Codex History of Video Games with Mike Coletta and Tyler Ostby

Tyler and Mike continue their discussion on the history of id Software using chapters ten and eleven of Masters of Doom by David Kushner. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Mike and Tyler talk about the differences and similarities between the Nintendo/Sega console war and the Microsoft/Sony console war. They also discuss how Nintendo fits in and if anyone else could join the video game console market. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike continue their history on id Software using the book Masters of Doom by David Kushner. They discuss the release of Doom this episode! The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike talk about some famous vaporware games and a console. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Mike and Tyler dive into chapter 7 and 8 of "Masters of Doom" by David Kushner to talk about id Software's release of Wolfenstein 3-D and early development of Doom. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike continue their discussion of id Software. This week they cover chapters five and six of Masters of Doom by David Kushner. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Mike and Tyler discuss the history of id Software through chapters three and four in Masters of Doom by David Kushner. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Mike and Tyler talk about id Software. The main source of these series on Id Software is Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Mike and Tyler continue with the history of the 4 player co-op arcade hit, Gauntlet. They talk about all the 3D Gauntlet games from 1998 to today. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike go over some of the quintessential games on the early Macintosh computers. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Mike and Tyler talk about the 4 player co-op arcade hit, Gauntlet. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike talk about gaming on early Apple computers. Specifically we're talking about the many iterations of the Apple II. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike go through some GoldSRC mods. They talk about some of the more obscure mods. As well as the famous ones we all know that were licensed by Valve. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Mike and Tyler go through the final portion of their history of Spider-Man series. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Mike and Tyler go through the three expansions to Half-Life, Opposing Force, Blue Shift, and the PS2 Exclusive Decay. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike go into part two of their series on Spider-Man in video games. We're going into the big three Spider-Man games made by Treyarch. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike talk about the beginnings of Valve and their hit game Half-Life. SPOILERS: We talk about the plot from this 22 year old game. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Mike and Tyler discuss their own personal histories in PC gaming. They answer important questions like, what is Myst? Also, can it play Crysis? The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike talk about Spider-Man video games. SPOILERS, a lot of them are bad. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike go over the history of NBA Jam. They talk about it origins in the game Arch Rivals all the way up to the last entry in 2010. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike talk SimCity! They go through SimCity Classic all the way up to SimCity 4. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike go through the history of Animal Crossing. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike talk about what makes a casual game good? That includes what a casual game is as well. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike invite you to watch the 2005 movie, Doom (The Unrated Version), with them! Topics they discuss include laser tag names and the Bush's Baked Beans dog. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Tyler and Mike review, theorize, and discuss the 2005 video game movie, Doom. They also discuss what makes a good video game movie. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.