2002: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Spider-Man, and Firefly

12/04/15 • 42 min

History of Awesome is an epic 38-part trip down memory lane - each episode we're covering a new year's most important, influential, or just-plain-awesome movies, games, TV shows, comics, and more.

Up next is 2002. The new consoles hit their stride with games like Metroid Prime and the launch of Xbox Live. And movies like Spider-Man and The Ring blew up the box office.

Other discussion topics include Battlefield 1942, Kingdom Hearts, and the Resident Evil Remake.

History of Awesome is an epic 38-part trip down memory lane - each episode we're covering a new year's most important, influential, or just-plain-awesome movies, games, TV shows, comics, and more.

Up next is 2002. The new consoles hit their stride with games like Metroid Prime and the launch of Xbox Live. And movies like Spider-Man and The Ring blew up the box office.

Other discussion topics include Battlefield 1942, Kingdom Hearts, and the Resident Evil Remake.

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2001: Grand Theft Auto 3, The Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter

History of Awesome is an epic 38-part trip down memory lane - each episode we're covering a new year's most important, influential, or just-plain-awesome movies, games, TV shows, comics, and more.

Up next is 2001. T The Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft Xbox both launched, spicing up the console wars. Fantasy fans meanwhile received both The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ont he big screen.

Other discussion topics include Final Fantasy X, the GameBoy Advance, Adult Swim, and Silent Hill 2.