Learn how video games are made, marketed, and consumed by looking back at gaming history and culture through the eyes of game developers, publishers, and consumers.
If you ever played the game "Snake" on your early model Nokia cellphone, then you're familiar with "Nibbler," the original "snake" game. MAN VS SNAKE tells the story of Tim McVey (the gamer... See full summary »
A documentary that captures the greatest world record Tetris players as they prepare for the Classic Tetris World Championship. From the days of Thor Aackerlund and his historic victory at ... See full summary »
Follow three professional video game players as they overcome personal adversity, family pressures, and the realities of life to compete in a $1,000,000 tournament that could change their lives forever.
Stars:
Benedict Lim,
Danil Ishutin,
Clinton Loomis
Learn how video games are made, marketed, and consumed by looking back at gaming history and culture through the eyes of game developers, publishers, and consumers.
Some respective video game systems that didn't make the cut during the console timeline display were Odyssey 2 1978, Atari 5200 1982, Neo Geo 1990, Sega CD 1992, 3DO 1994, and Sega Saturn 1995 to name a few. See more »
I am a video gamer. I have collected everything from 8 bit to present generation -- and this is by far the least accurate and most lopsided documentary I have ever seen. According to this movie nobody made any historical contributions except Nintendo and Sony. Sega got maybe a 30 second mention as did Microsoft. PC Gaming is barely mentioned. Just about completely skipped arcade game companies like Capcom (Streetfighter II really revitalized arcades) or SNK, too. How can you talk about Super Nintendo exclusively for 16 bit? Genesis sold nearly the same # of consoles. Even NEC managed to sell 10 million during this generation and its not even mentioned as a footnote.
Terrible, awful -- clearly not worth the 5 bucks I paid for the DVD. So bad -- not even worth it for FREE on Netflix. Watch Atari: Game Over instead -- a vastly more fun documentary.
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I am a video gamer. I have collected everything from 8 bit to present generation -- and this is by far the least accurate and most lopsided documentary I have ever seen. According to this movie nobody made any historical contributions except Nintendo and Sony. Sega got maybe a 30 second mention as did Microsoft. PC Gaming is barely mentioned. Just about completely skipped arcade game companies like Capcom (Streetfighter II really revitalized arcades) or SNK, too. How can you talk about Super Nintendo exclusively for 16 bit? Genesis sold nearly the same # of consoles. Even NEC managed to sell 10 million during this generation and its not even mentioned as a footnote.
Terrible, awful -- clearly not worth the 5 bucks I paid for the DVD. So bad -- not even worth it for FREE on Netflix. Watch Atari: Game Over instead -- a vastly more fun documentary.