1972: Pong, the first popular videogame, is released in its original arcade-game form.
If it seems crude by today’s standards, well, it was crude then, too. And it was meant to be. Pong was the brainchild of Nolan Bushnell, a founder of Atari, who was inspired to develop it after playing an electronic table-tennis game at [...]
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Nov. 29, 1972: Pong, a Game Any Drunk Can Play
November 29th, 2010 |
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Daniel Krotz: On The Collecting of Books
July 27th, 2009 |
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The single piece of advice I give to a prospective collector is that if a book makes you cry, collect it. I suppose that’s why I own nine copies of The Sun Also Rises.
Tim Giago: Walking in the Shoes of the Yellow Dog Democrats
July 26th, 2009 |
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By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © 2009 Native Sun News July 27, 2009 If you are an “Independent” in South Dakota you have to…
Tim Giago: What do Greenpeace and Russell Means have in Common?
July 12th, 2009 |
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By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © 2009 Native Sun News July 13, 2009 Wednesday, July 8, was filled with ironies. I was seated at…