Recognized and Accepted: The Inevitable Rise of the Gaming World

At a science fair in the 1950s, gaming was born and emerged as a peculiar technology. Dr. Edward Uhler Condon introduced the first ever recognized example of a game machine at the New York World’s Fair in 1940. Based on the ancient mathematical game of Nim, the game was played by an estimated number of 50,000 people throughout the six months that it was on display, with the computer reportedly winning more than 90 percent of the games.

The first commercial home game system, however, did not appear until 30 years later, when Ralph Baer and his team released their prototype which a vacuum tube-circuit called "Brown Box" in 1967 that could be connected to a television set and allowed two users to control cubes that chased each other on the screen. Yet due to inevitable circumstances, the game was discontinued around August 1972 to 1975, and it was believed that poor sales were the reason. Nonetheless, this was the beginning of digital gaming, however mishandled it may have been.

The Struggle for Acceptance

Some people in society had a hard time taking gaming positively and often misunderstood it as just a waste of time or money. Others say that it will make you dumb or violent. Indeed, there are a lot of negative connotations linked with gaming. So the struggle is real for the journey of gaming into recognition.

In almost everything, it's not just all sunshine and rainbows, there will always be unexpected circumstances that will affect an invention like games. Cases of gaming addiction, health deterioration, psychological factors, and more issues are just some of the reasons why gaming was hardly accepted in society before, making people come up with various misconceptions about it. It is really hard to gain recognition and acceptance when there are a bunch of factors that need consideration. We can't deny the fact that just like any other technology, gaming struggles too with the acceptance of the community. Despite that, it continues to grow into one of the most profitable entertainment industries in the world.

The Breakthrough

The last 50 years of gaming history are filled with incredible innovation stories, brilliant minds, a lot of sacrifices, and critical breakthroughs that have led us to where we are today.

Here are some major breakthroughs in gaming history:

• Story-Oriented Games
• Pac-Man Brings Games to Women
• Nintendo's Quality Control Revolution
• Tetris Brings Gaming to the Office
• Rise of Portable Gaming
• PC Games: The Next Level
• PvP Shooters, Doom, Etc.
• DVD Drive in PS2
• Xbox Live and the Online Entertainment Hub
• Achievements and Gamification
• Touch-Screen Gaming and the iPhone
• Social Gaming Hits Facebook
• P2E: The Bridge between Games and Crypto

This history teaches us something about ourselves as a society, why we innovate, and how we evolve. We crave more, for changes, and for modernization.

What's in store for gaming in the future?

With the advent of many innovations and technologies today, it won't be a shock if the gaming world will continue to prosper in the future. From traditional to contemporary, from physical controllers to virtual ones, and from a waste of time to worth the time.

Who knows? Maybe it will turn non-gamers into gamers soon. The Future of Gaming is still unpredictable given the circumstances. But one thing is for sure, it definitely will be recognized by a lot of people. It will rise and evolve more and for the better.