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  1. In 1958, Tennis for Two was built on an analog computer — just to entertain visitors at a research lab.

    It wasn’t commercial.
    It wasn’t strategic.
    It was playful.

    And it became history.

    🔗 fieldnotes20-substack-com.tran

    #FieldNotes #GameHistory

  2. “We love this doughnut. It is a landmark to us.” — Scott Fine, president of the Los Angeles Conservancy quoted in this sweet SF Gate piece about giant doughnut signs.

    sfgate.com/la/article/californ

    (The article features in the @privateeyenews ‘Funny Old World’ column which shares “bizarre but true news stories”. While the story is true, to my mind there’s nothing bizarre about it whatsoever; it’s just perfectly normal sign appreciation!)

    #Signs #Doughnuts #Donuts #LosAngeles #Landmarks #FieldNotes

  3. "Wabbit" (Atari 2600) featured one of the first female protagonists in console gaming.

    Its creator, Van Mai, was miscredited for decades due to a name error.

    The historical record was later corrected.

    🔗 fieldnotes20.substack.com/p/to

    #FieldNotes #GameHistory #WomenInTech

  4. Heads up, Trail Crew: tomorrow’s stream is canceled due to unforeseen events (yep… second one in a row).

    We’ll be back Monday, January 5th at 8:30 AM ET.

    If you want something Adventure Adjacent to dig into in the meantime, here are the Field Notes: adventureadjacent.com/field-no
    #AdventureAdjacent #FieldNotes #TrailCrew #Gaming #GamingStream #GameStream #Streamer

  5. Heads up, Trail Crew: tomorrow’s stream is canceled due to unforeseen events (yep… second one in a row).

    We’ll be back Monday, January 5th at 8:30 AM ET.

    If you want something Adventure Adjacent to dig into in the meantime, here are the Field Notes: adventureadjacent.com/field-no
    #AdventureAdjacent #FieldNotes #TrailCrew #Gaming #GamingStream #GameStream #Streamer

  6. Heads up, Trail Crew: tomorrow’s stream is canceled due to unforeseen events (yep… second one in a row).

    We’ll be back Monday, January 5th at 8:30 AM ET.

    If you want something Adventure Adjacent to dig into in the meantime, here are the Field Notes: adventureadjacent.com/field-no
    #AdventureAdjacent #FieldNotes #TrailCrew #Gaming #GamingStream #GameStream #Streamer

  7. Heads up, Trail Crew: tomorrow’s stream is canceled due to unforeseen events (yep… second one in a row).

    We’ll be back Monday, January 5th at 8:30 AM ET.

    If you want something Adventure Adjacent to dig into in the meantime, here are the Field Notes: adventureadjacent.com/field-no
    #AdventureAdjacent #FieldNotes #TrailCrew #Gaming #GamingStream #GameStream #Streamer

  8. Heads up, Trail Crew: tomorrow’s stream is canceled due to unforeseen events (yep… second one in a row).

    We’ll be back Monday, January 5th at 8:30 AM ET.

    If you want something Adventure Adjacent to dig into in the meantime, here are the Field Notes: adventureadjacent.com/field-no
    #AdventureAdjacent #FieldNotes #TrailCrew #Gaming #GamingStream #GameStream #Streamer