PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A skyscraper-sized game of “Pong” got underway without a hitch Friday night, under starry skies and not rainclouds that were in the forecast.
Hundreds of people turned out to watch the classic Atari video game played on the facade of a mirrored, 29-story skyscraper. Hundreds of built-in LED lights embedded in the north face of the Cira Centre replicated the familiar paddles and ball with gamers controlling giant, table-mounted joysticks across the Schuylkill River from the building.
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