A deep, nostalgic dive into the advent of gaming, Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master returns us to the emerging culture of Silicon Valley. At the center of this graphic history, dynamically drawn in colors inspired by old computer screens, is the epic feud that raged between Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and inventor Ralph Baer for the title of "father of the video game."
While Baer, a Jewish immigrant whose family fled Germany for America, developed the first TV video-game console and ping-pong game in the 1960s, Bushnell, a self-taught whiz kid from Utah, put out Atari's pioneering table-tennis arcade game, Pong, in 1972. Thus, a prolonged battle began over who truly spearheaded the multibillion-dollar gaming industry, and around it a sweeping narrative about invention, inspiration, and the seeds of digital revolution.
| ISBN: | 9781568588766 |
| Publication date: | 29th September 2022 |
| Author: | David Kushner |
| Illustrator: | Koren Shadmi |
| Publisher: | Bold Type Books an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 99 pages |
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Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Memoirs, true stories and non-fiction Computer and video game industry |
A deep, nostalgic dive into the advent of gaming, Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master returns us to the emerging culture of Silicon Valley. At the center of this graphic history, dynamically drawn in colors inspired by old computer screens, is the epic feud that raged between Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and inventor Ralph Baer for the title of "father of the video game." While Baer, a Jewish immigrant whose family fled Germany for America, developed the first TV video-game console and ping-pong game in the 1960s, Bushnell, a self-taught whiz kid from Utah, put out Atari's pioneering table-tennis arcade game, Pong, in 1972.
Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master features in the following genres: Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Memoirs, true stories and non-fiction, Computer and video game industry
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Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master was written by David Kushner and published by Bold Type Books an imprint of Little, Brown
Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master has 99 pages