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    "id": "ajeeb-schachautomat-1868",
    "title": "Ajeeb, ein Schachautomat mit Spieler im Kasten, tritt 1868 auf",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/entry/hooper-charles-alfred-charles-jnr-frederick-francis-1851-1900",
        "title": "Hooper, Charles Alfred; Charles jnr.; Frederick Francis (Dictionary of British and Irish Furniture Makers)",
        "publisher": "Furniture History Society (BIFMO)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=5280",
        "title": "Ajeeb, The Chess-Playing Automaton",
        "publisher": "HistoryofInformation.com (Jeremy Norman)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/the-strange-and-wondrous-ajeeb",
        "title": "The Strange and Wondrous Ajeeb",
        "publisher": "Chess.com"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://musichess.com/project/ajeeb-automaton-1868-1926/",
        "title": "Ajeeb (automaton) (1868-1926)",
        "publisher": "MusiChess"
      },
      {
        "url": "http://nccheckers.org/NCCA/Ajeeb%20history.htm",
        "title": "Ajeeb",
        "publisher": "North Carolina Checker Association"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "babbage-tic-tac-toe-maschine-1864",
    "title": "Babbage plant eine Tic-Tac-Toe-Maschine als zahlende Attraktion",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/57532/pg57532.txt",
        "title": "Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (Charles Babbage), Kapitel „Games of Skill“",
        "publisher": "Project Gutenberg"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://research.swtch.com/tictactoe",
        "title": "Play Tic-Tac-Toe with Knuth (Russ Cox)",
        "publisher": "research!rsc (swtch.com)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/untold-history-of-ai-charles-babbage-and-the-turk",
        "title": "Untold History of AI: When Charles Babbage Played Chess With the Original Mechanical Turk (Oscar Schwartz)",
        "publisher": "IEEE Spectrum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.futurity.org/games-modern-computers-history-3252642/",
        "title": "Games like tic-tac-toe paved way for modern computers (nach Pressemitteilung New York University)",
        "publisher": "Futurity"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "baffle-ball-1931",
    "title": "Baffle Ball macht das Kugelspiel mit Münzeinwurf zur Massenware",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.museumofplay.org/toys/pinball/",
        "title": "Pinball",
        "publisher": "The Strong National Museum of Play"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.arcade-museum.com/Pinball/baffle-ball--gottlieb",
        "title": "Baffle Ball – Pinball by Gottlieb, D. & Co.",
        "publisher": "Museum of the Game (KLOV)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://pinside.com/pinball/machine/baffle-ball",
        "title": "Baffle Ball Pinball Machine (Gottlieb, 1931)",
        "publisher": "Pinside Game Archive"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://artsandculture.google.com/story/pinball-in-america-the-strong/nwWRhPEYG8fuKg?hl=en",
        "title": "Pinball in America",
        "publisher": "The Strong National Museum of Play (Google Arts & Culture)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baffle_Ball",
        "title": "Baffle Ball",
        "publisher": "Wikipedia"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "blizzard-tarifvertrag-2026",
    "title": "Die Gewerkschaften bei Blizzard schließen einen gemeinsamen Tarifvertrag",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/blizzard-entertainment-workers-ratify-historic-video-game-contracts-cwa",
        "title": "Blizzard Entertainment Workers Ratify Historic Video Game Contracts with CWA",
        "publisher": "Communications Workers of America"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/blizzard-union-workers-ratify-historic-contract-covering-1-900-employees",
        "title": "Blizzard union workers ratify historic contract covering 1,900 employees",
        "publisher": "Game Developer"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://aftermath.site/blizzard-union-contract-warcraft-overwatch-diablo/",
        "title": "After Years Of Company Stalling, Blizzard Workers Win Mega-Contract That Applies To All Unionized Teams",
        "publisher": "Aftermath"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "crt-amusement-device-1947",
    "title": "Cathode-ray tube amusement device wird 1947 zum Patent angemeldet",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US2455992A/en",
        "title": "US 2,455,992 — Cathode-ray tube amusement device (Patentschrift)",
        "publisher": "United States Patent Office (via Google Patents)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://newatlas.com/first-video-game/18695/",
        "title": "The 'CRT Amusement Device' that spawned a multi-million dollar industry",
        "publisher": "New Atlas"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode-ray_tube_amusement_device",
        "title": "Cathode-ray tube amusement device",
        "publisher": "Wikipedia"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://de.ign.com/unnutzes-gaming-wissen/80999/unnutzes-gaming-wissen-wann-wurde-das-erste-patent-fur-ein-videospiel-eingetragen",
