Computers were built for war. Specifically, calculating artillery bombardments. It wasn’t until a group of students at MIT, uninterested by the traditional, often painfully practical, applications of computers, challenged themselves to create a game, that the true potential of interactive entertainment became clear. But of course, it was about war. 1969’s Spacewar! is often considered […]

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