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The Video Game Revolution

Posted by michael on from the turn-turn-turn dept.

SH10151 writes "PBS will be airing a special, The Video Game Revolution, this week. "The Video Game Revolution examines the evolution and history of the video game industry, from the 1950s through today, the impact of video games on society and culture, and the future of electronic gaming." Just a heads-up for all the game junkies out there."

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  1. Re:Deer Hunter but no Half Life? by BlueCodeWarrior · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wasn't Deer Hunter one of the best selling games of all time?

    I'm definitely not putting down HL in any way, I love the game, it should be on there...but Deer Hunter was pretty big.

  2. What? by focitrixilous+P · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The timeline on the site is odd. Mentions Sega Saturn over Playstation, Pocket Pikachu over Half-Life, nothing of Xbox-live, didn't even mention Doom or Wolfenstein. Lame.

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    SAILING MISHAP
  3. Re:Saturn? Modem? Wha? by Mandoric · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Saturn Net.Link was indeed available. Support was mainly limited to FPS and RTS, IIRC; never owned one and too lazy to rummage through the magazine stack.

    That said, the SNES and Genesis also had the XBand 3rd-party line of modems, so by this time a game-use modem attatchment wasn't completely new.