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Appsolute Genius with Dick and Dom

Richard McCourt

Dominic Wood

Appsolute Genius with Dick and Dom: Episode 6: Coding

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Coding

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Episode 6: Coding

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Dick and Dom learn about coding in computer games.

Dick and Dom explore the world of computer games. They learn about coding and reveal three geniuses who have changed the programming world.

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.

Dick and Dom discover the genius of coding in computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have changed the programming world. From Ada Lovelace, who was so far ahead of her time she was writing lines of code decades before computers were even invented, to Ralph Baer, creator of the joystick, which made gaming more playable and accessible. And our final genius, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who not only invented the actual internet - he let everyone use it for free!

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

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