Last Updated on March 3, 2022 by ellen
Video games are a big part of my life. When I was a child, my father worked in the computer section of AT&T. I remember him bringing home the very earliest “computer game” and spending hours playing it. My husband is a huge World of Warcraft and Everquest fan. Both kids are avid gamers. In my down time, I relax by playing video games. There isn’t a day that goes by that someone isn’t enjoying a video game in my home.
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PBS Gameplay DVD
If you’re equally into video games, you will want to watch the PBS Gameplay DVD that explains the story of the video game revolution. Gameplay is the story of how one idea in 1972 changed the way the world plays games, forever. Almost five years in the making, this documentary chronicles the history of video games, from the origin of the technology to the birth of the arcade game.
Featuring never-before-seen-interviews with video game pioneers including Nolan Bushnell (the founder of Atari), David Crane (the co-founder of Activision), Noah Falstein (Chief Game Designer at Google), John Romero (the founder of ID Software), Todd Howard (director of Fallout 4), and many others, the film is a compendium of all of the groundbreaking games of the past 40 years, and includes original animation and iconic graphics. From Pong to Pac-Man, Super Mario to Lara Croft, Doom, Grand Theft Auto and beyond, this film tells the remarkable story of the fastest-evolving new media of all time.
My husband and I had a fantastic time watching this DVD. We both remember the very first video games that came out, so this was a great trip down memory lane for us. When he was older, he gravitated more toward the shooter games and the MMO games like World of Warcraft where I was more into the classics like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. They even talked about Tamagotchi, and I had several of those when they were all the rage. I loved learning more about the history of video games and how they developed. If you share our fascination for video games, you need to watch it yourself.
Gameplay is available now. The run time of the DVD is approximately 94 minutes, and its SRP is $24.99.
Ellen is a mom of a 25-year-old son and 30-year-old daughter. She is Grandma to one adorable toddler. In what little spare time she has, she loves to read, watch movies, and check out the latest toys and games.
Ha, I definitely had a Tamagotchi. I lost mine in the grocery store once 🙁 but later remembered and found it, lol.
LOL they were pretty cool, right?
Yep, I had one of those too! i have lost some and then saved some to buy again on my own when I was little! This sounds like a movie I’d watch just for the history.
It really was fascinating!