The Video Game Revolution Was the first video game you played Pac-Man, Pong, or perhaps Space Invaders? Believe it or not, long before those heady days of joysticks and Atari cartridges came 1952's Noughts and Crosses, (tic-tac-toe to us Yanks), the world's first rudimentary computer game. Fifty years later video games are a multi-billion dollar industry influencing the way children live and play, even affecting the way wars are fought. They cater to what women want and offer adults a simulated escape from reality. PBS gives the scoop on the phenomenon, tests your knowledge of the classics with quizzes, and reveals just how those addicting games are born. They've even tossed in some classic cheats to inspire you to find that old Atari console. (in Hobbies)
