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The Artists Season 1

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Computers were built to process data—but can they also make us cry? Meet “The Artists,” the video-game designers, developers, and programmers who revolutionized the way we experience American entertainment and storytelling.

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The Artists

United StatesDocumentaryTV-G1 Season | 10 Episodes

Computers were built to process data—but can they also make us cry? Meet “The Artists,” the video-game designers, developers, and programmers who revolutionized the way we experience America

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10 Episodes
Seeing Farther
S1 | E1
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9 Mins
Meet the group of rogue programmers who, in the 1980s, decided to elevate computer games to an art form.
The Revolution Will Be Digitized
S1 | E2
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12 Mins
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.
The Doom Generation
S1 | E3
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11 Mins
Doom was a fast-paced and immersive first-person shooter game whose success was the envy of the industry.
The Dragon Slayer
S1 | E4
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11 Mins
Though his industry was becoming increasingly concerned with the bottom line, Chris Crawford understood that video games could revolutionize storytelling.
Come Together
S1 | E5
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11 Mins
For one programmer, the future of gaming was about more than art. It was a social issue.
Searching for Shangri-La
S1 | E6
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12 Mins
Extending his empire to the small screen, George Lucas built a video-game incubator on his own ranch.
Dungeons & Doctors
S1 | E7
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8 Mins
Young doctors-turned-game-designers performed a digital transplant on an iconic role-playing game.
One More Turn
S1 | E8
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9 Mins
The history-inspired Civilization games say less about the past than they do about what’s next.
Wordsmiths
S1 | E9
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10 Mins
Before video games could get graphic, text-based adventures imagined the future of literature.
From Then to Now
S1 | E10
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10 Mins
From the art gallery to the boardroom, video games are going places their inventors never anticipated.

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Peter Mishara

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Christina Piovesan
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