We're incredibly happy to tell this bizarre, brilliant tale from gaming history, and we really hope you like it as much as we do! - Dale and Joe If you’d like to see more gaming mini-documentaries we’ve made, why not check out: Sean Murray On the Present, Past and Future of No Man’s Sky: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZ2XtcFvabjIZrQ.html How Dragon Quest Spawned an Urban Myth: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qq2f0duOeJWuetI.html

@MrSpeedyduck

4 жыл бұрын

I am amazed by this story of the history of nintendo was put up ...this video is so well contructed that i forgot all about time and i had to wait for another bus, that I didn't mind at all.

@TheNivektube

4 жыл бұрын

The worlds first console fanboy documented

@JayC2k08

4 жыл бұрын

Loved it

@revelore4090

4 жыл бұрын

what's bizarre about it? it's just great. IGN should really do more articles like this

@SensuAudica

4 жыл бұрын

This was great! *Smash tankard* Another!

“Here’s an ashtray.” “Okay, you can have Sweden.”

@MichaelSmith-cl1uo

4 жыл бұрын

It sounds like a gangster saying! Lol

@TheRealCaptainFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Smith Nintendo gangstaz lol

@TheRealCaptainFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the likes! Great story!

@crabjockey

4 жыл бұрын

It was the 80's, man. Everybody smoked!!

@TheRealCaptainFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

Crab Jockey I still smoke. Yeah, I know better.

IGN: *does real journalism* : everyone liked that

@bodybody5609

4 жыл бұрын

But the ign itself don't like it

@realIanIANian

4 жыл бұрын

Reddit moment

@SilverDreamweaver

4 жыл бұрын

Lol this is the only comment they didn't heart. They don't want to accept the truth.

@Shizkeb

4 жыл бұрын

@@SilverDreamweaver nope, the rest of the hearted comments were posted a day before this one. It's possible that they only hearted comments that came on the same day, just a theory :p

@SilverDreamweaver

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shizkeb They all said 1 day ago Yesterday at the time of my writing.

The greatest feat he accomplished was not explained at all. How did he manage to actually end up creating a distribution network? It's monstrously impressive.

Not exactly a lie. He just didn't tell about the size of his "company". And most importantly: Despite his size, he was able to deliver.

@dbw1114

4 жыл бұрын

In looking at the 2nd Telex message, his umbrella company has 3 different firms under it, with at least one with decent retail presence. He may not have been a giant presence in Sweden, but he certainly must have been a decent sized retailer.

@matthewgaunt4358

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but would you have clicked if it had said "Man exaggerates a bit, achieves business deal"

@PresidentScrooge

4 жыл бұрын

"Despite his size, he was able to deliver" That's what she said.

@DysfunctionalCreeper

4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewgaunt4358 "The lie that helped IGN get 1,000,000 views"

@jrgenkalsneshagen8702

4 жыл бұрын

He did say in the 2nd message that he had around 700 stores, which was a big lie.

“He gave them love, and in return they gave him loyalty.”

@beraldino

4 жыл бұрын

That hit me harder than it should, not even gonna make a joke.

@Shahzad-Khan

4 жыл бұрын

This hits different...

@thatguy9196

4 жыл бұрын

Wow.........

@vrulent

4 жыл бұрын

I cried

@JayAyers

4 жыл бұрын

I just heard that quote as I read your comment. I love Nintendo for this. They could've cut a deal with someone else but stayed with the man who helped them break into the West.

Literally how most business is done. Oversell your capabilities and make it happen.

@SeanFalloy

4 жыл бұрын

Except with one difference. Western companies have zero loyalty. This never could have happened if it was a Western company. They would have jumped ship for the next cheapest distributor down the road. Other than that, yes over sell capacity or you will never grow.

@finraziel

4 жыл бұрын

And this is why tech guys hate sales guys.

@mandarkastronomonov2962

4 жыл бұрын

justaperson8910 Theranos.

@lliaolsen728

4 жыл бұрын

He lied about who he was - but was capable of becoming that lie. So in essence it was true all along.

@DavidBeanTN

4 жыл бұрын

@@lliaolsen728 Truth bomb!

