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Appsolute Genius with Dick and Dom

Richard McCourt

Dominic Wood

Appsolute Genius with Dick and Dom: Episode 3: Character

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Episode 3: Character

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Dick and Dom discover how characters are created for computer games.

Dick and Dom explore the world of computer games. They discover how characters are created for computer games and reveal three geniuses who have created iconic characters.

Appsolute Genius with Dick and Dom explores the fast and furious world of computer games. Dick and Dom travel the world to meet the creators behind some of the most successful games on the planet, from the creator of the first ever computer game to the genius behind Pac-Man.  

They also discover how geniuses past and present have all influenced the games we love to play.

In this episode Dick and Dom discover how characters are created for computer games. They reveal three geniuses whose brilliant ideas have all created iconic characters that we know and love. From Toru Iwatani, the creator of one of the first iconic computer game characters, Pac-Man, to Jim Henson, the master puppeteer who brought characters to life, to our final genius - Colin Urquhart, who invented software that allows our favourite footballers to play on virtual pitches in computer games.

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Dick and Dom meet computer programmers and the creators of video games.

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