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Welcome to the Video Wizards podcast
Video Wizards is a quarterly podcast about the arcade games of the 1980s and 1990s and their cultural context, by two survivors of the scene.
Every changing season in the year, hosts Ben Cartlidge and Michiel Kroder, with editing assistance by Juli Reed, take a look at what arcade games came out or were popular in that same season, in a random year from the last two decades of the 20th century.
We deliver a rich tapestry of talk and sounds of what was going on in the arcades, restaurants, pubs, cafes, snack bars and fish ‘n chips shops that housed the games we played, but also what was going on in popular culture and the world around us, with Ben bringing the UK perspective and Michiel looking at things from a Dutch point of view.
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VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 31: Winter 1988/1989
Follow us into the winter of ’88 going into ’89 as we step into the final year of the decade and bid adieu to President Ronnie when he exits the White House. In the arcades, fists are flying with the likes of Technōs’ sequel to Double Dragon, SNK’s third Ikari Warriors game and SEGA’s pretty…
VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 30: Autumn 1991
Let us take you with us to the turbulent autumn period of 1991 in this new and improved seasonal Video Wizards podcast format. While the Soviet Union’s dissolution is in effect mode and things are kicking off in the former Republic of Yugoslavia, we yet again look at the world of arcade games and the…
VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 29: Summer 1997
Follow us to the transitional, warm summer glow of 1997 for episode 29 of the Video Wizards podcast. It’s a tumultuous and fisticuffs filled time in the arcades as we look at a range of fighting games that would go on to have a keen audience at home as well, such as The King of…
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