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Their Dad Transformed Video Games In The 1970s — And Passed On His Pioneering Spirit

The late Jerry Lawson helped invent the first video game console with interchangeable games. His children say he brought the fun and games home and showed them they could create their own path.
Anderson and Karen Lawson at their StoryCorps recording in Atlanta in 2015.

A self-taught electrical engineer transformed the video game world in the 1970s.

Before Gerald "Jerry" Lawson helped invent the first video game console with interchangeable game cartridges, players were confined to a preset selection of games built into systems.

As such, Lawson has been called the "father of modern gaming." But to Karen

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