"I, Videogame" Part 1

1) Videogames emerged from the culture of the "Cold War" - what does Henry Jenkins from MIT compare the period to in terms of a famous board game?

Battleship

2) a) Who was the inventor of the first Video game according to the documentary?

William Higginbothom

b) What was the name of the game?

  Tennis for 2

3) Steve Russell is credited with the first true computer-based videogame (in terms of its use with the 1961 PDP1 mainframe computer) with SPACEWAR - what popular science fiction book series also influenced him?

Docs Smiths Lensman Series

4) What innovation did Steve Russell's SPACEWAR introduce in terms of input hardware?

The joystick

5) a) In the anti-war and counterculture period of the 1960s and 1970s, what new home entertainment system let consumers finally control what was being seen on the home television?

The MAGNAMOX Oddessy

b) b) Who was its inventor/developer?

Ralph Baer

6) PONG emerged out of the counterculture spirit of the early 1970s - its natural home was what type of entertainment setting?

Bar, restaurant, coffeeshop

7) Who does Nolan Bushnell say were generally best at playing the game?

Women

8) "Space Invaders" emerged in the late 1970s as the first game from Japan.
How did the TAITO production team intensify the emotion of the game using the four-note in-game music theme?

 They sped up the tempo of the music as the space invaders got closer

9) Steve Moulder reflects that the first arcade games tended to result in the player's defeat. This he argues in turn reflected the view held by many designers during that time that war itself is defeatist.

Has this view changed since that time? Do today's latest games still convey this sense? Why? Why not? (use your own words)
 
I believe that this view has not changed but it is perhaps not as direct. When playing a game like Resident Evil,   there are many enemies trying to prevent you from finishing the game. These enemies are trying to defeat you and while you can now continue from save/checkpoints, the game is still based on you trying not to be defeated and completing the game.

10) Have you ever played any of the games shown in this the first episode of "I, Videogame"? What was your memory of playing it? Where were you, when was it?

Yes I have. When I was younger I would play Pac Man whenever i was at an arcade.