Videogame Legends Documentary Series Released Online
Video Games Party agency has produced a documentary series titled 'Videogame Legends,' now available for free online in installments. The first volume, split into two parts, covers the early years of video games through interviews, starting with their origins in US military research. The documentary opens with Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, offering a somewhat dated perspective that overlooks the medium's shift to smartphones. Despite this, the series is considered more instructive than Netflix's 'High Score,' which focused on competitive gaming. It merits praise for contextualizing video game history within 20th-century and computer history.
Key facts
- Video Games Party agency produced the documentary series 'Videogame Legends'.
- The series is distributed for free online in installments.
- The first volume is already available and divided into two parts.
- It covers the early years of video games through interviews.
- The documentary begins with the origins of video games in US military research.
- Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, is interviewed in the first volume.
- Bushnell's perspective is described as dated and ignores smartphones.
- The series is considered better than Netflix's 'High Score'.
- It contextualizes video game history within 20th-century and computer history.
Entities
Artists
- Nolan Bushnell
Institutions
- Video Games Party
- Atari
- Netflix
- Artribune