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 (mitpress.mit.edu/9780262045063/seeing-red), join host Frank Cifaldi to educate us all on Nintendo’s Virtual Boy.
Mentioned in the show:
Benj’s original article on VB:
fastcompany.com/3050016/unraveling-the-enigma-…

José’s original academic article on the VB (from 2009):
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:
nintendolife.com/news/2019/11/feature_the_game…
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Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=a4a3GTMAAAAJ… (scholar.google.com/citations?user=a4a3GTMAAAAJ…)
Twitter/X: @josezagal (x.com/josezagal)
Division of Games (@University of Utah): games.utah.edu

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Website: benjedwards.com

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