The game The Networks puts players in the armchairs of TV executives. Designer Gil Hova tells us about the game’s origins and whether or not it’s meant to simulate what’s it’s like to schedule a TV network. And special guest Preston Beckman takes us behind the scenes of NBC’s Must See TV era of the 1990s.

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Immersed is produced by Cardboard Edison.

Special thanks to Nat Ives, Preston Beckman and Gil Hova, and Sandy Bondarowicz and James Griffin.

Music:

tvsnow_01 by xtrgamr is licensed under an Attribution License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

TV OFF SWITCH by StevenBrown is licensed under an Attribution License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Mr. Mealey's Mediocre Machine by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Bongo Madness by Quincas Moreira.

Keeping Stuff Together by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License.

Spy Glass by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Thought Bubbles by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License.

Split Even by Drake Stafford is licensed under a Attribution License.

Westside Chillers by Little Glass Men is licensed under a Attribution License.

Silence for a Film by ann annie.

Bouncy Gypsy Beats by John Bartmann is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Fine Without You (Remix) by Steve Combs is licensed under a Attribution License.

government funded weed by Black Ant is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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ADVISERS: Justin Gibbs, Peter C. Hayward, Robin Kay, Loot & Lute

SENIOR INVENTORS: Steven Cole (Escape Velocity Games), Thomas Hornemann, Calvin Johns, Chris and Kathy Keane (The Drs. Keane), Karl Lange, Joshua J. Mills, Marcel Perro, Behrooz "Bez" Shahriari, Shoot Again Games

JUNIOR INVENTORS: Ryan Abrams, Neil Roberts

ASSOCIATES: Dark Forest Project, Stephen B. Davies, Thiago Jabuonski, Nathan Miller, Matt Wolfe