STEM TRAILBLAZER BIOS ALTERNATE REALITY GAME DESIGNER JANE MCGONIGAL ANASTASIA SUEN Lerner Publications Company Minneapolis
Chapter 1 The Atari 2600 was one of the earliest home video game systems GROWING UP GROWING UP WITH GAMES In the world of video games October 1977 was an important time The first Atari 2600 home video game console came out that month The Atari hooked up to a TV and players could choose from nine different games Each 4
game was stored on a cartridge a hard case with software inside Players put a cartridge into the Atari console to play a game People liked that they no longer had to go to an arcade to play video games The Atari was a huge hit Another event happened in October 1977 that would change video game history Jane McGonigal was born Jane would grow up to change the way people played and thought of games Jane McGonigal has spent her life playing and creating games 5
