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The people who make "Lore in a Minute" have been branching out from video games to provide some fun (short!) history lessons about important video game personalities. This week, it's Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell.
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Nolan Bushnell, the co-founder of Atari and...other things, chats with Eurogamer's Simon Parkin.