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 theContinue reading “VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 30: Autumn 1991”
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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 ofContinue reading “VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 29: Summer 1997”
VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 28: May 1993
In episode 28 of the Video Wizards podcast, we are confronted with a persisting theme of assassinations and gun violence in popular media as we head back to the month May in 1993. In the arcades, Frank Castle drags Nick Fury with him into a cycle of carnage on a rampage through the underworld, inContinue reading “VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 28: May 1993”
VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 24: Autumn 1998
In the 24th episode of Video Wizards, we travel to a time close to the “mark of the millennium”, as we find ourselves covering the autumnal months of September, October and November of 1998 for yet another very substantial seasonal spectacular. Arcade games increasingly lose floor space to slot machines and the ones that don’tContinue reading “VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 24: Autumn 1998”
VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 23: Summer 1994
In episode 23 of Video Wizards, we return to the year 1994 to bask in the sunrays of the summer, for another seasonal spectacular. With the midpoint of the ’90s just one year away and the ’80s now full and well behind us, we find ourselves in a period of cultural turmoil, where the arcadeContinue reading “VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 23: Summer 1994”
VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 19: Winter 1990 / 1991
In the 19th episode of Video Wizards, we again travel back to 3 months in one single episode: December 1990 and January and February in 1991. And we find ourselves in a tumultuous time, with a lot of political twists and turns on the world stage and the arcade industry being on the brink ofContinue reading “VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 19: Winter 1990 / 1991”
VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 8: September 1995
The 8th episode of the Video Wizards Podcast is a huge one: we travel to a little bit over the middle of the mid 90s, namely the month of September in the year 1995. This is a real moment of transition, where 3D polygons start eclipsing 2D graphics in popularity, both in the arcades andContinue reading “VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 8: September 1995”