The most unbelievable part about this tale is that he got the the airline to change his ticket for free. Nothing moves those cold bastards

@frida507

4 жыл бұрын

Those were different times.

@ZakkandtheJ

3 жыл бұрын

One time my alarm didn't go off on a flight from London back to Canada and when I got to the airport they were happy to switch me but I had to go to a different airport and kill some time waiting all day but it worked. in my defense I wasn't really all that upset because I ended up arriving back in Canada a little earlier due to it being a shorter flight and less layovers and I got to spend about 6 hours in the London airport to eating British crisps before I made my way back to Canada

i cant believe my entire childhood rested on the shoulders of some random Swedish business man seeing a toy in Singapore

@NeoThemr

3 жыл бұрын

Yes ur childhood is based on a lie🤣

@machupikachu1085

2 жыл бұрын

and that toy was the mastermind of a Nintendo janitor lol

What a fantastic story! Had genuinely never heard this before, but without Owe Bergsten, the gaming landscape might be unrecognisable in Europe. You could say, we all "owe" him.

@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer

8 ай бұрын

Probably not. The Famicom did end up being released as the NES in the US by Nintendo's local subsidiary before being released in Sweden or any other part of Europe in any form. The only big difference would have likely been the NES being released later in Europe.

I can only imagine the amount of work that went into this, but I hope this encourages similar style videos! Awesome stuff folks!

@IGN

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike. You're right, it was a lot of work, but awesome to do! - Dale and Joe.

@fractal_mind562

4 жыл бұрын

This style has proven to get views now as it's been around a few years, so people jump on the back... Its not groundbreaking

@boostedsavage8601

4 жыл бұрын

@@IGN who's Joe?

@jablinski_time

4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@00piper18000

4 жыл бұрын

@@IGN this video was amazing. I really enjoy learning about gaming history and I'm amazed that I didn't know about this. I can't help but admire people like Owe Bergsten, he had his goal and done whatever it took to reach it.

I have such fond memories of the Bergsala logo on my NES games here in Sweden. They were genuinely a cool company and would answer letters from gamers. I'm happy to know the story behind this!

Engineering major: study entire life, work, and work, and work. Business major: meet, get drunk and present an ashtray.

@bluesound666

4 жыл бұрын

Political major : meet, get drunk & received an ashtray

@solderbuff

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluesound666 , political majors typically are not the ones that become prominent politicians. At least in democracies like the US.

@bluesound666

4 жыл бұрын

@@solderbuff ah you're right, most politicians in my country are businessman join or recruited by the party.

I’d like to see more of these mini-docs around lesser known stories in the gaming industry given how many there are out there.

@jakeuppetersen5720

4 жыл бұрын

look up the show Icons, it was an old show on G4 that did hour long documentaries on random people in gaming history

@siplezz6706

4 жыл бұрын

There’s this KZreadr called Thomas game docs who does this sort of thing

@TheRayvolution

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@geraq0

4 жыл бұрын

you should also check the Gaming Historian channel, it has a lot of cool documentaries.

This is great! Amazing journalism, IGN! More of this, please.

@IGN

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew! - Dale and Joe

@JetpacksWasYes2

4 жыл бұрын

@ERA CASTE I'd like to see a documentary in general about how shitty ign is at "journalism" and reviews. We all know they're very self aware of how corrupt they are.

I honestly thought I would stop watching within the first five minutes. This small documentary is so interesting I watched all 19 minutes of it and it didn’t feel that long.

@jaccamara3862

4 жыл бұрын

Same.

@Wakaflockaflank

4 жыл бұрын

Agree. Had no idea it was 19 minutes until you said so!

@maytimu844

4 жыл бұрын

This is called ‘doing your job right’

@xyex

4 жыл бұрын

Same. When it ended I was like "Wait, I thought this was 19 minutes? Did I miss read and it was only 9?"

@wasf2000

4 жыл бұрын

so do I

Loved the story. The accuracy of the facts make this film very insightful. One remark though: Germany (at 11:20) had a slighty different map in 1982, comprising two different countries.

