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  Created by Warren Robinett

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  Zach Whalen University of Mary Washington

  August 09, 2013

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  Created by Warren Robinett video game text media archaeology easter egg atari Curator's Note In 1978, Warren Robinett programmed the Atari game "Adventure," and in protest of Atari's policy of excluding programmer's names, Robinet ...
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  Hipster Archaeology

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  Paul Benzon Skidmore College

  August 26, 2012

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  Hipster Archaeology video games Media Nostalgia media archeology media archaeology gaming history atari Curator's Note The Atari video game burial is a central urban legend of video gaming culture. Popular belief has it that in September 1983, faced ...