Nolan Bushnell: bigger, faster, better isn’t innovation

Nolan Bushnell, the man who created the video game, started a media frenzy when he let slip many a jagged word about our today’s games. Bluntly put, he said games today are nothing but “pure, unadulterated trash“. That, however, wasn’t true for every game, and Bushnell knew that.

Clarifying “pure, unadulterated trash,” the founder of Atari pointed out that he was describing those games that were repetitive and mundane.

“ThereÂ’s a lot of people think that bigger, faster, better is an innovation. ItÂ’s not. ItÂ’s just bigger, faster, better,” said Bushnell in an interview.

The creator of Pong enumerated several games that upon first look, could easily be considered different from the rest. Games such as Will Wright‘s Spore, Konami‘s Dance Dance Revolution, Alexey Pajitnov’s Tetris, and Harmonix‘ Guitar Hero were all named in particular.

“When you pick up the controller of the Wii, you know that you havenÂ’t done that before. Even though the bowling is the same, doing it on the videogame, using the Wii controller, thatÂ’s an innovation,” he added. Obvious differences aside, there were many other unsung heroes in the gaming industry. These many games continue to lie buried in the outpour of mainstream games.

More developments on this as they drop by.

Via GameTap

Nolan Bushnell, the man who created the video game, started a media frenzy when he let slip many a jagged word about our today’s games. Bluntly put, he said games today are nothing but “pure, unadulterated trash“. That, however, wasn’t true for every game, and Bushnell knew that.

Clarifying “pure, unadulterated trash,” the founder of Atari pointed out that he was describing those games that were repetitive and mundane.

“ThereÂ’s a lot of people think that bigger, faster, better is an innovation. ItÂ’s not. ItÂ’s just bigger, faster, better,” said Bushnell in an interview.

The creator of Pong enumerated several games that upon first look, could easily be considered different from the rest. Games such as Will Wright‘s Spore, Konami‘s Dance Dance Revolution, Alexey Pajitnov’s Tetris, and Harmonix‘ Guitar Hero were all named in particular.

“When you pick up the controller of the Wii, you know that you havenÂ’t done that before. Even though the bowling is the same, doing it on the videogame, using the Wii controller, thatÂ’s an innovation,” he added. Obvious differences aside, there were many other unsung heroes in the gaming industry. These many games continue to lie buried in the outpour of mainstream games.

More developments on this as they drop by.

Via GameTap