# They Create Worlds

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Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435.md
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Official site: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/
Author: Alex Smith, and Jeffrey Daum
Episodes: 258

## Resource

The games we love reveal something true about who we are, and about the world that made them. They Create Worlds is a podcast about the people, technology, and forces that built the video game industry. Through video game history, the show looks at how culture, business, and technology shaped what we play, tracing the choices and circumstances that led to the games so many people around the world enjoy. Each episode digs into where games came from, who made them, and why they were made the way they were. Business decisions, technological shifts, and creative choices all shaped what ended up on screen, and the show covers all of it together, not just one piece in isolation. Hosted by Alex Smith and Jeffrey Daum, They Create Worlds grew out of long conversations about the strange corners of the industry and the patterns that only show up when you look across companies, platforms, and decades. That conversational feel remains, built on careful research, clear structure and editing that makes even the deepest topics easy to listen to. History turns out to be less settled than it looks. New documents surface, memories conflict, and the clean stories about why things happened the way th…

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## Episodes
- [The Shenanigans of CUC Software](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/the-shenanigans-of-cuc-software) — 2026-05-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [Nine Atari Games](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/nine-atari-games) — 2026-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [Cinemaware](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/cinemaware) — 2026-04-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/the-elder-scrolls-morrowind) — 2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [The Elder Scrolls: Arena & Daggerfall](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/the-elder-scrolls-arena-daggerfall) — 2026-03-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [Masanobu Endō](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/masanobu-end) — 2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [A Guitar Hero](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/a-guitar-hero) — 2026-02-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [Virgin Games](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/virgin-games) — 2026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [Mastertronic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/mastertronic) — 2026-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [New World Computing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/new-world-computing) — 2026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [An Act of Control](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/an-act-of-control) — 2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [The History of Commodore Pt 4](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/the-history-of-commodore-pt-4) — 2025-12-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [The History of Commodore Pt 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/the-history-of-commodore-pt-3) — 2025-11-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [The History of Commodore Pt 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/the-history-of-commodore-pt-2) — 2025-11-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [The History of Commodore Pt 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/the-history-of-commodore-pt-1) — 2025-10-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [RCA Studio II](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/rca-studio-ii) — 2025-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [Fumito Ueda](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/fumito-ueda) — 2025-09-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [The First 10 Years of European Consoles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/the-first-10-years-of-european-consoles) — 2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [Nintendo: Playing with Mii & Wii](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/nintendo-playing-with-mii-wii) — 2025-08-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [Nintendo: Wii Were Struggling](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/nintendo-wii-were-struggling) — 2025-08-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [Quake](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/quake) — 2025-07-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [Jordan Mechner and Price of  Persia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/jordan-mechner-and-price-of-persia) — 2025-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [Jordan Mechner and Karateka](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/jordan-mechner-and-karateka) — 2025-06-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [Coin-op Legends of Japan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/coin-op-legends-of-japan) — 2025-06-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [Yu Suzuki](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-create-worlds-47435/yu-suzuki) — 2025-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

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