A huge part of video game history is context. Context surrounding a game's development, context surrounding a game's release, context of the time and place the game was made during. Context informs how we interpret the past.
This week on the show I am joined by author and journalist Ross Benes to talk about his book "1999: The Year Low Culutre Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times." We discuss what about the late 90's has informed so much of our present, how that culture affected the games that came out and how the games themselves were part of that percieved "low culture" at the time. There is so much more in his book worth diving into but I felt like this was a good introduction for ya'll to see what Ross has written.
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https://www.rossbenes.com/
Check out Ross' Book!
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700638574/
Shout-out Song: BLUENOISE!
Artist: Protodome
Album: BLUESCREEN
https://protodome.bandcamp.com/album/bluescreen
End Song: Micromanagement Failure
Artist: Ultrasyd
Album: Chipsters EP Remix
https://ultrasyd.bandcamp.com/album/chipsters-ep-remastered
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