This is a good Great Courses intro to video games. Parish does an excellent job narrating, which I expected as he has been a professional podcaster for 15+ years now. He takes an overview to the major shifts and leaps forward in technology, and the companies that released landmark titles that changed what games are and how they are played. I wish the course had been longer - there is A LOT to talk about, and it is fairly well documented due to video games recency - but I can appreciate this for what it is.

Recommended for anyone wanting an overview of video games, fans of Retronauts. If you want more on the cultural impact of video games, there are other books for that.