The second part, of a five part history of the video game industry, airs on the Discovery Channel tonight. If you missed last weeks, that alright make sure you catch tonights. I watched the one last week and it was very good.  You will be able to catch level 2 tonight at 8 pm pt/et on the Discovery channel, then again at 11pm pt/et. Here is a quick synopsis of tonights show:

In the late ’70s, early ’80s, video games gained their face. Game creators became more liberated to create more complex video games and icons like Mario and Zelda began to give way to grittier characters. Learn how video game technology has evolved.

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