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War Stories: How Deus Ex was almost too complex for its own good

Directed by James Herron, edited by Sean Dacanay. Click here for transcript . (video link) Coming in under the wire here is our last video for 2021—and we tried to make it a fun one. If you play games, chances are you’ve played something that Warren Spector was involved in creating—with stints at Origin, Ion […]

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War Stories: How Crash Bandicoot hacked the original PlayStation

Shot by Sean Dacanay, edited by Jeremy Smolik. Click here for transcript . When you hear the name Crash Bandicoot , you probably think of it as Sony’s platformy, mascoty answer to Mario and Sonic. Before getting the full Sony marketing treatment, though, the game was developer Naughty Dog’s first attempt at programming a 3D […]

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A Lengthy Blade Runner Meeting with Westwood co-founder Louis Castle

Click here to transcript. Since 2020 brings to a close, we have still got a couple extended-edition”War Stories” movies to launch, and that there has been some time coming. We had a terrific time {} to Westwood’s Louis Castle–a lot so we really got two movies from him rather than one. Along with talking about […]

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War Stories: The Way Nintendo Marketed the NES into a Doubtful country

Created and led by Justin Wolfson, edited by Chris Jones. Click here to transcript. Now Nintendo is a family name, the most gaming equivalent of a significant manufacturer like Disney. Nevertheless, it was not always the way. Ars Technica’s most current War Stories movie examines the early days of Nintendo’s 80s invasion of American beaches […]

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Scott Manley Investigates the far reaches of space{} his Best 1,000 YouTube Remarks

Developed by Vara Reese, led by Adam Lance Garcia, edited by Danny Behar. Click here to transcript. After checking a bucket list thing by doing a movie with LGR’s Clint Basinger past month, there was just 1 place we can go following: to distance . And no founder controls the intersection of space science, gambling, […]