A Brief History of Graphics

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A roughly 45-minute video essay from the Ahoy channel that traces the history of graphics in video games, consolidated from a longer playlist into a single video. It follows how game visuals developed across hardware generations.

HN people pass it around as an interesting, well-produced single-sitting overview of how game graphics evolved.

“very interesting and high production value”

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@dexen2021 · in “A Brief History of Graphics”
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@reefab2015 · in “A Brief History of Graphics in Video Games [video]”
blogspam, here is the link to the compiled video from the author's youtube page: ▶ this video 45 minutes, very interesting and high production value.
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@Ianvdl2015 · in “A Brief History of Graphics [video]”
The full playlist consolidated into one video is available here ▶ this video Ahoy's videos also cover some other topics such as firearms (specifically their depictions in games) and beverages. He also has a good video about easter eggs in games.