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A red quote card with a white opening quotation mark above a white horizontal line. White capital letters read: "VIDEO GAMES FOSTER THE MINDSET THAT ALLOWS CREATIVITY TO GROW." Below a second white line is the attribution "NOLAN BUSHNELL".

Nolan Bushnell Says Video Games Grow Creativity

A quote card from Atari founder Nolan Bushnell defending video games as fuel for creativity, a comfort for Xennials who were told arcades would rot their brains.

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A red quote card with a white opening quotation mark above a white horizontal line. White capital letters read: "VIDEO GAMES FOSTER THE MINDSET THAT ALLOWS CREATIVITY TO GROW." Below a second white line is the attribution "NOLAN BUSHNELL".

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