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uNintendo

06/08/08 4:27 PM

#16646 RE: the big guy #16645

Super cool!

Thanks for the post Big Guy. Even if this doesn't happen right away and Leo doesn't end up being the lead, a Nolan Bushnell movie would be ridiculously sweet! Especially given the cross-over in games and movies, the growing interest in retro games, and uWink's rise that will obviously get people thinking "How the hell did anyone come up with uWink?? Wait, you're telling me it's the SAME guy who started Atari AND Chuck E. Cheese?!?"

An interesting though: I don't know if anyone else has asked their friends or co-workers if they know who Nolan Bushnell is, but I've asked a ton of people. I'd say less than 5% of the people I asked (from college students to baby boomers) knew he started Atari or created Pong, and only 1 realized he started Chuck E Cheese (and that guy has been involved with business incubators for over 20 years). And when they hear that the same guy started Atari and Chuck E. Cheese, they are often dumbfounded. You can see the excitement in their eyes.

So yeah, awesome idea!


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uNintendo

06/08/08 5:26 PM

#16647 RE: the big guy #16645

More Nolan/Atari Movie


http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/leonardo-dicaprio-to-star-in-atari-founder-biopic/

This will get a LOT of geek press. So even if the movie doesn't happen, talk about PERFECT timing with the H&H and Mountain View openings! I am sure a lot of blog posts about this news will directly link with uWink awareness.

Hmmmm, I wonder if some of the "shrewder" investors on this board were already aware of this news...:P

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Rawnoc

06/08/08 7:04 PM

#16649 RE: the big guy #16645

Very cool! I can't wait to see the movie. Now if the movie ends with uWink, then yes, that could be huge free advertising for the chain.
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panzer6

06/08/08 8:52 PM

#16651 RE: the big guy #16645

I dont see how that will have anything to do with Uwink.