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- phatzo, on 11/04/2007, -14/+160I guess he has'nt played half life 2
- atomicpoet, on 10/23/2007, -1/+129Nolan Bushnell had left the company long ago by the time E.T. was released. In fact, I believe Atari was in the hands of Warner Communications at the time. Nolan, on the other hand, was successfully managing Chuck E. Cheese in 1983, so I do believe he had a good running knowledge of the gaming industry back then.
There is a moral to the story though in regards to E.T.: never let an old media company buy out a high tech company and expect amazing things. It happened when New Corp bought MySpace, and it happened when AOL was absorbed by Time Warner. The rule applies to executives too. Mike Sculley was a disaster for Apple. - felman87, on 10/23/2007, -2/+108Statistically, most games are trash.
- sjbdallas, on 10/26/2007, -77/+172I find it hard to put a whole lot of faith in the words of a guy that OK'd the rapid development of a crappy ET game, then had them go ahead and produce a few million more copies than the total number of Atari's produced.
- DeRiza, on 10/23/2007, -0/+88If BreakOut is a metaphor for tearing down boundaries, what's Tetris a metaphor for?
- atomicpoet, on 10/22/2007, -1/+62Obsessive compulsion?
- Shrubber, on 10/23/2007, -16/+74Really, has Nolan Bushnell ever known much about video games? He was a business man, not a programmer; he really doesn't know jack about how to make a good game. The fact that he's still sometimes cited as "the Father of Video Games" over Ralph Baer disturbs me greatly.
- Gir53457, on 10/22/2007, -0/+54Conforming to the Soviet Government? Everyone has their Niche and you should entrust the big man to find it for you?
- ggnictee, on 10/23/2007, -3/+56as someone who as worked as a video game designer i would just like to add a "hell ya."
I can't count the number of times a man in a suit (who probably had never played a game in his life, let alone a video game) walked into a room full of people who love, live and create video games and told them exactly how the game should be made. It was soul crushing to watch a really fun interesting game get turned into something that's "just like that one that made a lot of money"
we don't necessarily need less 'shooters and blow'em ups' we just need to let the people who design our shooters be free to create fun interesting shooters and blow'em ups. They're designers. Let them design. I promise they know what makes a fun game. Unfortunately it's hard to get a corp. to risk millions of dollars on game designs that arn't tested in the market.
it makes me sad. - Sengara, on 10/23/2007, -6/+55Portal. 'nuf said
- ggnictee, on 10/23/2007, -9/+58as someone who as worked as a video game designer i would just like to add a "hell ya."
I can't count the number of times a man in a suit (who probably had never played a game in his life, let alone a video game) walked into a room full of people who love, live and create video games and told them exactly how the game should be made. It was soul crushing to watch a really fun interesting game get turned into something that's "just like that one that made a lot of money"
it makes me sad. - loganhid, on 10/23/2007, -14/+58Come on guys - The Mans getting Old so he's getting to that age where he seems to hate everything except gardening,lining up to collect his pension fund and going to holidays.
- ZigVicious, on 10/21/2007, -2/+41sex.
- sanman, on 10/21/2007, -1/+37Trying to fit in?
- SEANWOOKIE, on 10/22/2007, -13/+47i guess you have'nt learned to spell.
- Waskonator, on 10/22/2007, -2/+35It's sad how many terrible games, with great graphics are made these days. I'd make a top ten list about it but... ugh. Anyways, it is absolutely true. Go back to the days of old... come on back with me... Super Mario Brothers, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Street Fighter... yeah these are all common legacy games that everyone quotes as legendary. But its TRUE. These games all had precise timing involved, and quick reflexes, and rhythm, and catchy sounds, and total and complete replay value. I just finished Metroid Prime 3, and i gotta say its a ***** sweet game to play. And it took 20 hours to beat. Gears of War, Resistance: Fall of Man, Half Life series... all great story lines, and graphics. But where is the fun? Its the same story, its the same game. The only difference is each one brings you closer to what you really want from a game, each in a different way. What we really want is a game that amazes ourselves that we can do it. Games like Guitar Hero, and Super Smash Brothers, and Mario Cart, and Katamari; they all use this philosophy. And it works! They are undeniably fun games. Some lack graphics, or story line, but i would pick up and play any one of those games any day. And thats what we are missing from all of the FPS, and RPG games that are so saturated in this medium; replay value, entrepreneurship, and a hook that will guide us in. Most of all, I think we all need to stop trying to make these games simulate real life, and start making them simulate games we wish we COULD play in real life. We need to look back to the roots, take a hint, and think about making something new.
- Spamcan, on 10/23/2007, -3/+36"He sees a generation of video games that foster fun, social interaction, and education.
"Video games today are a race to the bottom. They are pure, unadulterated trash and I'm sad for that," says Bushnell. "
Yes, brainless violence does make up a large segment of the video game market, but what about the DS and the Wii? Games like Brain Age and Wii Sports are exactly what he's talking about. Nintendo's entire "Wii would like to play" series of ads are about how the system fosters social interaction.
