...This month marks the 40th anniversary of Spacewars, the very first video game ever created! Its very interesting to consider how quickly the popularity of video games grew, because, essentially, Spacewars was spontaneously generated. I guess there is something about blinking lights, flashing colors, and tinny sound effects that just appeals to the soul.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/28/136217&mode=thread&tid=127
