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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. behind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am living in Japan now and there's a family restaurant down the street that has terminals at every table where you can play games or read news and such. There's plenty of others like it too...

  2. Good luck Nolan by vevva · · Score: 5, Interesting
    We were doing an exhibition recently (ATEI in London) for our retro-gaming table http://www.digitaltables.co.uk/ when in the middle of the show Nolan Bushnell made a point of visiting us on our stand.


    He spent 10 minutes chatting to us about Pong, the first arcade games and the early days of Atari. He was a thoroughly nice guy and we felt honoured that he'd stopped by.


    Good luck to him.