Games Britannia: Joystick Generation

Benjamin Woolley concludes his three part series in his final episode of Games Britannia episode three: Monopolies and Mergers.

Games Britannia Part Three: Joystick Generation
Presented by Benjamin Woolley.
Duration: 59 minutes.
First broadcast on BBC4 in December 2009 as part of the Game On season.

In this final episode, Woolley talks about digital games. He begins with the arcade game era; the 1980s.

During this, he mentions games like Pacman and Space Invaders which are still played today and have and still are inspiring countless other games. Woolley continues to explore games in the 1990s where alot of female video game characters were created such as Lara Croft. Finally, he finishes off by mentioning internet gaming, which gave birth to Massive Multiplayer Online games, notably the world famous and widely played World of Warcraft.