The Ultimate History of Video Games - Post 2

The Ultimate History of Video Games - Pg 60-115
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- A new wave a advancements in technology begins pouring in.
- Nolan Bushnell is a pretty clever man to have schemed alongside with Kee Games for a future merger.
- Atari was the leader of video games in America, because of Home Pong and Namco was the leader in Japan because of there deal with Atari to market their games in Japan.
- It's funny how when first meeting the Sears representatives the Atari workers were dressed casually while the Sears reps came in dressed up. When they met again it was flipped around because each side thought they had made a bad first impression.
- It's weird how Coleco, a leather company somehow jumps into the video and electronic entertainment field.

4 Insighful Questions
- How did Joe Keenan become president of Atari with Nolan Bushnell still there?
- How come people are so aggravated by violence in video games?
- Why do video games have to be set up on a certain radio frequency to work?
- Why are the Atari executives still living a party life of smoking marijuana and hot tub parties while running a serious business?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Repertoire (pg 64): a supply of skills, devices, or expedients
- Magnanimous (pg 66): noble and generous in spirit; generous, understanding, and tolerant
- Coaxial (pg 97): Cabling, usually comprised of a single copper cable surrounded by cladding and a sheath

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Simile - "Alcorn referred to Bushnell's visits as "Nolan Attacks" and said that they slowed the engineers' progress" (Kent 87).
- Simile - "You start doing work like Miner, and get yourself a decent dog and we'll talk about it" (Alcorn 100).

1 Summary Sentence
- As Atari begins to expand in the video game business, they need to figure out a way to give more ideas into a dying business as well as fight of competition like Namco and Coleco.

The Ultimate History of Video Games - Post 1

The Ultimate History of Video Games - Pg 1-59
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- The first person to make a video game was Steve Russell which was Space War.
- Ralph Baer was the creator of the first version on electronic pong.
- Nolan Bushnell stole Ralph Baer's idea of electronic pong even though his version was much more successful.
- It's funny how Magnovox (Ralph Baer's company) tried to sue Atari (Nolan Bushnell's company)
because he stole their idea even though the success of Atari's Pong made Magnovox's Odyssey much more successful.
- It's weird how the mayor of New York City banned all forms of Pinball or any other coin-operated (coin-op) game because it was linked to gambling.

4 Insightful Questions
- Why were all the executives at Atari potheads?
- How were coin-op games related to gambling?
- Why did it take so long for Nolan Bushnell to acknowledge Ralph Baer is the father of video games?
- Shouldn't have Computer Space made a bigger impact on the market as one of the first video games?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Bravado (pg 28): a swaggering show of courage
- Wanderlust (pg 28): a strong impulse or longing to travel
- Tenure (pg 30): to the period of ownership of a property, usually, leasehold or freehold

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Simile - "It's like a piece of ancient history that we'll grin and giggle about today" (Adlum 50).
- Simile - "In Dabney's place, Bushnell assembled a crew of Ampex expatriates and young gun exectutives. They became known around Atari as "the King, the Queen, and the Five Princes" (Kent 58).

1 Summary Sentence
- Once the coin-op business starts, a wave of new technology begins pouring in, in the form of video games.