A People’s History of Video Game Development
The history of video games through the lens of everyday developers. We cover the obscure, unpublished, forgotten, and even a few well-known games, but always through the perspective of people who were working hard to make them happen.
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a developer, or about what happened behind the scenes of your favorite games, this podcast is for you.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 3
- Years Active
- 2025
Episode 3: The Internet is for P*rn
In their third episode, Tracy and Kel talk about getting into the game development industry from a slightly different angle: spicy chat rooms on the earliest incarnations of the World Wide Web.
Kel t…
Episode 2: A Role to Play
In this episode of "A People's History of Video Game Development," hosts Kel Bachus and Tracy Seamster talk about the very early origins of text-based role play, and what players were looking for in …
90s Text-Based Online Games: The Pioneers
Join Tracy Seamster and Kel Bachus as they delve into the fascinating world of early online gaming, specifically the text-based adventures that shaped the industry. From the start of Tracy’s develope…