Episode 120: Nintendo's Virtual Boy

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:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/11/feature_the_game-changing_nintendo_vr_headset_that_never_was

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Division of Games (@University of Utah): games.utah.edu

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Website: benjedwards.com

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