The Week the Medium Grew Up | TWIVGH Ep. 32 (Aug 24-30)

We're covering August 24th–30th by walking straight through time, 1982 to 2022, watching the medium grow up: Richard Garriott's Ultima II, the cult classic EarthBound, the console-shooter landmark GoldenEye 007, the GTA challenger Saints Row, the rulebook-tearing Guild Wars 2, the beloved flop The Wonderful 101, and the FMV revival Immortality. Plus three deep dives: the evolution of the RPG, how the shooter came home, and the death and resurrection of full-motion video. Be sure to save your game, nerds.

Chapter Markers

00:00 -- Cold Open — "Imagine it's August 24th, 1982…"
01:29 -- Theme
01:46 -- Intro
02:56 -- Timeline Intro
03:26 -- Ultima II: The Revenge of Enchantress (1982)
04:40 -- EarthBound / Mother 2 (1994)
06:05 -- GoldenEye 007 (1997)
07:43 -- SaintsRow (2006)
09:05 -- Guild Wars 2 (2012)
10:19 -- The Wonderful 101 (2013)
11:52 -- Immortality (2022)
13:24 -- Deep Dive 1 — From Britannia to Tyria (evolution of the RPG)
15:01 -- Deep Dive 2 — GoldenEye and the day the shooter came home
16:48 -- Deep Dive 3 — FMV: the genre everyone laughed at
19:16 -- Outro