        "title": "Unnützes Gaming-Wissen: Wann wurde das erste Patent für ein Videospiel eingetragen?",
        "publisher": "IGN Deutschland"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "doom-1993",
    "title": "Doom erscheint als Shareware mit der ersten von drei Episoden",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.museumofplay.org/games/doom/",
        "title": "DOOM",
        "publisher": "The Strong National Museum of Play"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.doomworld.com/10years/",
        "title": "10 Years of Doom",
        "publisher": "Doomworld"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/62793/Doom-disks-only/",
        "title": "Doom — disks only, Sammlungseintrag",
        "publisher": "Centre for Computing History"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/Columbine%20-%20Governor's%20Commission%20Report.pdf",
        "title": "Report of Governor Bill Owens' Columbine Review Commission",
        "publisher": "State of Colorado, Columbine Review Commission"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "ea-uebernahme-pif-2026",
    "title": "Ein Staatsfonds kauft Electronic Arts und nimmt es von der Börse",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.ea.com/news/ea-announces-completion-of-acquisition",
        "title": "EA Announces Completion of Acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners",
        "publisher": "Electronic Arts"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://news.ea.com/press-releases/press-releases-details/2025/EA-Announces-Agreement-to-be-Acquired-by-PIF-Silver-Lake-and-Affinity-Partners-for-55-Billion/default.aspx",
        "title": "EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 Billion",
        "publisher": "Electronic Arts"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/markets/saudi-arabias-pif-led-consortium-buys-electronic-arts-ea-for-55-billion-1.500287836",
        "title": "Saudi Arabia's PIF-led consortium buys Electronic Arts (EA) for $55 billion",
        "publisher": "Gulf News"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.pocketgamer.biz/european-commission-approves-pifs-acquisition-of-electronic-arts/",
        "title": "European Commission approves PIF's acquisition of Electronic Arts",
        "publisher": "PocketGamer.biz"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveraged_buyout_of_Electronic_Arts",
        "title": "Leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts",
        "publisher": "Wikipedia (englisch)"
      }
    ]
  },
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    "id": "el-ajedrecista-1912",
    "title": "El Ajedrecista: Torres Quevedos Automat setzt 1912 allein matt",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/chess-computer-1920",
        "title": "This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win",
        "publisher": "IEEE Spectrum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://blogs.upm.es/museotorresquevedocaminos/automata-ajedrecista/",
        "title": "Autómata ajedrecista",
        "publisher": "Museo Torres Quevedo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://en.chessbase.com/post/torres-y-quevedo-s-rook-endgame-automaton",
        "title": "Torres y Quevedo's rook endgame automaton",
        "publisher": "ChessBase"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.itefi.csic.es/es/content/biografia-leonardo-torres-quevedo",
        "title": "Biografía de D. Leonardo Torres Quevedo",
        "publisher": "Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la Información (ITEFI-CSIC)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.tecnicaindustrial.es/el-automata-ajedrecista-de-leonardo-torres-quevedo-precursor-de-la-inteligencia-artificial/",
        "title": "El autómata ajedrecista de Leonardo Torres Quevedo, precursor de la inteligencia artificial",
        "publisher": "Técnica Industrial"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://chessprogramming.org/El_Ajedrecista",
        "title": "El Ajedrecista",
        "publisher": "Chessprogramming Wiki"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "el-ajedrecista-zweite-fassung-1920",
    "title": "El Ajedrecista, zweite Fassung: Schachautomat zieht mit Magneten",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/chess-computer-1920",
        "title": "This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win (Allison Marsh)",
        "publisher": "IEEE Spectrum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://en.chessbase.com/post/torres-y-quevedo-s-rook-endgame-automaton/2",
        "title": "Torres y Quevedo's rook endgame automaton",
        "publisher": "ChessBase"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.xataka.com/historia-tecnologica/1912-espanol-llamado-leonardo-torres-quevedo-invento-primer-juego-ordenador-historia-ajedrecista",
        "title": "1912: un español llamado Leonardo Torres Quevedo inventó el primer juego de ordenador",
        "publisher": "Xataka"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://documat.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/4533642.pdf",
        "title": "Notas, Vol. 36 (N.º 78), 2013 (González de Posada, González Redondo)",
