Episode Guide
Episode I: Seeing Farther
How Electronic Arts (Re)defined the Artist
Meet the group of rogue programmers who, in the 1980s, decided to elevate computer games to an art form.
Episode II: The Revo’n will be Digitized
The Rise & Fall of Gaming’s First Dynasty
Pong took computer games out of the lab and into the dive bar. Here’s how the runaway success of Atari’s first game led to the company’s eventual downfall.
Episode III: The Dragon Slayer
Chris Crawford’s Never Ending Quest to Slay his Dragon
Though his industry was becoming increasingly concerned with the bottom line, Chris Crawford understood that video games could revolutionize storytelling.
Episode IV: The Doom Generation
The Birth of the First Person Shooter
Doom was a fast-paced and immersive first-person shooter game whose success was the envy of the industry.
Episode V: Wordsmiths
Zork and the Worlds of Text-Based Adventuring
Before video games could get graphic, text-based adventures imagined the future of literature.
Episode VI: One More Turn
How Civilization Shows Us who Who We Really Are
The history-inspired Civilization games say less about the past than they do about what’s next.
Episode VII: Come Together
The Life & Times of Dani Bunten-Berry
For one programmer, the future of gaming was about more than art. It was a social issue.
Episode VIII: Searching for Shangri-La
LucasArts’ Legacy of Blurring the Lines Between Film & Gaming
Extending his empire to the small screen, George Lucas built a video-game incubator on his own ranch.
Episode IX: Dungeons & Doctors
How Three Doctors Risked it all to Create Nerd Nirvana
Young doctors-turned-game-designers performed a digital transplant on an iconic role-playing game.
Episode X: From then to Now
How Video Games Changed Storytelling Forever
From the art gallery to the boardroom, video games are going places their inventors never anticipated.
