Polygon: All Posts by Jon-Paul Dysonhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/42931/favicon.ico2014-12-17T12:40:01-05:00https://www.polygon.com/authors/jon-paul-dyson/rss2014-12-17T12:40:01-05:002014-12-17T12:40:01-05:00Remembering Ralph Baer, the inventor of home video games
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<p>I lost a friend this month.</p>
<p>I first got to know Ralph Baer a little over seven years ago when he reached out to us at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.museumofplay.org/">The Strong</a> to see if we might be interested in preserving materials documenting his lifework. We, of course, were interested — after all, he was a legend, the man who patented the idea of playing a game on a television, the creator of the first home video game system, and the inventor of <i>Simon</i>, one of the most iconic toys of the last 50 years. After talking with Ralph on the phone, a colleague and I flew to Manchester, <span>New Hampshire</span> to meet with him.</p>
<p>Ralph greeted us at his modest home. Behind large glasses his eyes sparkled with intelligence, humor, and a certain level of impatience, and it quickly became clear that...</p>
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