Rise of the Video Game

Tonight at 8PM on the Discovery Channel, World of Wonder's well-reviewed five-part series, Rise of the Video Game, airs Level Two, exploring how the release of Sega's Genesis and Sony's PlayStation encouraged gamers to eschew cutesy cartoon characters in favor of grittier heroes like Sonic the Hedgehog and the anti-heroes of games like Grand Theft Auto III. Says Rock, Paper, Shotgun: "Rise of the Video Game demonstrates a depth of research and work that lifts it above the usually banal, patronizing rubbish that television normally produces on the subject. It interviews all the right people, knows to show clips of all the right games, and makes the assumption that you’ve already a basic knowledge of the subject." Check it out.

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