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« on: November 23, 2007, 02:33:17 PM » |
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Hey everyone, I was surfing around and stumbled upon this listing for a documentary on the Discovery Channel about the history of video games. I don't know if anyone has heard about this yet (I don't have T.V. so i wouldn't know unless the 'ol intranet told me) but apparently it is going to be a 5 part series that follows video games from their advent to the release of Super Mario Galaxy. Anyways, I figured I would let you guys know so I could watch it vicariously through you guys :D Anyways, here is the link: The Rise of the Video Game |
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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2007, 07:26:49 AM » |
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I just found the whole series on Youtube! If anyone is interested I have linked all of the shows below: Level One, Part 1Level One, Part 2Level One, Part 3Level One, Part 4Level One, Part 5Level Two, Part 1Level Two, Part 2Level Two, Part 3Level Two, Part 4Level Two, Part 5Level Three, Part 1Level Three, Part 2Level Three, Part 3Level Three, Part 4Level Three, Part 5Level Four, Part 1Level Four, Part 2Level Four, part 3Level Four, Part 4Level Four, Part 5Level Five, Part 1Level Five, Part 2Level Five, Part 3Level Five, part 4Level Five, Part 5I figured that everyone might want to take a look at this. There is a good deal of history there (focused mostly on Commercial games of course) and some interesting guests such as Will Wright, Peter Molyneux, Sid Meier, Toru Iwatani(creator of Pac-Man), Tomohiro Nishikado(creator of Space Invaders), John Romero (co-creator of Doom) just to name a few. Anyways, enjoy  |
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Golds
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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2007, 07:31:39 AM » |
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Awesome. I've gotta check some of this out later. Also, before it gets pulled by google/youtube  |
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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2007, 07:34:43 AM » |
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Yeah, I was surprised it got put on Youtube so fast. I was expecting it to take a few months before I would get to see it (I don't watch enough Television so I don't have cable). But this AresBrutus guy rocks. I just got done watching the whole thing yesterday and I have to say it is the best television I have seen in awhile (aside from Heroes...damn writer's strike  ) |
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« Last Edit: December 23, 2007, 07:42:41 AM by skaldicpoet9 »
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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2007, 07:40:31 AM » |
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I have them all downloaded from torrents, the show is really great !!!
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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2007, 10:49:37 AM » |
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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2007, 02:54:54 PM » |
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« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2007, 06:41:54 AM » |
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@Skaldic: The bandwidth here at the tip of Africa is very limited... Our family has 5 gigs of internet to share a month.
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« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2007, 09:19:22 PM » |
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@Skaldic: The bandwidth here at the tip of Africa is very limited... Our family has 5 gigs of internet to share a month.
Damn, that sucks man  |
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