Episode #6 of Play History delves deep into how computer monitors shaped shaped the video game industry! We learn about the seminal computer games which did things almost unimaginable in the 1970s. From multiplayer worlds to BASIC dominance to the future of interaction, it’s the context that’s needed to put the coming years in context.
As always, please do check out the script for Episode 6 for resources used in this episode! In this video, we cover:
- How the Space Race shaped popular culture.
- The first games to conceive of an interconnected world.
- What were the advantages of bringing games to computers in the first place.
- Computer graphics in the 1970s and its influence on modern computing.
- Why the Cookie Monster is one of the most important icons of computing.
- The proto-internet which featured massively multiplayer gaming.
- A game which innovated twice, setting the course for almost all future deathmatch games.
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