Dec 13, 2020
Tom Clancy sells to UbiSoft
AOL gets sued by its volunteers
and
Uwe Boll sets his sights on games
These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and
around the video game industry in November of 2000.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those
are of course always a bit behind the actual events.
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Corrections:
2000:
Gamecube demos shown at Space World
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20136%20%28November%202000%29/page/n35/mode/2up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker
Sega keeps pinning its hopes on SegaNet
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4319-gamepro-issue-146-november-2000/
pg. 36
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast_online_functionality#SegaNet_(United_States)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66jCFAm6WBU
http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-untold-history-of-sega/
WonderSwan Color announced
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20136%20%28November%202000%29/page/n51/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WonderSwan
Dragon's Lair is coming to the GBC
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4319-gamepro-issue-146-november-2000/
pg. 38
https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-color/dragons-lair____
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XiUvMowedA
Infogrames announces joint venture with Hudson
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue70/page/n7/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/company/infogrames-hudson-kk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Soft
Ubi Soft buys Red Storm
https://archive.org/details/NextGen71Nov2000/page/n10/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/company/red-storm-entertainment-inc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Storm_Entertainment
AOL Volunteers wanna get paid!
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_196/page/n38/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Community_Leader_Program#Department_of_Labor_investigation
https://archives.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/aol_settled_with_unpaid_volunt.php
Sierra sues Tolkien and Tolkien sues back
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_196/page/n50/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/inspiration-author-j-r-r-tolkien/offset,25/so,1d/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(1967_film)#cite_note-companion-1
Pogo.com to by bought by Excite@Home
https://archive.org/details/NextGen71Nov2000/page/n10/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo.com
Square isn't done with Hollywood
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20136%20%28November%202000%29/page/n51/mode/1up
House of the Dead is coming to theatres
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue70/page/n9/mode/1up
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0062103
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317676/?ref_=adv_li_tt
Recommended Links:
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/
The History of How We Play:
https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/
Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/
Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.