I am by no means a gaming expert. I’m the type of person who consistently placed second or third in Fortnite but never won. I played a bunch of Rocket League at the beginning of quarantine but am still pretty average at it. And I tried really hard to win the final battle in Ocarina of Time as a kid, but ultimately gave up because I got bored.
Yet I still like playing video games and am fascinated by the history behind them, which is why Netflix’s new six-episode docuseries, High Score, caught my eye.
This video game exposé tackles the birth of a variety of titles, including Space Invaders, Street Fighter II, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pac-Man, Madden NFL, Mortal Kombat, Final Fantasy, Donkey Kong, and more. It combs through the art that inspired these games and shows us the high-energy competitions where kids played them, the instrumental creators who didn’t get enough credit, and the social and legal controversies born out of the hype. Read more…
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