21/10/2007, 06:21 AM
Quote:Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari is not a fan of todays shoot-em-up/ beat-em-up style of todays games. Commenting on the state on the video game industry he said "Video games today are a race to the bottom. They are pure, unadulterated trash and I'm sad for that." Bushnell wants to create a gaming environment for families or groups of adults to have fun, rather than 1 or 2 player action. He thinks games that encourage social interaction are what's missing and the days when the family used to sit together and play Monopoly are slipping away.
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"Video games today are a race to the bottom. They are pure, unadulterated trash and I'm sad for that," says Bushnell.
To create the shift, Bushnell is taking his experience as an amusement park game barker, inventor of Pong, and founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time restaurants and rolling it all into a new pursuit - uWink. Instead of creating games primarily played by one lone player, or occasionally two players, Bushnell wants to create an environment for families or groups of adults to have fun.
His first step in that direction was the fall 2006 opening of uWink in Woodland Hills, Calif. It is an entertainment dining experience where people can play tabletop games, interact, and enjoy tasty, reasonably priced meals.
His daughter Alissa invented one of uWink's features, Truth or Dare, based on the old party game. "It's not really a game per se, but provides an experience where people have fun, do something a little embarrassing, but have a really good time doing it," says Bushnell. Alissa is uWink's publicist and VP of marketing and has even developed a couple of its games.
"Social games represent something that has been missing," he adds. "Most of the board games are purchased by women for families. It is this gaming world that can be re-energized. Wee used to have families sit down and play a game together. A lot of video games today are very isolated. You don't see mom and dad, sister and brother, sitting down like they used to play, say, Monopoly," says Bushnell. "That represented good mentoring time for families that just isn't happening now."
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although i partly agree with him that todays games are more of single person rather than family , and that there should be more games that foster family relationships but come on, you got to at least satisfy the "action" needs wee have. you can't just stay forver on your family UNO/monopoly game. that would suck
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