1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Trip Hawkins lays the groundwork for 3DO Broderbund goes public Sony shows off the Playstation These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in December 1991. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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