Computer Game Evolution Fri, 15 May 2026 11:51:03 +0300 https://computergameevolution.buzzsprout.com en-gb © 2026 TIm K. yes Support this Podcast 7a3e80ab-007c-5c80-b023-cbddfa405474 Tim serial false A journey through many years (and occasionally centuries) to find out who is responsible for modern computer and video games. May contain balls, Napoleon Bonaparte, robots, organized crime, and the US Air Force.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) video games, history, computer games Tim https://storage.buzzsprout.com/3juynbyq93h360z2j2jfbmf9itpy?.jpg Computer Game Evolution 3.37 Peak Performance 3.37 Peak Performance The decade ends with big hits, bigger hits, and the biggest of them all. Not even gods are safe now.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-19151571 Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 +0300 6427 3 37 full false 3.36 Digital Devils & Dragons 3.36 Digital Devils & Dragons The middle of the decade brings the first RPGs to reach a million sales, demon summoning, and caving for a cake.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-18992864 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0300 4987 3 36 full false 3.35 Dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed 3.35 Dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed In the first few years of the scene, Japan experiments with imitating Ultima and Wizardry using poorly suited hardware, and develops a strange fascination with dragons and princesses.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-18835298 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0300 4796 3 35 full false 3.34 The wrong island 3.34 The wrong island We go to the wrong island, where we're met by horses farting fire, small but vicious dogs, and countless herbs.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-18668349 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0300 2104 3 34 full false 3.33 Peeping at Sauron 3.33 Peeping at Sauron We've reached the point when most notable games are some flavour of Dungeon Master, and only tabletop influences inspire to buck the trend.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-18499086 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0300 4099 3 33 full false 3.32 To hang a rebel 3.32 To hang a rebel An off-script rambling on modern games about… convincing people?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-18343534 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0300 1681 3 32 full false 3.31 The year of lock picking 3.31 The year of lock picking Are we really allowed to have a year without numbered sequels, and full of games doing something few had done before or since? What's the catch? Do they all fail horribly?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-18188845 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0300 4904 3 31 full false 3.30 The end of 8-bits 3.30 The end of 8-bits Ubiquitous ninjas, millions of XP, and a famous licence help CRPGs sell hundreds of thousands of copies. Following his own path, as always, Richard Garriott argues in favour of child murder, and wins.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-17993289 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0300 8373 3 30 full false 3.29 Round-the-clock Epics 3.29 Round-the-clock Epics Three years of no Wizardry are met by a shrug, as Ultima IV attempts to introduce role-playing into RPGs, SSI keeps making tactical wargames by accident, while Ghostbusters and Might and Magic bring sex back on the menu. Watching this, the French can't help but join the fun with the strangest games around.

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]]> Three years of no Wizardry are met by a shrug, as Ultima IV attempts to introduce role-playing into RPGs, SSI keeps making tactical wargames by accident, while Ghostbusters and Might and Magic bring sex back on the menu. Watching this, the French can't help but join the fun with the strangest games around.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-17825660 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0300 7607 3 29 full false 3.28 English is a sexist language 3.28 English is a sexist language "It's not that kind of dungeon," say people inspired by Dungeons & Dragons to make games where you get picked up by wenches, or mate with your spouse for the glory of mankind.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-17643924 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0300 7856 3 28 full false 3.27 Roles, Rolls, Rules, Runes 3.27 Roles, Rolls, Rules, Runes Jim Dunnigan's ruling out gay incest aside, what else was happening in the early years of RPGs?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-17489174 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0300 2623 3 27 full false 3.26 Everybody needs an editor 3.26 Everybody needs an editor Book reviews. It has come to this. EuroWarGames, Cardboard Ghosts, and Wargames According to Mark – which ones are good, and which ones are worth buying?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-17304122 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0300 2816 3 26 full false 3.25 So Long, Sucker 3.25 So Long, Sucker Mathematicians keep suggesting games so infuriating that other people rebel against numbers.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-17136983 Thu, 15 May 2025 10:00:00 +0300 1941 3 25 full true 3.24 Pens, swords, boards 3.24 Pens, swords, boards If you've written a novel or two, writing a few pages of rules should be easy… right?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-16965744 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0300 1588 3 24 full false 3.23 War(game)s are over? 3.23 War(game)s are over? As the Cold War takes a turn, computer wargames transform into strategy games, where a president does whatever the last person to see him told him to, dudes multiply in castles, and officers ask Napoleon to speak proper English.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-16759007 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0300 8720 3 23 full false 3.22 To Command and Control 3.22 To Command and Control The Cold War continues to terrify and inspire, so say hello to orbital laser strikes, new games of power politics, and the start of a long-running Japanese series. The British are still weird.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-16383880 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0300 49 bonus false 3.21 Shedding Old Skin 3.21 Shedding Old Skin Is a paper Call of Duty possible? Can Sid Meier design a good wargame? What's the punishment for being horny in Camelot? Would you kill if you had to?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-16244566 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0300 8662 3 21 full false 3.20 SPI to SSI 3.20 SPI to SSI Is the Canadian PM good in a fight? What are the best places to summon demons in Armenia? How to overthrow the US Government in 2020? Jim Dunnigan could tell you all of that, but not how to run his own company.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-16050448 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0300 8868 3 20 full false 3.19 Historians Gone Wild 3.19 Historians Gone Wild In the dark days before everyone had a microprocessor, some people just didn't care. They simulated current events, politics, and fantasy epics with paper.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-15903049 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0300 7907 3 19 full false 3.18 Sliding Faster 3.18 Sliding Faster It turns out that lasers, mines, and various bombs can be used for more than just pure mindless action. Also, sliding blocks – you need lots of sliding blocks.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-15633647 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0300 7102 3 18 full false 3.17 Home Video 3.17 Home Video These games looked so good… and failed so hard.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-15091646 Mon, 20 May 2024 10:00:00 +0300 6512 3 17 full false 3.16 Running in Circles 3.16 Running in Circles Why are arcade joysticks so tiny? Who let Peter Molyneux into the industry? Both answers are somehow related to a game where robots call the player "chicken."

