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Yes, found that docu-series highly frustrating because they left out so much. But I suppose there was only so much time.

by skc 6y ago

Nacdor 6y ago
It never claimed to be an exhaustive history of the video game industry so I'm not sure why so many people levy this criticism against it. It reminds me of the G4 show called Icons, with each episode covering a specific game, developer or piece of gaming hardware. I thought it did a great job of covering the topics that were chosen. It wasn't quite as good as The Toys That Made Us but it was still very enjoyable if you're into video games and I really hope they're making another season.
- krige 6y ago
  Exhaustive or not, it is very wrong on quite a number of topics it claims to cover. For example Chun-Li being a first fully playable female video game character? No matter how you try to frame it is either wrong or extremely wrong.
  - foxdev 6y ago
    Did they completely skip Metroid? Samus Aran showed up in 1986.
    - tilolebo 6y ago
      There were some images featured, not much more.
hnick 6y ago
I get your point but I liked it a lot despite this. They had some big names but the focus on the little people (players), the Nintendo call centre, and stuff like Gay Blade was a part of history I hadn't really seen especially as a non-US person. Finishing at Doom seemed an odd place to stop, though I guess an argument can be made that's the start of the modern era even though it was nearly 30 years ago now. There's definitely setup there for a sequel covering things like MMOs.
- hvs 6y ago
  As an American, the Nintendo callcenter and Gay Blade parts were new to me as well, and I lived through most of the time period of the series. I think Doom made sense to end on. It was really the first modern 3D FPS. Plus, in the mid-90's (when it was released) there was an explosion of gaming. It would be hard to summarize the period after the mid-90's to today (look how much they had to cut out during the comparatively quiet 70s and 80s.
  - hnick 6y ago
    It makes sense in retrospect, I just wasn't expecting it to suddenly stop when it did (I was paying no attention to number of episodes). Though every year in the mid-90s was indeed a huge step forward so it'd be tough to cover everything that happened. It's a bit funny to me they didn't drop the term 'Doom clone' in there before going straight for FPS. That term hung around for years as a testament to its influence.

Yes, found that docu-series highly frustrating because they left out so much. But I suppose there was only so much time.

by skc 6y ago

Yes, found that docu-series highly frustrating because they left out so much. But I suppose there was only so much time.

Nacdor 6y ago

It never claimed to be an exhaustive history of the video game industry so I'm not sure why so many people levy this criticism against it. It reminds me of the G4 show called Icons, with each episode covering a specific game, developer or piece of gaming hardware. I thought it did a great job of covering the topics that were chosen. It wasn't quite as good as The Toys That Made Us but it was still very enjoyable if you're into video games and I really hope they're making another season.

krige 6y ago
Exhaustive or not, it is very wrong on quite a number of topics it claims to cover. For example Chun-Li being a first fully playable female video game character? No matter how you try to frame it is either wrong or extremely wrong.
- foxdev 6y ago
  Did they completely skip Metroid? Samus Aran showed up in 1986.
  - tilolebo 6y ago
    There were some images featured, not much more.

hnick 6y ago

I get your point but I liked it a lot despite this. They had some big names but the focus on the little people (players), the Nintendo call centre, and stuff like Gay Blade was a part of history I hadn't really seen especially as a non-US person. Finishing at Doom seemed an odd place to stop, though I guess an argument can be made that's the start of the modern era even though it was nearly 30 years ago now. There's definitely setup there for a sequel covering things like MMOs.

hvs 6y ago
As an American, the Nintendo callcenter and Gay Blade parts were new to me as well, and I lived through most of the time period of the series. I think Doom made sense to end on. It was really the first modern 3D FPS. Plus, in the mid-90's (when it was released) there was an explosion of gaming. It would be hard to summarize the period after the mid-90's to today (look how much they had to cut out during the comparatively quiet 70s and 80s.
- hnick 6y ago
  It makes sense in retrospect, I just wasn't expecting it to suddenly stop when it did (I was paying no attention to number of episodes). Though every year in the mid-90s was indeed a huge step forward so it'd be tough to cover everything that happened. It's a bit funny to me they didn't drop the term 'Doom clone' in there before going straight for FPS. That term hung around for years as a testament to its influence.