Comments on: 01/29/11 – A Comforting Wing

By: War Pig

War Pig — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:41:43 +0000

@ Frank:

OXO is indeed the tic-tac-toe game, It’s the first real video/computer game ever. Written in 1952, I believe. Although they called it tic-tac-toe in the movie “War Games”, it was indeed a nod to OXO. I played it on a business computer in the mid-sixties. It was 20 years earlier than Pong, virtually dinosaur age in computer time.

By: christopher

christopher — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:36:16 +0000

@Frank! Auugh! As usual, i am so scattered! Fixed! :)

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:18:52 +0000

♫ Oh Chriiiiiiiis, ♪ the taaaag ♩. (It’s also missing on Wednesday’s strip)

@War Pig: is OXO another name for tic-tac-toe? Or is it the “hugs and kisses” line that some people put at the end of love notes?

BTW, hurray for short attention spans!

By: War Pig

War Pig — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:50:23 +0000

Yep. Or a great sci-fi movie and non-pariels.or jujubes

I remember Galaga. Great fun. Much better than Pac Man or Ms Pac Man. I have the “Pac Man Fever” song by Buckner and Garcia on MP3.

The first video game I played was the granddaddy of them all. “OXO”.

By: Harena

Harena — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:54:33 +0000

Gumdrops and Galaga would totally work for me too! ;D