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Appsolute Genius with Dick and Dom

Richard McCourt

Dominic Wood

Appsolute Genius with Dick and Dom: Episode 7: Platform

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Dick and Dom reveal three geniuses who have changed the way we play games.

Dick and Dom explore the world of computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have changed the way we play games.

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 platforms in computer games. They reveal three geniuses who have changed the way we play games. From Allan Alcorn, creator of Pong, one of the first ever computer games that was simply a square ball bouncing back and forth across a screen, to Bill Gates, whose company pioneered gesture technology, which means that we can actually become the game controller. Our final genius is Steve Jobs who, along with his team, made games so accessible and mobile that we can play them virtually anywhere.

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

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