Computer Gaming World is celebrating its 20th Anniversary and 200th issue with a look backward into the history of gaming. One article, titled What a Long, Strange Blip It's Been , starts off with an image of Halo superimposed over an old black & white image and goes on to discuss some of the greatest games of all time. Bungie gets special recognition in both the FPS and Strategy categories for Marathon and Myth, respectively. It's a bit unusual to see Marathon get such a place of honor in a PC-dominated magazine, but hey... there you have it! ;-)

Stretching over two articles is a timeline that tracks important events in computer gaming and computer history. The very end of the timeline includes recognition for the X-Box and Microsoft's decision to obtain Bungie. All in all, this issue of CGW magazine is a good read, whether you are an old-time gamer or are a younger gamer who is interested in learning how much computer gaming has progressed.

Update: Incidentally, the original, unadulterated image is of two MIT geniuses playing what was possibly the very first computer game, Space War , on a PDP-1 computer. 1958, people!