Oh, and speaking of "pure, unadulterated trash".. http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7985 - KnockoutNerd, on 10/21/2007, -3/+34Yeah, pong was the greatest game ever, and only one mode of play.
- atomicpoet, on 10/22/2007, -1/+31He knows what sells. He was the primary one responsible for Pong and Breakout. He also started Chuck E. Cheese. He's the "father of video games" because he was the one most responsible for video games becoming a mainstream interest. Kind of like how Woz is known as the "father of the PC" even though the Altair was released two years before the Apple I.
- MutatedNantuko, on 10/21/2007, -1/+26Robots trying architecture?
- brasso, on 10/24/2007, -2/+27So you think Halo was original?
- dewyjuhl, on 10/23/2007, -4/+28he's so right. Educational gaming is where its at.
- Ramble, on 10/23/2007, -7/+30Fine if he thinks that but I personally think games like Bioshock, Deus Ex, HL2, etc. are more involving than tetris and pong.
- hokeywebb22, on 10/23/2007, -2/+24Well like atomicpoet said Busnhell was gone by the time ET came around. Also that ordering more copies then there were ataris would be for Pac-man not ET.
- SEANWOOKIE, on 10/21/2007, -1/+22Stacking blocks?
- archer104, on 10/21/2007, -0/+20:O ...it all makes sense now...
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -4/+24I like cake (except those that are a lie).
- fuzzynyanko, on 10/21/2007, -2/+21That a debug screen for an artificial intelligence program can earn you millions?
- Buelldozer, on 10/23/2007, -6/+24He wasn't with Atari by then. So not only does your comment show your own ignorance on the subject it's completely irrelevant.
- ifm1989, on 10/22/2007, -2/+20get off my lawn
- Malcx, on 10/22/2007, -1/+18The Berlin Wall...
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -2/+19he is right, its all about graphics now and the developers or kids dont even care about how FUN the game is. Zelda 2, zelda link to the past, ff6 are all shining examples of how graphics do not a great game make. MGS 1 on the psx also
- grumbel, on 10/22/2007, -2/+17Half Life 2 is the game he *doesn't* want, what he wants is simply something more like the Wii due to its social aspects, which of course is kind of late to request right now when the Wii is already there and having huge success.
- KyleMistry, on 10/21/2007, -1/+16Not to go against your point, but Zelda 2 isn't exactly what comes to mind when I think of a fun game.
- sanman, on 10/22/2007, -3/+18Maybe he should take a look at the Wii, and see if he can come up with some improvements.
When I see the Wii, it does kind of give me ideas on how I might like to improve future generation controllers
Unfortunately, I can't even get my hands on a Wii yet - inactive, on 10/23/2007, -0/+15Oregon Trail FTW!
"Buttface has cholera."
"Here lies Pepperoni and Sausage."
"You got 2,000 pounds of food. But, you could only carry 100 pounds back to the wagon." (GODDAMNIT!)
Oh, memories... - alex1015, on 10/21/2007, -0/+14Miyamoto?
- lordtyros, on 10/22/2007, -2/+16Obvious troll is obvious
- SniperSlap, on 10/22/2007, -0/+14While I don't disagree with what he has to say, I wonder about his motivations for saying such things.
It is true however, and the only reason games have as much respect as they do nowadays is because computer and video gaming has entered prime time and mainstream focus. Stupid people like games now, thus you have lots of FPS shooters. Because - well...Dumb people like action, their brains can't handle much more. - schnikies79, on 10/22/2007, -3/+17I mostly agree. I am sick and tired or racing and FPS games. Something new?
- a1532b, on 10/22/2007, -1/+15It's Dana Sculley
- reed311, on 10/23/2007, -1/+14Well, I agree with him for the most part. I mean, look at what they were doing back then. I used to play my atari for hours. The graphics were ***** and you only had one button, but they focused all their work on the game play. Now games are about graphics and voice acting (well, not all of them). Nintendo tried to bring things back with the Wii, but the Wii has had a lot of ***** games as well.
- DonKarnage25, on 10/21/2007, -3/+16Dug down for "The first real video game was Super Mario Bros."
That's just nonsense. - emjaymj, on 10/22/2007, -1/+14That's because the game didn't sell nearly as well as expected, genius.
- katanaswordfish, on 10/21/2007, -0/+13No no.... He means the Iron Chef, Masaharu Morimoto... obviously...
- DarkDx, on 10/22/2007, -0/+12I guess I do'nt care.
- CurlyHayami, on 10/23/2007, -18/+29Still not over the complete destruction of their system by Nintendo?
Pathetic. - TypeEE, on 10/21/2007, -4/+15He can only prove himself by making a better game now
- danasghar, on 10/21/2007, -2/+13why dont you go ahead and come back a little later Lumberg, im busy......
- Matt174e, on 10/22/2007, -1/+12I see what I did there.
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