Game On.

The son of a friend of mine is fascinated by the history of video games, from Pong up to the unbelievable array of apps available through our phones, tablets, computers, and other devices. His favorite is the original Super Mario Brothers from 1985, a game that, at the time, felt like a quantum leap—not to be confused with Quantum Leap, the TV show which wouldn’t premiere until four years later, but that’s another story.

The way video games have metaphorically mushroomed, expanding through every part of our culture, with graphic interfaces becoming even part of the way we work, seemed to be captured by these which mysteriously appeared near my office.

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  1. Ann Koplow

    I remember playing Pong with classmates at Harvard during the 1970s, Chris, but I have missed out on a lot of classics since then. I have very fond memories of playing Pajama Sam games with my son when he was young. When we were in Vancouver last week, Aaron disappeared into a basement to play video games with the grown children of our hosts and I thought, “Gee, I wonder what’s up with video games these days?” I don’t miss knowing about the latest video games but I never want to miss your posts.

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    1. Christopher Waldrop (Post author)

      There seems to be a lot going on with video games these days, including a fascination with older, simpler games, perhaps because the classics never really go out of style. I personally still love pinball but would be interested to try whatever the grown children were playing as well.

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