Today’s Google home page doodle nods to a legend that every avid gamer owes thanks to. Gerald ‘Jerry’ Lawson, who would be celebrating his 82nd birthday today, led the team of engineers and developers responsible for creating the first video game console that uses changeable game cartridges in the 1970s (via NPR). Lawson’s console was called Channel F (the F standing for Fun), and it’s referred to by NPR as the ‘precursor’ to modern-day household consoles like Xbox and PlayStation.
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