Comments on: Spacewar: It’s just a trick of Velocity http://infinitelives.net/2009/01/27/spacewar-its-just-a-trick-of-velocity/ Exploring the value of games-as-iconography in art, literature, and popular culture Mon, 21 May 2012 03:24:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jon Conley http://infinitelives.net/2009/01/27/spacewar-its-just-a-trick-of-velocity/#comment-1205 Jon Conley Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:19:32 +0000 http://www.infinitelives.net/?p=1034#comment-1205 I love the trails the old CRTs leave behind. The brightness of the objects rendered against the stark background is alluring. There's just something about old technology that fascinates me. In a way, I actually think some of it is better. For example, in viewing black and white films. On an HDTV or modern CRT, black and white films look rather dull. But on a vintage television, they are rendered beautifully, with the appropriate contrast ratios that, seemingly, only old sets are capable of achieving. In a sense, these old games don't fell as dated to me. Perhaps it's the scientific backbone behind it all, the physics and everything, that grants them immunity? I especially love the Oscilloscope games, like Tennis for Two. Check it out: 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZZT4n1fzG8 2) http://www.pong-story.com/1958.htm This is the game we will build, in a post-nuclear apocalypse. Beautiful. I love the trails the old CRTs leave behind. The brightness of the objects rendered against the stark background is alluring. There’s just something about old technology that fascinates me. In a way, I actually think some of it is better. For example, in viewing black and white films. On an HDTV or modern CRT, black and white films look rather dull. But on a vintage television, they are rendered beautifully, with the appropriate contrast ratios that, seemingly, only old sets are capable of achieving.

In a sense, these old games don’t fell as dated to me. Perhaps it’s the scientific backbone behind it all, the physics and everything, that grants them immunity?

I especially love the Oscilloscope games, like Tennis for Two. Check it out:
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZZT4n1fzG8
2) http://www.pong-story.com/1958.htm

This is the game we will build, in a post-nuclear apocalypse.

Beautiful.

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