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Retronauts Episode 425: Years in Review Revue - 1972 & ’82

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The School of Thought That Pong Starts With, Get Hit

Most action video games, i think, kind of now boiled down to two things. The school of thought that pong started, get hit. That's really the two things that happen in action video games by and large. And those principles start there in ping pong. It's just so darn accessible itss, you can get your mind derited instantly because of the real world metaphor. Lik, you talked about the sound effects, and alcorn told iin one interview, about how bushnell wanted the roar of a crowd. Es, lik, wolfo wanted knolan, you programm it, andhe made the bea, yokno.

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