I know. Other people are more sensitive. I get it. But, when you zoom out and start comparing it to more severe things that can happen, I’m sure you’ll agree with me that it’s really not the worst thing. It all has to do with the scope of one’s experiences. Being capture as a prisoner of war is worse than some college…

So something he did 50 years ago, being flirty and opening sexual in a decade where EVERYONE was being openly sexual, something he did that wasn’t habitual* - and you want to hold it over his head for the rest of his life?

Haha, no thanks. Being touched in the genitals is not the worst thing that can happen to a person.

I’m much more forgiving than you will ever know. I don’t need to ruin someone’s career because they touched my genitals 20 years ago. There are much worse things to go after people for.

Well continue on trying to “catch people” the rest of the real world will continue our day to day routines because we aren’t phased by 30 year old allegations.

I’m sorry, but when will it be the right year? I don’t care about the award as much as I care about the fact that his actions are haunting him for 40 years later. Nobody should have to go through that, especially for the things he did. It’s not like he force-fed his cock into someone’s mouth. Even the statement about…

Spot on. Ultimately, I think we need to not always throw away, but reevaluate our opinions of many historical figures. It is not impossible to recognize the importance of Nolan Bushnell in the history of this medium while simultaneously condemning his behavior. As far as that plays into this year’s Pioneer award, I…

Let me explain why fuck you:

“People have to come to grips as news like this comes out that there’s a good 95% chance that your hero is an sexist garbage asshole.”

When I was in college, there was this total bitch that sexually assaulted me, right in front of my girlfriend. I handled it in the moment by pushing her away and asking her to leave the dorm, which she did. She was intoxicated, but we still aren’t sure what she was on. Possibly some narcotic.

I know who he is and the great hings he did. His name is forever in History.

That’s the real trick, here. The bar is raised. He was a sexist pig in an era where being a sexist pig wasn’t really something you called out. Nobody told you you shouldn’t think that way. It was even encouraged. Do we hold our founding fathers responsible for their slave ownership? It’s easy to say they should have…

I am not sure if whitewashing is the right term, but certainly retroactively applying the current social mores sets a questionable precedent. Today’s “woke internet justice warriors” will merely become tomorrow’s “stodgy old oppressors who need to shut their mouths because they are totally not with it.” Just look at…

Oh look, a jealous, loser, nobody. Your panties would be dripping wet if you had the opportunity just to be in the same room as Nolan Bushnell.

I’ll admit, his specific wrongdoings I don’t know. Maybe they were horrible. The hot-tub thing doesn’t seem worthy of degrading his entire life achievement for.

Has Bushnell matured since those days? If not, I can understand, but if he has redeemed himself, then perhaps the punishment is a bit late and pointless. Bad behavior should not go rewarded, but redemption should be recognized and supported. Marking someone as an outcast for life will cause a rift and split society…

It can be a tricky thing to retroactively judge people based on contemporary social attitudes. In this case I think it’s right that the award is being withheld. It may have been the 70s and 80s, but Bushnell’s behaviour would still have been considered sexist. People were just more likely to shrug sexist behaviour off…

Penny Arcade still sucks. When are you going to replace them?

Did you just equate all gamers with the alt-right?

I might get panned for “victim blaming” but I’m not. What sucks about this is there are some men and women who draw upon this toxicness. Telling and fake crying all the while getting toxic $5 donations with a robot voice telling them mean things. Sometimes these people have large fan bases and to these “raiders” it…