MOVIE · 2014
Video Games: The Movie
AnimationDocumentary101 min
Tracing video games from Atari-era hobby to global business, this documentary maps the industry's rise through interviews with designers, executives, and fans who helped shape it. Sean Astin narrates a survey that moves from early arcade breakthroughs to the age of Xbox, pausing on both the people who built the medium and the culture around it. Familiar figures including Nolan Bushnell and Hideo Kojima appear alongside developers and commentators, turning the film into a broad oral history of gaming as it grows from nerd niche to mainstream entertainment.
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