2001.05.26
Spacewar! is one of the grand-daddies of modern videogames, and a much deeper deathmatch than Pong. (I was amazed at how developed its deathmatch became when I read this old Rolling Stones article.)
Written by MIT Hackers who were inspired by the space opera Fiction of E.E. "Doc" Smith. Someone has an the original game running on a PDP-1 emulator. There's a decent funny
introduction at classicgaming.com and a more comprehensive set of Spacewar! links as well.
(Possibly the most obvious sequal to Spacewar! was the brilliant
Star Control series. The first game added 12 new types of ships, each with 2 unique weapons systems, and the second created a whole universe to support it. Brilliant, brilliant stuff.)
Quote of the Moment
I've coined new words like 'misunderstanding'...and to think he accused Gore of exaggeration of invention! Thank goodness the Dems have found some traction in the Senate.