N-Gage: A Mercifully Brief History

The History of Fun

Vox Media Podcast Network

Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Hobbies, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The world has never seen a device quite like the N-Gage. Actually, that's not true. There was a second one. Why, oh, why, you ask? Allegra Frank is on the case! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the history of fun where we explore the hidden backstories behind the things you love to do.
0:15.4	My name is Russ Frustick and I'm joined by Chris Plant.
0:18.2	Hello.
0:19.2	And Allegra Frank.
0:20.2	Hello, Allegra.
0:21.2	Hi.
0:22.6	Now, I'm talking directly at you, but if I turn my head slightly, would I be side talking?
0:30.6	Oh, God.
0:32.4	You're getting ahead of yourself there.
0:34.1	I'm sorry, but we have a very special episode for, I would argue, the most
0:39.3	beloved handheld device of our time. Please, Allegra, take it away as our resident expert on?
0:47.1	The Engage. The Engage. So I have a question for you both. Okay. What kind of cell phone do you have?
0:53.8	I have an iPhone. Okay.
0:57.7	An iPhone. So are you telling me you don't have the N-Gage X as your cell phone? Wow.
1:08.0	Is it because we live in 2017 in the real world where there is no Engage X?
1:13.1	There might be.
1:14.2	Welcome to the Real.
1:16.0	She said to me.
1:17.7	Sorry.
1:19.6	So we live in...
1:20.6	There might be an alternate universe where Engage was massively successful.
1:23.6	There may be a parallel universe, but sadly that is not the parallel universe in which we live.
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