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Spacewar: Fanatic Life and Symbolic Death Among the Computer Bums

Developed by early computer engineers in their spare time, improved in University comp-sci labs, and ultimately sold in coffeeshops for ten cents per game. Inside one of the most influential games ever played.

Stewart Brand Rolling Stone Dec 1972 35min Permalink

Best Article Tech

For Amusement Only

From pinball prohibition in 1940s NYC to Dave & Buster’s, the rise and fall of the American arcade.

Laura June The Verge Jan 2012 30min Permalink

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Atari Teenage Riot

A “crude table-tennis arcade game” called Pong and the birth of the video game industry.

Chris Stokel-Walker Buzzfeed Nov 2012 20min Permalink