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Steve Russell created the first computer game – and the first mod community
As the lead programmer on one of the first true digital games, Spacewar!, Steve Russell is one of the most important people in the history of our industry. In a chat with John Romero at IndieCade in Los Angeles on Friday, Russell outlined how he started coding this thing in the first place. It all began when MIT got a PDP-1. “We talked about what was a better demonstration program,” said Russell, “and I thought …