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-14883945 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0300 5660 3 16 full false 3.15 Between an Abbey and a Skyscraper 3.15 Between an Abbey and a Skyscraper More action, more adventure, a 3D engine, a physics engine and a whole lot of other great ideas are arriving year by year.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-14657312 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0300 7379 full false 3.14 Between Spaceships and Hell 3.14 Between Spaceships and Hell Action-adventuring comes to  busy city streets and schools, heaven and hell, Wonderland and Scotland. Also, Nintendo makes an OK game.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-14484378 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0300 7905 3 14 full false 3.13 Between Roots and Towers 3.13 Between Roots and Towers Fidel Castro and Sylvester Stallone return for another round, joined by Aztecs, wizards, keys, and an unhealthy but adorable number of bats.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-14301972 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0300 7318 3 13 full false 3.12 Armed and Dangerous 3.12 Armed and Dangerous You never know for certain what you're going to get. Sometimes, it's a box of grenades. Sometimes, Santa gives you a gun arm to take down Albert Einstein. Sometimes, a nuclear power plant melts down.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-14139421 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0300 6520 3 12 full false 3.11 A Rocky Road to Glory 3.11 A Rocky Road to Glory It's the longest episode so far for two reasons: weaponised boobs, and Margaret Thatcher.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-13959667 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0300 8496 3 11 full false 3.10 A Leap Forward 3.10 A Leap Forward Will jumping be mastered? Will it ever work in a way that satisfies players? Do players even know what they want? Can Mario beat Goku?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-13771839 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0300 7247 3 10 full false 3.9 A Hop, Skip, and a Jump 3.9 A Hop, Skip, and a Jump Apes on vines, frogs on lily pads, cats on cheese, and plumbers on ice – everybody wants to jump, but for now it is still optional.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-13583054 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0300 6409 3 9 full false 3.8 Spaceships, Helicopters, Jets 3.8 Spaceships, Helicopters, Jets A dung beetle, a comet, and a Buddhist counsellor walk into a bar and order a scrolling shooter.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-13395811 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0300 6253 3 8 full false 3.7 Out of the Mystery House 3.7 Out of the Mystery House Your most influential game is not always your best one.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-13216260 Sat, 15 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0300 5048 3 7 full false 3.6 Computerworld 3.6 Computerworld While micro makers keep trying to improve their product, the saga of IBM's terrible decisions continues.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-13030341 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0300 3833 3 6 full false 3.5 Computer Lib/Dream Machines 3.5 Computer Lib/Dream Machines Selling micros was tough when everyone wanted to invent their own.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-12840492 Mon, 15 May 2023 10:00:00 +0300 4586 3 5 full false 3.4 Generation 6502 3.4 Generation 6502 Arcades decide to stand together rather than die alone, while consoles are advancing into a generation that might not be real.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-12649155 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0300 4689 3 4 full false 3.3 Going Down, Going Up 3.3 Going Down, Going Up A promising start-up splinters into an alphabet race, while nobodies from Japan accidentally make a good game and pretend they meant to.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-12421824 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0300 4717 3 3 full false 3.2 The Art of Business 3.2 The Art of Business A future legend of game design shows a kid a computer game. What's the worst that could happen?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-12241163 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0300 3704 3 2 full false 3.1 The Long-Term Outlook Has Never Been Better 3.1 The Long-Term Outlook Has Never Been Better What happens when a company that is the American video game industry is run by incompetent grifters long enough?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-12035470 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0300 3659 3 1 full false 2.12 Infinite Possibilities 2.12 Infinite Possibilities Computerless entertainment strikes again.
Improvised stories: https://wobbupalooza.neocities.org/
Random music: https://opus-infinity.org/

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Improvised stories: https://wobbupalooza.neocities.org/
Random music: https://opus-infinity.org/

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-11863084 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0300 1956 2 12 full false 2.11 The Agony of Choice 2.11 The Agony of Choice Who would have thought years of permeating fear could be so inspiring.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-11683022 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0300 5067 2 11 full false 2.10 From Paper to Rust 2.10 From Paper to Rust There are so many types of media to put your game on, but each is promising both exciting opportunities and terrifying flaws. And don't forget the Dutch.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-11483648 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0300 6040 2 10 full false 2.9 Playing on the Go 2.9 Playing on the Go The competition for pocket money and pocket space brings about strange machines and technological advances.

