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Codex Rex: The Video Game History Podcast is a podcast where two friends tell stories about video game history and culture.
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Interested in video game history? Check out the Codex Rex podcast! Here are a few links where you can find episodes:

Main Website: codexrex.com
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/35YKvfT...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC9D...
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Announced at QuakeCon—Return to the world of Raven Software’s innovative shooters! Two classic games with one expansion pack, two new episodes, all in one enhanced collection!

Heretic + Hexen is getting a physical release from Limited Run!
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A group of quality assurance workers at Call of Duty studio Raven Software have unanimously voted to ratify their first union contract with Microsoft.

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Call of Duty workers at Raven secure first union contract with Microsoft | VGC
Union contract includes guaranteed wage increase and measures to tackle crunch…
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IGN @ign.com · Jul 25
A Wolfenstein television series is currently in development at Amazon Prime Video from Fallout's Kilter Films.

Details are scant beyond the official logline, “The story of killing Nazis is evergreen.” bit.ly/3U0ynIF
Today we released an episode on Chex Quest, a promotional game built with the Ultimate Doom engine that was found in millions of cereal boxes in the 90s. This one was a ton of fun to make. We hope that you enjoy it!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPFD...

#podcast #retro #chexquest #videogames #history
The final episode in our series on the developers at id Software is here. Join us for the story of Daikatana, the ambitious game that is seen as a legendary failure in the industry.

Thanks to everyone who listened to this series!

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Check out our latest episode of the podcast where we discuss Quake, the FPS that revolutionized online play, but had a troubled and turbulent development cycle.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UANL...

#quake #podcast #videogames #history #idsoftware #retro
The time has come. Our episode on DOOM is finally out! Join us for the story of the bloody FPS that fundamentally changed the course of gaming forever.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayhh...

#DOOM #podcast #videogames #history #idsoftware #retro
To the folks who have messaged us about the magazine Nibble: it was not apparent to us as we were chatting that this was a reference to a byte, with a "nibble" being half of a byte. Thanks to all of those who caught it! Here is more info on the magazine if you have interest:

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Nibble Magazine, the magazine for the Apple II computer.
Nibble Magazine, founded in 1980, was a pioneer in the APPLE II market and helped jumpstart the Personal Computing Revolution.
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As always, here are other places that you can enjoy the episode as well. Thanks for listening!

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In the latest episode of Codex Rex, we discuss Wolfenstein 3D, a fast-paced and bloody game that is sometimes called the "grandfather of 3D shooters." We are now at the halfway point in our story about id Software and are excited for you to give it a listen!

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New episode is out today! We tell the story of Commander Keen, a side-scrolling video game that would serve as the foundation for id Software's future projects.

#podcast #idsoftware #commanderkeen #history #videogames #retro

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Episode 30 - Commander Keen
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We are so excited to be back! Join us for a new series about id Software, and how they changed the gaming industry forever. In this first episode, we discuss the lives of gaming legends John Romero and John Carmack, and the circumstances that brought them together.

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Episode 29: id Software – Prologue
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Interested in video game history? Check out the Codex Rex podcast! Here are a few links where you can find episodes:

Main Website: codexrex.com
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/35YKvfT...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC9D...