Bushnell is also known for founding Chuck E. Cheese. The film, currently titled Atari, will be produced by DiCaprio's Appian Way.
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Bushnell is also known for founding Chuck E. Cheese. The film, currently titled Atari, will be produced by DiCaprio's Appian Way.
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 11:37AM (Unverified) said
yeah i guess he could look like him with more beard
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 11:38AM DonaldMick said
Catch Me If You Can proved that Leo can play a scam artist quite well.
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Posted: Jun 11th 2008 7:35PM (Unverified) said
Nolan Bushnell doesn't always drink beer, but when he does, he prefers Dos Equis.
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 11:51AM (Unverified) said
You never know. He could just as easily wind up in a hip Rat costume, dealing in tickets and tokens.
I'd totally pay to see a Ralph Baer biopic. Brad Pitt would make a marvelous Smarty Bear.
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I'd totally pay to see a Ralph Baer biopic. Brad Pitt would make a marvelous Smarty Bear.
Posted: Jun 7th 2008 11:52AM (Unverified) said
What? you think pong paddles have no personality?
I beg to differ:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/54237
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I beg to differ:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/54237
Posted: Jun 7th 2008 11:58AM (Unverified) said
They had better give Ralph Baer due credit for inventing Pong before Bushnell stole it.
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 2:15PM (Unverified) said
Baer did not invent "Pong" nor was his tennis game the first. It didn't even have scoring. I'm sure he'll be in the movie though for his succesful lawsuit.
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Posted: Jun 8th 2008 11:04AM (Unverified) said
Baer created the first game anyone would unequivibically look at and say, "Hey, that's Pong". I would hardly refer to oscilloscope-based games as true progenitors of the video game industry. Baer's was the first version of this game designed for public consumption.
As for the basis of the lawsuit, Bushnell saw Baer's game at a distributer show in Silicon Valley and gave it to Alcorn as a throw-away practice project. Alcorn took the project seriously and wound up improving on Baer's ideas and came up with Pong. The reason Bushnell fought for settlement in the suit was he knew he didn't have a leg to stand on considering Baer's propensity for detailed documentation of design an application of patents.
If someone wants to say Bushnell created Pong, they mas as well say Howard Lincoln created Mario.
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As for the basis of the lawsuit, Bushnell saw Baer's game at a distributer show in Silicon Valley and gave it to Alcorn as a throw-away practice project. Alcorn took the project seriously and wound up improving on Baer's ideas and came up with Pong. The reason Bushnell fought for settlement in the suit was he knew he didn't have a leg to stand on considering Baer's propensity for detailed documentation of design an application of patents.
If someone wants to say Bushnell created Pong, they mas as well say Howard Lincoln created Mario.
Posted: Jun 8th 2008 1:57PM (Unverified) said
Thanks for telling me stuff I already knew. Your own fictional nibblets sprinkled in was a nice touch as well. You can't be anal about the ocilliscope versions and then discount Al Acorn's version. Most importantly, I never said Bushnell created Pong.
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Posted: Jun 8th 2008 2:37PM (Unverified) said
You know, I was going to give a full reply to you prior response, but then I remembered the old addage about arguing with trolls being like racing in the special olympics...
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Posted: Jun 8th 2008 3:45PM (Unverified) said
So let me get this straight: because I pointed out you were wrong, pointed out you made up stuff, and pointed out you put words in my mouth... *I'm* the troll?! LOL. Wrong. The reason you didn't respond is because you have no argument and you have to pretend I'm a troll as an attempt to save face..
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 12:04PM (Unverified) said
Leo is still hot. I hope Uwe Boll gets picked as director. He is surely part of the great triumvirate, along with Tarantino and Verhoeven, he just needs one big movie, just one shot at a blockbuster. I hnow he's capable. He's capable because Uwe is a great man.
We should really start a petition to get Our Uwe on board.
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We should really start a petition to get Our Uwe on board.
Posted: Jun 7th 2008 12:44PM (Unverified) said
Sometimes I think that you say these things just to piss us all off...
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 1:12PM (Unverified) said
I would never do something like that, Noshino. The words I speak I wholeheartedly believe.
http://www.petitiononline.com/iloveuwe/petition.html
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http://www.petitiononline.com/iloveuwe/petition.html
Posted: Jun 7th 2008 1:19PM (Unverified) said
The more sincere you are about something Bowser, the more epic the troll you become.
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 1:43PM (Unverified) said
Unbelievable, you are indeed doing it to piss us off (although I got to admit that that petition is quite amusing)
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 2:54PM Ridgecity said
LOL, Lord Bowser! or should I say, Lord Boll?? i bet even Leonardo DiCaprio could bomb his career if Uwe Boll directed this one... he already got a whole bunch of movies, you can't fail at so many as still say you need a bigger movie to prove worth. And you mention Tarantino, he made a low budget movie with AAA stars that were bordering B film star status, yet the movie was amazing and got them to AAA again, and Pulp Fiction was his first movie...
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 4:21PM (Unverified) said
@Ridgecity: Pulp Fiction was not Tarantino's first film. Dumbass.
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 12:05PM teamsammalone said
no creepy cigar in the pool picture? Thank you.
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 2:55PM LaughingTarget said
I've hated Leo ever since he showed up at my college in his limo (from his private jet no less) to berate us on how we're ruining the environment by not driving hybrids and using mass transit. What a fucking asshole, we should boycot his movies for being a dick.
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 7:01PM (Unverified) said
Oh yeah? Well fuck you Shogan, a.k.a. Mike Goodwin!!!
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 4:29PM (Unverified) said
wonder if they'll show nolan making his infamous sex tape?
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