1 00:00:00,340 --> 00:00:04,460 My Cool School project is all about the history of video games. 2 00:00:04,860 --> 00:00:07,620 Today, we have games that almost look like real life, 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,360 games where you can build anything you can imagine, 4 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:12,240 games you play over the internet, 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:14,320 and games that fit in your pocket! 6 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,160 But, early video games were MUCH simpler. 7 00:00:17,420 --> 00:00:21,040 In fact, video games have been around since 1940. 8 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,260 That's somewhere between dinosaurs and smart phones! 9 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,600 One of the first computer games ever was called Nim. 10 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,140 It was based off an old game of picking up match sticks. 11 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:32,820 But instead of real match sticks, 12 00:00:32,820 --> 00:00:34,640 this used little lights. 13 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:36,360 Does sound very exciting... 14 00:00:36,420 --> 00:00:38,960 But thousands of people lined up to play it! 15 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:40,460 Are we there yet? 16 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:41,360 Almost! 17 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,640 I wanna play Angry Birds on my phone! 18 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,060 What Angry Birds... and how do you play it on a phone?? 19 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,220 In 1962, Steve Russell invented Spacewar. 20 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:55,240 It was basically just two spaceships just trying to blast each other. 21 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,580 At least I think they're spaceships... 22 00:00:57,780 --> 00:00:59,260 They look more like dots. 23 00:00:59,620 --> 00:01:03,520 But it still took programers over 200 hours to write the code! 24 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:05,100 Aaand done! 25 00:01:05,260 --> 00:01:07,520 This is the greatest video game ever made! 26 00:01:11,020 --> 00:01:13,520 Ten years later, in 1972, 27 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,280 Atari invented a tennis game called Pong. 28 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:17,680 So many people played it 29 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,720 that sometimes the machine would get jammed with quarters 30 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:21,600 and stop working! 31 00:01:22,020 --> 00:01:24,400 Aw, come on! I was about to win! 32 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,780 Then, in 1975, 33 00:01:27,780 --> 00:01:30,440 Atari released the home version of Pong. 34 00:01:30,620 --> 00:01:33,900 Awesome! I can finally play video games without getting dressed! 35 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,500 In the 80's, arcade games were really popular, 36 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,840 so popular that they started popping up all over! 37 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,440 Even in pizzerias and laundromats. 38 00:01:43,780 --> 00:01:46,720 Katie dear, do me a favor and put the clothes in the washing machine. 39 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,400 I'm about to beat my high score! 40 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,320 One of those popular arcade games was Pac Man! 41 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,700 The name is based off the Japanese words "paku paku" 42 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,300 which sound like munching. 43 00:01:56,420 --> 00:01:59,200 You know, since Pac Man eats SO much food! 44 00:02:00,060 --> 00:02:00,840 Yum! 45 00:02:00,860 --> 00:02:02,320 Since it came out, 46 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,820 the game has made over 2.5 billion dollars. 47 00:02:05,980 --> 00:02:11,700 It even has a Guinness World Record for being the most successful coin-operated game EVER! 48 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,800 And Pac Man was the first video game mascot, 49 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:16,880 which is sort of like a main character. 50 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:19,920 Since then, there have been a lot more mascots, 51 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:24,060 But the two biggest ones in the 90s were Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog. 52 00:02:24,260 --> 00:02:26,400 They came from Nintendo and Sega. 53 00:02:26,460 --> 00:02:30,040 In fact, back then it was known as the Console Wars. 54 00:02:30,260 --> 00:02:32,640 There were hours of debate on which was better. 55 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,980 And that is why we declare Sega Genesis the best game system ever. 56 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,360 Wrong! My super Nintendo has got 3 words for you: 57 00:02:40,540 --> 00:02:42,540 Legend of Zelda. 58 00:02:42,740 --> 00:02:46,140 Nintendo and Sega kept making bigger and better consoles. 59 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,200 Eventually, Sony joined in, and Microsoft. 60 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:54,980 Today, the gaming system rivals are PlayStation 4, Xbox 1, and WiiU. 61 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,640 I wonder what the next systems will look like... 62 00:02:57,820 --> 00:02:59,540 Katie dear, put in the fabric softener. 63 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,300 I'm in virtual reality! 64 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,440 Video games have really come along way since Nim and Spacewar. 65 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:10,460 Now, there are even GIANT tournaments where pros make MILLIONS of dollars. 66 00:03:10,660 --> 00:03:13,620 Or, you can just sit in the basement and play sports games, 67 00:03:13,620 --> 00:03:14,780 like my brothers. 68 00:03:14,980 --> 00:03:17,180 Come on boys! Let's go play some football. 69 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,280 Dad, we already are. It's the new Madden 3000. 70 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:21,240 It's awesome! 71 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:22,200 But me? 72 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,840 I'd rather be playing outside in the sunshine! 73 00:03:25,060 --> 00:03:27,340 Where I can play Minecraft on my iPad. 74 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,760 So what's your favorite video game? 75 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:31,400 Tell us in the comments below! 76 00:03:31,660 --> 00:03:36,500 And stay tuned, so Crafty Carol can teach you how to make a Minecraft piggy bank. 77 00:03:37,220 --> 00:03:39,220 Well, hey there boys and girls. 78 00:03:39,380 --> 00:03:43,560 Thanks for comin' over to Cool School to check out some more arts & crafts here with me 79 00:03:43,620 --> 00:03:45,140 Minecrafty Carol 80 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,540 Wait a second, did I just say MINEcrafty Carol? 81 00:03:48,540 --> 00:03:53,920 I sure did because today we're doing a craft inspired by Minecraft. 82 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,100 We're gonna take one of those pigs from Minecraft and we're gonna make our very own 83 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,360 Minecraft piggy bank. 84 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:02,400 So what do you need to make this craft? 