Dr. Robert (Bob) Novella

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #859 - Dec 25 2021 podcast

But according to, I love this guy's name, Professor Noah Wardrip- matched

He writes a lot about the computer gaming industry. matched

He said that's total baloney. matched

That's total baloney. matched

That's not really why. matched

So to understand that, we've got to look into video game history. matched

So, guys, where do you think video games were in the 60s? matched

What was happening with video games in the 60s? matched

If you wanted to go play a video game, where would you go? matched

Nope. matched

Go to universities. matched

Go to MIT. matched

Go to Stanford. matched

That was really the birthplace of video games. matched

And it was actually probably the first time that you could have a video game that was played on multiple sites on different campuses. matched

So that was like the real birthplace as far as I could tell. matched

Like you could play it at the hippocampus? matched

Nice. matched

So way back in 1962, if you went to MIT, you would probably find kids or students playing Space War. matched

Now, Space War was similar to computer space. matched

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