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.