The Life & Times of Video Games
Audio documentaries about the history and culture of video games
We found 2 episodes of The Life & Times of Video Games with the tag “marketing”.
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[Soundbite] Mark Ferrari on gatekeepers and a cancelled X-Men game
November 4th, 2017 | Season 1 | 11 mins 55 secs
8-bit, art, bonus, business, cancelled game, mark ferrari, marketing, soundbite, tv game, x-men
The story of a cancelled X-Men TV controller game, as told by former LucasArts illustrator Mark Ferrari, who is a world-renowned and innovative pixel artist responsible for popularising multiple graphical techniques — including dithering, colour cycling, and palette shifting. And an inside look at the downside of having marketing-focused gatekeepers in charge of what products hit store shelves.
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Episode 4 - Bug Salad
October 15th, 2017 | Season 1 | 32 mins 16 secs
ambrosia software, bugs, cythera, jason whong, mac gaming, macworld, marketing, pr
How a marketing guy at shareware game publisher Ambrosia Software ended up eating bugs in front of hundreds of people at Macworld New York 2000.