421: Origin Systems, American Laser Games & Women in Gaming: Sheri Graner Ray - The Retro Hour EP421

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The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

We chat with industry legend Sheri Graner Ray, tracing her journey from her early days at Origin Systems, where she shaped the fantastical realms of Ultima, to her pioneering role at Her Interactive in creating the first-ever CD-ROM titles aimed at females, along with the challenges that entailed. Beyond her technical achievements, we delve into her passionate advocacy for gender inclusivity within gaming, inspiring women both as players and industry professionals.

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
32:30 - Sheri Graner Ray Interview

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Archer Maclean's Atari Arcade Experiments Preserved: https://tinyurl.com/ywwe29wj
New Saturn-Style Parking Garage Racer Looks Ridiculously Fun: https://tinyurl.com/39yr9v9y
Mirror Your PC Screen to a CRT with MiSTerCast: https://tinyurl.com/3vruhrhm
Duck Hunt Gets an Enhanced Remake for the Amiga: https://tinyurl.com/4hwczef6
Atari Returns to the Arcade with Its Recharged Series: https://tinyurl.com/2cpfctn8

Transcript

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's show, a gaming legend's lost work has been preserved.
0:05.7	Atari returns to the arcade.
0:07.5	And we chat Origin Systems, Star Wars and her interactive with Sherry Grainor Ray.
0:19.4	And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our wonderful mates of Bitmap Books.
0:25.3	Now, you've got to check out their current volume.
0:27.4	N64, a visual compendium, celebrating the best screenshots and games are of over 150 titles that defined the Nintendo 64.
0:37.9	So I'll tell you more about that in just a bit,
0:39.5	and you can check it out in the rest of their retro gaming collection
0:41.7	at bitmapbooks.com.
0:45.5	Hello, and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 421,
0:50.1	your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood.
0:53.7	Me Ravi Abbott, and me, Joe Fox, me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox.
0:55.8	And a very warm welcome to the show, of course, a podcast that every single week
0:59.7	brings you up to speed on what's been happening in the wonderful world of retro gaming and technology.
1:05.1	And of course, bringing you a very special guest in the second half of the podcast to tell us their
1:09.8	story from working in the video games industry now. I've got to say, you know, having done this podcast now for over eight years, if you look back on our list of guests that we've had, I'd like to say, you know, we do try and keep it quite diverse and get different people on from different parts of the world that have done different things in the industry. One problem we've probably always had, though, is trying to get more women on the show, because you look back, particularly the
1:31.4	eras that we cover on the podcast, like, you know, 70s, 80s, 90s, it wasn't that much of a
1:36.3	diverse industry back then, was it? It was very male-orientated. Yeah, and there's some
1:40.9	absolutely amazing female developers out there.
1:47.2	And, you know, we really think gaming's for everyone,
1:50.7	and inclusiveness is a great part of video games.
1:55.3	Yeah, so today we're going to be joined by probably one of the most famous women who's worked in the video games industry for many decades now,
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