I've got a few pictures of the Microvision here

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I've got a few pictures of the Microvision here

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-11297214 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0300 6425 2 9 full false 2.8 Insert Credit, or Else 2.8 Insert Credit, or Else Ray Kassar has pissed off the wrong four people with a very particular set of skills.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-11125955 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0300 5263 2 8 full true 2.7 Offers They Couldn't Refuse 2.7 Offers They Couldn't Refuse One day the mob wants your quarters, the next day IBM lobbies your business into dust. It's a wonder anything got done in the industry at all.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-10946329 Fri, 15 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0300 4986 2 7 full false 2.6 Artificial Artificers 2.6 Artificial Artificers Weary game masters rejoice at the sight of computers generating dungeons for them. They quaff as many drinks as their magic sack funds allow them, and go watch rats fight giants.


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Continued in Episode 3.27 

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-10782217 Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +0300 6242 2 6 full false 2.5 Downwards! To Adventure! 2.5 Downwards! To Adventure! The world discovers the joy of applying items to problems, and escaping mazes.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-10598090 Sun, 15 May 2022 10:00:00 +0300 8182 2 5 full false 2.4 Call of the Void 2.4 Call of the Void It turns out that getting people excited about space for a decade makes their imaginations run wild.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-10381010 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0300 6949 2 4 full false 2.3 A Platonic Ideal 2.3 A Platonic Ideal Sometimes, a military network project becomes a place for Microsoft to borrow games from.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-10146786 Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +0300 6775 2 3 full false 2.2 Programmed to Succeed 2.2 Programmed to Succeed Not all pioneers of computing and video games were white and male.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-10060622 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0300 8096 2 2 full false 2.1 The Happy Dead End 2.1 The Happy Dead End Sometimes, people want their own pizza place a little too much.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-9866123 Sat, 15 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +0300 6762 2 1 full true 1.11 So Close, and yet so Far 1.11 So Close, and yet so Far How hard can it be to understand what was happening 50 years ago in an industry based in information? Pretty hard, as it turns out.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-9536188 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0300 1081 1 11 full false 1.10 Before the Beginning 1.10 Before the Beginning Time marches on, bringing us closer to video games with every step.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-9353292 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0300 2351 1 10 full true 1.9 The Balls and the Stars 1.9 The Balls and the Stars It's a short trip from games on computers to computer games to "computer" games in name only.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-9185055 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0300 5365 1 9 full false 1.8 Swords and Sorcery and Statistics 1.8 Swords and Sorcery and Statistics Dice have escaped, and now you have to roll for everything.


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Continued in Episode 3.27

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-9018043 Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0300 4758 1 8 full false 1.7 Indoor Empires 1.7 Indoor Empires Playing wars is fine, but what if someone modelled how much it costs to prepare for one?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-8854963 Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0300 4622 1 7 full false 1.6 A Miracle of Mechanical Ingenuity 1.6 A Miracle of Mechanical Ingenuity A few hundred printed sheets bound together might not look like they're inviting reader's input, and yet…

Errata: "Senderos" – not "senedros."

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Errata: "Senderos" – not "senedros."

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-8692365 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0300 4351 1 6 full false 1.5 Playing with Moving Parts 1.5 Playing with Moving Parts Metal, wood, glass, and plastic are here to entertain and teach, for a price.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-8511971 Sat, 15 May 2021 10:00:00 +0300 5167 1 5 full false 1.4 $500 1.4 $500 Playing with money, politics, painful history – is there anything people won't turn into a game?

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-8324723 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0300 4376 1 4 full true 1.3 Industrial Entertainment 1.3 Industrial Entertainment The original game industry is a bright patchwork of games and puzzles covering a pile of bodies.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-8131792 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0300 4896 1 3 full false 1.2 War, Reinvented 1.2 War, Reinvented "This chess game is old and stupid."
All of Prussia, early XIX century.

https://kriegsspielorg.wordpress.com/articles-2/von-reisswitzs-original-equipment/

Errata: "Spee" – not "Spree"
Update: continued in Episode 3.19

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All of Prussia, early XIX century.

https://kriegsspielorg.wordpress.com/articles-2/von-reisswitzs-original-equipment/

Errata: "Spee" – not "Spree"
Update: continued in Episode 3.19

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-7841968 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0300 4517 1 2 full false 1.1 The Many Faces of Chess 1.1 The Many Faces of Chess The main driving force in the history of chess has been humanity's love of mating.

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]]> Tim Buzzsprout-7287634 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0300 5448 1 1 full false 0. Introductions 0. Introductions The plan for the show is to have a show.

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