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Meet the Press decided to meet the competition. The program used to be like a tidy congressional hearing; now it is more like Ping Pong. Kalb was made moderator, while his predecessor, Producer Bill Monroe, took Kalb's old job as lead questioner. A fourth camera was added, permitting cutaway shots between questioner and guests; in the speeding up, everyone became interruptible...
Ever since the first pong was pinged, video games have been accused of increasing crime and school absenteeism, decreasing learning and concentration, and causing a mysterious ailment called video wrist. But according to a conference sponsored last week by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the mothers and fathers of River City may breathe easier. Researchers and scientists suggested that video games may turn out to be one of the most powerful teaching tools ever devised. "Many view video games with alarm," observed David Perkins, a research director at the school, "but in the eye of some educators gleams...
...Perry Pong `83, former president of the Asian American Association, said the University ignores student input and instead refers all problems to the Foundation, an administrative body created last spring to improve campus race relations...
...Foundation does not absolve the University of its responsibility to deal with other minority concerns," Pong added...
Bushnell, who started the successful Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater fast-food chain, is no stranger to the merchandising of fantasy: he created Pong, the first commercial video game, and founded Atari. He has invested more than $1 million in Androbot and packed BOB with three times the calculating power of an IBM Personal Computer. This provides the robot with an enormous potential for processing information, storing it in its memory and performing preprogrammed tasks. Some observers think Bushnell's entrepreneurial instincts are on target again. "Personal robots are the next hot thing in technology," predicts...