Crash Course
The First Home Consoles: Crash Course Games
So last week Andre talked about Atari's role in the rise of the video game industry, but Atari wasn't the only major player in the 1970s. So we're going to step back a few years and first talk about Ralph Baer who designed the first...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to get better at video games, according to babies | Brian Christian
In 2013, a group of researchers wanted to create an AI system that could beat every Atari game. They developed a system called Deep Q Networks (DQN) and less than two years later, it was superhuman. But there was one notable exception....
Crash Course
Atari and the Business of Video Games: Crash Course Games
Today, Andre is going to talk about the rise of Atari and with it the rise of the video game industry. So if you remember from last episode, we mentioned that the first arcade machine, Galaxy Game, happened to have a coin slot, but this...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A brief history of video games (Part I) - Safwat Saleem
Video games are everywhere these days, but where did they actually come from? The history of video games is a complicated story that involves giant computers in science labs, the founder of Chuck E. Cheese and billions of dollars in...
Great Big Story
The Video Game Genius Behind Chuck E. Cheese’s
Discover the extraordinary journey of Nolan Bushnell, the visionary behind the Video Game Revolution and the creation of Chuck E. Cheese. As the co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell pioneered the gaming industry with the iconic game Pong,...
Great Big Story
The Video Game Genius Behind Chuck E. Cheese’s
Discover the extraordinary journey of Nolan Bushnell, the visionary behind the Video Game Revolution and the creation of Chuck E. Cheese. As the co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell pioneered the gaming industry with the iconic game Pong,...
CuriosaMente
¿Cómo surgieron los videojuegos? 12 datos curiosos
¿Quién inventó los videojuegos? Los videojuegos son actividades electrónicas de entretenimiento que pueden tener efectos positivos, como mejorar la atención y habilidades cognitivas. Sin embargo, jugar en exceso puede llevar a la...
Weird History
How ET Killed Atari
Perhaps you've heard stories of the mythical Atari landfill in New Mexico full of unsold E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial games. Well, there's actually nothing mythical about it: the E.T. game landfill is very much real. In fact, it's not just...
Curated Video
The Great Video Game Crash
Today, the global gaming industry is worth a staggering $100 billion dollars, but back in the 1980s, the industry almost went bust when US-based gaming giant Atari got a little too big for its boots.
ACDC Leadership
Video Game Crash!- Econ in Real Life
What's considered the worst video game of all time? In this video I explain how that game helped crash a multibillion dollar industry and changed video games forever. It all comes down to supply and demand. What's you favorite old school...
Curated Video
Tennis for Two: America's First Video Game
It was pretty basic – but also revolutionary! Find out how American physicist William Higinbotham created Tennis For Two and discover its links to the mysterious Manhattan Project.
Curated Video
Video Games: From Pong to Virtual Reality
What began as a hobby for computer programmers decades ago is now a popular international pass-time: video games. What did the original video games look like and where is the technology going?
Curated Video
WRAP Defendants in Saddam trial try to dispute documents
1. Wide of defendants seated in court
2. Chief judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman speaking
3. Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein seated quietly
4. Defendants
5. Chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi speaking in court
6. Close-up of document
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AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Syrian Armenians hold a mass for Ottoman massacre anniversary
Syrian Armenians hold a mass in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the WWI-era mass killings of their kin by Ottoman forces, the bloodletting which US President Joe Biden is reportedly set to...
Curated OER
Steve Jobs Documentary
Your techies will love the photos of young Jobs and Wozniack in this brief overview of Steve Jobs' trip from garage to grandeur, from millionaire at 24 to ousted at 30. A very positive spin on a mercurial genius.
Crash Course
Crash Course Games #4: Atari and the Business of Video Games
Crash Course video with Andre Meadows teaches us about the video game industry and the significance of Atari building their business by bringing video games into homes. [10:18]