Posts Tagged ‘famous people’
Atari
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
A lot of people know about Atari, the arcade games and video games company, founded in 1972.
Also, a lot of people know the term “atari” from Go, meaning a group with only one liberty, in danger to be captured. There is also a simplified variation of Go, called “Atari-Go” or “Capture-Go” – one can play that online here.
But not some many people know that the arcade game company borrowed the name from Go! I just found that out myself today, when I learned about this video interview of Atari founder Nolan Bushnell where he declares Go as the favorite game of his!
I found also an April 2009 interview with him where he declares that Go is his favorite game in “Inc. Magazine”.
And here’s a photo of Nolan Bushnell in front of a goban (the fuseki looks strange though, there is a stone on the 2nd line on the left side):
