Non-RPG General News - The Entire History of Video Games

[HiddenX]

NeverKnowsBest has released a long video that is the first part (!) of a series, The Entire History of Video Games. It's a 6-hour documentary, so as he puts it in his tweet, 'Maybe watch it in more than one sitting. Also the second channel was deleted but hopefully it will be undeleted. Maybe.'. Timestamps are in the video description:

The Entire History of Video Games

Thanks Redglyph!



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[Hastar]

I started watching and the documentary seems well made. I don't know if I have six hours but I like it.

Plus, it follows my life pretty much. 1978 I got an Atari for Christmas and a few years later my dad purchased an Apple 2e. Not to mention the pocket full of quarters spent in arcades.

 

[Redglyph]

First arrived wins ... a free 2nd round?

I don't know what he meant by the '2nd channel'. I've only had a quick look but it seemed fine. I'm sure I saw a similar video posted not long ago, from the same author or a similar one, but I can't retrieve it; maybe he had another Youtube channel and that's what was deleted. But 6 hours should be plenty already.

PS: If that's too short, there's still the Noah Caldwell-Gervais' videos on Fallout landscapes.

EDIT: @HiddenX Sorry, I misread the timestamps - all 3 episodes are in, so it covers until '2010s and beyond'

 

[Redglyph]

Ah, that other channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1...unity?lb=UgkxLO12ESIK2PXMSCGppSXSLS4kCw9mJpQm

 

[connus]

I started watching and the documentary seems well made. I don't know if I have six hours but I like it.

Plus, it follows my life pretty much. 1978 I got an Atari for Christmas and a few years later my dad purchased an Apple 2e. Not to mention the pocket full of quarters spent in arcades.

Me also ! I remember LOOM was the first computer game I ever played.

 

[Redglyph]

It's an impressive work that examines many aspects of video games: consoles, PC, peripherals, Japan/US gaming, online gaming, revenues, live services, indie games, controversies, recurrent crises, market saturation, ... I see why it's so long, now.

It's very well made and he's obviously done his research (as always).

 

[darklord]

Me also ! I remember LOOM was the first computer game I ever played.

ASK ME ABOUT LOOM.



Daniel.

 

[Redglyph]

Youtube's policy and random errors become more and more disgusting. They deleted NeverKnowsBest's 2nd channel a few days ago, and now they've demonetized this video, which took him months to make. And he's not the first to report those abuses.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPTXRV1GU4E

 

[Redglyph]

Good news, he got his 2nd channel back. He probably won't get the monetization of his last video back, though (The Entire Story of Videogames).

https://twitter.com/x/status/1671542483421937665

View: https://twitter.com/NeverKnowsStuff/status/1671542483421937665

 

[Couchpotato]

Yeah I've seen many creators lose their channel or get de-montized. Sometimes it's users who report wrong violations, or it's due to weird copyright violations.

Once or twice I've seen channels get hijacked for ransom or revenge.