Gamer Generation
By SteveSo, I was watching this documentary on Discovery HD called Gamer Generation. It isn’t bad. It covers computer gaming more than console gaming, interestingly enough (though it shows a lot of people playing Xbox consoles, and for some reason uses Fable for its segment on MMOs).
Now, I’d like to think that I helped shape the piece somewhat… well, to what extent, I have no idea. Probably very little. But I spent a few hours over the course of a few months talking to Anna Sand, one of the people who made it. I gave her some contacts, pointed her in some directions, and put her in touch with some people (I think). But I was pleasantly surprised to find out how little input she really needed. She’d already hit some of the more interesting points, and even filmed the segments in South Korea for StarCraft madness. I think I tried to convince her to focus more on computer stuff, and it’s definitely all PC, all the time.
I also think I may have pointed them in the direction of gaming in the Middle-east (they talk about Arabs making games where they can kill Isralis; yay for diplomatic progress through videogames!). And I may have given her Brenda Brathewaite’s contact info, so the former “Brenda from Sir-tech” totally owes me… something. (Maybe. Bah, who says I didn’t? I’ll totally take credit.)
Anyway, it’s definitely worth watching. And if you dig it, it’s because of me. If you think it sucks, it’s totally because they ignored everything I said.
June 23rd, 2007 at 10:25 pm
I always find myself cringing every time I see games on TV. It’s worse than walking into the local Noobville Central at Gamestop or similar stores. This sounds interesting. If they can entertain you without making you feel dumb (or rather, that they think you’re dumb) then there is definitely a chance for me too.