PBS: The Video Game Revolution Greg Palmer Producer, Writer, Host and Narrator
http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/ "The Video Game Revolution" takes viewers back to the early days of the first gamer and provides insight into how the art and economics of the creation of video games have changed over the years. In the 1950's, Cambridge University student A.S. Douglas created possibly the world's first game called "Noughts and Crosses" on the university's massive computer. In the 1960's, engineer Ralph H. Baer invented the concept of playing games using an ordinary home TV set, an innovation that started the home video game industry. The PBS documentary features interviews with key industry participants, including Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Nintendo's lead designer Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of such hit games as "Donkey Kong"� and "Super Mario Brother,"� "SimCity"� creator Will Wright, Microsoft�s Xbox� developer Seamus Blackley and Tim Moss, lead programmer for Sony Computer Entertainment. Others interviewed, such as Jay Parker, co-founder of Internet/Computer Addiction Services and Pamela Eakes, founder of Mothers Against Violence in America (MAVIA, discuss the social impact of the video game revolution. -- You are a subscribed member of the infowarrior list. Visit www.infowarrior.org for list information or to unsubscribe. This message may be redistributed freely in its entirety. Any and all copyrights appearing in list messages are maintained by their respective owners.
