Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master: Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game

The gripping origin story of Pong, Atari, and the digital icons who defined the world of video...
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Author: David Kushner
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Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master: Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game by Kushner, David

Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master: Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game

$38.48

Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master: Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game

$38.48
Author: David Kushner
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The gripping origin story of Pong, Atari, and the digital icons who defined the world of video games.

A deep, nostalgic dive into the advent of gaming, Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master returns us to the emerging culture of Silicon Valley. At the center of this graphic history, dynamically drawn in colors inspired by old computer screens, is the epic feud that raged between Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and inventor Ralph Baer for the title of "father of the video game."

While Baer, a Jewish immigrant whose family fled Germany for America, developed the first TV video-game console and ping-pong game in the 1960s, Bushnell, a self-taught whiz kid from Utah, put out Atari's pioneering table-tennis arcade game, Pong, in 1972. Thus, a prolonged battle began over who truly spearheaded the multibillion-dollar gaming industry, and around it a sweeping narrative about invention, inspiration, and the seeds of digital revolution.

Author: David Kushner
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.04w x 0.26d
ISBN: 9781568588766


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/29/2022
Booklist 09/15/2022 pg. 40

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