GDC Reconsidering Bushnell Award After Backlash

GDC Reconsidering Bushnell Award After Backlash
[Jan 31, 2018, 11:18 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Rolling Stone's "Glixel" reports that the Game Developer's Conference is reconsidering plans to honor Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell with their Pioneer Award at the 2018 GDC Awards. This follows an outcry that's spawned a #NotNolan campaign, citing well-publicized stories of how the original Atari culture was a hotbed of drinking, drugs, hot tubs, and sexism (in other words, the 1970s). Concerns are being voiced that the timing of this award is especially inappropriate in light of the current focus on movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp, and a GDC spokesperson tells Glixel they are looking at the choice "more closely" in light of this.

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Re: GDC Reconsidering Bushnell Award After Backlash
Jan 31, 2018, 13:32

Rigs

Re: GDC Reconsidering Bushnell Award After Backlash Jan 31, 2018, 13:32

Jan 31, 2018, 13:32

Rigs

You know what I find the most disconcerting (and I hate to bring it up because I loathe to start yet another political debate...so don't do it, that's not my point) is our President can be accused by what is it now? 18 different woman and have taped evidence and nothing is done yet something someone did in the 1970's is cause for concern? By that metric, just about all of us over the age of 35 are guilty of...something.

Stop this fucking rock, I wanna get off...

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