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Chuck E. Cheese 2.0

Posted by Zonk on from the pong-wasn't-enough? dept.

theodp writes "Newsweek reports the inventor of Pong and founder of Chuck E. Cheese is getting back into the restaurant game. Adults welcome. At age 62, perpetual kid Nolan Bushnell wants to get gamers out of the house. This week, he will announce a new venture, the uWink Media Bistro restaurantchain. With screens at every table and bar stool, each piping videogames, media content and interactive menus, Bushnell's convinced a young-adult crowd will use the shared-gaming experience as a chance to compete, relax and mingle."

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  1. hmm reminds me of tabletop space invaders by maharg · · Score: 2, Funny

    .. now with a coating of melted cheese

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  2. Actually.. by Bastilla's+Lover · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..Oh, you have to admit.. it'd be fun to show off your Morrowind character to the chicks in the coffee shop.

  3. Yes but this begs the question by Allnighterking · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is he going to dig up all of those old game cartridges from the Arizona desert to start the business?

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  4. Seriously though ...... by Allnighterking · · Score: 2, Funny

    The more I think about it the more I realize that the US is the wrong market .... Korea Japan Taiwan and China would however eat this idea up. .....

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  5. The Band by Adrilla · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will they bring back the Chuck E. Cheese band? It just hasn't been the same is Jasper T. Jowls left over "creative differences".

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  6. Re:Just what we need.. by ctr2sprt · · Score: 3, Funny
    Now we can give you yet another reason not to talk to your date.
    Let's be honest here. If you're taking your date to a place like this, you're not getting any no matter what you do. So you may as well play some HL2 while awaiting the inevitable.
  7. So in other words by mcc · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a place where people can come together, separated by age, background and station but bound in common by attention deficit disorder?

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  8. Re:Sticky games by typobox43 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lonely geeks + Tomb Raider = sticky consoles.

  9. Oh my... by Duncan3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gamers and food in one place... Can you image the smell?

    Women will flee the county, houses downwind will lose value, skunks will congregate...

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  10. What innovation by kahei · · Score: 2, Funny


    OMG someone has finally invented the PC Bang.

    At last, PC Bangs exist. Previously they were confined to the world of fantasy.

    (why yes... I _do_ have nothing better to do than be sarcastic today...)

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  11. Re:Tokens? Tickets? by phpWebber · · Score: 2, Funny
    What about my tickets from Skeeball?
    Your coveted Crayola comb and mirror set will available for a mere 4000 of them.
  12. Re:No thanks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Besides, most of what Chuck E. Cheese offered was something other than videogames. Actual physical things you could interact with.

    You sick pedophile. Get some help, man.

  13. Re:behind by Dysan2k · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hell, it's no better on the other side of the country. You might get served, you might not. I've gotten to where I have the restaurant's number in my cell, so if I need a refill and it takes too long, I call the place.

    Only takes me doing that once or twice before I can go a year without bad service.

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