10 posts and columns on Atari

Smithsonian Brings Classic Arcade Games to Life (Video)

in Media on March 24 at 9:00 am PT

Festivities highlighted the opening of a videogame art exhibit at the Smithsonian.
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Roll of the DICE: Videogame Leaders Name the Industry’s Best

in Commerce on February 9 at 6:22 pm PT

The videogame industry is hosting an Oscars-like ceremony Thursday in Las Vegas, where a few hundred of the top leaders will recognize the achievements in the interactive arts and sciences.
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Atari Takes a Trip Back to the Future

in News on June 8, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Atari SA, a onetime pace-setter in videogames, has a new plan to become relevant again. The company, whose games have faded from prominence since their early ’80s heyday, is reinventing its classic software titles—like “Pong,” “Battlezone” and “Asteroids”—for new game platforms.

Amazon's Cloud Crash Is Over, But the Talking About It Isn't

in Enterprise on April 25, 2011 at 3:45 pm PT

The big crash of Amazon’s cloud that brought down hundreds of other Internet companies that rely upon it is over. Now everyone who was affected in one way or another is comparing notes on how they coped or didn’t. And for cloud providers not named Amazon, there’s going to be an obvious business opportunity.

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Almost Famous: Keith Lee of Booyah Games

in News on February 8, 2010 at 1:07 am PT

This week, we took a short walk down University Avenue in Silicon Valley with Keith Lee, co-founder and CEO of Booyah Games. We talked about his time as lead developer for Blizzard, his total lack of common sense, and how he’s trying to make the whole social game world “level up.” Don’t worry–we made him translate most of the gamer lingo.

Dear Tim: Here's a Tour of the It-Takes-a-Licking-but-Keeps-on-Ticking AOL Brand

in News on July 28, 2009 at 12:02 am PT

What’s next for AOL? Reviving the “You’ve Got Mail!” motto? Or: “The Future. Now Available.”–set to music from “The Jetsons”? What about: “So easy to use, no wonder it’s #1!” Or maybe, it should just use a nice loooooooong busy signal as its calling card again? Well, it could happen, now that new CEO Tim Armstrong has fallen prey to the siren call of the AOL brand name, after years of seeing the company wander in the anything-but-the-AOL wilderness. Thus, he’s decided to try to welcome the prodigal brand back home, even as he prepares to spin it off in November from Time Warner. Uh-oh.
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Bushnell's Newest Game: Atari WRONG

in News on May 26, 2008 at 6:14 pm PT

Gaming piracy is as antiquarian a concept as PONG. So says Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. And who are we to disagree with the man who invented the world’s first (or second, depending on your view) video arcade game?
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Bushnell’s Newest Game: Atari WRONG

in News on May 26, 2008 at 6:14 pm PT

Gaming piracy is as antiquarian a concept as PONG. So says Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. And who are we to disagree with the man who invented the world’s first (or second, depending on your view) video arcade game?
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