@Toastbug

4 жыл бұрын

Lol you're right

@filmjolkfilmjolk5518

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, and their economy still hadn't recovered whiles sweden which had stayed neutral in the war and sold lots of iron to both sides was financially strong.

@steve1978ger

4 жыл бұрын

@@filmjolkfilmjolk5518 - Germany had fully recovered by 1982, and per capita GDP was in the same ballpark as Sweden's, with Germany having more than 7 times the population

You can tell there was more to it than just showing up by him waiting around and getting invited to dinner and drinks. The guy had experience dealing in asia and they were clearly impressed by him and his ability to do business with them. Sometimes the person you are going to be working with (for a lifetime) is more important than how much money his company has.

@mfst100

4 жыл бұрын

But you aren't saying that he would have made it all without this initial lie, are you?

@jeffc5974

4 жыл бұрын

But since he was able to deliver, was it really that much of a lie?

@mfst100

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffc5974 I don't know.

@davemarx7856

4 жыл бұрын

Damn straight. The right place and the right time can mean very little... If you have the wrong person.

We need more like this on here. An extremely interesting look into the history of video games. Great job!

@personwhoruinsthejoke9463

4 жыл бұрын

No we don’t,ur ratarded if u think this channel does need that

@jablinski_time

4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@arekrekas213

4 жыл бұрын

@@personwhoruinsthejoke9463 there was no joke yet you still ruined it, how!?!?!?

That guy is the most Swedish-sounding person I've ever heard

@cark1389

4 жыл бұрын

I think it might be because he's from Sweden

@TheRealSherman

4 жыл бұрын

@@cark1389 I know, it's almost as if he's from Sweden...

@cark1389

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealSherman that is what I just said, and if you couldn't tell, that was sarcasm

@TheRealSherman

4 жыл бұрын

@@cark1389 If you couldn't tell I was being sarcastic too you know

@glgina6

4 жыл бұрын

@Iraq Gaming Even so, the sheer potency of his accent is to be commended.

The whole documentary was AMAZING, i would love to watch more stories like this, you really made my day IGN.

I'm seriously giving a standing golf clap for IGN doing actual journalism..... A single tear may or may not be rolling down my cheek.

So technically we got to thank Sweden for being the testing ground that allowed Nintendo to spread it's wings for more Western audiences.

@jablinski_time

4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@rockzs74r

4 жыл бұрын

Nah I don't need to. Because I am Asian.

@DwayneIsKing

4 жыл бұрын

I mean it's not even technically. That's like legit what happened 😂

@Ginu214

4 жыл бұрын

@@DwayneIsKing yeah you are right lol

@deepspaceexplorer4265

4 жыл бұрын

Only if you believe that the Atari 2600 flopped, LOL

This story touches my heart, simply because if the events played out any different all of our childhoods would have been different. He took a chance, and was confident about it. It brings me joy to see business flourish overseas and make its way to the Americas.

@axolotlmafia

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! This was such a lovely and interesting little documentary.

This is what journalism and professionalism is all about, cheers.

I want to hear more about the "tough negotiations with the bank" at 9:43. The rest is just normal business dealings. The bank stuff is the stuff no one talks about because it's not sexy but the stuff most people should learn.

This is such a great video. Also, those Game and Watch illustrations are cute as heck!

@IGN

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yeah, we love them to. Our illustrator Anna did an incredible job! - Dale and Joe

@jablinski_time

4 жыл бұрын

Wow

This started off interesting and then became a thing of beauty!

“Fake it until you make it.” to the extreme. But he had business tenacity.

A fantastic documentary, I would certainly enjoy more of these from IGN!

@IGN

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! - Dale and Joe.

@linclogames

4 жыл бұрын

No doubt. An interesting story, great production value.

We need more videos like this

@stevenmills6502

4 жыл бұрын

Did you watch cowboy pocket tomorrow ?

@fractal_mind562

4 жыл бұрын

There are literally hundreds of videos like this one on smaller channels, and have been for years... Dig deeper and you'll find some actual quality and deep docs on all kinds of gaming things

@integralogic

4 жыл бұрын

We need more news like this.

