The Artists

TV-G | Documentary | 1 season | 10 episodes

Computers were built to process data—but can they also make us cry? Meet “The Artists,” the video-game designers, developers, and programmers who revolutionized the way we experience American entertainment and storytelling.

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Season 1

Episode 1

Seeing Farther

Meet the group of rogue programmers who, in the 1980s, decided to elevate computer games to an art form.

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Episode 2

The Revolution Will Be Digitized

Pong took computer games out of the lab and into the dive bar. Here’s how the runaway success of Atari’s first game led to the company’s eventual downfall.

Episode 2

The Dragon Slayer

Though his industry was becoming increasingly concerned with the bottom line, Chris Crawford understood that video games could revolutionize storytelling.