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more about #pong CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: Anyone else see "Prom Porn" in this title accidentally? more » Killjoy: That's how you know it's love. more » Curves: Make it more interesting by duct taping it on bare flesh and playing naked. Even if you lose, you win. more » B3ND3R: Tell them I hate them. more » Rejexted: At least they're saving room for Jesus. more » SgtZeppelin: "Hey! My eyes are up HERE!" more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I still have my Atari 2600. The joysticks are shot though. They suffered from the same crappy design flaw that the Coleco Intellivision controllers ... more » Curves: I still have a Simon; they are/were cool as hell! And, oh, real pinball, how I miss thee. more » FrankenPC: Adventure was my fav. Finding all of the Easter eggs was a blast. more » alysonnation: the simon game is crazy similar to google chrome logo more » Golf_Nut: I had intellivision so I was in the minority among my friends. The Basketball game rocked. And I remember playing a Space game with my dad before wa... more » Zombie Peach: SOMEBODY GET THIS FREAKING DUCK AWAY FROM ME!!! Adventure also had the first Easter Egg! more » CSX321: In the mid-to-late-70s I had a game similar to Duck Hunt, but it used a gun to shoot at ghosts that were also projected from the gun. I think it may h... more » 92BuickLeSabre: While Adventure was surprisingly fun, you could not be more wrong about Atari Basketball. Hours and hours were spent trying to get those two little g... more » Skeetz: I hope those are the other "feet" on those basketball players and not what I think it is.. more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I must admit, I never knew Duck Hunt existed before the NES. I've been trying to find screenshots or videos of this old version but I still can't find... more » Complexified: I hate the fuc***g dog in duck hunt. The most annoying SOB ever! more » VenomIreland: I still love Space Invaders, I also still suck at it. more » Kyle Mann: What kind of an idiot is playing Tetris on that tie? Where does he expect to drop that L-shaped block? Noob. more » Kaiser-Machead: I'm going to just have to make an excuse to wear one of these ties. Fucking sold. more » -
#art
Pong Prom: When a Man and a Woman Play Body Pong in the Dark
The only thing geekier than slow dancing at arms length apart is Pong Prom. Covert Athletics' hoodies are embedded with arduino controlled LEDs that display a game of pong. The controller? Your dance partner's swaying hips, monitored by accelerometer. More » -
#gaming
Electronic Games of 1979: Addictive, Exciting, Primitive as Hell
After the first Pong cabinet was placed in Andy Capp's Cavern in 1972, video games exploded, reaching their full stride by the late '70s. Here are some of the notable games/systems you played (or would have played) back then: More » -
#fashion
Vintage Gaming Ties Futilely Subvert Corporate Authority
If a red tie is considered to exude power and authority at some business lunch, then an Asteroids tie must allude to nothing less than intergalactic domination. More » -
#robots
Autonomous Cyclops Robot Will School You At Pong Every Time
Using a cyclopean webcam mounted on a telescoping neck and two solenoid fingers, this robot will dutifully and adorably Pong you into oblivion. More » -
#college
Electronic Beer Pong Table Probably a Big Hit at the Engineering Frat House
Giz reader and beer pong enthusiast Dan Dayon constructed a beer pong table with glowing LEDs, cup sensors, and a wireless module. It's one of the most advanced tables you could ever puke on. More » -
#retromodo
Retromodo: Tennis for Two, the World's First Graphical Videogame
In 1958, Dr. William Higinbotham was working at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on a simulation of bouncing balls and missile trajectories that could predict the paths objects could take. Suddenly, it hit him: why not apply this to tennis? He created Tennis for Two, which depending on your definition could be considered the world's first videogame, in October of that year. Video after the jump. More » -
#gaming
Dining Table Recreates Pong With 2,400 LEDs and 2 Trackpads
The game that started a phenomenon in the 70's is back (albeit in slightly different form) thanks to the design work of one Moritz Waldemeyer. This new version takes the classic game and embeds it into a fairly plain looking dining table using 2400 LEDs and 2 trackpads. When the table is on, the trackpads allow users to take full control of the paddles. When the table is off, the game completely disappears. More » -
