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Pong is Released
Originally designed to be a car driving game, Nolan Bushnell decided to his ideas for driving games were too ambitious for the computers of his time. The game was proven very successful in Grass Valley and Sunnyvale, California. Little did he know, Nolan revolutionized and helped shape the gaming industry for decades to come. -
Star Wars (Death Star Briefing)
Set in a galaxy far, far away Star Wars combined combined old-fashioned science fiction with cutting-edge special effects. One effect, the DEATH STAR briefing, featured a wire frame version of the space station. One of the first uses of a wire frame animation in a motion picture. -
First video game magazine "Electronic Games"
During the year 1981, the first edition of "Electronic Games" by Arnie Katz, Joyce Worley-Katz, and Bill Kunkle was released. This was the first video game magazine in the United States. Due to early success, the subscription began to start shipping monthly instead of annually, The magazine was no longer produced in 1985, two years after the video game crash. -
Pixar is Founded
Steve jobs paid 10 million dollars to buy a animation group in Lucasfilms who helped Star Trek II. The studio was bought by Disney in the year 2006. -
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The movie cost $100 million to produce due to a ton of computer special effects. The most expensive movie ever produced at the time. The movie shows that humanity has a blind trust in technology. -
Entertainment Software Rating Board
The release of violent video games such as Mortal Kombat, Night Trap, and Doom leads to a set of congressional hearings in 1992. While several companies, including Sega and 3DO, had individual, voluntary ratings systems for their games, there was no industry-wide system in place. Then congress made them change it to industry wide :) -
Sony releases the Play Station 2
On March 4th, 2000, Sony released the playstation 2 to the public. It was made to be more of an entertainment console than a video gaming console, this was because the PS2 could accept both DVDs and game disks.The PS2 has sold more than 150 million units, making it one of the most influential and successful gaming consoles ever made. -
Microsoft releases the Xbox to the public
On November 15th, 2001, Microsoft introduced a gaming console that uses the windows and traditional computer parts. The Xbox was loved for its high quality graphics and high powered processor. In the year 2002, Microsoft released "Xbox Live" which allows users to chat and play with others online. -
Siri is Announced
Siri is a built in feature where it could tell you the answer to most things when you ask with your voice. Siri can give direction to your destination, recommend local restaurants, tell you the weather, and answer questions to you ask. -
Edward Snowden (Eddy Snow)
Former CIA employee and NSA contractor Edward Snowden copied hundreds of thousands of documents from his workplace covering dozens of confidential US national security programs. Snowden worked with journalists in the US and UK to bring the programs to light. Among the programs Snowden's revelations exposed was PRISM, where the NSA collected data with the assistance of companies such as Microsoft, Facebook, and Google.
