REFERENCES

1:05 | The history of Spacewar

Graetz, J.M. "The Origin of Spacewar." Creative Computing Magazine, 1981, vol 7. p. 60. https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1981-08/page/n63/mode/2up?view=theater 

1:10 | Development of Pong

Shea, Cam. "Al Alcorn Interview." IGN, May 12, 2012. https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/03/11/al-alcorn-interview 

1:22 | Miyamoto on the creation of the Goomba

Eurogamer. "Miyamoto on World 1-1: How Nintendo made Mario's most iconic level." YouTube, Sep 7, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRGRJRUWafY 

1:30 | Shinji Mikami on Resident Evil’s fixed camera angles

Butterworth, Scott. "Resident Evil Creator Shinji Mikami Reflects on the Series' Roots." GameSpot, Mar 22, 2016. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/resident-evil-creator-shinji-mikami-reflects-on-th/1100-6435918/ 

1:47 | Tom Hall and John Romero talking about the creation of DOOM

GDC. "'Doom:' A Classic Game Postmortem." YouTube, May 19, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnkCujnYNSo 

1:53 | John Carmack on his technical improvements in DOOM

Lex Clips. "Doom origin story | John Carmack and Lex Fridman." YouTube, Aug 6, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8jlZQVK_ao 

2:02 | DOOM system requirements sheet

deepfry_me. "Original Doom system requirements (from my 25 year old retail box)." Reddit, Dec 10, 2018. https://old.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/a4yi5t/original_doom_system_requirements_from_my_25_year/ 

2:33 | Can it run Crysis meme retrospective

Davenport, James. "'But can it run Crysis?'—10 years of a PC gaming meme." PCGamer, Nov 13, 2017. https://www.pcgamer.com/but-can-it-run-crysis10-years-of-a-pc-gaming-meme/ 

2:33 | Can it run Crysis meme article

Leather, Anthony. "Crysis - Did you upgrade?" bit-tech, Dec 15, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091218120734/http://www.bit-tech.net/blog/2009/12/15/crysis-did-you-upgrade 

3:05 | The DirectX Box

Gurwin, Gabe. "The history of the Xbox." Digital Trends, Feb 13, 2022. https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/the-history-of-the-xbox/ 

9:27 | FromSoft’s engine is notoriously hard to find info on because it’s unnamed and in-house, but the modding community has nicknamed it Dantelion and talked about it here

"FromSoftware Game Engines." Souls Modding Wiki, Accessed Aug 20, 2024. http://soulsmodding.wikidot.com/topic:engines 

9:58 | Tears of the Kingdom developer interview, with the director and producer sharing their time with the series

"Ask the Developer Vol. 9, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Chapter 1." Nintendo, May 9, 2023. https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/News/2023/May/Ask-the-Developer-Vol-9-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Tears-of-the-Kingdom-Chapter-1-2383804.html 

10:16 | Tears of the Kingdom GDC talk about improving BOTW (6:30 to 8:30)

GDC. "Tunes of the Kingdom: Evolving Physics and Sounds for ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’." YouTube, May 22, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-dPDsLTrTE 

10:24 | Tom Hall and John Romero talking about the history of id Software before DOOM

GDC. "'Doom:' A Classic Game Postmortem." YouTube, May 19, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnkCujnYNSo 

10:35 | John Carmack on porting Wolfenstein to the SNES

Lex Clips. "Doom origin story | John Carmack and Lex Fridman." YouTube, Aug 6, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8jlZQVK_ao 

10:50 | FromSoft not laying people off

Dinsdale, Ryan. "Elden Ring Director Hidetaka Miyazaki Won't Allow Layoffs at FromSoftware as Long as He's in Charge." IGN, Jun 18, 2024. https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-director-hidetaka-miyazaki-wont-allow-layoffs-at-fromsoftware-as-long-as-hes-in-charge 

10:50 | Nintendo not laying people off

Shutler, All. "Nintendo CEO’s refusal to layoff staff goes viral following industry-wide cuts." NME, Jan 26, 2024. https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/nintendo-ceos-refusal-to-lay-off-staff-goes-viral-following-industry-wide-cuts-3577675 

14:42 | War Thunder in an IGN Top 100 Indie Games list written by just some guy I think

rchnemesis. "Top 100 Indie Games of All Time." IGN, Feb 1, 2023. https://www.ign.com/playlist/rchnemesis/lists/top-100-indie-games 

15:38 | GTA 6 development

Alt, Eric. "GTA 6: Grand Theft Auto VI could smash revenue records." BBC, Dec 15, 2023. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20231214-gta-6-grand-theft-auto-vi-could-smash-revenue-records 

15:38 | GTA 6 2 billion dollar cost

Dexerto Gaming. "GTA 6 is set to be the most expensive game of all time, costing between $1-2 billion." Twitter, May 9, 2023. https://x.com/DexertoGaming/status/1655987337669509177 

15:51 | Microsoft shutdowns

Dinsdale, Ryan. "Shock and Anger as Xbox Shuts Down Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and More." IGN, May 8, 2024. https://www.ign.com/articles/shock-and-anger-as-xbox-shuts-down-arkane-austin-tango-gameworks-and-more 

