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Chuck E. Cheese 2.0

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. 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.

  2. 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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  3. 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?

  4. 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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