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If your childhood included fun-filled visits to Chuck E. Cheese’s or countless hours playing on Atari, then you can thank this guy – Nolan Bushnell. That’s correct, the founder of Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza-Time Theater Chain is also the creator of Atari, Inc. – the video gaming company that is widely credited to be the forerunner to video arcades and the modern video game industry.
So how does one man successfully pioneer two seemingly unrelated, yet equally iconic inventions?
In his new capacity as Game Pioneer in Residence at Prince William County’s Virginia Serious Game Institute, Mr. Bushnell will provide this insight at the first in a year-long series of lectures, entitled “The Future of Video Game Technology.”
Prince William County and George Mason University (Mason) invite you to learn more and attend the first lecture for free, which is held by Prince William County-based Virginia Serious Game Institute(VSGI).
A trained engineer who has started over twenty companies, Nolan Bushnell can aptly be described as a consummate entrepreneur, technology leader and visionary. According to the World Video Game of Hall, by most measures of popular impact, Pong launched the video game industry and Atari into a preeminent role in the video game industry. He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame; received the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Fellowship; and Nation’s Restaurant News “Innovator of the Year” award; and was named one of Newsweek’s “50 Men Who Changed America.”
As part of his exclusive agreement with the VSGI, Mr. Bushnell will hold a public lecture each semester and work closely with students and companies in small groups; provide startup workshops on building game-related businesses; as well as other keynote events.
Nolan Bushnell, creator of Atari, is Game Pioneer in Residence at Prince William County’s Virginia Serious Game Institute
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