Okay, you may not think two full articles to be all that brief, but considering the scope and significance of the series, this seems pretty well abridged to me. G4TV has a two-part history of the series

​It's hard to keep track of every event in gaming's past. The industry has grown, fallen, and expanded for over forty years, and it shows no signs of stopping.

The are many wonderful books that follow extensive history of video games, but we'd like to talk about five films that should be watched for a holistic view of the medium. Some of these films may be hard to track down, but check them out if you can because they will make you understand the way other people play games.