all it takes is a few bright pixels, a display, a joystick, a d-pad, or even just the touch screen of a smartphone to enter a world where every move can make the difference between leveling up or game over. how did we get from pong, so simple but captivating, to applications capable of modifying reality like pokémon go, which has pushed players from all over the world to explore their cities in search of tiny creatures? here is the complete and illustrated history of video games, from its mysterious origins.