[game_preservation] History of Videogames in an hour?

[Devin Monnens]

Hi guys,

It's that time of year. Cleaning up my syllabus for the Fall 2011 semester.
I still have that same old problem of finding a good article or video that
will cover the history of videogames pretty decently and in a relatively
short span of time. So far, I've yet to find anything really condensed
outside of Wikipedia, and I'd rather not use them.

I may direct my students back to Dot Eaters. It's pretty detailed, but
doesn't cover as much history as I'd like. I'm staying away from timelines
because they don't seem to communicate that much. However, Steve Kent has a
40-page timeline that seems pretty decent - just no images or illustrations.

I am also considering videos. There's some history of videogames videos on
YouTube, but most of them contain lots of cursing (IrateGamer's seemed like
a good start though).  This clip is a nice, short timeline, though it
doesn't show a lot of the significance of the games and who made them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yn4JRsmyy4

Any thoughts on a good, short history?

-Devin

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