The Worst Video Game Ever

The surprising power of a simple phone number to connect a community. What infrastructure mystery keeps you up at night? Submit your Service Request by recording a voice memo with your question and emailing it to servicerequest@99pi.org. Service Request is a production of 99% Inv ... Show More

How one wealthy, amateur astronomer convinced the world Martians were real. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simp ... Show More

For centuries, the world's greatest minds were stumped by the deadly mystery of longitude, until an obsessive underdog entered the fray and changed navigation forever. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start ... Show More

<p>If you play video games you probably have an easy answer to worst game of all time: ET. But it turns out there are no easy answers, especially when you’re talking about a game so terrible it’s blamed for bringing the entire video game industry with it.</p><p> </p> Learn more a ... Show More

Illustration by Seonaid MacKayThe history of early cinema, radio, and television has suffered from a mass loss of material. Lon Chaney’s vampiric grin and Betty Balfour’s joyful dances were melted down for the silver. Canisters full of voices from radio’s early days cast aside. D ... Show More

Send a textEver feel like you've just been hit by a truck? One of the most famous vintage games features just this. Frogger[a] is a 1981 arcade action game developed by Konami and manufactured by Sega.[5] In North America, it was released by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game i ... Show More

Computer Space von Nolan Bushnell war das erste kommerziell vertriebene Videogame der Welt. Aber es ist ihm nicht massenhaft aus den Händen gerissen worden. Nun versuchen Bushnell und seine Mitstreiter bei der neuen Firma Atari einen Spielautomaten für Arcades und Spielhallen auf ... Show More

What caused the great video game crash of 1983 in North America? Was it too many lousy, cheap games? Was it the home computer? Was it E.T.? Or was it more complicated than that? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener fo ... Show More

For the holidays in 1986 (and ’87) (and ’88) the most stupendous, most wanted, most amazing thing any kid could possibly get – outside of a pony, *maybe* – was the NES. That year, video games came back from the dead and changed forever.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info ... Show More

Video game development mistakes that feel truly bizarre. Jess McDonell presents 10 Unbelievable Reasons Why You Can't Play These Video Games... ENJOY! Follow us on Twitter:@JessMcDonell@WCultureGaming Check out our YouTube channel: youtube.com/whatculturegaming For even more awes ... Show More

Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Sam Claiborn, Justin Davis, Matt Kim, Nick Limon, and Seth MAcy -- are discussing the best and worst of not-E3 2023. Starfield, Star Wars Outlaws, Assassin's Creed Mirage, ... Show More