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Rise of the Video Game (part 1)

submitted by eric3579

1 decade 6 years 11 months 1 week ago

Rise of the Video Game is a comprehensive and progressive exploration of the past, present and future of video games and video gamers. From the early days of Pong to today's ever-popular Halo 2, and from Atari 2600 to Nintendo to PlayStation, Rise of the Video Game tells the story of the people, the ideologies and the technology behind video games and how they have exploded into a cultural phenomenon. The evolution of gaming has seen the pendulum move from the days of games replicating society, to society replicating games. Featuring interviews with giants in the gaming industry of yesterday and today, this five-part series examines the evolution of the video game and its cultural impact on the world of entertainment today.

17 Comments

you should add a *long onto this thing.

Invocations (long) cannot be called by JAPR because JAPR is not privileged - sorry.

*long

This video has been flagged as being at least 10 minutes in length - declared long by eric3579.

Thanks!!! I was looking for a 'history of video games' some days ago.
Always fun to see how long we've come when you have bought a new computer.

Crazy-drummer says...

This is just sooo awesome I can't type words that fit... Just wish i could upvote 2600 times.

Tetris forever!

ant

Same as http://www.videosift.com/video/I-Videogame-Episode-1 but with a different title.

ant

Also, the uploader has ALL the episodes online: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9E7FDB42CC8F5859

It's a good documentary for all video gamers!

This is the best thing ever posted to the sift. I wish it lasted for a hundred hours and went into more detail!

kronosposeidon

I upvoted this, even though I saw this when it originally aired and found it lacking in certain areas. Don't ask me about those specific areas at this time, because I'm drunk.

MarineGunrock

Holy shit that was long. But really good.

*quality, abso-fucking-lutely

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by EDD.

I could only watch about 3 minutes as it was ridiculously over-edited. They couldn't keep an image onscreen for more than a second, every 12 year old who just discovered Movie Maker edits this way.

>Vidya games
>Art
DOHOHOHOOHOHOHOH

Also, look at the neckbeard at 0:22. So typical

ant

*dead -- "The video you have requested is not available..."

This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by ant.

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