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Father of Video Games Loves Their Success; Hates Violent Games

Posted on Wednesday, November 9 @ 14:05:35 Eastern by Josh_Laddin
Ralph Baer, known as the "Father of video games", is now 89, still sharp, and still opinionated about the industry that he helped spawn when he created the Magnavox Odyssey way back in '72. That granddaddy of consoles is now almost 40 years old itself, and look how far we've come.



For the most part, Baer is thrilled about how gaming took off. In an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune, Bear said "It was unforeseeable; it was fantastic. I’m glad it happened. And if I hadn’t had started it, someone else would have."

But that's not all he had to say. When asked about violent video games in particular, he went as far as to call them an abomination. "I think it’s a disgrace...What I created got abominated. You can see the same thing in music, literature, art — any form of art."

Given that he feels the same the way about violence in other mediums, it seems less like he's upset with violent games in particular, and more that he still has a bit of crotchety old man in him, despite being a pretty groovy guy with a soft spot for gaming.

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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 9th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
    ...I just pictured him playing LittleBIGPlanet.

    "Hey, this is great! So cute and cartoony!"
    *slap!*
    "FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU--!!!"
    0 0
  • Masterwabbit
    Masterwabbit
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
    I nominate this to The People Speak.
    0 1
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 9th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
    Pussy.

    Not spam.
    2 0
  • Commiebot
    Commiebot
    Joined: Mar 2007
    Posted: Nov 9th, 2011 at 4:27 pm
    I'm just curious as to what he would view violence to be. I grew up on a game where a fat stereotype crushed creatures and shot an endless flow of fire to kill turtles.

    Also, is abominated even a word? According to Chrome's spellchecker, yes, it is.
    0 0
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Nov 9th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
    You should make him review God of War 4
    0 0
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Nov 9th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
    Force him to watch the Mario Bros movie, he shant be making it to 90.
    0 0
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2011 at 3:24 am
    Elder abuse!
    0 0
  • KevinS
    KevinS
    Joined: Dec 2008
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2011 at 12:20 am
    I got to hear a keynote he did last summer in Vegas, it's really amazing how collected and sharp he is at his age. Not surprising though that he doesn't like violence in media, his family left Europe during WWII if my memory serves.

    So old man attitude, yup. But he earned it. lol
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