The Father Of Video Games, Ralph Baer, Has Passed Away

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ExplodingBlock on 07 December 2014

spurgeonryan said:
Never heard of him.

RIP!

He was the creator of the Magnavox Odyssey, which is regarded as one of the very first home consoles

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Wildcard36qs on 07 December 2014

Probably this crappy buggy year of disappointing releases that did him in. He'll be missed.

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platformmaster918 on 07 December 2014

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I hope he died gaming.

What game?

If I were to die while playing a video game I think I'd like it to be at the climax of Journey.

mine would be the end of R&C ACiT "remember, the universe has a wonderful sense of humor. The trick is...learning how to take a joke"

or perhaps the end of MGS3 as Big Boss salutes "she was a true...patriot"

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platformmaster918 on 07 December 2014

Great gamers never die. They just go to the next level.

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The_Sony_Girl1 on 07 December 2014

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The_Sony_Girl1 said:
Without him, not even Nintendo would have entered the market.

And Atari... But we can't be sure. Someone would've eventually made video games. After all before Baer there were other people making games, like 'Spacewar!' and others

Here is a link to Wikipedia:

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

#2lazy2write

Atari would have never even had the idea of a game console.

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