"Let's Play Pong"

Today is Atari’s 40th anniversary. It was 1972 when those honkin’ huge-ass, faux-wood-paneled PONG cabinets started proliferating in pizza parlors and bars and pinball arcades all over California, their glowing consoles featuring simplistic two-dimensional graphics representing a two-player table tennis game. While PONG wasn’t the earliest video arcade game, it was the first truly successful one. And the rest is history. And that’s one to grow on. And knowing is half the battle.

And now is the time on Curlhauz when we stomp punch kick derp DANSE.

Posted by Meredith Yayanos on June 27th, 2012
Filed under Silly-looking types

5 Responses to “"Let's Play Pong"”

  1. Rudi Says:
    June 27th, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    I saw the title for this and immediately thought of that track. Good to know Coilhouse does not disappoint. EBM DANSE PARTY TEIM!

  2. Ben Morris Says:
    June 27th, 2012 at 9:54 pm

    While we are linking music videos about Atari’s Pong let us not forget Air’s Kelly Watch the Stars.

  3. Melody Says:
    June 28th, 2012 at 8:57 am

    I cannot begin to tell you how happy that video made me. Now I’m feeling all nostalgic for Atari and Bunker…

  4. M.S. Patterson Says:
    July 2nd, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    I have been struggling to find some way to express the inner conflict this video produces, and I still am coming up short.

  5. poopoo the korruptah Says:
    July 4th, 2012 at 12:13 am

    those moves are whack