You guys probably think I work for Gamasutra or something, but honestly the most interesting Game Things come from there, if you ask me. For example, the following interview with Ralph Baer. You should read this whether you know who he is or not.
[T]he very first thing was first to put one spot up. Once we had one spot up and we knew how to move that around, we said "Oh, let's put two up and chase each other, and wipe one out when you catch up with him." The "chase game" was the first.
The unit is down in the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. It's already been played by probably ten thousand school kids in the last year. And it's just a lot of fun. And it's played with joysticks. We had joysticks wired up to stuff. I made very, very inexpensive analog joysticks. You chase around, and if you're clever enough, [you] keep dodging the guy who's chasing you, and it's exciting! It's two frigging spots on screen and it makes one exciting game.
I'd do stuff like this if I could, but as it is I have to mooch off of others.
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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