The First Video Game

Next up: Glock.

[Javlin]

" Welp, 15 minutes, we have our answers, time to- "
" *What is a video game?* "
* fastens seatbelt *

[expendableindigo]

You can't just casually reveal that you're named after an old magazine like that!

[stekuns]

Mom said it's my turn on the Cathode Tube Ray Amusement Device!

[andyjay]

"If, when walking down the halls of MIT, you should happen to hear strange cries of 'No! No! Turn! Fire! ARRGGGHHH!!', do not be alarmed. Another Western is not being filmed - MIT students and others are merely participating in a new sport, Spacewar."

- One of the first media descriptions of gamers, 1962

[whynotanyting]

"Darling, you better stop all processes on that cathode-ray tube amusement device and come down for dinner."
"But MOM! It's a real-time transcontinental cooperative simulation! I can't just stop it!"

[BayBerry]

36:20 “oxo may even be the first video game”

Me: *sees 24 minutes left in the video*
I guess not

[Croz]

Ahoy is like a desert flower. He only comes out on the rare occasions when it rains, but when he does, boy is it beautiful.

[FAIZAFEI]

"A video game must exist"
So, Polybius is not video game

[pistonnbnz]

"Hey bro nice video game" he says as he looks at your ceiling light

[rustyshackleford]

Imagine being married to this guy...

"Hey honey, remember our first date?"
*"To do that, we have to go back to the beginning, starting with defining what a date is, and what it isn't."*

[mannemarco]

“First, it must exist”

The rule to existing confirmed by Ahoy.

[ChrisStoneinator]

This came up at a "pub quiz" during fresher's week at my uni halls a couple years ago... My table wanted to guess Pong, but I knew that wasn't right, so I strongly suggested we guess something like Computer Space instead (not the oldest, but closer and it's all that came to mind). The answer they wanted was Pong. I was not a popular man that evening.

[SentientHoodii]

"first, it must exist"

Hmmm, yes. Of course.

[applehack]

"first, it must exist" even when it's another video Ahoy keeps roasting Polybius...

[billybeamng]

Computers in 1951: ray tracing
Computers in 2020: ray tracing

[zachmueller]

Calling pong the first game is like calling the Ford model T the first car, it was the first popular and easily accessible car, but like atari with pong, it was not even fords first car, let alone the first motor vehicle on wheels...

[rarky]

"The more we uncover, the less certain we become."
- Ahoy

[toaster]

This channel is the definition of the saying “Quality over Quantity”
When I say that I am referring to their upload schedule. slow, but worth it so much.

[hurridel]

I see why this took so long.

Another Wonderful documentary

[Azelf]

50:48 “Also, Video Games are a British invention.”

You can just tell that Ahoy felt an immense amount of national pride when he makes this statement.