99% Invisible

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One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game. San Francisco! Come to a screening of Drop Dead City [https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-power-broker-13-drop-dead-city/]followed by a conversation with Roman on Monday, Nov 3. Info and tickets [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drop-dead-city-with-roman-mars-tickets-1800506125289?aff=oddtdtcreator]. Hidden Levels [https://99pi.org/hl] is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread [https://link.mgln.ai/99percentinvisible]. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus [http://siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.].  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

From blocky biomes to breathtaking open worlds, video games are teaching us new ways to see, build, and even save nature. Hidden Levels [https://99pi.org/hl] is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread [https://link.mgln.ai/99percentinvisible]. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus [http://siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.].  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries. Hidden Levels [https://99pi.org/hl] is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread [https://link.mgln.ai/99percentinvisible]. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus [http://siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.].  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Before Fortnite and Call of Duty ruled the scene, the US Army quietly shaped the early 2000s with a wildly popular, free shooter designed to excite young people about enlisting. Hidden Levels [https://99pi.org/hl] is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread [https://link.mgln.ai/99percentinvisible]. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus [http://siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.].  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.