01 Setting the Scene
1.1 The Obelisk
1.2 What is Video Game History, Anyways?
1.3 What are Games? What is Play?
1.4 Historical Theories of Play
1.1 The Obelisk
1.2 What is Video Game History, Anyways?
1.3 What are Games? What is Play?
1.4 Historical Theories of Play
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03 Early Computers and Mainframe Games
3.1 The Manhattan Project
3.2 Alan Turing and Claude Shannon
3.3 How Would You Teach A Computer To Play Chess?
3.1 The Manhattan Project
3.2 Alan Turing and Claude Shannon
3.3 How Would You Teach A Computer To Play Chess?
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05 Early Arcades and Electricity
5.1 Spacewar! vs. Computer Space vs. Galaxy Game
5.2 Magnavox Odyssey
5.3 A Brief History of Electrical Engineering
5.1 Spacewar! vs. Computer Space vs. Galaxy Game
5.2 Magnavox Odyssey
5.3 A Brief History of Electrical Engineering
5.3.1 Electricity
5.3.2
Components of Circuits
5.3.3
From Transistors to Microprocessors
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06 Are Games Harmful?
6.1 Everett Koop and Violence in Video Games
6.1 Everett Koop and Violence in Video Games
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07 Family Values, Consoles and the American Video Game Bubble
7.1 Adventure Games
7.2 Raster Graphics vs. Vector Graphics
7.3 Space Invaders
7.1 Adventure Games
7.2 Raster Graphics vs. Vector Graphics
7.3 Space Invaders
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08 Macintoshinization
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09 Game Mechanics and Genres
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10 Return of the Violence in Video Games
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11 Virtual Reality
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