The turning points of video games and the internet as media, grouped together because both are interactive, on-demand media distinct from the broadcast schedule that shaped radio, television and cinema history. Belongs here: the release of the Magnavox Odyssey, the launch of SixDegrees.com, the launch of YouTube, the Netflix streaming launch, the origins of podcasting technology, and the World Wide Web entering the public domain. Does not belong here: broadcast-era milestones, grouped under television and cable milestones or radio milestones.
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Spacewar! was developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student hobbyists in 1962 as one of the first such games on a video display.
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