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Today in Gaming History: 10/25/2013

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October 25, 1910: Happy Birthday William Higinbotham!
If you don’t think it’s possible for the history of video games to date all the way back to 1910, think again. And if you don’t think that the history of video games is littered with controversy, then let’s say hello to William Higinbotham.  If the name sounds at all familiar to you, Higinbotham was an American physicist who worked on the development of nuclear bombs during World War II.  He is also sometimes credited with having created the very first video game: Tennis for Two (1958).

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