Gaming History Club

We explore how propaganda, ideology, and assumptions sneak their way into games. Sometimes loudly, and sometimes in ways you’d never expect.

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In the world of bootleg games, anything goes. Mario can spin-dash like Sonic, Ryu can throw hadoukens at Gundams, and copyright lawyers everywhere cry themselves to sleep. These strange and broken cr…

For some bootleg consoles are nothing but a con, but they broke barriers and spread gaming worldwide.

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Remember the first time you spent an hour adjusting cheekbones in a game, only to put a helmet on five minutes later? Same. In this episode, we journey through the history of character customisation

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We’re cracking open boxes of cereal and dusting off some hidden gems—those weird, wild, and sometimes wonderful games that came free in your morning meal.

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In our very first Gaming History Heroes spotlight, we honour Jerry Lawson—the brilliant yet long overlooked mind behind the game cartridge revolution. Jerry helped shape how we play, design, and dist…

In our 50th episode we journey back thousands of years to uncover the world’s oldest uncovered games. from Egypt’s mysterious Senet, to Mesopotamia’s Royal Game of Ur, China’s still-thriving Go, and …

We explore how video games have become unlikely allies in the fight for the planet. From early titles like SimEarth in the 1990s that gently raised awareness of ecological systems, to later games tha…

What began as a game about a bodyguard for a prince evolved into a genre-defining series, steeped in the mythos of the real-life Order of Assassins and inspired by Vladimir Bartol’s novel Alamut. Joi…

No, we don't mean "Yoo this game is so sick" we are talking about a surprisingly overlooked genre: Medical Video Games! This genre has a lot to offer: from realism to laughs, and we even find some re…

Ever wondered how we went from blocky pixels to 4K ray-tracing? Join us to find out how the muscliest of gaming hardware components was born.

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By now you know the drill Player One, it's chit chat time! we present our pick for the best games that were close to never being made!

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Obviously dating sims are the most thrill-seeking of all the video game genres, could anything be more nerve-wrecking than playing it cool in front of your date? Dating sims provide a programmable sp…

Japan is not only the land of the rising sun, it is also the land that pioneered essential elements to video games without which they would just not be the same today. In this episode we try to give …

Can you believe we interview the AVGN? Tune in to find out the humble beginnings that led James to create the angriest of all video game nerds, what projects he's currently got cooking up, and very i…

Failure is mandatory, victory is sweet. We explore the punishing yet rewarding games made by From Software, what souls-like games even are, and the background to what inspired these games in the firs…

We discuss virtually everything there is to know about VR. From its conception in 1930s Sci-fi short stories, to the grizzly head-mounted contraptions that look like torture devices.

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These people make video games in less than 24 hours. Yes you read that right. So let's cut to the chase, listen and find out how this crazy chaotic caffeine crunch of an event has sparked indie class…

Welcome to 2025 Player One! To celebrate new beginnings we investigate the interesting history behind remakes, remasters and reboots, join us and find out what makes us nostalgic for old games

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In our 2024 edition of What Happened? we re-invite our last year's special guest Bradders, to recap at some of the most exciting things that happened in all-things video game related.

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