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bubbachuck
03-31-2009, 02:02 PM
They're all <10 minute and the editing is pretty good. Really good if you're my age and gaming started with NES for all practical purposes. Here's one of my favorite eps, Women in Games (http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/women-in-gaming?autoplay=true). And no, don't expect to see about virtual women in games, but how REAL women influenced games :). Before you flame them for their "almost 50% (if you call 43% almost half) of gamers are women" statistic, they are counting the casual game market.

There's quite a few episodes (on the order of 15) about various topics as failed consoles, how controllers evolved, sony vs. nintendo, nintendo vs sega, atari vs. nintendo ...BUT no sony vs M$ so we don't have to worry about this thread degenerating into that...right, guys?

one of my other favorites is "The Two Johns (http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/the-founding-fathers)" which talks about Carmack and Romero, prob b/c it's one of the only PC-centric eps. Kinda gives me hope that one day they'll reunite :)

Episodes:
The story of General Computer (http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/gaming-and-copyrights-extended)
Mine!...Gaming and intellectual property (http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/mine...gaming-and-intellectual-property)
Sega Dreamcast (http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/sega-dreamcast)
Gaming Mascots http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/gaming-mascots
Controllers http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/controllers
The Founding Fathers http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/the-founding-fathers
The Two Johns http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/the-two-johns---from-doom-to-dust
Shigeru Miyamoto http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/shigeru-miyamoto
Sony vs Nintendo http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/sony-vs.-nintendo
Return of the Arcade http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/return-of-the-arcade
Commodore 64 http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/commodore64
Colecovision http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/colecovision
Controversy! http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/controversy
Sega vs Nintendo http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/sega-vs.-nintendo
Failed Consoles Part Two http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/failed-consoles---part-two
Failed Consoles Part One http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/down-the-memory-hole
Atari vs Nintendo http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/atari-vs.-nintendo
Splitting the Iron Curtain http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/tetris%3A-splitting-the-ion-curtain
Fall of Atari (http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/the-fall-of-atari)
Death of Arcades (http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/the-death-of-arcades)
Rise of Nintendo (http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/rise-of-nintendo)

adrock_1000
03-31-2009, 07:22 PM
Watchin alot of these, thanks!

Phrozt
04-01-2009, 07:17 AM
bookmarked for later.