Nolan Bushnell's Favorite Game

Nolan Bushnell gave an interview which he describes his favorite game. He does not describe any game his company made or one following, but one that originated 3,000 years ago in China.

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  Gaming

[elijahtheworm]

I wonder how strong he is...

[StoicTwo]

Oh shit I always knew the Atari was a Go move but didnt think about it in the aspect!

-StoicUNO!

[doublekoseki]

one person who watched this video died in gote one to many times.

[thetyrousey]

the game atari got its name from go and tengen

[reforest4fertility]

It's easy to just go onto yahoo games and watch the game played by good players on a 13x13 board. Not too small (9x9) nor too big (19x19) to comfortably accommodate the North American attention span. The game is positively thrilling & riveting to watch--maybe more than any other! But like any game, you gotta get a sense of it in order to appreciate it. That doesn't take that long, with the right intro.

[AdeptusNoctem]

Not only that, but also Atari had a subsidiary called Tengen :)

[tinkerthecat]

really good interviews from atari anthology very interesting

[Paul Barchilon]

Yaay! I always tell people the company was named after Go, but I was just assuming. Now I know it is a fact!

[Timothy Biley]

nice!

[thelittlebard]

Nice! This is why he named Atari "Atari".