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Pong turns 40

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“Insert pong-40th-top630quarter. Avoid missing ball for high score.”

That was the extent of the instructions for Pong, the first video game blockbuster.

Pong wasn’t the very first video game, by any means (that honor arguably goes to 1947’s “Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device”), but it was absolutely the first commercially successful one and remains of one the industry’s most iconic titles. Released on November 29th, 1972, it turns The Big Four-Oh today.

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Christina Aguilera, classic game fanatic

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She’s sold more than 50 million albums throughout her career, has appeared on countless magazine covers, and currently works as a judge on “The Voice,” one of the hottest new shows on television.

But if you really want to get Christina Aguilera’s competitive juices flowing, challenge her to a game of Galaga.

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