[game_preservation] Nolan Bushnell returns to Atari

[Devin Monnens]

I have to agree it sounds like a PR stunt. I don't think Bushnell has run
any successful businesses past Chuck E Cheez, and he doesn't seem to have
made many good videogames (I'll give him Secret Quest though...).

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


>  Since it is Atari in name only (Infogrames owned, brought out brand to

> begin with...twice? three times now?) what is this other then a PR stunt?

>

> I'd be interested if it actually had anything worthwhile to say other then

> he's just a member of the board. I guess they don't want to say what he

> might be deciding (if anything), or doing (if anything) there. Oh well! Wild

> mass guessing all round :)

>

> Good to see someone get something out of being a long-time player in the

> industry though. Kudos for that I'd say.

>

> Andrew

>

>

> On 21/04/2010 20:02, Devin Monnens wrote:

>

> Speaking of Atari, Nolan Bushnell is returning to the board of directors.

>

>

> http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/19/nolan-bushnell-and-tom-virden-join-atari-board/

>

> Thoughts?

>

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