        "publisher": "Universidad de La Rioja (Dialnet)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.chessprogramming.org/Leonardo_Torres_y_Quevedo",
        "title": "Leonardo Torres y Quevedo",
        "publisher": "Chess Programming Wiki"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://cyberneticzoo.com/not-quite-robots/1911-20-chess-playing-machines-leonardo-torres-y-quevedo-spanish/",
        "title": "1911-20 – Chess Playing Machines – Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (Spanish)",
        "publisher": "cyberneticzoo.com"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://artsandculture.google.com/story/CQURBJHKlccLIA?hl=es",
        "title": "El ajedrecista, el primer juego de ordenador de la historia",
        "publisher": "Museo Torres Quevedo (ETSI Caminos, UPM), Google Arts & Culture"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.itefi.csic.es/en/content/biografia-leonardo-torres-quevedo",
        "title": "Biografía de Leonardo Torres Quevedo",
        "publisher": "Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la Información (ITEFI-CSIC)"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "galaxy-game-computer-space-1971",
    "title": "Galaxy Game und Computer Space machen Spacewar! zum Münzautomaten",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/galaxy.html",
        "title": "The Galaxy Game",
        "publisher": "Stanford University, Computer History Exhibits"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-video-arcade-game",
        "title": "First arcade videogame",
        "publisher": "Guinness World Records"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.museumofplay.org/games/computer-space/",
        "title": "Computer Space",
        "publisher": "The Strong National Museum of Play"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=2325",
        "title": "\"Computer Space,\" the First Commercially Sold Coin-Operated Video Game",
        "publisher": "History of Information"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "magnavox-odyssey-1972",
    "title": "Die Magnavox Odyssey bringt das Spiel ins Wohnzimmer",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://thenvm.org/objects/magnavox-odyssey/",
        "title": "Magnavox Odyssey",
        "publisher": "National Videogame Museum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.invent.org/inductees/ralph-h-baer",
        "title": "NIHF Inductee Ralph H. Baer, Who Invented Video Games",
        "publisher": "National Inventors Hall of Fame"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1580096/magnavox-odyssey-videogames-console-baer-ralph-h/",
        "title": "Magnavox Odyssey, videogames console",
        "publisher": "Victoria and Albert Museum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/remembering-ralph-baer-the-father-of-video-games",
        "title": "Remembering Ralph Baer, the Father of Video Games",
        "publisher": "IEEE Spectrum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2002/03/01/235211/video-game-odyssey/",
        "title": "Video Game Odyssey",
        "publisher": "MIT Technology Review"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.pcworld.com/article/464739/inside_the_magnavox_odyssey_the_first_video_game_console.html",
        "title": "Inside the Magnavox Odyssey, the First Video Game Console",
        "publisher": "PCWorld"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/magnavox-odyssey-magnavox-company/ZwHELhxheuIPxA",
        "title": "Magnavox Odyssey (The Strong National Museum of Play)",
        "publisher": "Google Arts & Culture / The Strong National Museum of Play"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "microsoft-activision-2023",
    "title": "Microsoft übernimmt Activision Blizzard nach 21 Monaten Prüfung",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/652864062548ca000dddf22d/Full_text_decision__final_order_.pdf",
        "title": "Anticipated acquisition by Microsoft Corporation of Activision Blizzard — Decision on consent under the final order",
        "publisher": "Competition and Markets Authority"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2023/08/21/microsoft-activision-restructure-acquisition/",
        "title": "Microsoft and Activision Blizzard restructure proposed acquisition",
        "publisher": "Microsoft"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/2210077-microsoftactivision-blizzard-matter",
        "title": "Microsoft/Activision Blizzard, In the Matter of — Verfahrensakte 2210077",
        "publisher": "Federal Trade Commission"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "mojang-microsoft-2014",
    "title": "Microsoft kauft Mojang und damit Minecraft",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://news.microsoft.com/source/2014/09/15/minecraft-to-join-microsoft/",
        "title": "Minecraft to join Microsoft",
        "publisher": "Microsoft"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/minecraft-to-join-microsoft-in-2-5-billion-deal",
        "title": "Minecraft to join Microsoft in $2.5 billion deal",
        "publisher": "PBS NewsHour"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.museumofplay.org/games/minecraft/",
        "title": "Minecraft",
        "publisher": "The Strong National Museum of Play"
      }
    ]
  },
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    "id": "nes-testmarkt-1985",
    "title": "NES: Nintendo verkauft die Konsole 1985 in New York als Spielzeug",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://gamehistory.org/nes-launch-collection-1985/",
        "title": "The NES Launch Collection",
        "publisher": "Video Game History Foundation"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/console/nintendo-nes/",
        "title": "NES and Famicom — Release Date, Models & History",
        "publisher": "Video Game Console Library"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/975/975.F2d.832.91-1293.html",
        "title": "Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America Inc., 975 F.2d 832 (Fed. Cir. 1992) — Urteilstext",
        "publisher": "Public.Resource.Org"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/summaries/atari-nintendo-fedcir1992.pdf",
        "title": "Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of Am. Inc. — Fair Use Index",
        "publisher": "U.S. Copyright Office"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/gamehistoryorg/albums/72157679529464930/",
        "title": "NES Test Launch, Oct. 1985 — Sammlung des Testmarkts",
        "publisher": "Video Game History Foundation"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2025/10/24/how-super-mario-helped-nintendo-level",
        "title": "How Super Mario helped Nintendo level up",
        "publisher": "University of Colorado Boulder, College of Arts and Sciences Magazine"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://ultimateclassicrock.com/nintendo-nes-history/",
        "title": "35 Years Ago: Nintendo Brings the NES to America",
        "publisher": "Ultimate Classic Rock"
      }
    ]
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    "id": "nimatron-1940",
    "title": "Auf der Weltausstellung spielt eine Relaismaschine Nim gegen das Publikum",
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      {
        "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US2215544A/en",
        "title": "US2215544A – Machine to Play Game of Nim",
        "publisher": "Google Patents (US-Patent 2,215,544)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=4472",
        "title": "NIMATRON: An Early Electromechanical Machine to Play the Game of Nim",
        "publisher": "HistoryofInformation.com (Jeremy Norman)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimatron",
        "title": "Nimatron",
        "publisher": "Wikipedia (englisch)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/1940-nimatron/",
        "title": "1940: Nimatron",
        "publisher": "Playback (Daniel Saner)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.goodeveca.net/nimrod/nimatron.html",
        "title": "The Nimatron",
        "publisher": "goodeveca.net"
      }
    ]
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    "id": "oxo-edsac-1952",
    "title": "Ein Doktorand lässt den EDSAC Drei gewinnt spielen",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1952/",
        "title": "Timeline of Computer History: 1952",
        "publisher": "Computer History Museum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-is-a-major-player-in-the-ps1bn-uk-computer-gaming-industry",
        "title": "Cambridge is a major player in the £1bn UK computer gaming industry",
        "publisher": "University of Cambridge"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/events/EDSAC99/simulators/india/examples.html",
        "title": "Computer Laboratory – EDSAC 99 Simulator: Example programs",
        "publisher": "University of Cambridge"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.pong-story.com/1952.htm",
        "title": "A.S. Douglas' 1952 Noughts and Crosses game",
        "publisher": "Pong-Story"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OXO_(video_game)",
        "title": "OXO (video game)",
        "publisher": "Wikipedia (englisch)"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "playstation-1994",
    "title": "Sony bringt die PlayStation heraus",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/console/sony-playstation-ps1/",
        "title": "PlayStation 1 (PS1) Release Date, Specs & History",
        "publisher": "Video Game Console Library"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.vice.com/en/article/celebrating-an-old-grey-box-playstation-at-20-years-old-192/",
        "title": "Celebrating an Old Grey Box: PlayStation at 20 Years Old",
        "publisher": "Vice"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://newsonjapan.com/article/144299.php",
        "title": "Celebrating 30 Years of PlayStation: A Look Back at 1994",
        "publisher": "News On Japan"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "poe-maelzels-chess-player-1836",
    "title": "Maelzel's Chess-Player: Poe will den Schachtürken entlarven",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.eapoe.org/WORKS/info/pemcp.htm",
        "title": "Edgar Allan Poe — \"Maelzel's Chess-Player\" (Werkverzeichnis)",
        "publisher": "Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maelzel%27s_Chess-Player",
        "title": "Maelzel's Chess-Player (Text)",
        "publisher": "Wikisource"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://daily.jstor.org/before-deep-blue-the-automaton-chess-player/",
        "title": "Before Deep Blue: The Automaton Chess Player",
        "publisher": "JSTOR Daily"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://en.chessbase.com/post/edgar-allan-poe-vs-the-turk",
        "title": "Edgar Allan Poe vs The Turk",
        "publisher": "ChessBase"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/03/28/the-grandmaster-hoax/",
        "title": "The Grandmaster Hoax",
        "publisher": "The Paris Review"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://eapoe.org/PAPERS/misc1827/18360623.htm",
        "title": "Notice of Maelzel's Chess-Player (New York Spectator, 23. Juni 1836)",
        "publisher": "Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "pong-1972",
    "title": "Pong macht das Videospiel zum Geschäft",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/story/183",
        "title": "Pong — CHM Revolution",
        "publisher": "Computer History Museum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.thinkbrg.com/thinkset/ts-case-of-the-video-game-lawsuit-racket/",
        "title": "The Case of the Video Game Lawsuit Racket",
        "publisher": "BRG ThinkSet"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.museumofplay.org/games/pong/",
        "title": "Pong",
        "publisher": "The Strong National Museum of Play"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "schachtuerke-kempelen-1770",
    "title": "Wolfgang von Kempelen führt am Wiener Hof einen Schach spielenden Automaten vor",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.britannica.com/story/the-mechanical-turk-ai-marvel-or-parlor-trick",
        "title": "The Mechanical Turk: AI Marvel or Parlor Trick?",
        "publisher": "Encyclopaedia Britannica"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://blog.hnf.de/250-jahre-schachtuerken/",
        "title": "250 Jahre Schachtürke",
        "publisher": "Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF-Blog)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/wolfgang-von-kempelen/",
        "title": "Scientist of the Day – Wolfgang von Kempelen",
        "publisher": "Linda Hall Library"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.heise.de/news/Heinz-Nixdorf-Museums-Forum-rekonstruiert-den-Schachtuerken-94345.html",
        "title": "Heinz-Nixdorf-Museums-Forum rekonstruiert den \"Schachtürken\"",
        "publisher": "heise online"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_great_chess_automaton",
        "title": "The Great Chess Automaton (1770)",
        "publisher": "Museum of Hoaxes"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk",
        "title": "Mechanical Turk",
        "publisher": "Wikipedia"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/hre39txt.htm",
        "title": "Edgar Allan Poe and Baron von Kempelen’s Chess-Playing Automaton (H. R. Evans, 1939)",
        "publisher": "Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "space-invaders-1978",
    "title": "Space Invaders macht die Spielhalle zum Massenmarkt",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.museumofplay.org/games/space-invaders/",
        "title": "Space Invaders",
        "publisher": "The Strong National Museum of Play"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/space-invaders",
        "title": "Space Invaders — Videogame by Taito",
        "publisher": "Museum of the Game (International Arcade Museum)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=bitstory-article-2%2Fspace-invaders",
        "title": "Space Invaders",
        "publisher": "The Dot Eaters"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "spacewar-1962",
    "title": "Am MIT entsteht Spacewar! auf einem PDP-1",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/spacewar/",
        "title": "Spacewar! — PDP-1 Restoration Project",
        "publisher": "Computer History Museum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://gambit.mit.edu/updates/2012/03/video_spacewar_turns_50mit_cel.php",
        "title": "Spacewar turns 50 — MIT celebration",
        "publisher": "MIT GAMBIT Game Lab"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.analogue.co/developer/spacewar",
        "title": "Spacewar! History",
        "publisher": "Analogue"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://masswerk.at/spacewar/SpacewarOrigin.html",
        "title": "The Origin of Spacewar (J. M. Graetz, Creative Computing, August 1981)",
        "publisher": "masswerk.at"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "tennis-for-two-1958",
    "title": "Ein Kernforschungslabor zeigt Besuchern ein Tennisspiel",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.bnl.gov/about/history/firstvideo.php",
        "title": "History: The First Video Game?",
        "publisher": "Brookhaven National Laboratory"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/following-the-bouncing-ball-tennis-for-two-at-the-strong/",
        "title": "Following the Bouncing Ball: Tennis for Two at The Strong",
        "publisher": "The Strong National Museum of Play"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/download_file/view/1194/259",
        "title": "The World's First Video Game (New York Archives, Spring 2009)",
        "publisher": "New York State Archives Partnership Trust"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=bitstory-article-1%2Ftennis-for-two",
        "title": "Tennis For Two",
        "publisher": "The Dot Eaters"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2008/10/this-month-in-physics-history",
        "title": "This Month in Physics History: October 1958",
        "publisher": "APS News (American Physical Society)"
      }
    ]
  },
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    "id": "tetris-1984",
    "title": "Tetris entsteht an der sowjetischen Akademie der Wissenschaften",
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      {
        "url": "https://tetris.com/corporate-bios",
        "title": "Corporate Bios",
        "publisher": "The Tetris Company"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-history-of-tetris",
        "title": "The history of Tetris: The Soviet mind game",
        "publisher": "Sky HISTORY"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.rbth.com/economics/2015/07/20/the_history_behind_the_success_of_tetris_44305",
        "title": "The history behind the success of Tetris",
        "publisher": "Russia Beyond"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "vaucanson-floetenspieler-1738",
    "title": "Vaucansons Flötenspieler: ein Automat spielt 1738 in Paris Flöte",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/jacques-de-vaucanson/",
        "title": "Jacques de Vaucanson (Scientist of the Day)",
        "publisher": "Linda Hall Library"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=412",
        "title": "Vaucanson's Automata: Complex Enough to Provide a Credible Imitation of Life",
        "publisher": "Jeremy Norman's History of Information"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2018/02/vaucanson-flute-playing-automaton",
        "title": "February 11, 1738: Jacques de Vaucanson Exhibits Flute-playing Automaton",
        "publisher": "APS News (American Physical Society)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/automate/4-vaucanson-et-le-biomecanisme-les-successeurs/",
        "title": "Automate: Vaucanson et le biomécanisme (Jean-Claude Beaune, André Doyon u. a.)",
        "publisher": "Encyclopædia Universalis"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://users.manchester.edu/Facstaff/SSNaragon/Online/100-FYS-F16/Readings/Riskin,%20DefecatingDuck.pdf",
        "title": "The Defecating Duck, or, the Ambiguous Origins of Artificial Life",
        "publisher": "Jessica Riskin, Critical Inquiry 29 (2003)"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "video-game-crash-1983",
    "title": "Der nordamerikanische Spielemarkt bricht ein",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://thenvm.org/objects/e-t-and-the-u-s-market-crash/",
        "title": "E.T. and the U.S. Market Crash",
        "publisher": "National Videogame Museum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/video-game-crash-1983/",
        "title": "The Video Game Crash of 1983: How the Industry Nearly Died",
        "publisher": "Video Game Console Library"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.thehenryford.org/collections/explore/artifact/403653",
        "title": "E.T. Video Game Excavated April 2014 at the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill",
        "publisher": "The Henry Ford"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "world-of-warcraft-2004",
    "title": "World of Warcraft macht das Abonnement zum Geschäftsmodell",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.museumofplay.org/games/world-of-warcraft/",
        "title": "World of Warcraft",
        "publisher": "The Strong National Museum of Play"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.computerhistory.org/makesoftware/exhibit/world-of-warcraft/",
        "title": "World of Warcraft — Make Software, Change the World!",
        "publisher": "Computer History Museum"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/-i-world-of-warcraft-i-reaches-12-million-subscribers-worldwide",
        "title": "World Of Warcraft Reaches 12 Million Subscribers Worldwide",
        "publisher": "Game Developer (Informa)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/world-warcraftr-subscriber-base-reaches-12-million-worldwide",
        "title": "World of Warcraft Subscriber Base Reaches 12 Million Worldwide",
        "publisher": "Activision Blizzard Investor Relations"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "xbox-halo-activision-2026",
    "title": "Xbox streicht 268 Stellen und gibt Halo an Activision",
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/22/continuing-our-reset/",
        "title": "Continuing Our Reset",
        "publisher": "Xbox Wire (Microsoft)"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://gameinformer.com/2026/09/22/xbox-lays-off-268-more-people-hands-halo-series-to-activision",
        "title": "Xbox Lays Off 268 More People, Hands Halo Series To Activision",
        "publisher": "Game Informer"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-officially-announces-more-layoffs-and-widespread-changes-to-its-entire-studio-structure/",
        "title": "Xbox officially announces more layoffs and widespread changes to its entire studio structure",
        "publisher": "Video Games Chronicle"
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