https://simplecast.com Hidden Levels 99% Invisible and WBUR’s Endless Thread team up for Hidden Levels, a six-part series about how video games left the arcade and started reshaping the real world. These stories go beyond high scores and consoles, tracing how a joystick became the bridge between people and machines, how a Chicago basketball game turned into a cultural phenomenon, and how the Army built its own first-person shooter to reach new recruits. Whether you are a lifelong gamer or have never picked up a controller, Hidden Levels uncovers how games have quietly changed culture, technology, and the way we see the world. Copyright © Roman Mars. All rights reserved. en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:46:36 +0000 https://www.siriusxm.com Hidden Levels https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/09b5a820-00ac-4094-b7f8-ca84c091adf5/2bf79e6a-f21d-448c-826d-47b379506888/3000x3000/sxmfinal002raphic99pihidden_levelskey_art3000x3000final003_1.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://www.siriusxm.com serial 99% Invisible and WBUR’s Endless Thread team up for Hidden Levels, a six-part series about how video games left the arcade and started reshaping the real world. These stories go beyond high scores and consoles, tracing how a joystick became the bridge between people and machines, how a Chicago basketball game turned into a cultural phenomenon, and how the Army built its own first-person shooter to reach new recruits. Whether you are a lifelong gamer or have never picked up a controller, Hidden Levels uncovers how games have quietly changed culture, technology, and the way we see the world. 99% Invisible true https://feeds.simplecast.com/Py1qJB1u 99% Invisible contact@99pi.org 7255f8ed-fa28-43ae-a101-debf6bd2555c Segagaga One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game.

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]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (99% Invisible) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=46517 One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game.

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]]> Segagaga 99% Invisible 00:40:38 One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game. One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game. video games, video game history, segagaga, sega, dreamcast, tez okano, console wars false full 6 1 9d5d73c8-75d6-4141-ba98-6441b0ee5c5b Press B to Touch Grass From blocky biomes to breathtaking open worlds, video games are teaching us new ways to see, build, and even save nature.

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]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Dean Russell) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=46515 From blocky biomes to breathtaking open worlds, video games are teaching us new ways to see, build, and even save nature.

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]]> Press B to Touch Grass Dean Russell 00:41:47 From blocky biomes to breathtaking open worlds, video games are teaching us new ways to see, build, and even save nature. From blocky biomes to breathtaking open worlds, video games are teaching us new ways to see, build, and even save nature. video games, climate change, biomes, open world, minecraft, zelda false full 5 1 b50d6582-32cc-4e4c-baf9-f0e7f81b0bff Machinima Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries.

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]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Andrew Callaway) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=46513 Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries.

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]]> Machinima Andrew Callaway 00:45:08 Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries. Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries. video games, skibidi toilet, machinima, quake, grand theft hamlet false full 4 1 e5a816c1-2740-4cdd-91f9-50e48499e411 This Game Wants YOU 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.

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]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Katelyn Harrop) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=46510 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.

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]]> This Game Wants YOU Katelyn Harrop 00:44:09 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. 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. video games, u.s. army, casey wardynski, recruitment, america’s army, esports false full 3 1 f397d463-c0d9-48c7-81a4-35ae42d45af2 Stick It to 'Em From airplanes to Pac-Man to the battlefield, the joystick has quietly shaped the way humans connect with machines.

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]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Amory Sivertson) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=46508 From airplanes to Pac-Man to the battlefield, the joystick has quietly shaped the way humans connect with machines.

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]]> Stick It to 'Em Amory Sivertson 00:41:36 From airplanes to Pac-Man to the battlefield, the joystick has quietly shaped the way humans connect with machines. From airplanes to Pac-Man to the battlefield, the joystick has quietly shaped the way humans connect with machines. video games, boomshakalaka, midway, tim kitzrow, mark turmell, nba jam, arcade false full 2 1 eb9665b4-2fe2-411f-be39-e11ee1312c8b Mr. Boomshakalaka Step back into the ’90s, when dunks broke backboards, catchphrases caught fire, and one arcade game turned every kid into an NBA superstar.

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]]> Tue, 7 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0000 contact@99pi.org (Jayson De Leon) https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=46506 Step back into the ’90s, when dunks broke backboards, catchphrases caught fire, and one arcade game turned every kid into an NBA superstar.

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]]> Mr. Boomshakalaka Jayson De Leon 00:37:16 Step back into the ’90s, when dunks broke backboards, catchphrases caught fire, and one arcade game turned every kid into an NBA superstar. Step back into the ’90s, when dunks broke backboards, catchphrases caught fire, and one arcade game turned every kid into an NBA superstar. video games, video game history, segagaga, sega, dreamcast, tez okano, console wars false full 1 1