It’s the grandfather of all video games. Pong has been played on many grand stages, but according to Dr. Frank Lee, gaming professor at Drexel University, the game played on April 19th and the followup games on April 24th are the biggest games of Pong in history. Dozens of people got to play, being selected as part of a “Golden Ticket” lottery on April 17th. The games are being held on the Cira Centre Building in downtown Philadelphia as part of Philadelpha Tech Week. “The project came to me as I driving down 76,” said Lee. “As the sun was going down I saw the sparkly lights at the Cira Centre. In my mind I…

Since the early days of Pong to the rise of Angry Birds, video games have been an active part of many children’s lives. Today, the fun of picking up a controller and taking over the actions of a virtual character has moved well beyond the reach of kids as people of all ages pass time through gaming. It is big business and there are those who spend a huge amount of time gaming. They can be educational like The Oregon Trail. Some have been blamed for the dangerous behavior of people that has resulted in deaths. Whatever your personal opinion of video games is, it’s hard to find someone who hasn’t been affected…

When the discussion of archaic, iconic games hits any group of young geeks or old nerds, the topic often turns towards PAC-MAN, Space Invaders, Pong, or Frogger. Invariably, depending on how long the conversation lasts, someone brings up one of the other classics that many often forget because it is one of the only ones with a popular series of continuations in modern gaming: Donkey Kong. Artist Baznet created an amazing series of 8-bit images that put characters like Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones into the game. Check it out: [caption id="attachment_36307" align="aligncenter" width="600"]…

Ah Pong – for many among us, it was the game that started a lifelong trend of sitting in dark basements and avoiding human contact in favor of electronic entertainment. And now, for those rare times you’re actually wearing pants, you can have a belt that helps you relive those memories and aids others in finding reason to make fun of you. Created by Bare Tree, the Pong belt displays the iconic game on its 1.3″ × 1.75″ buckle and uses a tough cotton webbing for its material. If Pong isn’t quite geeky enough, you can also get one with the dreaded Windows Blue Screen of Death. Of course, wearing that belt…