@pryvisee

4 жыл бұрын

9/10 - Like Skyrim but with K N O W L E D G E

@krismagix1

4 жыл бұрын

If you want more videos like this, you need to watch KZread channels like "Gaming Historian", "Stop Skeletons from Fighting", etc.

"If it wasn't for that lie, I wouldn't have missed my flight" is the morale of the story.

Amazing little documentary. As a swede, and gamer since the early 80’s, I knew most of this already. But it was still fantastic to watch. And yeah, it really makes you realize that the gaming business as a whole could have been entirely different if Owe didn’t buy that Game&Watch and put so much work into persuading Nintendo. Mind boggling!

Please make more of this type of documentary content!

@personwhoruinsthejoke9463

4 жыл бұрын

NO !!!

@WellPreparedTreeFrog

4 жыл бұрын

Amfram because read his name

"We need an initial order of 10,000 units." "Hey, put me down for 30,000." There's a butt clencher! There's no guarantees that the LCD games would be a sure thing other than one or two people thinking it was his jam. And I wouldn't be the sort of person to go from "Check out this cool souvenir I got from my trip to Japan" to "Hey, I could sell these!"

@Kittsuera

4 жыл бұрын

guess to get the loan he had to put down everything he had as collateral so, if he was already all in might as well go all in. also, not sure if it was part of the thinking process but maybe it was a power move. "we want your business, and will perform above your minimum expectations."

@Kopie0830

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kittsuera He was brave that's for sure. But since he loves it, he puts everything into it. He's love was well founded. His faith in Nintendo became a success.

@fencefirst2722

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone was asking about them obv

@9HighFlyer9

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kopie0830 I think you don't understand the meaning of "brave." He never faced pain or injury. There was no fear to overcome. If anything he was fearless.

@---cr8nw

4 жыл бұрын

Achilles: *That's why no one will remember your name.*

Owe Bergsten: Remember 50 no and one yes is still a yes. Nintendo: Fine you can have the NES.

He has walked into that building so many times but I never see him come out, I like to imagine that you're not re-using footage and that he's just walking out the back door and back in the front door repeatedly while the poor receptionist just sits there having deja vu over and over again.

When you lie on your resume and suddenly get the job

@friedburner6075

4 жыл бұрын

And nailed it so hard your boss dont want u to leave.

@miguelmejia4656

4 жыл бұрын

hot chip and lie

@tromick

4 жыл бұрын

It is happened to me... Due of i'm not experienced, i got 10 reject, when i said "lie" immediately i got job! It happened in 2015.

@namelessanomaly3946

4 жыл бұрын

@@friedburner6075 That didn't work out so well for Robert Irvine he nailed it hard and they still fired him LOL.

Me: 19min video, im just gonna see what this is about . 19min afterwards: wow, love this video, wish we had more like this. Great video.

@unbredstone7378

4 жыл бұрын

glad I'm not the only one

@Ajaxaxxess

4 жыл бұрын

one of the few videos i didnt ff through 2 minutes at a time.

@kyhxx

2 жыл бұрын

. same ^

Well made video. Really appreciate the efforts of interviewing Bergsten and amazing illustrations

I love history like this! Very well made and solid writing.

This... this was something special IGN. Love this "storytelling"!

@vguyver2

4 жыл бұрын

I loved as well Vitor. I hope they do more like it.

"At that time it was very easy to lie, because the internet had not been invented." - Abraham Lincoln

@derpidius6306

4 жыл бұрын

"At that time, it was very easy to Abraham Lincoln, because invented had not been lie." - The internet

@aeonjoey

4 жыл бұрын

Patrick Valentino I lol'd

@mikaelj3760

4 жыл бұрын

i remember the lies people told before internet but now i google it in their faces

