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Video Game History Hour

Industry expert Frank Cifaldi, Executive Director of the Video Game History Foundation, brings on fe

Episodes

Total: 144

Ep. 119: Karateka

2023/9/29

Game designer and creator of Karateka Jordan Mechner, joined by Chris Kohler of Digital Eclipse, sha

Documentarian Danny O’Dwyer of Noclip has been sifting through thousands of videotapes in a recent m

Historian Racheil Weil returns to the show to discuss the Nintendo Knitting Machine, a never release

VGHF librarian Phil Salvador chats with longtime contributor to video game archaeology Misty De Méo,

Ep. 115 - Travis Brown

2023/8/2

Travis Brown, our very own director of technology, gets technical as we talk about his role with VGH

We share the details of our recent field trip to The Strong Museum of Play to celebrate their newest

Brandon Butler, Director of Information Policy at the University of Virginia Library and Law and Pol

Author and historian Kevin Bunch returns to the familiar guest chair to educate us all on a somewhat

Frank gets a bit reflective and shares how he got where he is today; not just the video game stuff,

Historian and game developer Andy Cunningham shares his fantastic new book The World of Nintendo Boo

Ep. 110: Minesweeper

2023/5/24

Kyle Orland, author of the new Boss Fight Books’ Minesweeper, joins the show to talk about one of th

Ep. 109: Video Game Logos

2023/5/10

Writer, journalist, and ‘several’ time returning guest Jack Yarwood shares his research on two video

Kelsey and Frank hit record on a Friday afternoon for an impromptu, off-the-cuff discussion about a

Jirard Khalil, aka "That One Video Gamer", aka “The Completionist,” aka “Dragonrider,” joi

(Content Warning: this episode deals with the topic of death) Collector, preservationist, and foundi

Ep. 106: Budcat Creations

2023/3/22

Journalist and researcher Nick Yanes brings us a piece of history not only from his own local area,

Ep. 105: The D.I.C.E. Summit

2023/3/8

Frank and guest Chris Kohler recap their recent attendance of the 2023 D.I.C.E. Summit, a Las Vegas

Frank Cifaldi takes the guest seat for this episode and shares the story of the most obscure caper i

Polygon Senior Reporter Nicole Carpenter joins us to chat about the 1989 Legend of Zelda cartoon, th

Jonas Rosland, executive director of Hit Save!, shares their newest Guide to Start Video Game Preser