Written on 04 June 2012 by 
Here is a brief history of video games in a 3-minute video.
“An abridged history of video games in under three minutes. Made using only sounds, music and video from the video games themselves. Produced for Polygon.com by Reverse Enginears featuring P Sus.”
It all starts with Pong in 1972…
So much work (and play) accomplished in 40 years. Video games were just a computer toy at the begining and now the industry is valued at US$ 65 billion (june 2011). There are also people known as “gamers“, it’s like a new human species:-)
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