@davidkoester258

4 жыл бұрын

Lol 😆

@eliteotaku

4 жыл бұрын

i searched the internets and it was not abraham who said that

Let me get this straight. So,Nintendo at the time was a small company producing inexpensive,yet impressive at the time,handheld consoles. This dude who owned an electronics shop was cruising Japan when he spotted the Nintendo handheld and purchased one. He fell in love with the unit to the point that he decided to contact the company (Nintendo) and pretend to be a big distributor in Sweeden. Strikes up a friendly conversation with a Nintendo employee and convices the employee to grant him rights to distribute in a certain region. After some drinks and a fun night out,the Nintendo employee grants him rights to a region. He manages to borrow enough money to purchase the number of units Nintendo suggested for distribution (10,000) and he sells them like tacos in California. From that success, he manages to buy more and more until sales began to decline. He wasn't worried much but continued to spend time with Nintendo employees when visiting Japan until the engineers developed newer products like the Famicom/he GameBoy and Nes. He now has a close relationship with Nintendo and makes BANK. Geez,makes me wish I found an underdeveloped company and did the same thing.

@DejayClayton

4 жыл бұрын

Correction - Singapore, not Japan.

@lenn939

4 жыл бұрын

@Satsui Nohado Why did you repeat the entire video?

@Andrew-hp1yj

4 жыл бұрын

The companies are out there. You just need to look in the right places, have a belief and go for it.

@cerceif3820

4 жыл бұрын

Nintendo is from Japan, knowing that the game already sold in Singapore tells that Nintendo is already a great company, not that "small" even though not as big as now

@johnpaleos6387

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you can get friendly with a Google exec and distribute KZread to your country !!!

As someone born in the mid 80’s in a rural area I was literally raised on Nintendo. That ending actually brought a few tears!! Thanks for a great history lesson! I’m now looking for that original lie to frame in my Nintendo guest room!

That was strangely heartwarming. Nintendo fan got his ultimate wish and then more.

@emmanuelrodriguez2346

4 жыл бұрын

You had 255 likes, im sorry I broke the byte with the like 256

@CoDNaMoPRaTioNBLuDRaoN

4 жыл бұрын

You had 266 likes, I'm sorry I broke the byte with the like 267

@nathanielballenger6631

4 жыл бұрын

Now its a perfect 300.

IGN for once doing actual journalism!? 2019 is a crazy year.

@i6tir

4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see what 2020 has in store.

What a great story of business, loyalty, and friendship!

@Dowlphin

4 жыл бұрын

'friendship'

Make more of this. This is not only informative but inspiring

Thank you, IGN, for telling this story! This story is pretty well known among gaming circles in Sweden, and was written about a lot in gaming mags over here when I grew up. But it’s history that’s virtually unknown outside of of our borders, and when I’ve talked about it with non Swedes I’ve often gotten the impression that they believe I’m making it all up, so I love that you’ve helped share the history with the rest of the world.

This story should be made into a movie.

@_-spike-_

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@Guigui_82

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed but Nintendo would never accept and would sue anyone who would make it without their consent.

@goose5

4 жыл бұрын

@@Guigui_82 With a dinner awash in booze and a crystal ashtray I'm sure Bergsten could convince them to look the other way.

@eliudc.delgado9056

4 жыл бұрын

@@Guigui_82 I'm sure neither Facebook nor Zuckerberg are happy about The Social Network movie. Big studios have copyright lawyers that go over scripts in order to avoid getting sued.

@Zumiisu

4 жыл бұрын

Agree

Lovely illustrations, this is all so well produced and written.

Love stories like this, sometimes the universe just coalesces around a person place time and thing. Keep it up!

Wait a second, this isn’t Gaming Historian

@_PatrickO

4 жыл бұрын

dude got scooped on a 30 year old story.

@MageisHero

4 жыл бұрын

They're learning.

@mynameismmandimheretosay7979

4 жыл бұрын

I would like but that would break the 64 mark

"Here's an ashtray" "Sorry, I don't smoke"

@tranger4579

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it's beautiful spare change holder.

@johnsmithschannel999

4 жыл бұрын

Means you're a sissyboy

@mje6444

4 жыл бұрын

They all smoked back then

@bhew7409

4 жыл бұрын

You've not been to Japan then I see :)

@baddbeliever

4 жыл бұрын

Everybody had several ashtrays back then, even if they didn't smoke. At home or in your office. The fancier the better.

this is by far the BEST video I've ever seen from IGN so very interesting and heartfelt well done

This is one of the best IGN videos I’ve seen, really inspiring!

