On 20 Apr 2010 at 20:56, Evan Koblentz wrote: To whom? Bushnell is just a faint echo perhaps to the young folks of today. On the other hand, it's more of the filthy lucre for Nolan, so yes, it will make a difference--to him. --Chuck

Its a PR stunt, nothing more. Nolan has no experience in online gaming. Just a year ago he was badmouthing online gaming in all of the major vg press sites. He is involved in a failed online game company - it says he's a founder, but I know the guys and he was just brought in for the name and it gave them no bump at all. Atari is having a tough enough time as it is. If they were to actually take advice from Bushnell, they'll just hasten their demise. He had a chance of luck with Atari and barely kept it solvent until Warner Comm bought it in 1976, and Pizza time only lasted for 4 years before it failed. He hasn't had any success since, in fact one company - Androbots put him into perpetual debt for 15 years and in the end cost him all of his assets and his Woodside Mansion (the old Folgers Estate) because Nolan borrowed against an IPO that never went through and when the margin call came - he spent the $10mill and couldn't pay it back, in the end he paid nearly $30mill in principle and interest to get it paid off. Plus Nolan's myths are all being shattered in the past couple of years - like he stole the idea for TV tennis for Pong from Ralph Baer/Magnavox, he even tried to file a patent to cover his ass which fell through in court. He claimed he designed and built Computer Space and built it in his daughters bedroom. Ted Dabney finally came out of seclusion and revealed that Nolan didn't even understand Vertical Hold and that Ted designed Computer Space and it was done in Ted's house, not Nolan's. Curt Evan Koblentz wrote: