[game_preservation] History of Videogames in an hour?

[John Andersen]

Found the Game On! CNBC website with few short three minute segments from the documentary, unfortuantely CNBC does not have it on their schedule for a re-airing - not sure if this is available anywhere else online. 
 
Link:  http://www.cnbc.com/id/18803664/
 
- John Andersen
 



From: gamerep at hotmail.com
To: game_preservation at igda.org
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 06:35:09 +0900
Subject: Re: [game_preservation] History of Videogames in an hour?





Going through my DVD-R archive of video game docs I recorded off TV, the only ones that I can find are Game On! The Unauthorized History of Video Games that aired in a two-hour timeslot with commercials on CNBC.  I could not find it on the CNBC website.  The others you could combine are GameMakers (or Icons) from G4, the individual episodes of of Ralph Baer, Atari, Arcade, and The Crash come to mind, some of these you may find on YouTube.
 
- John Andersen

 



Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:33:56 -0600
From: dmonnens at gmail.com
To: game_preservation at igda.org
Subject: [game_preservation] History of Videogames in an hour?

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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Devin Monnens
www.deserthat.com

The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

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