{"id":68664,"date":"2023-03-09T13:08:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T07:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/?post_type=web-story&#038;p=68664"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:08:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T07:38:28","slug":"the-history-and-impact-of-video-games","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/web-stories\/the-history-and-impact-of-video-games\/","title":{"rendered":"The History and Impact of Video Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?display=swap&amp;family=Merriweather%3Awght%40700\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/>\n<style 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class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"18e28588-60aa-47d2-805c-18a79bb89990\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-921617c7-82e6-409e-8933-53cbd9f42b79\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":400,\"duration\":2000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#2f2f2b\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" 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