16:05 | Chart of indie games released every year (it’s just the tag for “Indie” so it might not even include all of them)

"Steam Indie Game Releases by Month." SteamDB, Accessed Aug 20, 2024. https://steamdb.info/stats/releases/?tagid=492 

16:15 | Braid re-release sold like shit

Nightingale, Ed. "Braid: Anniversary Edition "sold like dog s***", says creator Jonathan Blow." Eurogamer, July 31, 2024. https://www.eurogamer.net/braid-anniversary-edition-sold-like-dog-s-says-creator-jonathan-blow 

17:19 | Helldivers 2 tweet by just some guy I think. Do not harass them for having a bad opinion

@Leuk0s. "The fall of Helldivers 2 needs to be taught in game dev conferences for decades to come." Twitter, Aug 12, 2024. https://x.com/Leuk0s/status/1823068806987796928 

17:32 | Helldivers 2 Steam Charts

"HELLDIVERS™ 2." Steam Charts, Accessed Aug 20, 2024. https://steamcharts.com/app/553850 

17:41 | Helldivers 2 nerf controversy

Wood, Anthony. "Fire Damage Nerfs Push Helldivers 2 Community to Open Rebellion, Again." IGN, Aug 8, 2024. https://www.ign.com/articles/fire-damage-nerfs-push-helldivers-2-community-to-open-rebellion-again 

18:03 | Steam Charts 2019

"Top Games By Current Players." Steam Charts, Accessed Aug 20, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20190404025459/https://steamcharts.com/top/p.2 

18:05 | Steam Charts 2024

"Top Games By Current Players." Steam Charts, Accessed Aug 20, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240324022350/https://steamcharts.com/top/p.5 

18:21 | Super Meat Boy devs almost died making it

Orland, Kyle. "GDC 2011: Team Meat Discusses Super Meat Boy's Nearly Lethal Development." Gamasutra, Feb 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110507070330/http://gamasutra.com/view/news/33286/GDC_2011_Team_Meat_Discusses_Super_Meat_Boys_Nearly_Lethal_Development.php 

18:29 | Gaming studio shutdowns 2006-2012

Plunkett, Luke. "Every Game Studio That's Closed Down Since 2006." Kotaku, Jan 16, 2012. https://kotaku.com/every-game-studio-thats-closed-down-since-2006-5876693 

18:35 | Game studio layoffs 2023 chart

Fenion, Wes. Litchfield, Ted. "The impact of 16,000 games industry layoffs, in one chart." PCGamer, Feb 7, 2024. https://www.pcgamer.com/the-impact-of-16000-games-industry-layoffs-in-one-chart/ 

18:39 | 11500 developer layoffs in 2012

Garatt, Patrick. "Games industry has suffered 11,500 layoffs since 2008." VG247, Jan 12, 2010. https://www.vg247.com/games-industry-has-suffered-11500-layoffs-since-2008 

18:45 | Final Fantasy 7 development

Leone, Matt. "Final Fantasy 7: An oral history." Polygon, Jan 9, 2017. https://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7 

19:43 | Hi Fi Rush development

Nicolás Argüello, Diego. "The making of surprise hit Hi-Fi Rush." The Verge, Feb 8, 2023. https://www.theverge.com/23589879/hi-fi-rush-making-of-interview-xbox 

19:45 | Hi Fi Rush low sales

Campbell, Evan. "Critically Acclaimed Hi-Fi Rush "Didn't Make The Money It Needed To Make" - Report." GameSpot, Apr 21, 2023. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/critically-acclaimed-hi-fi-rush-didnt-make-the-money-it-needed-to-make-report/1100-6513467/ 

19:47 | Microsoft being comically evil

Yin-Poole, Wesley. "Xbox Exec Reportedly Told Staff ‘We Need Smaller Games That Give Us Prestige and Awards’ a Day After Shutting Down Hi-Fi Rush Dev Tango Gameworks." IGN, May 9, 2024. https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-exec-reportedly-told-staff-we-need-smaller-games-that-give-us-prestige-and-awards-a-day-after-shutting-down-hi-fi-rush-dev-tango-gameworks 

19:54 | Bethesda unionizing

Bailey, Kat. "Bethesda Officially Becomes the First Microsoft Game Studio to Fully Unionize." IGN, Jul 19, 2024. https://www.ign.com/articles/bethesda-game-studios-microsoft-game-studios 

19:56 | Montreal game studios unionizing 

Carpenter, Nicole. "Workers seek to alter the balance of power in Canadian video game industry." Polygon, May 1, 2024. https://www.polygon.com/24145830/game-workers-unite-csn-union-2024 

19:58 | Microsoft being comically evil again

Litchfield, Ted. "Microsoft responds to the FTC, argues its Game Pass price hike is actually a good deal for gamers because the new cheapest tier includes multiplayer now." PCGamer, July 20, 2024. https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/microsoft-responds-to-the-ftc-argues-its-game-pass-price-hike-is-actually-a-good-deal-for-gamers-because-the-new-cheapest-tier-includes-multiplayer-now/