Virtually Extinct
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Dive into the history of old, defunct, and forgotten video games with your host Bella Briskorn.
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A Virtual Zoo
December 08, 2020 21:00 - 10 minutes - 7.13 MBIn this final episode of Virtual Extinct before a hiatus, join Bella and learn about the history of the series Zoo Tycoon. Episode Links: Zoo Tycoon wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_Tycoon Zoo Tycoon 2 Endangered Species wiki: https://zootycoon.fandom.com/wiki/Zoo_Tycoon_2:_Endangered_Species Zoo Tycoon 2 IGN review: https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/18/zoo-tycoon-2-review-2?page=1 Zoo Tycoon (2013) IGN review: https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/23/zoo-tycoon-review ...
World of Clay
December 04, 2020 20:00 - 10 minutes - 7.05 MBIn this episode of Virtually Extinct, your host Bella discusses the game The Neverhood, its sequels, and its spiritual successor Armikrog. Episode links: Neverhood Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Neverhood Neverhood Inc. Wiki: https://the-neverhood.fandom.com/wiki/The_Neverhood_Inc Drain video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4MARAsx1Vo Neverhood soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSGk1bQ9rcU Background audio (excluding intro/outro): https://www.chosic.com/ Supple...
Raising the Dead
November 27, 2020 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBIn this episode of Virtually Extinct, your host Bella dives into the studio Telltale Games - focusing on their hit Walking Dead series - and talks about their rise to success, their sudden death, and the way they were revived. Episode links: Telltale Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telltale_Games Anonymous QA on Telltale: https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LarryBrandonGDU/20181107/330069/My_Time_at_Telltale_Games.php Rise and Fall of Telltale: https://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-ri...
The Bird and the Bear
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 12 minutes - 8.4 MBJoin your host Bella as she discusses the good and bad of the video game series Banjo-Kazooie as well as the subsequential spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee. Episode links: Banjo-Kazooie wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo-Kazooie Rare wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_(company) Metacritic Reviews: https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/banjo-kazooie-nuts-bolts/critic-reviews Giantbomb review: https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/banjo-kazooie-nuts-bolts-review/1900-87/ ...
Counting to 3
November 13, 2020 20:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBJoin your host Bella as she discusses the company Valve, their inclination to stop their series after two games, and their presence in the modern gaming world. Episode links: Official Half-Life site: https://half-life.com/en/halflife Reddit post showing Valve's timeline: https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/86h5d3/i_made_a_release_timeline_of_valve_games/ Article about Back 4 Blood: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/07/06/back-4-blood-delivers-fans-some-hope-with-a-new-image/ Ba...
Toons Unite!
November 06, 2020 20:00 - 10 minutes - 7.23 MBJoin your host Bella as she talks about the successes and failures of Disney's Toontown Online, which lasted from 2003 to 2013. Episode links: Jesse Schell talking about Toontown’s closure: https://youtu.be/P1a9Ue0ouC4?t=235 Toontown Online’s Wikipedia: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Toontown_Online Toontown Rewritten: https://www.toontownrewritten.com/ Corporate Clash: https://corporateclash.net/ Background audio (excluding intro/outro): https://www.chosic.com/ Supplemental Posts...