I, Videogame - 01 1/5

Produced for the british Discovery Channel, this 5-part documentary about the history of video games was later broadcasted by american stations, where it was released under the name "Rise of the Videogame" in a shortened version. Content-wise, the american versions are basically the same as the british originals, with the exception that each episode is about 1-2 minutes shorter and that the british narrator was replaced by an american one. They didn't even rephrase what he had to say. It's the exact same script that he reads. Try to make some sense of that.

It would have been better if they hadn't bought this terrible waste of time at all, because this is a good example for a terrible approach to make a documentary, especially when it comes to games. It is inaccurate and tries to be more flashy than anything else. Don't use this series as a point of reference or as a source of information! I only uploaded it anyway to show that not everything that is produced by Discovery Channel is actually worth watching and that also major companies that have worked in the information industry of journalism for so long, still can screw up big time when they deal with topics they know nothing about. So handle with care!

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Science & Technology

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[watcbd]

"this is a good example for a terrible approach to make a documentary, especially when it comes to games. It is inaccurate and tries to be more flashy than anything else." -GameDocumentarys I'm really glad you said that. I thought there was something wrong with me for not liking this at first.

[GameDocumentaries]

@watcbd: lol nice to see i'm not alone with my opinion :)

[HomingMissiles]

Yeah, this documentary is so-so. Not really bad I think, but I kinda felt that as the episodes progress they get more and more redundant. It's not much about history of videogames as it is about how games are deeply embeded in the technological society we are living in.

[SadDepressedClown]

i got a connection lost "( i'm lost

[ZeppelinFloydRoses]

fuck yeah! i found it! xD thanks mate!

[Xiaopang3333]

thanks :)

[sugarfreemacca]

i watched your vid tetris from russia with love last year, that was a 5 star upload

[JackiexAndxGeorge]

Thank you for this upload, love it ! :)