The episode on Doom is going to be WILD. Wolf of Wall Street-lite.
Yup.
Watch High Score | Netflix Official Site
This docuseries traces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the innovators who brought these worlds and characters to life.www.netflix.com
Weird that when I click this link it's written GDLK but I can read "High Score" in the link.
What territory are you in? Searching GDLK on google does bring up a link for it but then directs to what I posted. Looks like its maybe in Portuguese?
HE'S BACK!Hah, they haven't announced who this series' narrator is. Y'all will probably enjoy that.
I'll have more on this series in the future...
Now that I'm finally sitting down to watch it, I see what you mean. People are going to be VERY pleased.Hah, they haven't announced who this series' narrator is. Y'all will probably enjoy that.
I'll have more on this series in the future...
ugh the teasing!Now that I'm finally sitting down to watch it, I see what you mean. People are going to be VERY pleased.
I'm working up a review of the new Netflix documentary series "High Score" about video game history for @arstechnica, that'll go live next week before its Aug 19 premiere. In the meantime, they let us announce one really cool thing. It's-a @CharlesMartinet!
I'm working up a review of the new Netflix documentary series "High Score" about video game history for @arstechnica, that'll go live next week before its Aug 19 premiere. In the meantime, they let us announce one really cool thing. It's-a @CharlesMartinet!
I really hope they don't do the still common false version of history of "the crash killed off video games" while ignoring that computer gaming was awesome in this supposed dead era.I get the sense it is focused on video game consoles with a dash of landmark PC games from a certain era (Doom).
The closest we got to that was the BBC's fantastic drama Micro Men. Which chartered the very British competition between the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro home computers. Really interesting from a gaming perspective as the ZX Spectrum's huge success in the UK was thanks to its gaming library, much to its creator Clive Sinclair's frustration as he hated games and it was never intended to be a gaming machine. Very interesting watch.Will put thread on watch and check this out. Video game history 80s-2000s is one of my favorite subjects in film and literature. Wish Console Wars has been adapted to screen
I never experienced that era but I will check out the show if I can find it streaming, thanks!The closest we got to that was the BBC's fantastic drama Micro Men. Which chartered the very British competition between the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro home computers. Really interesting from a gaming perspective as the ZX Spectrum's huge success in the UK was thanks to its gaming library, much to its creator Clive Sinclair's frustration as he hated games and it was never intended to be a gaming machine. Very interesting watch.
If you want to enjoy the series uncritically and deal with a mix of storytelling delights and slower, "Guess I'll check my phone for a few minutes" segments, High Score has enough good content to sit through. This is boosted significantly by Charles Martinet as narrator; you may recognize his voice as that of Super Mario and other famous Nintendo characters, and he handles his humorous-enough script with a gentle cadence. (No, he never sneaks an "it's-a me!" into the series. Super Mario receives paltry lip service through the course of High Score, honestly.)
Just be warned that some uneven interview choices and leaps past significant game-history developments will leave anybody knowledgeable about gaming history yelling at their TV. Your favorite console, arcade, portable, or PC game from the era in question is, in all likelihood, not given enough time or coverage by Netflix's filming crew. (I, for example, couldn't believe how little was said about Tetris. Tetris!)
Am I right in assuming that the show is also very much focused on what was happening in the US? And ignoring the fact that in the UK and a good chunk of Europe in the 80s, we were playing on C64/Spectrum etc and games like Paradroid and Dizzy? And certainly not consoles. Even in the early 90s the Megadrive and SNES had tough competition from Amiga here. I ask because so many of these types of documentaries fail to realise how the gaming industry wasn't globalised back then and the famous "crash" never happened in Europe where we didn't give a shit about Atari in the first place.Here's my review:
High Score review: Netflix’s story of gaming’s “golden age” is honestly solid
The good outweighs the bad, though weird interview choices add unfortunate bloat.arstechnica.com
Am I right in assuming that the show is also very much focused on what was happening in the US? And ignoring the fact that in the UK and a good chunk of Europe in the 80s, we were playing on C64/Spectrum etc and games like Paradroid and Dizzy? And certainly not consoles. Even in the early 90s the Megadrive and SNES had tough competition from Amiga here. I ask because so many of these types of documentaries fail to realise how the gaming industry wasn't globalised back then and the famous "crash" never happened in Europe where we didn't give a shit about Atari in the first place.
As expected 🤦♂️Oh, I have awful news for you. Nothing you mentioned exists in this series' chronology.
I'm working up a review of the new Netflix documentary series "High Score" about video game history for @arstechnica, that'll go live next week before its Aug 19 premiere. In the meantime, they let us announce one really cool thing. It's-a @CharlesMartinet!