Relationships between fun and the computer business

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Relationships between fun and the computer business

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 39 , Issue 8 (August 1996) table of contents

Pages: 31 - 37

Year of Publication: 1996

ISSN:0001-0782

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Nolan Bushnell

Aristo International, New York, NY

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.8 PERSONAL COMPUTING
K.8.0 General
Subjects: Games

Additional Classification:
I. Computing Methodologies
I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

J. Computer Applications

General Terms:
Documentation, Human Factors

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Bushnell describes his view of the future of the computing business as driven by the development of computer games. His basic view is that computer games, though started just for fun, are likely to affect the future usefulness of the computer more...

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