Welcome to Crash Course Games! In this series our host Andre Meadows is going to discuss the history and science of games. We’re going to talk about video games of course, but also board games, role playing games, card games, even sports! But before we get ahead of ourselves we are going to look at what a game actually is, who is playing these games, and what they are doing to us. It turns out these answers aren’t as obvious as they would seem, but one thing is definitely clear: games make up a…
Welcome to Crash Course Games! In this series our host Andre Meadows is going to discuss the history and science of games. We’re going to talk about video games of course, but also board games, role playing games, card games, even sports! But before we get ahead of ourselves we are going to look at what a game actually is, who is playing these games, and what they are doing to us. It turns out these answers aren’t as obvious as they would seem, but one thing is definitely clear: games make up a…
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Seasons (1)
Season 1
1 Apr 2016 – 16 Dec 2016 · 29 episodes
1What is a Game?1 Apr 2016
2Ancient Games8 Apr 2016
3The Dawn of Video Games15 Apr 2016
4Atari and the Business of Video Games22 Apr 2016
5The First Home Consoles6 May 2016
6The Video Game Crash of 198313 May 2016
7Nintendo and a New Standard for Video Games20 May 2016
8Sega and More Mature Video Games28 May 2016
9Playstation and More Immersive Video Games4 Jun 2016
10Microsoft and Connected Consoles10 Jun 2016
11Casual Gaming17 Jun 2016
12MMORPGs24 Jun 2016
13Card Games9 Jul 2016
14Board Games16 Jul 2016
15Educational Games23 Jul 2016
16Psychology of Gaming30 Jul 2016
17The Olympics, FIFA, and why we love sports5 Aug 2016