Episode 120: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
Episode description
In our very first episode of season two, university professor José Zagal and video game historian Benj Edwards, co-authors of Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy, join host Frank Cifaldi to educate us all on Nintendo’s Virtual Boy.
Mentioned in the show:
Benj’s original article on VB:
https://www.fastcompany.com/3050016/unraveling-the-enigma-of-nintendos-virtual-boy-20-years-later
José’s original academic article on the VB (from 2009):
https://doi.org/10.1145/1690388.1690406
Jez San talking about his VR partnership with Nintendo and how it was cancelled in favor of the Virtual Boy:
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Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=a4a3GTMAAAAJ&hl=en
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Division of Games (@University of Utah): games.utah.edu
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Twitter: @benjedwards
Website: benjedwards.com
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