The Father of Video Games: A retrospective of inventor Ralph H. Baer on his 100th birthday
read more…: The Father of Video Games: A retrospective of inventor Ralph H. Baer on his 100th birthdayToday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the 20th century’s most prolific and consequential inventors. It was on this day that Ralph Henry Baer was born in Pirmasens, Germany. Baer would go on to create a host of electronic devices, toys, and gadgets. None, however, would be bigger than his seminal conceptualization and work around what was to become the modern video game industry.