PlaysWithWolves Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 41 minutes ago, The Historian said: It’s a novel idea that comes from an unlikely pair of founders, Shail Mehta and Rob Wyatt, who created The Last Gameboard company in January. https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/12/gameboard-1-will-be-a-digital-slate-for-your-tabletop-board-games/ Heh. And to think I just passed-over the Gameboard headlines I saw. Nice catch. She worked with him on the Xbox and wrote about him in an ebook. More interestingly, Atari wasn't the latest thing he worked on: Quote She lived in the Boulder area and heard about a hardware guru, Rob Wyatt, who moved from the United Kingdom to the U.S. nearly two decades ago. I met him years ago as a member of the original Xbox hardware team, and I wrote about him in my book, Opening the Xbox. He is now an avid skydiver and loves creating new technologies associated with gaming. He has worked on game projects for Microsoft, Sony, Atari, and most recently, Magic Leap. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 It will be interesting to see how it floats or sinks on the merit of the idea, without a fossil brand name to prop it up. Tablets and convertible laptops could do the same thing that they're proposing, and all the board game geeks I know prefer to keep their "feelies" separate from digital stuff. Quote Although the company is making game hardware, it is not in the console business. A handful of people are working on it now. “If you play the same game with Sony and Microsoft, you will lose,” Wyatt said. The Last Gameboard expects to raise a round of funding, and it will run a campaign on Kickstarter to gauge demand. “We’re doing the Kickstarter for market validation, not for money,” Wyatt said. Stealing the photos because they're made for exploitable memes, and because our "hardware guru" Rob has his hands down his rainbow pants in the first picture. Hey, it's almost the one-year anniversary of Rob's last update to his company website! Edit: Aha, there's the fossil brand name to prop them up, in the "about us" section. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Rob is such a mess. Can't he take the shirt he has underneath off so his gameboard shirt looks more natural on top of his manly taco eating physique? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 7 minutes ago, ColecoJoe said: Rob is such a mess. Can't he take the shirt he has underneath off so his gameboard shirt looks more natural on top of his manly taco eating physique? Rob's life is a very complicated drinking game. I don't think we could handle another starched white dress shirt in front of an electronics workbench. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 This picture is totally fake! I don't see one roll of duct tape! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Completely Ass Systems Mk. II? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 “We’re doing the Kickstarter for market validation, not for money,” Wyatt said. Ummm....yeah...just GTFO and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way. So once you've "validated the market", you'll refund all that money of course. Because, everyone knows you could totally self fund this thing and do your own market research, since you're just that good. Any dumb-ass who hands money over to any Kickstarter that says that up front may as well toss it in a paper shredder. And how many frickin' o-scopes does he need to look really, really authentic??? Can I push this guy out the next perfectly good airplane??? 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spriggy Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, JBerel said: "Hi Robert! We have something brewing as we speak!". 2 hours ago, ColecoJoe said: This picture is totally fake! I don't see one roll of duct tape! Or springs .... or gears. Edited September 18, 2019 by Spriggy Forgot the gears. :) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 16 minutes ago, Spriggy said: "Hi Robert! We have something brewing as we speak!". I actually read that as "Hi Robert! We have something spewing as we speak!" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 no such thing as too many irons in the fire, eh? you'd think that they'd want Rob to focus on getting the Nutari to the finish line- but, I guess that'd imply there was one to begin with. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Yup, I'm sure he's working "more than full time" for Atari and "extra-super-secret-overtime" on his other fly-by-night ventures. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spriggy Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 29 minutes ago, PlaysWithWolves said: I actually read that as "Hi Robert! We have something spewing as we speak!" The chinese coffee must have been off? Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 "Wyatt, what did you eat?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) I'm really hoping for another dot-bomb-style collapse to take companies like this out permanently. We're overdue. Note that I'm saying this as someone who was a casualty of the 2001-era dot bomb. Edited September 18, 2019 by x=usr(1536) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agillig Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 And now they have their own "Official" Atari VCS subreddit. I guess they need something they can censor. I don't understand why they can't see how bad this sort of thing makes them look. When you go around censoring critics, it reinforces the narrative that this is a scam. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, Agillig said: And now they have their own "Official" Atari VCS subreddit. I guess they need something they can censor. I don't understand why they can't see how bad this sort of thing makes them look. When you go around censoring critics, it reinforces the narrative that this is a scam. linky? well.. for when Reddit comes back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Not a good idea. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Historian Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 And this is now a thing. https://www.reddit.com/r/Atari_VCS_Official/ I hear they are quick with the ban hammer over there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 minute ago, frankodragon said: Not a good idea. Running the risk of naming your kid after a massive scam/failure is never a good idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgman Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) It is https://www.reddit.com/r/Atari_VCS_Official/ Edit: Ninja'd by @The Historian Edited September 18, 2019 by mgman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 minute ago, The Historian said: And this is now a thing. https://www.reddit.com/r/Atari_VCS_Official/ I hear they are quick with the ban hammer over there. already broken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Historian Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, ColecoJoe said: already broken Reddit is having issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, The Historian said: And this is now a thing. https://www.reddit.com/r/Atari_VCS_Official/ I hear they are quick with the ban hammer over there. Saved for posterity's sake: 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 minute ago, The Historian said: Reddit is having issues. I know, I just thought it was fitting for Atari SA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 So what are the chances that Rob's now off the Atari project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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