Those Swedes must have been overjoyed when Nintendo Labo came out. It satisfies their love for Nintendo products and self assembly furniture. And of course they "Owe" it to Mr. Bergsten! By the way Joe, nice Batik Shirt.

@iknowmyopinioniswrongbut6785

4 жыл бұрын

As a swede, yes, we were

@sabrilben

4 жыл бұрын

Damn i wouldnt realize the batik if you didn't mention it..

@Marcusianery

4 жыл бұрын

IKEA-Bergsala need to do a crossover now with Nintendo themed furnitures...

I've seen that Mario statue outside Gothenburg a hundred of times, and I had no idea of the backstory! Great video! :)

@BoTheDoggo

4 жыл бұрын

@Jack McClendon i know the feeling

@MogusMasterSaikawa22

4 жыл бұрын

XD I think your channel is fine XD

@Joeysnew532

4 жыл бұрын

You gotta do what you gotta do to keep coppa from eating your family.

Please do more of these, we have over 40 years of gaming history there must be hundreds of stories like this.

I've been subscribed for years and this is the best and most polished content I've seen of this type from you guys!!!! Keep doing documentaries!!!!

So this was the man that created my NES gaming childhood... Never heard of him before, thanks a lot for this doc!

Took me 19 minutes to realise this was an ign video this level of content was great to see from them haven't been this impressed in a long time

This Bergsten must have really understood the esoteric aspect of "Leave Luck to Heaven"!

Wow, never knew of that. Very well produced video and superbly narrated.

It's tough to determine if it was a lie. He claimed to be a distributor. Every business has a first client.

@FloydBagsby

4 жыл бұрын

- - true

@dieptrieu6564

4 жыл бұрын

His claimed was that he was already a big distributor.

@tomhill3248

4 жыл бұрын

@@dieptrieu6564 He was big...for Sweden.

@AdamsBrew78

4 жыл бұрын

@@dieptrieu6564 The fact that he could so easily distribute 30 thousand units on his first order, shows that it wasn’t a lie. He WAS a big distributor who wasn’t bullshitting about his abilities.

@dieptrieu6564

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomhill3248 Iirc he wasn't even big for sweden, he started as a small shop

So he didn't really lie, just stretched the truth. One thing that is true is that guy is a baller.

@CoDNaMoPRaTioNBLuDRaoN

4 жыл бұрын

That is the most generic pfp I've ever seen

@IrvinTime1989

4 жыл бұрын

Hustle in his blood

@hgabrielopez

4 жыл бұрын

totally agree. Is just a click bait to watch the video

@hgabrielopez

4 жыл бұрын

@obbygift Nintendo recieved its money, the problem would be with the bank loan

@osareafallire

4 жыл бұрын

Ummmm, he pretty much lied. He pretty much lied multiple times. But that's the trick with honest people. Their definition of a lie is a bit more flexible so as to keep them honest.

Thank you, KZread algorithm, for taking me to this BRILLIANT story.

wow, Great video and editing. great film work and an amazing story.

More of such historical/anecdotal documentaries, please!

call me crazy but this story would seem like a great idea for a movie

@cragnog

4 жыл бұрын

you're crazy. But yes it would.

@_PatrickO

4 жыл бұрын

Starring john leguizamo as owe bergsten.

@3katsime

4 жыл бұрын

But there wasn’t many bad parts of the story. It would be an interesting idea in theory, but a boring movie in practice

@Diphenhydra

4 жыл бұрын

Arush Verma just like forest gump, and that movie seemed to perform well.

@RocksDXebec-mm3rn

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah

this is the best documentaries style ever i saw in youtube!!! hats off

This was such an amazing video!!!! Thank you so much for creating this and sharing this story from a neat glimpse into the past of video games and the people who had influenced it all.

Could we have more of these mini-documentaries?

@SonnyGTA

4 жыл бұрын

Cognitive Aberration yes

@ryanreed1725

4 жыл бұрын

Why is this a mini documentary?

Honestly, it was one of the most compelling documentaries that I've ever seen.

@monkeylordofdoom14

4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree! I am super impressed with this and with IGN for backing it!

