“Video games in some ways are too powerful, they have too much resonance with kids. And it's very easy to overdose on video games and to let the outside world go by.” WorldWayKidsGamesEasyPowerfulToo MuchVideoOutside WorldResonanceOverdose Author:Nolan Bushnell
“I'm a big believer in the Wii. I love the physicality of the Wii controller, and how you can get the feeling of throwing a bowling ball or swinging a golf club. Those are the kinds of games I really like.” KindFeelingsBigsGamesBallsGolfClubsBelieverThrowingPhysicalityBowlingGolf ClubsControllersWii Author:Nolan Bushnell
“I like games where you can use stealth and guile. As you get older, it's like the difference between playing squash and racketball. Squash is an older man's game, because if you're stealthy and wily, you can beat a better-co-ordinated and stronger, younger person.” IfsMenPersonsUseGamesDifferencesBeatsStrongerSquashStealthOlder ManGuile Author:Nolan Bushnell
“I believe that in games, when you're talking about pitting my wits and my brain against your wits and your brain, that simplicity of the game becomes a dominant factor.” BelieveGamesI BelieveBrainTalkingSimplicityWitFactorsDominant Author:Nolan Bushnell
“People can buy a bottle of gin and drink it at home for about a buck a drink, whereas they are willing to go to a bar and pay 12 bucks for the same cocktail. The difference is that man needs to be social. So I believe that there is a strong demand for games that are social.” PeopleMenNeedsBelieveHomeGamesStrongI BelieveSocialDifferencesPayWillingDrinkDemandBarsBottlesBucksCocktailsGin Author:Nolan Bushnell
“I appreciate the fact that technology and games are a big part of life.” FactsBigsGamesTechnologyAppreciateParts Of Life Author:Nolan Bushnell
“All schools will end up using game metrics in the future.” EndsSchoolGamesMetrics Author:Nolan Bushnell
“In 1989, SimCity introduced an entirely new brand of game play.” PlayGamesBrands Author:Nolan Bushnell
“Everybody copied Atari products. So we started messing with them and it was fun. We bought enough chips that we could get them mislabeled. So we bankrupted at least two companies which copied our boards, and bought all the parts but they were the wrong parts, so they're sitting on all this inventory they can't sell because the games don't work.” TwoEnoughGamesFunCompanyProductsSittingSellsBoardsChipsInventoryAtari Author:Nolan Bushnell
“I always loved both 'Breakout' and 'Asteroids' - I thought they were really good games. There was another game called 'Tempest' that I thought was really cool, and it represented a really hard technology. It's probably one of the only colour-vector screens that was used in the computer graphics field at that time.” HardUsedGamesTechnologyFieldsComputerScreensColourReally CoolTempestAsteroidsVectorsComputer Graphics Author:Nolan Bushnell
“I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I understood the coin-op side of the games business very well.” WellsGamesSidesCollegeUnderstoodManagersParksDepartmentCoinsAmusementAmusement Parks Author:Nolan Bushnell
“I've been in navigation systems, robotics, restaurants, communications systems, touch screens, and now I'm back in games. I like to say I have five-year A.D.D.” YearsGamesFiveCommunicationScreensRestaurantsFive YearsRoboticsNavigationI'm BackBack In The Game Author:Nolan Bushnell
“In the early days of the video game business, everybody played. The question is, what happened? My theory - and I think it's pretty well borne out - is that in the '80s, games got gory, and that lost the women. And then they got complex, and that lost the casual gamer.” ThinkingWellsGamesLostHappenedTheoryComplexesVideo80sCasualGamer Author:Nolan Bushnell
“When it kind of went to 'Street Fighter', where you had to push 13 buttons with all 13 of your fingers and ripped the spine out of somebody, you know, violent games lost the women. Complexity lost the casual gamer.” KnowsKindGamesLostStreetsFingersViolentFighterComplexityButtonsCasualSpineRippedGamerStreet Fighter Author:Nolan Bushnell
“I'm glad to see the casual game play coming back now on the Internet, games that aren't violent, that aren't complex that you can sit down and you can have some fun.” PlayGamesFunInternetDown AndComplexesGladViolentComing BackCasualPlaying Games Author:Nolan Bushnell
