TCW Podcast Episode 054 - Blizzard: Vikings and WarCraft
Part one of our dive into one of the most influential computer game companies in existence. We cover the founding of Blizzard, which started as Silicon and Synapse, with their start by being independent contractors for PC and console. With the company wanting to transition into being full developers, they accepted an offer to be acquired by Davidson and Associates. Blizzard's first big hit was WarCraft: Orcs and Humans. The first game saw the start of the Blizzard cinematics department, and the voice studio. With Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness we saw the true founding of the legendary Blizzard Lore that accompanies all their games that followed. We wrap up with Blizzard meeting another company at CES, Condor, that was working on a little game called Diablo…
Battle Chess II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz4_5Wv6yiY
R.P.M. Racing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JFofJsuEFM
Swords and Serpents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXlt0XY1tOY
Adventures of Rad Gravity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b3-LSC4Vko
Rock N' Roll Racing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OgEzbJY7s
The Lost Vikings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZItppVpUwwc
Blackthorne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPsJEtO86VI
WarCraft Orcs and Humans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqczlhTpT2I
WarCraft II Cinematic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU-n8UZM5Cc
WarCraft III All Cinematics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfkiJXnSRM8
SNES Justice League Task Force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJgY9BCYP8o
Genesis Justice League Task Force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q42W0cD7OKk
Diablo Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGaYW-6zOKk&list=PLC6688FBC7423D09A
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Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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