The genesis of video games as told through the perspective of Ralph Baer's & Nolan Bushnell's rivalry over claim to the title of father of video games. Depicts the freewheeling 70s tech industry scene with small companies & corporate giants alike racing to get in on the video game gold rush. Both Baer & Bushnell are figures that I could read a whole book about each. Baer was an electronics inventor whose inventions included the first video game console, & later the Simon. Bushnell founded Atari, then went on to found Chuck E Cheese. Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master also portrays Baer & Bushnell's rivalry as a contest between the corporate and entrepreneurial images of the early days of the tech industry. This book makes me want to read more about the history of the computer industry. Maybe Harris's Palo Alto might be a good start, or maybe I should finally read Vineland. Finally, I was pleased to learn a little bit about the creation of one of my old-time Mac game favorites, Brickles.