Tennis for Two is widely considered the first ever video game, created in 1958 by a prominent nuclear physicist named William Higinbotham, who had literally worked on the atomic bomb.

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Tennis for Two is widely considered the first ever video game, created in 1958 by a prominent nuclear physicist named William Higinbotham, who had literally worked on the atomic bomb. He built the game on an oscilloscope with a tiny glowing green dot representing the ball, purely to cure the crushing boredom of visitors attending a public exhibition at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. People absolutely lost their minds over the interactive electronic tennis simulation, lining up for hours just to twist an aluminum knob, completely ignoring the complex nuclear science exhibits surrounding them. It is perfectly ironic that a brilliant scientist who helped invent the most destructive weapon in human history is also responsible for inventing the ultimate digital distraction. Humanity looked at the peak of nuclear engineering and decided they would much rather just hit a fake ball back and forth on a tiny screen