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Paperback Atari Age: The Emergence of Video Games in America Book

ISBN: 0262536110

ISBN13: 9780262536110

Atari Age: The Emergence of Video Games in America

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The cultural contradictions of early video games: a medium for family fun (but mainly for middle-class boys), an improvement over pinball and television (but possibly harmful)

Beginning with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey and Pong in 1972, video games, whether played in arcades and taverns or in family rec rooms, became part of popular culture, like television. In fact, video games were sometimes seen as an improvement on television...

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