The Worst Video Game Ever?

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III has spent a lifetime thinking about how history gets told. Before becoming the head of the Smithsonian, he was a curator, someone whose job is deciding which stories, people, and objects help us make sense of ourselves. So as America appr ...  Show more

A screw. A stuffed possum. A shoe-sizing device. What could any of these objects possibly tell us about the history of the United States?When we think of historic artifacts, we tend to picture the extraordinary: Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch, the original Kermit the Frog, Martin ...  Show more

The Rock! Sean Connery! Bruce Willis! Hollywood tries to ruin video games all the time, that's nothing new. But what if games tried to ruin Hollywood instead? In today's episode, we look at situations where bankable stars and million dollar ideas weren't enough to save these bloc ...  Show more

The true story of Fatima Al Qadiri, who became a successful musician after a childhood spent playing Castlevania to escape the horrors of the Gulf War.Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy are best mates who love video games and have worked in the industry for years. They find the most sh ...  Show more

Before ‘Tomb Raider’, before ‘Mortal Kombat’, before ‘Street Fighter’, there was something even WORSE. ‘Super Mario Bros’ - which opened in the United States on 28th May, 1993 - was such a critical and commercial failure that for years afterwards Nintendo kept their franchises ou ...  Show more

The unbelievable true story of Arsenio, who now works for NASA and has sent something into space, all because of a video game.Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy are best mates who love video games and have worked in the industry for years. They find the most shocking, moving and inspir ...  Show more