Let Me See That Pong

Gheorghies of a certain age will recall sitting in front of a television screen, gripping a rubberized joystick mounted on a square base with a round orange button, and tracing the movements of a decidedly analog dot across the black abyss displayed in front of them.

We face a different sort of black abyss now, but that shouldn't stop us from celebrating today. Forty-six years is a long time in the context of technology, even as its a blink of an eye in other ways. But today in 1972, Atari launched the first ever commercial videogame, Pong.

Here's a Wired story about the game's creation. It all seemed so amazing back then.

And if you feel like playing, and are willing to take a few security risks with your company's computer, go get some.