong-story.com/hometvg.htm) Pong-Story - Odyssey 100 & 200 (http://www.pong-story.com/odyssey_other.htm) Pong-Story - Video 2000 (http://www.pong-story.com/v2000.htm) Pong-Story - Tele-Spiel (http://www.pong-story.com/spiel.htm) Pong-Story - Coleco Telstar (http://www.pong-story.com/coleco.htm) Geekiverse - Interview with Gilbert Harrower (https://thegeekiverse.com/interview-with-gilbert-duncan-harrower-inventor-of-the-pong-on-a-chip/) Wikipedia - AY-3-8500 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AY-3-8500)

3. 

   1 Sept 2020

   Baer and Bushnell

   The third episode in the OCG History series takes a look at how video games went from the side projects of engineers to a fledgling consumer industry thanks largely to the work of two pioneers. Special thanks to Jimmy Bogardus for creating the shows artwork Check out his work at @JimmyCertified (https://www.instagram.com/jimmycertified/) ===== Sources ===== --> Baer Ralph Baer - Timeline (http://ralphbaer.com/video_game_history.htm) Ralph Baer - How Video Game Industry Began (http://ralphbaer.com/how_video_games.htm) Wikipedia - Ralph Baer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_H._Baer) They Create Worlds - The Baer Essentials (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/the-baer-essentials/) Smithsonian - The Brown Box (https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1301997) Smithsonian - Brown Box Prototypes (https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/the-father-of-the-video-game-the-ralph-baer-prototypes-and-electronic-games/video-game-history) HowStuffWorks - Who Invented Video Games? (https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/who-invented-video-games.htm#pt1) The Brown Box (https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1301997) They Create Worlds - A Magnavox Odyssey (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/1tl200-a-magnavox-odyssey/) YouTube - Baer and Harrison Play (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scaLx1l_j5w) YouTube - Meet Ralph Baer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ThW_HjtBg) --> Bushnell They Create Worlds - The Book of Nolan (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/12/19/the-book-of-nolan/) Slate - The Invention of Pong (https://slate.com/technology/2014/10/the-invention-of-pong-how-nolan-bushnell-launched-the-video-game-industry.html) PBS - Nolan Bushnell Profile (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/bushnell_hi.html) PinRepair - Computer Space (http://www.pinrepair.com/arcade/cspace.htm) They Create Worlds - A Nutty Idea (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/09/03/a-nutty-idea/) Technologizer - The Dawn of Arcades (https://www.technologizer.com/2011/12/11/computer-space-and-the-dawn-of-the-arcade-video-game/) They Create Worlds - The Stars are Right (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/the-stars-are-right/) They Create Worlds - Plans in Motion (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/plans-in-motion/) Arcade Historian - Galaxy Game (http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/03/galaxy-game.html) Vintage Computing - Ted Dabney (http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/2131/ted-dabney-memorial) Wired - Inside Story of Pong and Atari (https://www.wired.com/story/inside-story-of-pong-excerpt/) Gamasutra - History of Pong (https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3900/the_history_of_pong_avoid_missing_.php?print=1) Michael Currant - History of Syzygy (https://mcurrent.name/atarihistory/syzygy.html) Pong-Story - History of Pong (http://www.pong-story.com/intro.htm) Arcade Historian - Overflowing Pong Myth (http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/05/video-game-mythbusters-malfunctioning.html) YouTube - Computer Space (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3BQsCCwo8w) YouTube - Atari Pong (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiShX2pTz9A)

4. 

   1 Sept 2020

   The First Video Game

   The second episode of the OCG History series seeks to answer a very simple question that most people should be able to answer, but can't. What was the first video game? Special thanks to Jimmy Bogardus for creating the show's artwork. Check out his work at @JimmyCertified (https://www.instagram.com/jimmycertified/) ===== Sources ===== Video Game Timeline - National Museum of Play (https://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline) What Was the First Video Game? (https://www.science20.com/science_20/what_was_first_computer_game-46008) Nimatron (https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/1940-nimatron/) Nim Machine (https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/1941-nim-machine/) NIMROD (http://www.goodeveca.net/nimrod/) CRT Amusement Device (https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/gaming/a20129/the-very-first-video-game/) Bertie the Brain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertie_the_Brain) Tennis For Two (https://www.bnl.gov/about/history/firstvideo.php) Noughts and Crosses (https://www.lifewire.com/oxo-aka-noughts-and-crosses-729624) Profiles of Early Games (https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/the-pre-history-of-video-games-1947-1959) Turing's Chess Program (https://www.history.com/news/in-1950-alan-turing-created-a-chess-computer-program-that-prefigured-a-i) Kasparov vs Turbochamp (https://www.theverge.com/2012/6/26/3119022/alan-turing-60-year-old-chess-program-garry-kasparov) Shannon's Chess Program (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon#Shannon) 1950s Computer Games (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/the-priesthood-at-play-computer-games-in-the-1950s/) Checkers and Chess (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/searching-for-bobby-fisher/) Background on MIT (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology#History) The MIT Computer Club (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/people-get-ready-theres-a-train-a-coming/) Blackjack on IBM 700 (https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/ibm700series/impacts/) Spacewar! (https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/one-two-three-four-i-declare-a-space-war/) Cultural Impact of Spacewar! (http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/1863/spacewar-profile-of-a-cultural-earthquake) Profile of Spacewar! (https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/28/technology/a-long-time-ago-in-a-lab-far-away.html) Video - The Bouncing Ball Demo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH0tcv3nEQI&feature=youtu.be&t=659) Video - Tennis For Two (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2E9iSQfGdg) Video - The First Video Game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQ4WCU1WQc)

5. 

   1 Sept 2020

   Computers and Arcades

   The first episode of the OCG History series begins by examining the two industries that were the direct precursors to video games, the arcade industry and the computer industry. Special thanks to Jimmy Bogardus for creating the show's artwork. Check out his work at @JimmyCertified (https://www.instagram.com/jimmycertified/) ===== Sources ===== --> Computers: Programmed Puppet Show (http://kotsanas.com/gb/exh.php?exhibit=0101002) Heron of Alexandria (https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/1st-century-automata/) Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace (https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/1843-the-analytical-engine/) 19th Century Computing (http://www.thocp.net/timeline/1830.htm) The Analytical Engine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine) Jacquard's Loom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom) Herman Hollerith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith) Tabulation Machines (https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/1886-punch-card-data/) The Cathode Ray Tube (https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/1897-cathode-ray-tube/) Claude Shannon's Thesis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Symbolic_Analysis_of_Relay_and_Switching_Circuits) Turing & Shannon (https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/1936-turing-and-shannon/) "Turing Complete" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completeness) The Z3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z3_(computer)) The Colossus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer) ENIAC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC) Eckert-Mauchly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckert–Mauchly_Computer_Corporation) Apollo Guidance Computer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer) AGC: How It Worked (http://curious-droid.com/214/apollo-flight-computers-get-men-moon-back/) --> Arcades: Midway Plaisance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_(fair)) Penny Arcades (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_arcade#Penny_arcade) Founding of Kasco (http://shmuplations.com/kasco/) Sega's Periscope (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periscope_(arcade_game)) Sega's Killer Shark (https://www.lifewire.com/killer-shark-arcade-game-from-jaws-729558) Sega's Duck Hunt (http://www.pinrepair.com/arcade/sduckhu.htm) Nintendo's Wild Gunman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Gunman)

6. 

   31 Aug 2020

   Obsessive Compulsive Gaming (Trailer)

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