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PBS to Show Video Game Revolution Documentary

PBS Television has announced a documentary about the video game industry, showing this week on many PBS affiliates in the United States, and created as a co-production of...

Simon Carless, Blogger

September 6, 2004

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PBS Television has announced a documentary about the video game industry, showing this week on many PBS affiliates in the United States, and created as a co-production of KCTS Television, Seattle, and Palmer/Fenster, Inc. The two hour documentary, named The Video Game Revolution, includes interviews with noted game creators including Ralph Baer, Shigeru Miyamoto, Jason Rubin, Will Wright, Steven L. Kent, and Peter Molyneux, and the official website for the documentary includes a listing of local PBS airing times. The site further explains that the documentary "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."

About the Author(s)

Simon Carless

Blogger

Simon Carless is the founder of the GameDiscoverCo agency and creator of the popular GameDiscoverCo game discoverability newsletter. He consults with a number of PC/console publishers and developers, and was previously most known for his role helping to shape the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Conference for many years.

He is also an investor and advisor to UK indie game publisher No More Robots (Descenders, Hypnospace Outlaw), a previous publisher and editor-in-chief at both Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine, and sits on the board of the Video Game History Foundation.

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