Video Games: The Movie takes on a difficult task. As a medium, games haven’t been around that long, but a ton has happened in those 40 years. Their birth, the crash, arcades, online gaming, violence, eSports -- this documentary covers it all with plenty of information and context from industry legends. Unfortunately, at times, it can trip over its own wealth of content, but that’s no reason not to give this one a watch.
The film starts way, way back, with the invention of Space War and the other earliest video games. As time progresses into the '70s and '80s, and Atari and Nintendo come into prominence, we’re treated to original footage of console production and video game commercials. If you lived through those years, the old manufacturing and marketing videos will invoke plenty of nostalgia. If, like me, you weren’t alive yet, Video Games: The Movie offers a fascinating look at how games were produced and sold. Their position in our culture then, contrasted with now, is placed front and center to great effect.
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