Pong is a table tennis–themed twitch arcade sports video game, featuring simple two-dimensional graphics, manufactured by Atari and originally released on 29 November 1972.

[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think it is a reference to the first filmed “rage quit” by Ralph Baer which was in 1969 over an early table tennis game that then inspired Atari’s Pong.

[–] chayleaf@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it's actually a reference to "video games cause violence"

[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Doh! That makes more sense.