What's The Deal With: Video Game Demos?

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Kirk Hamilton, Society & Culture, Technology, Arts, Jason Schreier, Maddy Myers, Video Games

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🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Why do some games get demos while others don't? How did video game demos get started? And what's up with that weird game PT? This week, Maddy, Jason, and Kirk answer the question that's been on everyone's minds: What's the DEAL with video game demos?

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0:00.0	Hi there, I think I'd like a table for one, but before I decide could I have a free appetizer?
0:10.0	Let me explain, I'm a gamer.
0:13.0	Welcome to TripleClick, where we bring the games to you.
0:16.0	This week we talk about video game demos from the early days of shareware to the post-PT demo landscape
0:22.0	in which demos are rare, exciting, little experiences.
0:28.0	I'm Maddie Myers.
0:31.0	I'm Jason Shire.
0:32.0	And I'm Kirk Hamilton.
0:33.0	And hello.
0:34.0	Hello to both of you.
0:35.0	Hello.
0:36.0	So nice to see you both.
0:37.0	It's us.
0:38.0	Hello.
0:39.0	You guys wanna hear a quick story?
0:40.0	Yes.
0:41.0	Okay, so for the past few months I've been going to Trader Joe's.
0:43.0	A lot of the Trader Joe's near to me and it's a pretty good grocery store because things are cheap.
0:46.0	And they have this thing called chili onion crunch.
0:48.0	And it's really addictive.
0:49.0	It's like chili crisp.
0:50.0	You know, chili crisp has become like part of the zeitgeist recently.
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