Playing the revolution - upcoming documentary series

[scr33n]

Playing the Revolution is an upcoming documentary series by Italian outfit Junk Food, which chronicles "the Spacewar! milestone to the rise of the 16-bit era".

It's not some cheap retrospective. This is an in-depth series, each episode an hour long, and is full of interviews with some of the most important founding fathers of the entire medium of video games, like "the father of video games" Ralph Baer and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

http://vimeo.com/22936122


"Before people became reliant on personal computers, internet and dvd’s; before Mortal
Kombat clones started invading our lives; before videogames turned into massive
productions like Hollywood blockbusters… There was the 8-bit generation.
A journey backward from the Spacewar milestone, to the rise of the 16-bit era.
A piece of human history that would have changed the way people approach game and
technology, and definitely their lives, forever.
What was behind the first time a young prankster Steve Jaruszek borrowed his first token
to play Defender?
And what happened when Toru Iwatani sat down at his local pizzeria with a slice-off pizza
in his front? Who did first envision Atari’s fall?
Games, arcades, technical breakthroughs, social climate under the lens of the actors who
took part in the process – as the millions of fans who tore their fingers on PacMan & Co.
We talk about history."

Content Supervisor: Lorenzo Faggi
Director: Davide Agosta/Lorenzo Faggi
Producer: Tomaso Walliser

Title: Playing the revolution
Genre: documentary series
Episodes: 5
Duration: 60’ each
Produced by: Junk Food, Milano, Italy

[Etienne MacGyver]

Looks a bit like the 5 episodes of "I videogame / Rise of the videogame" documentaries from discovery channel.

(which are in my ftp btw)  

i see this is an upcoming docu, any news when its available ?

[scr33n]

I see this is an upcoming docu, any news when its available ?

no news at the moment