The Killer App
How the Cold War created video games and vice-versa. The history of the Cold War and the history of the computer were deeply, inextricably intertwined. This talk traces the origins of modern video games in the missile defense systems of the 1950s and 60s, and explores how dreams of push-button war have shaped politics and culture from the Cold War to the present day.
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Dr. Rob MacDougall Professor History and Centre for American Studies Western University
Registration is $15.00 per person. Please register online by Friday, March 14, 2014.
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Details:
Novella Room, 2nd Floor
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
9:30 a.m. - Doors Open
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Lecture
If you
arrive prior to 9:30 a.m., security will let you inside at the Employee
Entrance on Yonge Street. Yonge Subway Station
Please contact Alumni Western if you require information in an alternate format, or if any other arrangements can make this event accessible to you.