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Playing Mogul In The Games Industry

Posted by simoniker on from the armadillo-thumbing-a-lift dept.

incognitius writes "As sometimes happens, a mainstream publication (the New York Times Magazine, free reg. required) has a feature article on videogames written by a non-gamer. The piece, called 'Playing Mogul', discusses how and why video games conquered music, TV and the movies to become America's pop culture of choice. The article offers some interesting insights into the future of the industry, though it's pretty incompetent in places. It also gives one a good idea for what Atari is doing these days. Worth a read, especially to see what millions of non-gamers will read next Sunday morning." Particularly notable is Atari boss Bruno Bonnell's turning down of a game featuring "a major hip-hop artist" which it's claimed "would net Atari many millions of dollars" because it "lacks an ethical dimension."

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  1. Judgement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Particularly notable is Atari boss Bruno Bonnell's turning down of a game featuring "a major hip-hop artist" which it's claimed "would net Atari many millions of dollars" because it "lacks an ethical dimension."

    Good call. The last thing we needed to see released in 1992 was a dancing game called 'Ice Ice Revolution'.

  2. Hummm by saden1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want a sequal to ShaqFu.

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  3. So by metamatic · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess now we know that the next Rockstar game will feature a major hip-hop artist...

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  4. Re:violence in video games by illuminata · · Score: 3, Funny

    We're fucked? But that construction worker in GTA 3 called me an asshole! He had to pay!

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  5. Mod parent down by t0ny · · Score: 1, Funny
    Come on, the guy is talking about "Black & White" and "Postal 2" like they are good games. Ick.

    He is tainting KotOR just by mentioning it with those stinkers. Being a Jedi will never be the same again. Thanks, man.

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  6. reinactment by andy_fish · · Score: 3, Funny

    Particularly notable is Atari boss Bruno Bonnell's turning down of a game featuring "a major hip-hop artist" which it's claimed "would net Atari many millions of dollars" because it "lacks an ethical dimension."

    MAJOR HIP-HOP ARTIST: Yo, G! I hear you guys do video games and sh*t. I got this mad crazy idea..
    BRUNO BONNELL: How did you get my number?
    MAJOR HIP-HOP ARTIST: My agent got the hook-up. Listen, man. I was thinking you could have this game, that has me in it, right? Except I'm super powered and I can run around in slow motion like that Matrix sh*t. And the whole time, I'm doing like a rap, right? Like I'm rapping about the sh*t that's happening in the game. And I can fly. And there aren't any bad guys, just a bunch of screaming fans screaming WE LOVE YOU!! and waving their hands and all that. At the end, we could all like get in this big space ship, except it's like powered by my music, and we would take off and fly in to space. I'm telling you man, for real, this sh*t will make millions.
    BRUNO BONNELL: Sorry. (click)

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