Episode 43 - Playstation... a History

2023-04-07

It’s kind of funny to me how many people end up in their career because of a childhood love or hobby… You have the architect that couldn’t get enough Legos, the mechanic that collected way too many matchbox cars, or even the artist sees a star-filled sky and grabs brushes instead of a telescope… These things become such massive parts of who we are, often at such young and formative ages… they become us… Well, if that’s the case, and you’ve been listening to this show for any amount of time,...

It’s kind of funny to me how many people end up in their career because of a childhood love or hobby…

You have the architect that couldn’t get enough Legos, the mechanic that collected way too many matchbox cars, or even the artist sees a star-filled sky and grabs brushes instead of a telescope…

These things become such massive parts of who we are, often at such young and formative ages… they become us…

Well, if that’s the case, and you’ve been listening to this show for any amount of time, then it’s not hard to connect the dots that for your three Solid State presenters one of those early loves was games… and in the case of today’s episode specifically the hardware we used to play them.

We’re going to take a step back and walk through decades of truly foundational gaming history that started with a alliance that should have changed the landscape… and instead created a fierce rivalry that lives on to this day…

So sit back, log in, and let’s talk Playstation, a History…

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