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Originally Posted by Einar72
What I find fascinating here is what the average 1945 person would think of a video game as we know of today. Back in the early 20th century, many people still believed there were "spirits" inside of technology like machines and radio. Example: gasoline was known as "Motor Spirit". I think it would have been quite a shock to see someone manipulating tiny people on the new-fangled TV screen to someone with no understanding of computers or even how a CRT worked. This is aside from the fact that Japan was fighting to the death against our own people, and the words Sony or Nintendo in your hands would surely land you in Federal custody...
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Hehehe... that reminds me of a funny little story I've read, from a guy here in Brazil who was around 8-10 years old when his father bought the family's first TV set, in 1958. He said that one day they caught his grandfather ( who was 80 years old at the time ) looking behind the TV set ( it was an Emerson table model, by the way ). They asked him what he was doing. The old man answered: "I just want to know how all this people manage to get inside this thing" .