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BBC News - Pong liberated women, says maker

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8428884.stm It is credited with helping kick-start the multi-billion pound video games industry we know today and, according to its creator, it even empowered women.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8426523.stm 221b, released in the run-up to the new Sherlock Holmes movie, harnesses the software to allow conversations between players and in-game characters. Gamers, who assume the character of either Sherlock Holmes or Dr Watson, must interrogate virtual witnesses and suspects to progress in the game.

BBC News - AI aims to solve in-game chatter

The ’00s will be remembered as the decade when the videogame industry got flipped on its head.

The 15 Most Influential Games of the Decade | GameLife | Wired.c

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/12/the-15-most-influential-games-of-the-decade/