Um. You might want to change the privacy settings for this video...

That's weird, I already turned the privacy settings off right before I made this post.  I just did it again and am able to watch it on my machine while logged out of Vimeo - try it again.

Ah. It's working now. But Tennis for Two predates SpaceWar. It's controlled with knobs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_for_Two

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tennis_For_Two_50th_anniversary.jpg

Very interesting post though.

Edit: Are you a teacher? You sound like some of my more interesting lecturers.

Technically, what I said was correct - Spacewar was the first *computer* game, while Tennis for Two was the first...um...oscilloscope game.  I'm in the camp that doesn't really consider TfT a true video game - in my eyes, it goes Spacewar->Computer Space->Odyssey->Pong->everything else.

And no, I'm not a teacher - just an engineer and gaming enthusiast.  Don't worry, every episode isn't going to sound like a lecture!

Great debut, Brian! I don't think I've ever learned so much from a video about games...

I'm sorry Brian, I was on my Honeymoon when you posted this so I missed it. 

It was absolutely awesome. I enjoyed it as much as your posts and your recent appearance on Pixel Revolt.

And it's funny Alex asked if you were a teacher, for you did write that great writing guide for Bitmob last year: http://www.bitmob.com/articles/bitmob-writers-suggestion-box-basic-tips

This is awesome...how did I miss this when it was originally posted? Make another!

Shoot, I missed this as well. You need to tweet it to get my attention.

Did someone win the contest? I know at least 4 of them, but I'm not hearing a sound that you're talking about being the 7th game.