Icons(2002)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2002-05-01
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 89
Icons was a documentary TV show on G4 that originally focused on significant people, companies, products, history, and milestones in world of video games. It was relaunched in 2006 and focused entirely on pop culture. It was cancelled soon afterwards. On May 10, 2006, it was announced that Icons was relaunching on June 3 with an episode focusing on J.J. Abrams. The show will feature a broader scope on things and people "men 18–34 care about, admire and emulate." Future episodes would focus on Marc Ecko, The Onion, and Family Guy. This change in format had been suspected, due to the recent episodes about George A. Romero, Frank Miller and the history of the King Kong franchise. The classic video game themed episodes continued to air on the network sporadically until 2008, under the new name of Game Makers.
Keywords
video game
Top Cast
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 18E01
Oddworld Inhabitants
Air Date: 2002-05-01
It's an Oddworld after all. Lorne Lanning and Sherry McKenna, co-founders of Oddworld Inhabitants, have created a vid...
E02
Nolan Bushnell
Air Date: 2002-05-01
For decades Nolan Bushnell, the originator of Pong and ATARI, has pushed the boundaries with inventions that were som...
E03
Pac-Man
Air Date: 2002-05-06
In 1979, a young Japanese game designer named Toru Iwatani had the desire to create a non-violent arcade game that wo...
E04
Lara Croft
Air Date: 2002-05-19
Dubbed "Indiana Jane" before her 1996 release in the United States, Lara Croft kicked the door open for open for an a...
E05
Activision
Air Date: 2002-06-09
Founded by four former Atari vets in 1980, Activision dominated the video game industry with smash-hit titles like Pi...
E06
Miyamoto
Air Date: 2002-06-16
Mr. Miyamoto has created characters such as Donkey Kong, Zelda and, of course, Mario. But with each success, the pres...
E07
Everquest
Air Date: 2002-07-07
Fans worldwide have embraced EverQuest since its debut in March of 1999. The enchanting land of Norrath--populated by...
E08
Bioware
Air Date: 2002-07-28
In just seven short years, the video game company Bioware, formed by Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, has become one of t...
E09
Will Wright
Air Date: 2002-08-18
Before they became a part of the biggest-selling PC video game franchise in the world, Will Wright's Sims games were ...
E10
Women in Gaming
Air Date: 2002-09-01
Women are finding careers behind the scenes as producers, designers and even CEOs of gaming companies. But their rise...
E11
Insomniac Games
Air Date: 2002-09-22
Find out how two Princeton graduates, Ted Price and Alex Hastings, created a budding gaming dynasty with Insomniac Ga...
E12
Sid Meier
Air Date: 2002-10-06
Sid Meier launched his first game company, Microprose, in 1982 on a dare from friend Bill Stealy. Over the next decad...
E13
Scary Games
Air Date: 2002-10-27
When did video games start scaring you? Do you remember the first scary game you ever played? We take a look back at ...
E14
Richard Garriott
Air Date: 2002-11-10
The land of Britannia; a realm of magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure. Who created this world? How did it begin? ...
E15
Bruce Shelley
Air Date: 2002-11-24
Very few people can say that they've honed their gamemaking skills alongside a gaming god. But that's exactly what Br...
E16
John Madden NFL Football
Air Date: 2005-03-03
Presenting the history of the Madden football franchise, from its humble beginnings on the Apple II to the realistic ...
E17
Splinter Cell
Air Date: 2002-12-18
Introducing the first in a series of Icons specials that feature the latest and greatest games, developers, and compa...
E18
Lord of the Rings
Air Date: 2002-12-23
When Universal Interactive decided to make a game based on "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, they realized that it wou...
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