Lunchtime Laugh: Google's 'Atari Breakout' time machine

This is what you'll see when you type "Atari Breakout" into Google's image search engine.

Because how can we not, today's

is more of a lunchtime nostalgia trip and game break. We don't think you'll mind.

And, because the opportunity might be gone tomorrow, we felt a sense of urgency in providing readers with today's bit of lunch break entertainment.

All you have to do is

.

The query will first yield exactly what you'd expect: Several rows of screenshots of the once-popular game.

But after a moment, the images begin to shrink and transform into colored bricks, and a ball appears at the bottom of the screen, perched atop a wide bar.

In the latest of its

, Google has recreated Atari for the modernist.

So go ahead, Google away, and spend your lunch hour playing Breakout, the 1970s Atari classic that many of us spent endless hours conquering back in the day.

--Kelly House

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