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.
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Feb 5, 2025
Few developers have had as long and prolific a career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playtesting Accolade's launch titles, to producing games for SSI, Sega Technical Institute, Hyperbole Studios, Dynamix, EA, Eidos, and NetherRealm Studios.
In Part 4, we talk about the decade that Graeme spent in the wilderness of the game's industry, during which he worked on titles such as Tomb Raider Legend and Anniversary at Crystal Dynamics, tried to salvage projects like Enslaved, Dead to Rights Retribution and Splatterhouse at Namco, returned to sports titles at 2K Games before getting the chance to start his own studio, Fierce Wombat.
Graeme gives us amazing insights into the life of a game dev like few others can or would.
Recorded: January 2024
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/graeme-bayless-1-111627155
https://www.patreon.com/posts/graeme-bayless-2-112571388
https://www.patreon.com/posts/graeme-bayless-3-114736184
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Dynamics
https://www.mobygames.com/game/21999/lara-croft-tomb-raider-legend/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidos_Interactive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation_Partners
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCi_Games
https://www.mobygames.com/game/28337/lara-croft-tomb-raider-anniversary/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/4069/2k-los-angeles/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093936/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco
https://www.mobygames.com/game/48563/enslaved-odyssey-to-the-west/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/20457/50-cent-bulletproof/
https://www.mobygames.com/group/281/legacy-of-kain-series/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/34698/major-league-baseball-2k8/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brno
https://www.mobygames.com/company/1438/2k-czech-sro/
Roger Hector - Atari, Disney, Sega, Namco, Sente - https://www.patreon.com/posts/72058794
https://www.mobygames.com/game/51171/dead-to-rights-retribution/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/49251/splatterhouse/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/21903/gunfire-games-llc/
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/index/
https://www.gamezebo.com/upcoming/red-november-preview/
https://web.archive.org/web/20111127211439/http://www.fiercewombatgames.com/
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The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/
They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/
Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/
The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/
Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/
Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/
Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/
Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/
Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/
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