Talking Games with Steven L. Kent
Steven L. Kent is the author of The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volumes 1 and 2. He started working as a freelance journalist in the early 90s and covered the games industry for places like MSNBC, the Seattle Times, Computer Entertainment News, Electronic Games, Next Generation, and many other outlets.
He and Matt linked up to discuss the past, present, and future of video games. Steven shares plenty of interesting anecdotes about Sega, Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto, Richard Garriot, Trip Hawkins, Masaya Nakamura, Hiroshi Imanishi, and more!
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:11 The Current Gaming Landscape
00:18:20 Game Preservation
00:39:00 FMV Games
00:44:52 Gaming in Brazil
00:54:16 Creativity in Modern Gaming
01:02:49 Left in Japan
Check out Cloth Map's video on gaming in Brazil:
• Brazil's Video Game Gray Markets
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