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Nolan Bushnell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 5
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You wanna build your IQ higher in the next two years? Be uncomfortable. That means, learn something where you have a beginner's mind.
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The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my dinner-table sounding board. I've come up with some wonderful ideas that they universally dismissed as 'lame.'
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I try to get a vision of the future, and then I try to figure out where the discontinuities are.
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In 1989, SimCity introduced an entirely new brand of game play.
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My perception is that I'm a guy who really does a lot of homework surrounding any project that I do.
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I've been in navigation systems, robotics, restaurants, communications systems, touch screens, and now I'm back in games. I like to say I have five-year A.D.D.
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I'm a big believer in the Wii. I love the physicality of the Wii controller, and how you can get the feeling of throwing a bowling ball or swinging a golf club. Those are the kinds of games I really like.
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If you really want you people to innovate, buy a science fiction book, tear off the covers, and tell them it's history.
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In the early days of the video game business, everybody played. The question is, what happened? My theory - and I think it's pretty well borne out - is that in the '80s, games got gory, and that lost the women. And then they got complex, and that lost the casual gamer.
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The true entrepreneur is a doer
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I'd love to design a school.
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A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
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A lot of what is wrong with corporate America has to do with a culture filled with antibodies trained to expel anything different. HR departments often want cookie cutter employees, which inevitably results in cookie cutter solutions.
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I've always been a tech-head.
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I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way.
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All schools will end up using game metrics in the future.
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Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
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The truth is just an excuse for lack of imagination.
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We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society.
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I appreciate the fact that technology and games are a big part of life.
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