Game Changers - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Nintendo's Wild Ride
From an obscure 19th-century Japanese playing card manufacturer to the most recognizable gaming company worldwide, Nintendo's wild ride from family business to global gaming titan has lasted over 100 years. Thanks to the willpower of a prodigal son who dared change Nintendo's course, it changed the world!
Madden Scores Big
Electronic Arts collaborates with legendary coach and sports commentator John Madden to create what would become the greatest football video game of all time.
Atari Takes the Lead
Atari's launch of Pong in 1972 and the follow-up smash hit Pac-Man in 1980 created a whole new gaming industry -- until it all came crashing down.
When Duty Calls
The inception of Activision's mega-hit Call of Duty began in Hollywood, thanks to director Steven Spielberg -- but its success was due to the scrappy brilliance of a Tulsa, OK, video game company and a group of disgruntled gamers named the "Gang of Four."
Backstabbed by Board Games
Monopoly, Scrabble and Operation are three of the most iconic board games ever made. But behind the wholesome family entertainment are surprising tales of thievery, backstabbing and lies.
World of Warcraft Goes for Gold
Brave heroes, join us on a quest into the vast realms of World of Warcraft! Follow the journey of its wise warriors, aka game developers, as they face insurmountable obstacles to collecting their gold -- lots and lots of gold. With a small loan from grandma, their voyage begins -- and continues today into the hallowed halls of MMO history.
Sega Sics Nintendo
Sega joins forces with a blue hedgehog to launch their 6-bit Genesis console, taking on the undisputed giant of the gaming industry: Nintendo.
Minecraft Builds an Empire
From Sweden to Silicon Valley, this is how a billion-dollar empire was built -- one block at a time. Minecraft sets players free to create their own world in a colorful, pixelated sandbox, mining, surviving, and even whacking the occasional zombie or two.
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Australian ex-pat Mackenzie Clarke is the seemingly golden girl of the London Metropolitan police force – with an intuitive approach to detective work, she has built a reputation for being able to crack the most impossible of cases. However, she's suddenly forced to up sticks and move back to her childhood home of Dolphin Cove, a beautiful, coastal paradise… and Mackenzie's worst nightmare.
English Teacher
English Teacher follows Evan Marquez, a high school teacher in Austin, Texas, who often finds himself at the intersection of the personal, professional and political aspects of working at a high school. Evan wants to be a principled person but often runs into trouble because of it.
The Gilded Age
The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and the rise of disparity between old money and new.
Against this backdrop of change, the story begins in 1882 — introducing young Marian Brook, the orphaned daughter of a Union general, who moves into the New York City home of her thoroughly old money aunts Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook. Accompanied by Peggy Scott, an accomplished African-American woman, Marian inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war between one of her aunts, a scion of the old money set, and her stupendously rich neighbors, a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife, George and Bertha Russell.
In this exciting new world that is on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
On Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, John Oliver presents a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.