We’ve all been told to stop playing games and get on with something proper, and it turns out the man who created the multi-billion dollar industry is no different. Ralph H. Baer created the Brown Box, then the Magnavox Odyssey, the world’s first video game console, which went on sale in 1972. Since then he’s been given every award going, for starting an industry that’s now more profitable than Hollywood. Tell that to the next person who says you’re wasting your time.
Baer spoke exclusively to Electricpig from his Florida home about his boss’ initial reluctance about gaming, what made him change his mind, meeting George Bush, and the iPhone apps he’s currently working on.
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