![]() How about this little company that made computer games in the 80’s… how they joined forces with SEGA to create the biggest sports titles of all time? Well, watch the episode- you’ll find out from the people who did it! Did you know About the SEGA World Championships? Let the people who got that off the ground tell you about it. Did you know how he was created? Well, his creator will tell you. Especially since the RPG game has never been talked about to this degree!Īhhhhh… the beginning of the 90’s console wars! Do you remember that? And an upstart arcade company named- SEGA? And how they turned the industry on it’s ear with a little blue hedgehog named SONIC ? Never heard of him? Sure you have. The best episode of the group, in my opinion. This one was my favorite! everything about roleplaying games! I was a HUGE D&D player in high school, so I was totally into this episode! from adventure games on teletype, to the formation of one of the biggest roleplay computer game companies of the 1980s and 90s, I was hooked immediately! lots of great interviews in this one too- plus the story of a lost RPG written for the LBGTQ community that helped a lot of people when they needed it. But with more amazing interviews from people who have never done a documentary before- it feels brand new! Plus, spending a good amount of time on the 1990 Nintendo world Championships (which I went to- when it was living in Tampa!) was the icing on the cake! All narrated by the guy who IS THEIR MASCOT! It doesn’t get better than this! The 2nd chapter is about the industries’ redemption- from a 100 year old card playing company. Yeah, the narrative has been told before, but this feels like a very refreshing start. It has great interviews with people who started the industry that we know today as video game entertainment… leaders, programmers, and even one of the first high score players- some of which have never sat down to tell their stories in a documentary! One is the posthumous interview with the family of one amazing hardware designer who sadly passed in 2011- who invented the video game cartr idge. This chapter starts where all good stories start- at the beginning. Let’s talk about the episodes (spoiler free where I can.) Which seems to be the case for this series as well. ![]() Which should be no surprise- one of the executive producers, France Costrel- has some experience with this subject: she also directed the seven part series- 8 Bit Legacy: The Curious History of Video Games for Great Big Story (a part of CNN). ![]() Another thing I loved about the series, was the chapters- focusing on an era or genre of gaming, and making the flow seamlessly was fantastic. Also, having Charles Martinet- The voice of Mario- narrating… was genius. Right off the bat, it felt like an episode of The Toys That Made Us- which is a great thing. Once I saw the trailer for High Score- it peaked my interest- a documentary not just about the games, or the players…but focused on the designers and programmers (some of which have never done interviews!) I had to watch. not so much for me ( Videogames, the Movie– I’m calling you out!) I’m really going to have to do reviews on them as well. Some are great ( Once Upon Atari is one I liked) some. There have been a lot of video game documentaries. ![]() This one kind of came out of the blue for me. Let’s talk High Score– the new six part documentary on Netflix. ![]()
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