@cindybenforever7647

4 жыл бұрын

You should check out Jessica Kellgren-Frozard. She does profiles of historical figures, such as Annie Jump Canon. Annie was an American astronomer who was exceptional at her work. She's also done profiles of Emily Dickinson, Charles II and Queen Alexandria.

@tomhill3248

4 жыл бұрын

@@cindybenforever7647 Does Jessica do anything on video games?

@cindybenforever7647

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomhill3248 Sorry, but no. Her channel is a bit more centred around her life and experiences, which are actually interesting. This is unrelated, but her wife is flipping adorable.

@ericaguilar9382

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomhill3248 Look up "GamingHistorian" they do a bunch of documentaries on the history of specific video games, consoles, or even controversies caused by video games of the past

This was a fantastic piece. Please do more of them.

Wow just wow please make more videos like this it’s the first video of igns I’ve ever enjoyed this much absolutely perfect thanks

This is the craziest most wholesome thing ever.

@Lycanthromancer1

4 жыл бұрын

@Roshea Don't forget the wholesome lies he told.

@bloxer9563

4 жыл бұрын

@Roshea not what the video is about

@bloxer9563

4 жыл бұрын

@Roshea Yeah I suppose... I guess we can look positively on the corporate conglomerate for one video before we start hating them again.

@sB-wt7jy

4 жыл бұрын

@Hayato hmm so one guy lying his way into millions of dollars selling and distributing something that directly helped influence my childhood as well as millions of others in a positive way isn't wholesome as it is crazy?

@RDDPro

4 жыл бұрын

Wholesome? Are you 7?

*Bergsten: The real Michael Scott*

@aswallace88

4 жыл бұрын

Somehow, I manage.

@Diablange95

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe the 'i' is missing.

@Diablange95

4 жыл бұрын

Bergstein

Wow. I had one of those "Game and Watches" in 1980. Had no idea until now that the global Nintendo Empire was based on that teeny LCD based game!

"A butterfly flapping wings of Telex paper." Damn, that's a great line.

I wish I had that much confidence and charisma. My social anxiety could never

One of my favorite IGN pieces. Great job!

Came for a shocking truth, stayed for the history lesson

What a great story. Just on charm and behaving 'correctly' in the eyes of Japanese business culture, he gains a massive 'win'. Continuing the personal touch over the years is also viewed by the Japanese as a mark of respect.

Loved this, really great work. Really well written and edited, would love to see even more of this stuff on IGN, really really cool!

@IGN

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephen, glad you liked it! - Dale and Joe

Love this larger than life characters, what a fantastic piece! Congratulations!!

This may just be one of the best things I’ve seen ign put out... I didn’t even know it was an ign video till I scrolled down and saw the channel name. They need to make videos like this more often

"And then he upped the order to 30 000" Now he almost sounds like Heisenberg xD

@danieljensen2626

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, I thought the same. "Can you take 4 pounds?"

@emmanuelrodriguez2346

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. He was also selling entertainment stuff

@timhaldane7588

4 жыл бұрын

Heisenbergsala

Sounds to me more like: When the Universe aligns itself to make you dream come true

This is the best content I've seen IGN produce. If you have more content like this, I'll be subscribing in a heartbeat. Thank you for producing this mini doc!

Exactly that game RC-04 basicly was my "whole" life for a year in middleschool (Stockholm, Sweden) in 1981-82.

The Game&Watch advertised itself as being widescreen even before widescreen was a thing! :)

@AdeleiTeillana

4 жыл бұрын

Widescreens were a thing b4 TVs were a thing.

@OMA2k

4 жыл бұрын

@@AdeleiTeillana : In the cinema, yes, but not at home.

What a great story. This goes to show, each and every one of us has an impact on this world and others around us. Even though we may not see the impact, it is still there. Remember, you all matter.

This was super interesting, thanks for taking the time to research all this

I was about to watch only the first two minutes or so, but it was so interesting I kept watching it till the end. Please make more content like that

This was such a cute, thoughtfully put together piece.

Honestly never expected IGN to post a video like this. Well done

A swede that probably changed my mind more tha anyone else!

Fantastic Documentary ! Really Enjoyed it ! :)