Storyline

Dexter Thomas reveals the untold stories of the video game industry and meets people changing how we play today.

First Aired

2021-02-03
Last Aired

2021-03-06
Creator
Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

10
Status

Returning Series
Language

English
Network

Vice TV

Keywords:

video game development video games industrial documentary

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Season 1

1. Finish Him: A History of Fighting Games

Find out what makes the fighting game community so unique amongst other gamer groups. Dexter battles a...More

Find out what makes the fighting game community so unique amongst other gamer groups. Dexter battles an FGC legend and talks to two up and comers looking to change the game.Less

25mins 2021-02-03

2. Preservation Or Emulation

Dexter unearths a lost successor to NBA Jam and plays it for the first time in 30 years. Plus, meet th...More

Dexter unearths a lost successor to NBA Jam and plays it for the first time in 30 years. Plus, meet the people dedicated to preserving video games and gaming culture.Less

25mins 2021-02-03

3. War Games 1: How The Pentagon Games

Uncover the secret history of the relationship between the U.S. military and the video game industry. ...More

Uncover the secret history of the relationship between the U.S. military and the video game industry. Dexter tries a VR treatment for vets experiencing PTSD.Less

25mins 2021-02-10

4. War Games 2: Recruiting An Army Of Fun

Find out how the U.S. Army uses video games to recruit new soliders. Dexter trains with the Army espor...More

Find out how the U.S. Army uses video games to recruit new soliders. Dexter trains with the Army esports team at Fort Knox.Less

25mins 2021-02-10

5. Fandom Vs. Marketing: That Game Chose You

Who gets to be a gamer? Did you choose that game or did it choose you? The rise of the gamer bro and h...More

Who gets to be a gamer? Did you choose that game or did it choose you? The rise of the gamer bro and how Black SIMS fans changed the game for everyone.Less

25mins 2021-02-20

6. Regulate This Or Regulate That

RESET explores the history of regulation in gaming from Pong to Mortal Kombat. Maybe it wasn’t game co...More

RESET explores the history of regulation in gaming from Pong to Mortal Kombat. Maybe it wasn’t game content that needed to be regulated, but instead gamers themselves?Less

25mins 2021-02-20

7. Esports Economics: Drafting For Dollars

What's one billion dollars really worth? Dexter investigates the economics of the esports bubble and f...More

What's one billion dollars really worth? Dexter investigates the economics of the esports bubble and finds out how people behind the scenes get used by an explosive industry.Less

25mins 2021-02-27

8. Making the Game

Find out why some of gaming’s biggest failures are actually more important than the hits. We head to t...More

Find out why some of gaming’s biggest failures are actually more important than the hits. We head to the World Video Game Hall of Fame to get schooled by the masters.Less

25mins 2021-02-27

9. The COVID One: Our Year Of Gaming

A look back at the last year of gaming. How the pandemic transformed the way we play and why the gamin...More

A look back at the last year of gaming. How the pandemic transformed the way we play and why the gaming industry won big while we were locked down.Less