How are video games made?
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
Vermont Public
4.3 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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How are video games made? Who invented the concept? Why do games have levels? Who invented them? Why are game consoles so expensive? Why do people like playing these games so much and do they turn your brain to mush? What do you do if you can’t make yourself stop playing? In this episode, we talk with Patrick Klepek, writer and editor of Crossplay, a newsletter focused on video games and parenting.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Katie Miller and I work with the team at But Why here in Vermont. It's summertime, |
| 0:06.4 | and I'm forever trying to think of ways to keep my curious kids entertained while they're out of |
| 0:10.4 | school. But Why is a big part of our routine, and I'm really excited because this summer, |
| 0:16.0 | But Why has a cool new way to keep my kids occupied. If you join the ButWy fan club at $10 per month, |
| 0:22.1 | we'll send you a summer adventure kit. It has a bucket list filled with activities, and it comes |
| 0:27.1 | along with a backpack full of adventure goodies, like a notebook and pencils and a magnifying |
| 0:32.1 | glass to see all those tiny creatures on your adventures. Check it all out at butwykids.org |
| 0:37.3 | slash donate. This is But Why, a podcast for Curious Kids from Vermont Public. |
| 1:03.2 | I'm Jane Lindholm. |
| 1:04.6 | On this show, we take questions from curious kids all over the world, and we find answers. |
| 1:10.3 | Today, wait, hang on just one second. |
| 1:13.6 | Good. |
| 1:14.5 | Oh, I just, hang on, I just got to. Oh. Powerful. Yes. Yes. Unbelievable. |
| 1:21.2 | Sorry, I got distracted. I finally beat the level on my phone game. I've been really struggling to get past. |
| 1:28.9 | It appears sometimes I get a little distracted by video games. |
| 1:33.0 | And a lot of you might get distracted too. |
| 1:36.1 | And many of you certainly enjoy video games and have been sending us a lot of questions about them. |
| 1:41.2 | Hello. My name is Sophie. |
| 1:43.2 | I'm six years old. I live in one. I'm listening. |
| 1:45.8 | My question is how are video games made? Because I really want to make one, so I want to know how |
| 1:55.8 | they're made. My name is Jackson, and I live in Forney, Texas. I am eight years old. |
| 2:02.3 | And my question is, why do people play video games? |
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