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Nicholas Jackson - Nicholas Jackson is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees the Health channel. A former media aggregator for Slate, he has also worked for Encyclopaedia Britannica, Texas Monthly and other publications.

Atari Co-Founder Allan Alcorn Discusses the Creation of Pong

By Nicholas Jackson
Jan 12 2011, 9:17 AM ET Comment

A pioneering computer scientist, Al Alcorn worked for Ampex before creating -- over only three months -- the classic video arcade game Pong, a game that many have credited with serving as the blueprint for the modern gaming industry. GamesBeat caught up with Alcorn at the opening of the "Revolution" exhibit at the Computer History Museum this morning.

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