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 huge portion of most peoples’ lives, and we think that can be a great thing!
| Name | First Aired | Runtime | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S17E01 | What is a Game? |
April 1, 2016
|
10 | |
| S17E02 | Ancient Games |
April 9, 2016
|
11 | |
| S17E03 | The Dawn of Video Games |
April 15, 2016
|
11 | |
| S17E04 | Atari and the Business of Video Games |
April 22, 2016
|
10 | |
| S17E05 | The First Home Consoles |
May 7, 2016
|
7 | |
| S17E06 | The Video Game Crash of 1983 |
May 14, 2016
|
10 | |
| S17E07 | Nintendo and a New Standard for Video Games |
May 21, 2016
|
9 | |
| S17E08 | Sega and More Mature Video Games |
May 28, 2016
|
10 | |
| S17E09 | Playstation and More Immersive Video Games |
June 4, 2016
|
11 | |
| S17E10 | Microsoft and Connected Consoles |
June 11, 2016
|
8 | |
| S17E11 | Casual Gaming |
June 17, 2016
|
9 | |
| S17E12 | MMORPGs |
June 24, 2016
|
8 | |
| S17E13 | Card Games |
July 9, 2016
|
9 | |
| S17E14 | Board Games |
July 16, 2016
|
8 | |
| S17E15 | Educational Games |
July 23, 2016
|
8 | |
| S17E16 | Psychology of Gaming |
July 30, 2016
|
8 | |
| S17E17 | The Olympics, FIFA, and why we love sports |
August 6, 2016
|
12 | |
| S17E18 | Role-playing Games |
August 19, 2016
|
10 | |
| S17E19 | Game Design |
September 2, 2016
|
9 | |
| S17E20 | PC Gaming |
September 9, 2016
|
10 | |
| S17E21 | The Future of Virtual Reality |
September 23, 2016
|
9 | |
| S17E22 | Open World Games |
October 1, 2016
|
12 | |
| S17E23 | Handhelds |
October 8, 2016
|
11 | |
| S17E24 | Input Devices |
October 22, 2016
|
10 | |
| S17E25 | The History of Game Shows |
October 29, 2016
|
13 | |
| S17E26 | LARP |
November 12, 2016
|
9 | |
| S17E27 | Gambling |
November 19, 2016
|
11 | |
| S17E28 | The Pokémon Phenomenon |
December 7, 2016
|
10 | |
| S17E29 |
The Future of Gaming
season finale
|
December 16, 2016
|
9 |
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