The Video Game Newsroom Time Machine is a weekly retro gaming podcast in which we travel back in time to see what was making headlines 40, 30, and 20 years ago in the arcade, video game, and computer gaming business and interview industry veterans.
We try to put those events into historical context to understand how the industry of today came to be.
It's fun and educational! (in case you need to justify listening to it to a significant other)
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Dec 20, 2020
From stacking inventory on the Parker Brothers loading docks, to
being knee deep in the trenches of the video game crash, to
founding Hasbro Interactive and helping acquire Magic and D&D,
Tom Dusenberry has seen the industry like few others and he's here
to share his story, his passion for innovation, and some great
inside insight on the business of gaming.
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mills
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Insanity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(console)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerf
https://www.handheldmuseum.com/ParkerBros/index.html
http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-2600-vcs-parker-brothers-usa_publisher_25_2_G.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenner_Products
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonka
https://www.mobygames.com/company/parker-brothers
https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/heavy-shreddin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwood_Studios
https://www.mobygames.com/game/monopoly
https://www.mobygames.com/company/hasbro-interactive-ltd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_HoloByte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroProse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Electronics
http://www.dusenberryentertainment.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Platform,_Micro_Edition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_Runtime_Environment_for_Wireless
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glu_Mobile
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glover_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Con
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_G._Hassenfeld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garfield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR_Heat_(series)