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S01E03 - "Joystick Generation"
Aired on Dec 21, 2009, 9:00 PM
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Three-part series presented by historian Benjamin Woolley about popular games in Britain from the Iron Age to the Information Age, in which he unravels how an apparently trivial pursuit is a rich and entertaining source of cultural and social history.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
Dicing with Destiny
Series about the history of popular games in Britain. Ancient games were fundamental, but by the late Middle Ages gaming had become associated with gambling.
Dec 7, 2009
60 min
E2
Monopolies and Mergers
Benjamin Woolley traces the political and social impact that board games have had in the past 200 years.
Dec 14, 2009
60 min
E3
Joystick Generation
Benjamin Woolley explores the journey games have taken from board to screen in the past 30 years.
Dec 21, 2009
60 min
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