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Sex, Pong, And Pioneers

What Atari was really like, according to the women that were there.

by Cecilia D'Anastasio via Kotaku on February 12, 2018

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Sid Meier and the Meaning of “Civilization”

How one video game tells the story of an industry.

by Neima Jahromi via The New Yorker on September 22, 2021

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Computer Space Launched the Video Game Industry 50 Years Ago – Here's Why Haven't Heard of it

The game that launched today’s massive video game industry was not a roaring success. The oft-told story of why turns out to be off the mark.

by Noah Wardrip Fruin via The Conversation on October 11, 2021

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The Lure of the White Sands

Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Geronimo, Robert Oppenheimer, Steven Spielberg, and the mysteries of New Mexico's desert.

by Rich Cohen via New York Review of Books on March 29, 2021

The Failed Political Promise of Silicon Valley

Tech was meant to help us transcend our most intractable problems. What went wrong?

by Kim Phillips-Fein via The New Republic on September 27, 2019

The Forgotten '80s Home Robots Trend

Alexa’s interface is treated as revolutionary, but you might be surprised to learn of its predecessors from the mid-1980s.

by John Ohno via Tedium on May 24, 2018

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