Ep.300 – Humble Beginnings: The History of A Trip Down Memory Card Lane

About this episode

In this special 300th episode, the hosts share the story of their podcast's evolution and its impact on video game history storytelling.

In 2020, two brothers who had grown up eleven years and a world apart found themselves with nowhere to be and a shared love of video games. What started as an excuse to hang out became A Trip Down Memory Card Lane , a weekly video game history podcast built on a simple mission: use games to teach people something new every single week. In this special 300th episode, David and Rob Kassin turn the microphone around and tell the story of their own show -- from a college idea to study video games academically, to the Educational Entertainment System of 2014, to the pandemic that finally gave the idea a home. They trace the show's evolution from pure nostalgia to history-driven storytelling, celebrate the episodes that define what the show has become, and offer new listeners a curated map of the archive. Join us for a different kind of trip down Memory Card Lane. Read transcript

People in this episode

Hosts: David Kassin, Robert Kassin

Topics covered

• video game history
• nostalgia
• podcast evolution
• brotherly bond
• educational entertainment

Keywords

• video games
• podcast
• history
• nostalgia
• brothers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Trip Down Memory Card Lane

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