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GDC Rescinds Award For Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell After Criticisms of Sexually Inappropriate Behavior (polygon.com)
The organizers of the Game Developers Choice Awards announced today that they have rescinded the Pioneer Award for Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, and announced the award will not be given this year entirely. "The decision follows a day of outcry after GDC organizers announced that Bushnell, 74, had been tapped for the GDCA's lifetime achievement honor," reports Polygon. "News accounts and histories over the past several years have documented a history of workplace misconduct and sexist behavior toward women by Bushnell, during Atari's early days." From the report: In a statement this morning, GDC said its awards committee "made the decision not to give out a Pioneer Award for this year's event, following additional feedback from the community. They believe their picks should reflect the values of today's game industry and will dedicate this year's award to honor the pioneering and unheard voices of the past." The Pioneer Award is for "individuals who developed a breakthrough technology, game concept, or gameplay design at a crucial juncture in video game history," according to its official site. Nine have been conferred since 2008, none of them women. Bushnell founded Atari in 1972 and installed the first coin-operated video game, Pong, shortly thereafter. He presided over the company's rise to dominate the early generation of home console gaming before selling it off and founding what is today the Chuck E. Cheese line of restaurants. Bushnell issued a statement on Twitter: "I applaud the GDC for ensuring that their institution reflects what is right, specifically with regards to how people should be treated in the workplace. And if that means an award is the price I have to pay personally so the whole industry may be more aware and sensitive to these issues, I applaud that, too. If my personal actions or the actions of anyone who ever worked with me offended or caused pain to anyone at our companies, then I apologize without reservation."
I'd argue that this is fixing it.
It's shitty for men, no doubt. But the goal is to get rid of witches, and a very public witch-hunt is one way to do that.
While some guys who just have shit humor, are socially inept, or have bad manners are going to get fucked over with all of this, a whole lot of the others who have been abusive are going to get spooked. And that's sort-of the point. A second point is that as the GP pointed out, not being able to be taken seriously about abuses at work still happens today. If there are some sacrificial lambs that ultimately allow workplace abuse to be taken seriously, that sucks, but it's better in the long run.
If you are a white male with any sort of power, this sucks because it's a very serious re-configuring of the power structure in the US. It's doubly painful if you've been abusing it.
But for everyone else? Going to make their lives better.
Thrashing and wailing about how equality makes you feel sad really makes you seem like a douchebag. Remember when you were 3 and had to learn how to share? Same thing here, except the stakes are far, far higher.
Velociraptor = Distiraptor / Timeraptor
Considering that Feminism has been pushing for women to "do whatever they want" but have no responsibility when they fuck up, this isn't surprising.
No sure where you get strange ideas like that from, but in any case the argument here is that human beings shouldn't have to put up with being grabbed by the genitalia or otherwise sexually assaulted.
Having read about what guys like Weinstein and Nassar did, are you really saying that these complaints are without merit? Or for that matter, having read about what Bushnell admits to doing in his own autobiographical books...
in the UK that they just launched a public inquiry into the rampant number of false allegations
No, they didn't. That is fake news.
There have been problems with evidence that might help the defence not being turned over in good time, or at all.
First thing to note is that it isn't evidence that the allegations were false - if it was, there would be prosecutions. The standard of proof required is "beyond reasonable doubt", and the evidence in question means that the prosecution could not reach that level. However, it also doesn't reach the standard for proving that the accuser lied, because as you know even if you agree to have sex with someone you can withdraw consent at any time.
So it's a classic he said/she said situation and no-one can prove anything either way. Certainly you can't draw any conclusions from it, not being at all familiar with any of the cases or people involved. And in any case, do you know the percentage of cases that this affects? I'm guessing you don't or you wouldn't have used the adjective "rampant".
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Hell it's so bad in the UK that they just launched a public inquiry into the rampant number of false allegations and cases being over-turned because women are lying.
I would say you've left the real world and entered a your own private fantasy world again. However, I think that's inaccurate: I don't think you ever left your own private fantasy world.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
Under the intersectionality regime, EVERYONE can be a victim except "the man".
No, this is flat out wrong.
MOD PARENT DOWN for making stuff up.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
Mashiki really seems to think that if someone is not convicted for any reason, it means that the accuser lied.
On an related note Mashiki has accused me of all sorts of crazy stuff over the years, yet I have not been convicted of any of it.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC