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jan 1, 1952 - OXO

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In 1952, British professor Alexander Shafto Douglas created OXO, also known as tic-tac-toe, as part of his doctoral dissertation at the University of Cambridge. This was the very first video game in all of history.

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jan 1, 1952
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~ 74 years ago