Tivo Alert - "Rise of the Video Game" Documentary Begins Tonight
Tivo Alert - "Rise of the Video Game" Documentary Begins Tonight
November 20, 2007
Up front, I must confess that I no longer possess the famed GamePolitics Tivo which has spawned so many game-related program alerts over the last few years.
When I switched my service to Verizon's FIOS a few months back I found that my Tivo unit and the FIOS set-top box didn't play nicely together, so I've opted for the plain-vanilla DVR boxes FIOS offers. I thought about changing the title of articles like this one to "DVR Alert," but it just doesn't have the same ring, so...
The Rise of the Video Game, a new five-part documentary begins tonight on Discovery Channel. From the press release:
The games & systems featured in tonight's opening episode are enough to make an old-school gamer weep with nostalgia:
Tennis for Two, Spacewar!, Magnavox Odyssey, Pong, Space Invaders, Pac Man, Atari 2600, E.T. the game, Tetris...
We're not sure if this appears in the documentary, but the Discovery Channel PR rep alerted GP to this classic commercial:
When I switched my service to Verizon's FIOS a few months back I found that my Tivo unit and the FIOS set-top box didn't play nicely together, so I've opted for the plain-vanilla DVR boxes FIOS offers. I thought about changing the title of articles like this one to "DVR Alert," but it just doesn't have the same ring, so...
The Rise of the Video Game, a new five-part documentary begins tonight on Discovery Channel. From the press release:
Long before the coming of "Halo 3," there was "Pong," and your parents really dug it. is a five-part documentary series that traces the history of the medium from its crude beginnings to the mind-blowing, eye-popping phenomenon of today. 8 p.m., Discovery Channel.
This 5-part series is a comprehensive, pixel-by-pixel exploration of videogames and entertainment systems, from their beginning in the early 1970s to today. From Pong to Playstation 3, this series goes from evolution to revolution, playtime to primetime – following the amazing business that’s changing how entertainment is created, produced, marketed and distributed.
The games & systems featured in tonight's opening episode are enough to make an old-school gamer weep with nostalgia:
Tennis for Two, Spacewar!, Magnavox Odyssey, Pong, Space Invaders, Pac Man, Atari 2600, E.T. the game, Tetris...
We're not sure if this appears in the documentary, but the Discovery Channel PR rep alerted GP to this classic commercial:
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Posted 11/08/09 at 01:07am
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:06am
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Posted 11/08/09 at 12:24am
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
Posted 11/07/09 at 11:33pm
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:05am
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:03am
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:56am
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:45am
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:37am
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
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It's funny because I just saw some guy talking to his teacher about writing a 2500 word essay on video game violence yesterday at my high school.
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I doubt it was me. I'm homeschooled!
That commercial makes me smile.
But then, admittedly, my first computer was a ZX81, bought in '81...
But, then again, you've read the ultimate history of video games! This documentary is mainstream (cable) on a respected channel (Discovery). It's made for people who don't know video games, and does go a ways toward dispelling the 'just for kids' myth. I just hope they treat the violence angle fairly. When's the next installment? GP, tivo alert me up!
"Long before the coming of “Halo 3,” there was “Pong,” and your parents really dug it." No they didn't, & neither did most gamers parents. idiots.