Today, or pretty close to it, (Oct 18th actually) marks the 50th anniversary of the video game. Robert Dvorak Sr and that crazy accordion player, William Higinbotham, displayed Tennis for Two at a Brookhaven National Laboratory lab open house.
William Higinbotham, a senior scientist at the Los Alamos research facility that developed the first atomic bomb was a key player in organizing scientists to ban the use of the bomb. He never felt good that he was remembered for helping birth the video gaming industry and not for trying to prevent nuclear proliferation.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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