Video Wizards Podcast

Michiel Kroder, Ben Cartlidge
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Every month, Ben Cartlidge and Michiel Kroder take a look at the same month in a random year from the last two decades of the 20th century. They discuss what video games were popular in the arcades of that moment in time, but also what was going on in popular culture and the world around us, from a joint UK and Netherlands perspective.

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    VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 32: Spring 1983

    Follow us to 1983 for our very first springtime seasonal show! Star Wars is on the brain of George Lucas, President Ronnie and Atari in a chaotic period underlined with nuclear threat. And speaking of our good friends, a full on tanking of the North American video game crash, also known as the ‘Atari Shock’Continue reading "VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 32: Spring 1983"

  2. 25.07.2025

    VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 31: Winter 1988/1989

    Follow us into the winter of ’88 going into ’89 as we step into the final year of the decade and bid adieu to President Ronnie when he exits the White House. In the arcades, fists are flying with the likes of Technōs’ sequel to Double Dragon, SNK’s third Ikari Warriors game and SEGA’s prettyContinue reading "VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 31: Winter 1988/1989"

  3. 25.11.2024

    VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 30: Autumn 1991

    Let us take you with us to the turbulent autumn period of 1991 in this new and improved seasonal Video Wizards podcast format. While the Soviet Union’s dissolution is in effect mode and things are kicking off in the former Republic of Yugoslavia, we yet again look at the world of arcade games and theContinue reading "VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 30: Autumn 1991"

  4. 08.03.2024

    VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 29: Summer 1997

    Follow us to the transitional, warm summer glow of 1997 for episode 29 of the Video Wizards podcast. It’s a tumultuous and fisticuffs filled time in the arcades as we look at a range of fighting games that would go on to have a keen audience at home as well, such as The King ofContinue reading "VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 29: Summer 1997"

  5. 20.11.2023

    VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 28: May 1993

    In episode 28 of the Video Wizards podcast, we are confronted with a persisting theme of assassinations and gun violence in popular media as we head back to the month May in 1993. In the arcades, Frank Castle drags Nick Fury with him into a cycle of carnage on a rampage through the underworld, inContinue reading "VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 28: May 1993"

    5 Std. 24 Min.

  6. 17.08.2023

    VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 27: April 1989

    In the 27th episode of Video Wizards, we close in on the end of the Cold War as the political system of communism takes hits left, right and center, in the month of April, 1989. Not in the least as Strider Hiryu bowls into Moscow and assassinates all members of the Duma, in Capcom’s arcadeContinue reading "VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 27: April 1989"

    4 Std. 23 Min.

  7. 16.05.2023

    VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 26: March 1985

    In episode 26 of Video Wizards, we get sucked into the cultural maelstrom of March 1985, where the global arcade industry has picked up the pieces and is striking back with, well, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back by our good friends at Atari and Konami’s cutesy, sugary vertical shoot ’em up TwinBee. Namco, meanwhile,Continue reading "VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 26: March 1985"

    4 Std. 35 Min.

  8. 22.03.2023

    VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 25: Winter 1983/1984

    For this 25th episode of Video Wizards, we find ourselves back in the earlier 1980s, when health and safety regulations were of a lesser concern. It’s the cold, cold winter of 1983 going on 1984 and the arcade industry was rocked to the core by the “Atari Shock”. Picking up the pieces and strapped forContinue reading "VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 25: Winter 1983/1984"

    4 Std. 27 Min.
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Every month, Ben Cartlidge and Michiel Kroder take a look at the same month in a random year from the last two decades of the 20th century. They discuss what video games were popular in the arcades of that moment in time, but also what was going on in popular culture and the world around us, from a joint UK and Netherlands perspective.

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  • Erstellt von
    Michiel Kroder, Ben Cartlidge
  • Jahre aktiv
    2020 - 2026
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    ©2020, Ben Cartlidge & Michiel Kroder
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    Video Wizards Podcast

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