I guess they're a bit too oldschool for me :b

OK, they're great, but I like a much larger viewing area and I because I type (a lot), I want a full-sized keyboard. (...and those are much, much larger than the pocket phone). When playing games, I prefer to have some type of controller, which is probably why things like Nintendo's game boy and Sony's PSP were more popular. Now, if they had a 'cradle' controller you could put any phone in (android or iOS) and uses Bluetooth to communicate with the controller, that would rock as an appendage!

As far as viewing area goes, I like standard monitor size. While projectors are good for movies and presentations, everyday use isn't that comfortable, especially reading your personal e-mail on a 100' diagonal projection screen with others' in the room. :)
Interactive fiction, in general, rocks. :)

What's great is that it reads like a book, but you can control the story. The visuals are left up to your imagination.

To this day, they still have Interactive Fiction competitions, so there are some new and innovative games out there you can still play if you like the genre.

Thats very much debatable...

Ignoring the "cathode ray amusement device" from 1947, we still have Bertie the Brain, Strachey's Draughts, Nim and OXO from 1950-52. 6-8 years before those games

Oh, do provide some information and references, I'm quite interested.

Hmm, I was expecting some sort of a recovery adventure from obsolete tape reels or decks of punch cards but it seems like he just e-mailed the author for it.

That was amusingly anticlimactic, in its own way. Turns out all anyone had to do was ask.

That's the most work required of anyone these days. "Just ask", surprising how some don't.

Soitently!

Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device: http://classicgames.about.com/od/classicvideogames101/p/CathodeDevice.htm
Developed in 1947, but never went further than the prototype stage. It is also maybe falling outside what can be defined as a video game. But if your definition is "a game displayed on a video device", then it should be included.

Bertie the Brain: http://spacing.ca/toronto/2014/08/13/meet-bertie-brain-worlds-first-arcade-game-built-toronto/
Arguably the first arcade game ever made. Built for the Canadian National Exhibition in 1950. and is over 4 meters tall. Basically it is a tic-tac-toe game.

Strachey's Draughts: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/res/res60.htm#f
Christopher Strachey developed an AI and Checkers game for Manchester Unis Ferranti mk1 in 1951. He had problems as he ran out of memory. He also developed a love letter generator :)

Nim: http://www.goodeveca.net/nimrod/
The Ferranti Nimrod was built to play only the game Nim for the Exhibition of Science in 1951. It is a 2 player game of the ancient game of Nim.

OXO: http://classicgames.about.com/od/computergames/p/OXOProfile.htm
Created by Alexander Douglas in 1952. COnsidered by many to be the first graphical computer and video game, as well as the first AI ever made (though Strachey was a bit earlier, in my opinion).

^not to be pedantic but tic tac toe and oxo are the same thing
just a different name
and that was the game i had in mind when mentioning tic tac toe

bertie the brain seems to be similair
...and bloody huge

From Wander and the mainframe to <i>Wander and the Colossus</i>.

Speaking of a mainframe Colossus...

I was thinking of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer

In all likelihood the filmmakers were as well. I just like plugging that movie. :)