Video Game Revolution

A new documentary about video games will be airing on PBS in September.

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THE VIDEO GAME REVOLUTION examines the evolution of the video game industry, the enormous impact of video games on society and culture, and the future of electronic gaming. THE VIDEO GAME REVOLUTION airs on PBS Wednesday, September 8, 2004. Greg Palmer (DEATH: THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME, VAUDEVILLE: AN AMERICAN MASTERS SPECIAL) hosts and narrates.

THE VIDEO GAME REVOLUTION blends Palmer's engaging narrative with game footage that spans the industry's history - from the simple, white-on-black images of "Space War" to the sophisticated 3-D graphics of 21st-century games such as the forthcoming "Dungeon Siege II".

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You can read the whole thing here.

Why do I get the feeling that if I watch this, it will piss me off?

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to the sophisticated 3-D graphics of 21st-century games such as the forthcoming "Dungeon Siege II"

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They couldn't find a better example?

"This program is not airing on this channel during the next two weeks"

Feck! Stupid local PBS!

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Originally Posted by Mzo

They couldn't find a better example?

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Actually, Dungeon Siege II pretty much defines contemporary 3D graphics for me.

I'll definitely tape this.

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Originally Posted by Mzo

They couldn't find a better example?

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The first Dungeon Siege was an awful, awful game with a horrible interface and nonexistant RPG elements. It was like one of those start-with-10-soldiers-and-no-resources-and-get-to-some-other-part-of-the-map levels from Warcraft.

BUT!

Dungeon Siege 2 looks pretty amazing.

http://www.gaspowered.com/ds2/screen...age=0&idxnum=2

I know Dungeon Siege 1 was useless, but I hadn't heard much from Dungeon Siege 2. I certainly wasn't expecting anything from it.

I'll have to take a look.

Not too shabby. Although I'm surprised the "SNES launched with Zelda" bit made it past fact checking, it was a pretty good show. I loled at the "WHEN THE NEXT LEVEL IS THIRD GRADE." line.

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Not too shabby.

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Definitely shabby.

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Although I'm surprised the "SNES launched with Zelda" bit made it past fact checking

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Especially while they showed Adventure of Link footage whilst proclaiming it, which was one of many instances where the showed the wrong game in correlation with the narrative.

If you feel compelled to see it, just watch the first half, the rest was pretty much all violence conjecture and PC MMO garbage.

LOL at the psychologist's son's rat tail.