April 1, 2016 • 10m
Welcome to Crash Course Games! In this series our host Andre Meadows is going to discuss the history and science of games. We’re g...Read more
April 8, 2016 • 11m
From the ancient Egyptian game of Senet to the Aztec’s Patolli, games have been played since the beginning of civilization. Today,...Read more
April 15, 2016 • 11m
Over the next few episodes we’re going to talk about the history of video games. Today, we’re going to start with the first re-pro...Read more
April 22, 2016 • 10m
Today, Andre is going to talk about the rise of Atari and with it the rise of the video game industry.
May 6, 2016 • 7m
So last week Andre talked about Atari’s role in the rise of the video game industry, but Atari wasn’t the only major player in the...Read more
May 13, 2016 • 10m
So the 1980s was the golden age of arcade games. Games like Donkey Kong, Pac- Man, Space Invaders, and Centipede had become a cult...Read more
May 20, 2016 • 9m
So we ended the last episode at the North American Video Game Crash of 1983, and even though the video game market had collapsed i...Read more
May 28, 2016 • 10m
So we ended the last episode nearing the close of the 1980s and Nintendo had become the dominant player in the home console market...Read more
June 4, 2016 • 11m
So by the mid-90s the video game industry was once again booming and this attracted the attention of the Japanese electronics gian...Read more
June 10, 2016 • 8m
Today, we wrap up our discussion of the console wars by taking a look at Microsoft’s Xbox which was announced in 2001. The early 2...Read more
June 17, 2016 • 9m
Today, we’re moving on from game consoles to talk about a bigger shift that was happening in the gaming industry. In the mid 2000s...Read more
June 24, 2016 • 8m
So we ended the last episode with casual gaming and a more connected gaming community, but these connected communities started muc...Read more
July 9, 2016 • 9m
Today, we’re going to step away from video games and take a closer look at a game type that has been with us for over a millennium...Read more
July 16, 2016 • 8m
Today, we’re going to talk about board games, but instead of trying to trace their histories, which we’ve already covered a bit of...Read more
July 23, 2016 • 8m
Chess, Number Munchers, The Oregon Trail! Today, we’re going to talk about gaming’s role in education. Now technically all games h...Read more
July 30, 2016 • 8m
So we’ve talked a lot about what makes games so great in this series, but we haven’t really addressed the big question: why do we ...Read more
August 5, 2016 • 12m
Today, John Green is going to be your substitute teacher as we dive into the world of sports! Now “sports” is a pretty broad genre...Read more
August 19, 2016 • 10m
Today, we’re going to explore the world of role-playing games. Role-playing games are different than most, because they’re technic...Read more
September 2, 2016 • 9m
Good game design is essential for a positive player experience whether it’s a board games, video game, or even dice game. So today...Read more
September 9, 2016 • 10m
Today, we're FINALLY going to talk about PC Gaming. So the personal computer is the precursor to the console, but it's not quite a...Read more
September 23, 2016 • 9m
Today, we’re going to take a look at a seemingly cutting-edge technology that has actually been around for decades - virtual reali...Read more
October 1, 2016 • 11m
Today we’re going to talk about open world games. Open world games are different than most video games because although they often...Read more
October 8, 2016 • 11m
Today, we’re going to talk about the gaming devices that combine the screen, speakers, controls, and computer into one neat little...Read more
October 22, 2016 • 10m
Today we’re going to talk about controllers. Controllers are incredibly important in the gaming experience because they are how we...Read more
October 28, 2016 • 13m
Today we're going to talk about game shows! Game shows have a long history going all the way back to the 1920s on the radio and th...Read more
November 11, 2016 • 9m
Today we’re going to talk about LARPs or live action role-playing games. Larping tends to conjure up the image of a bunch of nerds...Read more
November 19, 2016 • 11m
Today we’re going to talk about gambling. Now, gambling is interesting because it could be argued that gambling doesn’t even have ...Read more
December 7, 2016 • 10m
Today we’re going to do something a little bit different and take everything we’ve learned so far and apply it to a case study on ...Read more
December 16, 2016 • 9m
Welcome to the FINAL LEVEL of Crash Course Games! We thought it made the most sense to sign off this series by taking a look towar...Read more