RetroBlast! Contributor Sez pointed out a story to us recently where the founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell is cited as saying "Video games today are a race to the bottom. They are pure, unadulterated trash and I'm sad for that."

He goes on to explain that Social Gaming is where the direction should be headed.  Obviously he hasn't paid attention to the recent Nintento Wii console.

I do think he has some valid arguments, although it may not come across properly to the younger generation who has only known First Person Shooter's and Kill or Be Killed type games of the last decade.

The Nintendo Wii has ushered in an entirely new "old" way of playing games focusing on family activities vs. online anonymus collaboration.

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