Online gaming "not cool" and rubbish and shit and FUCK OFF

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 0:52

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/nolan ... ine-gaming

gonks wrote:

Atari founder Nolan Bushnell last night dismissed online gaming as "not cool", while talking up the future of social gaming exemplified by his current uWink venture.

The creator of Pong and the Atari 2600 was speaking during a Q&A session at BAFTA in London. Responding to a question about the potential of network gaming, Bushnell described the internet experience as "stilted and flat" and argued that real social gaming involved people playing together in person.

"Social is buying someone a drink," he said. "Sitting in a dark room in your underpants talking to thousands of people might seem social, but it's not cool. The public space is always going to be here."

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

"Social is enjoying a cigar together. Sitting in a darkened study without one's hat, poking parchments with a feather is terribly boorish."

I agree with him on online play being largely rubbish, and inferior to being in the same room, but whinging about it not being sociable (who cares? And it's no less sociable than using a telephone), and 'not cool' is just taking yourself far too seriously. "not cool"? What is this, 1990?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

I don't like playing games online anyway.

:hat:

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

He played CoD4 and forgot to check his corners.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

He's already lost this battle anyway, because his project is called "uWink", which is hideously stupid and prickish even before you think of calling it "uWank".

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

'uWink'?

Does that mean I win, k?

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

LewieP wrote:

I don't like playing games online anyway.

:hat:

Same here.
:smug:

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:53

I'm going to pod the fucker.

Be Excellent To Each Other

Online gaming "not cool" and rubbish and shit and FUCK OFF
says Nolan Bushnall to gonks.

Who is online

Be Excellent To Each Other

Online gaming "not cool" and rubbish and shit and FUCK OFF says Nolan Bushnall to gonks.

Who is online

Online gaming "not cool" and rubbish and shit and FUCK OFF
says Nolan Bushnall to gonks.