Atari Age: The Emergence of Video Games in America

by Michael Z. Newman

Book Overview

The cultural contradictions of early video games: a medium for family fun (but mainly for middle-class boys), an improvement over pinball and television (but possibly harmful)

Beginning with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey and Pong in 1972, video games, whether played in arcades and taverns or in family rec rooms, became part of popular culture, like television. In fact, video games were sometimes seen as an improvement on television...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262536110
• ISBN13: 9780262536110
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher