Steve McNeil assisted by Rob Sedgebeer, give a live demonstration of the evolution of videogames, with the audience participating, via their smartphones, on the Future Stage, at New Scientist Live 2022
Using WiFi Wars’ Guinness World Record-breaking tech, comedian Steve McNeil (alongside WiFi Wars tech wiz Rob Sedgebeer) presents an interactive history of some of the earliest advances in videogames. Bring a charged smartphone to play along throughout the show! Hosted by comedian and regular videogames commentator Steve McNeil (Team Captain on Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit), the show was first performed as part of the Royal Institution's 2015 Summer Programme after Steve and Rob Sedgebeer's appearance on their 2014 BBC Christmas Lectures. In 2016 they returned with a new show, at which they broke the Guinness World Record for "Most People Playing A Single Game of Pong" (286 people, the previous record was 251) Sessions.
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Location: ExCeL London, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL
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