Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 11:53AM
Drew Wolfe

Inventor Portrait: Ralph Baer

"Ralph Baer is often called the father of video games. His invention, the Magnavox Odyssey, was the first home console system. I photographed and interviewed him this summer as part of my ongoing series on inventors (dfpblog.com/inventors)."

"Since he turns 90 years old this week, and this year marks the 40th anniversary of the video game, I chose for this video some bits from our interview in which we talk about, among other things, why he's still inventing at 90 years old."

Inventor Portrait: Ralph Baer from David Friedman on Vimeo.

 

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