If you love video games, then the Google Doodle for 1 December 2022 will be right up your alley. The custom Google logo for the day is actually a faux video game console, complete with a variety of different games, and a level editor that allows you to design your own games. It celebrates Jerry Lawson, the pioneering engineer who invented the video game cartridge in 1976. Lawson was born on 1 December 1940, and he would have been 82 years old in 2022.
After activating the Google Doodle, you’ll be thrown into a retro video game interface, where you’ll start out by controlling a little character that looks like Lawson, and learn a little bit about his history and influence as you move through a simple video game level.
You’ll then be prompted to edit the level yourself, play a variety of other different video games, and be encouraged to create your own video games and…