The Story of Video Games
Like Duolingo, but for The Story of Video Games. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo turns The Story of Video Games into a game you actually finish. Levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that make it stick. Five minutes a day.
Where The Story of Video Games takes you
Travel back in time to see how simple dots on a screen became massive digital worlds. Discover the consoles, characters, and creators that changed how we play forever.
- 1
The Very First Games
- Games in Science Labs
- The Birth of Arcade Machines
- Pong and the First Home Boxes
- The Space Invaders Craze
- 2
The Golden Age of Arcades
- Pac-Man and the Power Pellet
- Donkey Kong and the First Jump
- The Rise of Adventure Games
- Why the Game Industry Almost Ended
- The Nintendo Entertainment System
- Mario Takes Over the World
- 3
Handhelds and 3D Worlds
- Tetris and the Game Boy
- The Console Wars Begin
- Moving from 2D to 3D
- 4
The Modern Era of Gaming
- The Internet and Playing Together
- Games on Your Phone
- Independent Creators and New Ideas
- Virtual Reality and the Future
- Why We Love to Play
4 sections · 18 units · 54 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If you wanted to own a computer in the 1950s, what was the biggest hurdle you would face?
Get it right to open this lesson and 53 more in the app.
You pick the voice
The Story of Video Games is taught in the The Comedian style: learning with the laughs left in. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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