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Echo devices. What's up? Let's play a game. First, it's time to turn on your imagination.

I'll give you a second. Go ahead, turn it on. Sounds like you're ready. All right, here we go.

I want you to imagine a world without video games.

That's right. I said it. Think about what your life would be like if video games did not exist

at all, not even as apps on your phone. Tell the truth. It's actually kind of hard to imagine,

isn't it? Or maybe it's just too much of a bummer. But here's the thing. There once was a time

before video games. No, not prehistoric times when dinosaurs roam the earth.

Or caveman times. In fact, there's a good chance you might even

know someone who was alive during these dark and infinitely less fun times.

Oh, hello there, sonny. No, not a 1000 year old man. We're talking the relatively recent past.

You see, video games weren't really a thing until the 1970s.

That's right. Less than 50 years ago.

Whoa.

And your grandparents and maybe even your parents probably remember when video games first became popular.

Well, yeah, back in the day, we used to collect quarter so we could play Miss Pac-Man in the arcade.

Nice. But who invented video games? How did they conquer the world?

And can video games actually make your brain grow?

Get ready, player one. It's time for another whiff of science on.

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