https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Go_terms
apparently atari got its name from this. they could just as easily have called it something like aji or moyo.
if someone from otl was born more than 9 months after june of 1954, then they don't exist in the atl. although dabney and a bunch of other people involved in the formation of atari were born before 1954 at least.
joe dante came up with "rumble-rama" so maybe another console along those lines could be one of the earlier competers... the rumbler or rumble pack, c. 1962.
a few more. again varies in quality but a few stick out. like the story of lizzie borden and ape women in london. i do have a few ideas for alternate pop culture but i think we can discuss some of that through pm first.
(insert date) 1981: Hindsight engineering revolutionizes data storage space with (insert megabyte) hard disk system for the Sinclair (insert computer name here).
(insert date) 1982: "Gateway to the Mind" ad campaign begins with celebrities (insert names) here promoting Mindvision games.
(insert date) 1977: (insert pseudonym name) claims to have received a Greek translation of the Necronomicon by a group of monks, in New York City.
(insert date) 1989: Bob Larson writes (insert book title), fueling the "Satanic Panic." One of the chapters claims that teenagers can be possessed...
apologies for the recent drop in activity. i've been pretty sick the last few days, flu i guess. oh well
(insert date) 1973: (insert name) writes on the discovery of (insert fictional language) in (insert title), with introduction by L. Sprague de Camp.
(insert date) 1978: Colin Wilson writes...
what about more lovecraft-like cults and increased interest in new age/new religious movements in the 70s and 80s. also the satanic panic from otl. seems like the timeline is way, way more convergent than i expected it to be given how early pod is in any case