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Who invented video games?

  • Written by Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Professor of Computational Media, University of California, Santa Cruz
Who invented video games?For almost as long as there have been computers, there have been video games.Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesWho invented video games?

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Who invented video games? TJ, age 7, Worcester, Massachusetts

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