Big Ol' Ad for Uwink

Electronicdesign.com has a story where Nolan Bushnell, one of the people responsible for bringing Pong to the Arcade, says "Video games today are a race to the bottom. They are pure, unadulterated trash and I'm sad for that," says Bushnell. The reason being they're not social. Before I continue, this story amounts to a big ad for uWink. Hey, the restaurant sounded interesting before I read this article, but I just don't live in the LA area.

I'm afraid Mr. Bushnell is in denial. Dave & Busters is extremely social. Gamers even meet there for sharing of common interests. I just missed the CAG/Goozex Meetup at D&B's near Washington, DC. Gaming leagues and clans are examples of people embracing the social aspect of games to improve their competitiveness and basically improve their quality of online play. And their are friends/address lists. That's just for starters. There are tons of competitors for uWink.

I actually think the article makes uWink look bad. Trash talking others down to improve your own business ventures doesn't work real well when the readers of the article are very much aware that it's just wrong. I'll still go to Uwink if I get the chance, but now it will have to dazzle me after the ill-timed comments.