Playable Google Doodle celebrates the father of modern gaming Jerry Lawson

Whether you're an avid PlayStation fan, a 2000s-era Nintendo Wii kid, or any of the millions of other at-home consoles, you should lend your thanks to one man: Gerald "Jerry" Lawson, the mind behind the first home video gaming system with interchangeable game cartridges.

Lawson was born on Dec. 1 in 1940, and to celebrate what...