Pictoral History of Gaming
By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • May 15th, 2007 • Category: Loose EndsFrom Wired.com:
“Forty years ago this month Ralph Baer — a German-born inventor who fled to America from fascist Germany — built and played the first home-video game. Called the “Brown Box” the proto-console was a nondescript unit powered by D-cells and wired to a black-and-white TV. “It’s obvious that no one could have foreseen what it would develop into,” Baer says today.
That invention sparked a revolution — one that has shaped the way humans play, and even how they interact with one another. Video games are firmly embedded in popular culture, and their influence stretches across all mediums. And while modern consoles like the Xbox 360 and the PS3 may be light years beyond that first Brown Box technologically, the breakaway success of Nintedo’s Wii reminds us that the most important component has never changed: simple fun.”
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