I know a few people here like playing games so you might be interested in watching this five part series that's currently airing each week in the US atm. There have been two eps so far and you can get them from the usual sources.

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Rise of the Video Game is a comprehensive and progressive exploration of the past, present and future of video games and video gamers. From the early days of Pong to today's ever-popular Halo 2, and from Atari 2600 to Nintendo to PlayStation, Rise of the Video Game tells the story of the people, the ideologies and the technology behind video games and how they have exploded into a cultural phenomenon. The evolution of gaming has seen the pendulum move from the days of games replicating society, to society replicating games. Featuring interviews with giants in the gaming industry of yesterday and today, this five-part series examines the evolution of the video game and its cultural impact on the world of entertainment today.

Discovery Channel link

yeah I've been watching these, episode 2 came out this week, I think there'll be 5 in the series?

the dude who created pac-man is f***ing freaky looking

If anyone hasn't been watching this yet and is interested definately get it. 4 eps are out and I just finished watching number 3 and they had a big chunk of it devoted to Wolfenstein and Doom and John Romero is interviewed in it. The whole ep is about FPS and training games for the military.