85 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:04,680 You're gonna wanna use a Kleenex box-- 86 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,900 it's empty because I just watched Bambi and I cried my eyes out, 87 00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:10,440 so I used all the tissues-- 88 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,360 glue (pretty much alway need glue), 89 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:13,360 scissors, 90 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,060 stuff to write with, 91 00:04:15,140 --> 00:04:18,540 construction paper--I got pink, I got black, I got white. 92 00:04:18,540 --> 00:04:20,400 With no further ado, 93 00:04:20,579 --> 00:04:23,360 I do think we should get to makin' this craft. 94 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:28,940 Alright, so one of the first things you wanna do is you wanna make this grid on your Kleenex box. 95 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,080 This is gonna be the face of your pig. 96 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,520 Okay, so do 8 squares down 97 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:36,460 8 squares across. 98 00:04:36,460 --> 00:04:40,260 I made little notes for myself so I didn't forget where I wanted to put the eyes. 99 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,240 I know I wanna put a black square there. 100 00:04:42,420 --> 00:04:43,600 and a white square there. 101 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:48,100 I got a little brown right there and there cuz that's gonna be his nostrils. 102 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,940 His little pig nostrils, his little [snorts] 103 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:55,320 So I made my squares of paper the same size as the squares on my grid. 104 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,300 I wasn't gonna do this on camera 105 00:04:56,300 --> 00:04:58,620 cuz it would've taken forever and you would've gotten so bored 106 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,280 you would've fallen asleep. You would've been snorin', makin' pig sounds. 107 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:05,020 Like this: [snores] 108 00:05:05,060 --> 00:05:09,400 You just cut 'em all out, about the same size. It's okay if they're a little different. 109 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,280 We're not goin' for the most perfect pig. 110 00:05:13,060 --> 00:05:16,920 The most perfect pig is Wilbur from Charlotte's Web, everybody knows that. 111 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:17,940 Or maybe Babe. 112 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,840 You know what? I take it back. I love all pigs. 113 00:05:21,180 --> 00:05:22,680 They're all the most perfect pigs. 114 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:24,600 Piglet! Oh my gosh, come on... 115 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,280 Now let's cover the body! 116 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:29,760 So I'm just gonna do plain pink panels on the side. 117 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:32,320 Just gluin' these on here... 118 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:33,960 And at the top, 119 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,820 you can see, I cut out a little coin slot. 120 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,520 Big enough for paper money, if you've got some Benjamins or somethin' that you wanna 121 00:05:42,780 --> 00:05:46,580 stuff in there. Or maybe you got some Lincolns are George Washingtons. 122 00:05:46,620 --> 00:05:50,340 So I got a little rectangle cut out here in the crafting paper, 123 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,400 that just fits right over that. There you go. 124 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,720 But we're not done yet because oh my goodness, we gotta put that face on there. 125 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:00,140 Alright. 126 00:06:00,140 --> 00:06:04,100 Start by smearin' on some glue, gettin' it evenly spaced. 127 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:09,700 And there you go, look at that! I made my first row. 128 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,040 There's row number 2. Número 2! 129 00:06:18,380 --> 00:06:21,340 Now this next row is gonna have the eyes in it so... 130 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:22,820 Remember that we made a note 131 00:06:22,940 --> 00:06:24,380 that we wanna put a black square there 132 00:06:24,380 --> 00:06:25,380 and a white square there 133 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:26,720 and a white square there 134 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,640 and a black square there! 135 00:06:31,420 --> 00:06:33,420 Look at here, we got ourselves some eyes. 136 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:35,140 Check that out. 137 00:06:35,340 --> 00:06:38,580 And right above his snout get a little, uh, a little pale pink 138 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,420 So here we go, checking in on our pig one more time. 139 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,040 Let's put on our little snout. 140 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,680 I just put a little "T" in our box right there 141 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,260 cuz I wanna put sort of a tan 142 00:06:48,260 --> 00:06:49,500 kind of a gray 143 00:06:49,660 --> 00:06:51,180 Just got a little bit left to do. 144 00:06:51,580 --> 00:06:52,500 Bear with me... 145 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,660 So, the bottom is pretty much just straight pink. 146 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:02,240 And I'll be doggone if we don't have ourselves a Minecraft piggy bank over here. 147 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,680 Check him out, got his eyes here and his little snout. 148 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,020 And we got our coin slot right here so we can drop money in. 149 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,620 I got some change right here. Got my lucky penny, definitely wanna save that. 150 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,180 So there you go boys and girls, 151 00:07:16,260 --> 00:07:19,220 you see how to make your own piggybank 152 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,520 inspired by the Minecraft pig. 153 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,600 And speaking of crafts, tell me in the comments what you want to see next. 154 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,360 If you don't tell me, I won't know! 155 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:30,580 So, right in the comments. Can't wait to hear from ya! 156 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,300 So click right over here to check out our dragon craft 157 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,440 inspired by How to Train Your Dragon 2. That movie is... pretty amazing! 158 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,560 And make sure you subscribe so you get a new video every week from Cool School! 159 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:44,840 This has been arts and crafts with Crafty Carol 160 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,400 or should I say MINEcrafty Carol. 161 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,400 And I'll see you next time, bye! 162 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:51,980 Bye, boys and girls, bye!